The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1860-10-26
Good Reason for Opposing Reuter-.

Good Reason for Opposing Reuter-.
We, last week, gave some of our rea
sons for opposing the BREcKINRIDeE can.
didate for County Treasurer; and our ex-
pose of his former defalcation as a Tar
Collector N Hanover has raised against us
quite storm of Indignation from the fol-
lowers of that would-5e great man, Mr.
REBENTIscH, late defaulting T'ar Collector
in the kingdom of Hanover, and now run
ming under an assumed name for the of
fee of County Treasurer of Manitowoc
County.
No one denies the truth of the charge
we made against this man, but they say
he has already paid up this defaulcation,
and therefore has purged himself of the
charge of dishonesty. If he has paid up
that defalcation, as his friends and follow
ers claim, and we do not deny it, (for we
know nothing about whether he paid it or
no) where did he get the money to pay
it and why has it been paid AS to
where he got the money, perhaps the
overbnrdened tax payers Of Manitowoc
| County can best tell, whose hard earned
dollars have gone into the Treasury of a
foreign despot, to pay the money stolen
by dishonest tax collector. AS to why
it has been paid, we have also our opinion.
Perhaps he wanted to prepare safe place
of refuge when he shall abscond detal
ter for MANY thousand dollars from the
county Of Manitowoc.
We do not say that CHARLES A. REU-
TER, our County Treasurer, is defalter to
the County, but we do say that man who,
as Tax Collector, has once before alb
seemed with public money and has been
obliged without legal authority to change
his name therefor, requires some watching
from the public. lie has now held the Of
flee of County Treasurer four years, and
no thorough examination of his accounts
have ever been made. During those four
years, while times have been extremely
hard with the public, and they have been
ground down with high taxes, this man
(alios REBENTIscH) has become monied
autocrat. lie has waxed rich, had mon,
ey to loan in large amounts, and has con-
veyed large amount of money to Ger
many since the time his followers claim
that he had paid up his former defaca-
! ton.
lie has held public Office in this county
for twelve years, during which time he has
been steadily preparing to 60 back to lIan
over. He is not one of those emigrants
who has sought our shores on account of
his political principles, and because our
institutions offer him equal political priv
ileges; but he came among us a tugitiye
from .justtce-a criminal, obliged to con
ceal himself under an assumed name,
which does not belong to him. He might
well eNclalm in the language Of the Bot
any Bay convicts-
"True patriots we, for be it understood,
We left our country for our country's good
We are charged with a desire to perse-
cute Mr.. REUTER-, and as consequence
our charges should not be listened to. Mr..
REUTER-, by his own desire, is candidate
for public office; and his character and
history is properly before the people for
investigation, AS public journalist, it
is our duty to lay these matters before the
people and we intend to do so regardless
Of the threats and misrepresentation of
the paid followers of Mr.. REUTER-, the
BKEcKINRIDGE candidate for County Treas
urer.
We are charged, too, with a desire to
split the split the Democratic party, be-
cause we oppose Mr.. REUTER-. Mr.. REU
TER, himself, opposes STEPHEN A. DoUG
LAS and thus tries to split the party; and
it is well known that he and his particu
lar Trends encourage and support hlr
MULHoLLAND and Mr.. SPRAGUE, the bolt
ing candidates for Assembly in this County
We ask, then, what claims Mr.. REUTER-
has upon the support of the Democratic
party of this County, when he is now en-
gagged boiling our candidates for President
and Vice President of the limited States
and our candidates for Assembly. 1t is
he, and he alone, who is responsible for
The boiling in this County, for he, by his
personal influence, and the influence of
his money, was one of the first to organ
ize BRECKENRIDGE party in Wisconsin
and in Manitowoc County.
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