Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1901-01-17

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than any other town in the county
to keep the present county in tact.
He asked, who did the work. who
paid money 10 keep the county from
being divided. He heard OF no one
from Platteville working in that line.
Mr.. Gardner asked the question,
Can YOU name any man in Platte
vile that now wants division of the
county," to which Mr.. Hmm answered
in the negative.
A running discussion took place in
which Mr.. Gardner finally expressed
the opinion that he thought that if
Mr.. Hinn's motion prevailed, il would
have tendency to Kill oil the move
ment.
Mr.. Day expressed il as his opinion
that the matter was raised because he
thought perhaps the board was too
hasty. He said the people wanted
the board to he cautious He thought
perso nally, the people had right to
know what they are doing May beGrant
county don't want court house, and
he thought it nothing more than fair
that the matter be put over to the
next session of the board. He believed
it would be a good thing to let the
matter lie over.
Mr.. Leighton made some remarks
of a personal nature in which he cor
rected some statements made con-
corning the vault in the registers
/ office. wherein he found he had been
in error. With reference to the mat
/ ter under discussion. he saw no SER
ious mistake in referring the report
! to the committee Ii it were thus
done. the people could not feel that
the matter was being forced upon
/ them. He considered Mr.. Hinn's
motion more in favor of the court
house than against it. He thought a
motion for and against the motion
would defeat it at this time.
Mr.. jeffrey said that MIR. Hinn's
motion may be right or it may not.
No one is more in favor of a new
court house than |. The deferriHg of
this matter will accomplish nothing.
The committee have investigated and
reached a conclusion without a dis
senting voice. 1t was not question
whether the people want it or not,
but, rather, whether they need it.. "
This is the stand he took, and the
stand all others had taken that he
had talked to. He had not heard a
dissenting voice, and when he came
up he fully expected at least three
fourths of the members would be in
favor Of it. Mr.. jeffrey attempted to
quote Ser pture TO the board but got
somewhat mixed, but the final con-
clusion he attempted to make was
this: Glow are you going to place
confidence in this second committee
ii you have not had faith in the last?'
He said if the vaults are all right, we
don't need a new court house. II we
do need it, we need it now.
Mr.. Bremmer was not in favor of
the motion. because of the condition
OF the vaults When the committee
made its tour of inspection they found
one court house nearly as nice as
another. They found great differ
ence in the construction of the vaults.
There were defects in all they saw,
and only one was fire proof. AS for
DELAYING action at this session, he
thought there was no reason for it.
The records should be kept safe from
fire and robbers. His experience in
! his own town was that the heaviest
taxpayers there said that if new
i court house was needed, build it. He
didn't believe IN waiting to have his
children pay his taxes.
Mr.. Brown made very able dis
cussion of the question saying in part
that he had carefully listened to the
discussion, and that he had been at
tempting to analyze mems minds and
his own mind was in maze, "A doubt,
an uncertainty. He said a competent
committee had been appointed, one
that had acted honestly, and he hard
ly thought it necessary TO take five or
six months more to consider it. The
matter stands openly, fairly and
squarelv. COnceding that the com
mittee NAV have made mistake,
was it any more certain that, If Mr..
Hinn's motion prevail, the new com
mittee would not be Just as liable to
make an error in judgment. Getting
down to business, is there any reason
who we should discuss this at all?
Where there is so much smoke,
there must be some fire. Have we
confidence in our own Judgment to
dare to do what we think best or are
we afraid we may not be returned?
| hold that the committee was care
fully selected, has worked carefully
and efficiently, and can we say you
have not done your duty. or are we
50 far behind the age to realize what
we know should be our duty. Mr..
Brown further said That in his judg-
ment the board was as well qualified
to vote on the question today as on
any other day" Can We pay for it?
No one questions it. We can borrow
money at a very low rate Of interest.
am against the delaying Of the mat
lter" He said he had not found