Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1894-01-04
The State Press.
From ne Nl'wqakse Sentinel,


From ne AIllCQutse Sentinel,
Madison Journal: AS counsel for the
opposition to the claims Of Coils. Villas
and Knight to certain sundry pine lands
once belonging TO the public domain.
Gen. Bragg will probably not be able
to devote the necessary time to leading
the forlorn hope of the Wisconsin
Democracy next summer.
Spencer Tribune: If Democratic edi-
tors of this State would take the time
to look up their 1890 party platform and
read over the promises made to reform
everything in sight, and then consider
for moment the amount involved in
the Peck-Clark.O' Conner roster deal.
possibly less would be said of the holt
ness and fidelity of this particular State
administration
kaukauna Times: Experience is
hard school.master, but its lessons are
not easily forgotten. In the long run
perhaps it will be just as well that the
people voted for policy that has
broken banks, paralyzed trade, COM
PEELED idleness, and brought want and
suffering into every community. They
will vote more intelligently next time
Their experience will be kept ia mind
at least through this generation.
Oshkosh Northwestern: And all this
deal and negotiations with Clark and
payment of money to Clark when the
contract was awarded by the governor
in the name of McFail. 1t is clear that
McFail was simply dummy, stool
pigeon, a go-between, to avoid the ap.
pearance of the contractlhaving in effect
been let to the governors private secre-
tary. And when the contract was finally
cancelled, Clark was the man to whom
the purchasers locked for getting their
money back, and who promised them
that their money should be refunded.
1t is pretty mess, indeed, And the
revelations have only just begun.
Superior Telegram: The enactment
of free iron ore means the curtailment
OF the market for Lake Superior ores
by many million tons, and means that
the development of the Mesaba range
will be delayed at least five years all
along the line. 1t means that the lake
fleet, including the whalebacks, will be
derived of large and profitable ship.
ping business, thus diminishing both
the shipment and return cargoes which
otherwise come TO this port. 1t means
that millions of dollars which are now
spent in the home mines would be sent
out of the country to pay for these for
eign ores, and it means that tens of
thousands of men who are now employ
ed in mining this iron ore would be
forced to seek other work, many of them
engaging in farming, thus increasing
the competition of the already burden
ed farmer, besides cutting off large
home market for this produce.
Madison Democrat: Col. Clark saws.
according to Mr.. Tracy's testimony
that he, Clark, Gen. Doe, the governor
and the attorney general had all talked
it over thoroughly and that they knew
it was legal and how much it would cost !
to print the $4,000 sets, and that the pro-
fits would be $4,000 Not only is this
the testimony Of Mr. Tracy, but Nc
Fall has COL Clark statement in Col.
Clark's handwriting that the profits
would be $4,000, and all this over a |
month before the contract was consum. |
mated. just think Of s67 600 Of profits
en- S2S.0Q0 worth OF work.
| am ready to do all kinds Of ,nrvar.-