Mineral Point tribune. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1854-1858, 1858-08-10
fn. EprroR The fact of my removal fsotn

Mr.. EDIroR The fact of my removal fIcfn
the office Of Deputy L. S. Marshal was an
nounced in your paper of the Srd inst. but of
the cause OF my summary decapitation your
readers were not informed ; and justice to my
self demands plain statement OF the facts in
the case. The grave offence charged against me
was, that I, in common with many other good /
Democrats. refused to support the so-called +
Democratic ticket, at our city election last /
Spring = more particularly the nominee for
Mayor, who was Objectionable to the Demo- |
Gratis OF this city that when they came to the /
polls they laid him upon the table sine de
notwithstanding we had large Democratic
majority ia the city His ad nistration had been
conducted on the principle that laws made
TO b.. broken by the Mayor and his CO. adherents
with impunity and disgrace. How many wit
nesess have I IN this county to the fact, among
the farmers, miners, and laborers, that some
times when they imbibed little too much OF
the 90 be joyful" were hauled up by the or
der of the Mayor. who at least "three sheets
/ in the wind under the charge of Marshal
who needed two canes to keep his equilibri
UNI before Police Justice, who was endeavor-
ing sit upright in one chair, when three would
scarcely hold him, and nothing short of two dol
lars, or lodging in the county jail would
lease the criminal when, had the law been en-
forced properly, the said officers would had
4 permanent residence in the county Jail, at the
expense of the city. These We're almost every
day occurrences, and it was often very difficult
! to tell which was the drunkest man. the Mayor,
Police Justice, Marshal, or the unfortunate VIC
! tim but the fiat of the great " 1 am Mayor of
the city of Mineral Point, SIR settled the
question At al times, <e,en when he was ar
! raigned HIMSELF, and made the victim and the
city bleed. In spite of these facts, well known,
and of the protest of the most reliable portion
of the Democracy OF this city, his friends and
/ adherents, assisted by free flow Of whiskey. in
a convention packed for the purpose OF which
was fully aware. carried out their designs by
getting out another regular whiskey ticket, de-
feating good moral Democrat who was in con-
yeption with him. l took no part IN the con-
7ention, understanding as I did, neither did
take any part in the election but several prom
inent Democrats united with others in calling a
peoples convention, which nominated and elect
ed a peoples ticket, TO the total overthrow of the
whiskey clique. AID now, I would ask my
brother Democrats of Iowa county, ifthev would
expect me, or any other good Democrat, to sus-
tain such ticket as I have described, or to help
elect men who We're standing disgrace to our
young city. Bot this offence was only pre-
text used by few unprincipled, INSCRIPTIONS
demagoguas for my removal; the real cause Is
behind that. 1t originated as far back as tie
fire which occurred last winter, when Mayor
Legate, at the head Of a band Of drunken ruff
fans, (styled by him as his special police), in
vaded my house, when I politely lifted him out
by the seat Of his pants, to his discontinue, and
this has been an open sore ever since 10 the said
Mayor and few Of his political cronies. The
land officer, Dick Read, who has such long po-
ltical POLE our venerable Stephen Thomas, p
~, who, if l mistake not, is not any too secure
in lis position, and DR.. Hilderbrand, who once
al the honor Of going to Bremen, were among
the number who We're the best letter writers
and Of the least influence The whole thing was
Instlgated 10y private malice. These samples of
uulnitigated Democracy, by intrigue and false
representation, have procured my removal but
1t Is well Enovn that the only charge sustained
against me was that I refused to vote for Mayor
Legate, and this l admit and 1t Is to be hoped
that the gentleman who IN public places brags
Of being the longest pole--whose brain would
burst with the entrance Of one spark of Democ-
racy, much more with an idea--is satisfied now
Aud nov, TO sum the whole thing up my
head was cut off for no other reason than that
eouId-not, would not, support clique which had
declared that they had and would control the
Democratic party and city; and had been, and
We're likely to be- disgrace and burden to cur
city There are other startling facts connected
with my removal which ] forbear to put upon
paper A present, and shall not unless it becomes
necessary in self defence. have but given you
plain statement of the facts in the case, as far
As have gone, which I tLluk Is sufficient to
convince any man that my removal has been ef-
feeted by halfa dozen as rotten hearted politi-
clans as ever packed a convention, TO the ruin Of
the party, and the county or city which it a.
iected THos. J. OTIs.
For the Tribune