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Newspaper
Prescott Transcript
Location
Prescott, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Oct 31, 1856
Page
2
From the Transcript Extra, October 22, 1854, the Menomonee Mills convention nominates William Wilson for State Senator after a nine-member committee presents a resolution rejecting the major party picks. C S Bundy and Charles M. Davis address the gathering, while a letter from Cox signals support for the Wilson nomination.
From all the circumstances, we are convinced that no better selection could have been made for State Senator than William Wilson. A pioneer on the Chippewa River, he brings energy and qualifications for an able representative. He has not actively pursued politics, mainly engaged in lumber manufacturing, and settled in Duan County in 1846. Wilson is well known in Chippewa valley for integrity, honor, and ability, with strong local popularity guaranteeing his election. We also received a letter following the above Extra publication.
A letter from the Republican candidate for State Senator urges voters in the 28th district to trust Wilson. It extols his high personal character as a guarantee of his sincere and frank avowal and asks Republicans who doubt his principles to support his election.
Mevomoxer Mitra declares opposition to extending slavery and vows to oppose it by constitutional means if elected to the U S Senate. He denies being a Barstow ally and explains past politics around a Menomonee Mills charter fight involving Wm Gibson and laments misattributed support.
In Pennsylvania a Union Convention formed by Republican and American groups endorses an Anti Buchanan Electoral Ticket. The plan splits the state’s 27 electoral votes between Fremont and Fillmore with a Brown Jones ticket, pledging electors to follow the majority result. The tone calls Northwest readers to duty.
Dispatch from the Republican Central Committee in Philadelphia reports that all counties of Pennsylvania have declared for the congressional vote. The Republicans claim to carry the state by twelve hundred forty six years, asserting party strength.
A Indiana inquiry reveals ballot box frauds similar to Wisconsin and Pennsylvania in the last gubernatorial election. It is believed that not less than twenty thousand illegal votes were cast for the Buchanan ticket. The election will be contested, as in other states.
The Jackson Mississippian argues the issue is not Lane but whether Kansas becomes a slave state and if territorial government remains under pro slavery influence. It asserts Southern effort should focus on maintaining the advantage gained in the settlement of the Territory and resisting any shift away from pro-slavery control.
A Madison writer reports the second bill passed by the Madison Legislature and approved by the Governor would route land grants to the La Crosse and Milwaukee Railroad, prompting hastily announced route plans and accusations of public opinion manipulation. The act authorizes survey and construction from Madison through Portage City to Lake Superior, with contingencies about the route and endpoints and a rebuttal of false claims linked to a rival route, amid political tensions and a note on eligibility in South Canada.
The act provides for selling swamp and overflowed lands granted to Wisconsin by congress. It sets pre-emption rights, requires affidavits and county filing, fixes a minimum price of five dollars per acre, and details appeal procedures to circuit court, with the state officials overseeing surveys and sales.
The act lines out sale methods for swamp lands including payments, and allocation of purchase money to the school fund. It directs seventy five percent of residuary funds to be used for school purposes, prescribes county and town distributions, and sets limits of three hundred twenty acres per purchaser with immediate enforcement after publication. It also repeals conflicting laws and extends land protection statutes.
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