Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1894-12-13

me TAXATION OF Clurcl Property to
! Pressed Upon the Legislature
, Milwaukee Citizens Prime Movers
in the Scheme-Wausau stirred by
n Strange Disappearance.
Chairman j. H. LeaSa, of the Ash
land county board of supervisors and
Clerk Gordon of the town of Morse
were bound over for trial in the cir
cult court upon the charge of alter
Ing the returns of precinct No. =, in
the town Of Morse The hearing was
before Municipal Judge Foster, and
the bail was fixed at $1,000 in each
case. Lawrence Stopfcl one of the
inspectors, was the first witness called.
Chairman j. III. Leasia and Clerk
Gordon were present. Stopfel told
nearly the same story as at the secret
examination, except that in the cross
examination several explanations were
offered that cleared up some of the IT.
regular appearances. Victor Michaud,
another inspector, was also examined
He stated that the polls were not
opened until after 1 o'clock. Judge
McCully was called and gave the story
as told him by Leasia and Gordon
when they went down on the train
Nov. II. They said Saville brought
the returns TO Morse in a sealed en-
velope The statement for the county
clerk and the town clerk were sealed
in TIE same envelope. which was
opened, aud Saville told Leasia and
Gordon he did not think the inspectors
understood their work very we'll and
they wanted them fixed up and taken
| to Ashland. He further said they only
counted the ballots once and they
made an error. The three of them
counted the ballots three times. There
was Il difference in the vote of the
register of deeds, asScmblyman, sur
veyOr and superintendent, Saville took
the original tallyShcct and put in the
| footingS LeaSa filed out the foot
ingS at Saville's request and Mr.. Cor
don says he sent Il man back to the
camp to have the corrected returns
properly signed. Lcasa is chairman
of the Ashland county board Of SUI
perviSors and Gordon is town clerk of
| the town Of Morse.
The question of church taxation is
attracting more attention each day and
there is no longer any doubt that it
will come UP ut the Legislative session
and prove Il knotty problem. In
church circles in Milwaukee it is the
ll nj hi of SSp nd
| those who favor it greatly Outnumber
the opposition. In the lecture room
Of the Grand Avenue Congregational
! church Il large audience listened to 4
debate on the subject and the applause
| plainly showed that the great majority
| favored taxation. In high republican
circles the agitation on the subject
is received with considerable alarm
and plans are being considered where
| by the subject can be Side-tracked.
| 1t is claimed that it is really the Ben
nett law in Il new guise and that to
pass Il law taxing all church property
would build up an opposition that
could not fail to be very dangerous
| two years from now But the men
who are the leaders of the movement
! for the passage of the law are very
much in earnest and refuse to listen to
any proposition. "The time is now
ripe" said one Of these men. "and we
| propose to go ahead. False or coward
! ly statements regarding political eN-
pediency cannot deter us from doing
our duty. The great majority Of the
! people want church property taxed,
and we are even now sure that we
! coming session"
A man giving his name as Robert
! Smith, was brought from Western
| Union Junction and lodged in the Ra-
cine Jail on a charge of passing a
forged check of $26 on +. II. LingG
weller. it was made on the Lake
County bank in Liberty, ILL.,, and
! signed -. Heath & Co." A telegram
from that firm says it is a forgery.
Henry Kirchek was appointed post
master at Howard, Sheboygan county,
vice William Stepping, removed.
Henry VoSs was appointed for the
Interwald (Taylor county, office IN
place OF Il. Stublderer, resigned. OIL
liver Olfson was appointed postmaster
at Sheridan, Waupaca county, vice
/ Waldmar Onour. resigned.
! William Walter Phelps owned at
the time of his death last June L.
117.29 acres of land in Oconto county.
Following Wisconsin pensions have
been granted: Original-John +. Cor
nell, National Military home, Milwau-
kee; Oliver Lavoy, Chiffon. Addition
al-Tnomas Tourtillott, deceased.
Oconto. IncreaSe-John Bentz, Ken
osha; Benjamin +. Post, New Lisbon.
Reissue-George w. Dayton, deceased,
Packwaukee, Marquette county. Re
issue and increase-John NJ. Mathews,