The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1860-07-27
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| That political mongrel, the Maritowoc
Herald, has, iu It's issue Of last week, an
elaborate article of defence against an al
lodged attack of the Pjl1t-upon the sub
iecs Of County Printing, Tie facts, the
Pitt has never made any charge against
man or Institution connected with the
County Printing, except that we have
charged the editor Of the Kera!d with be-
ing supported by that printing which was
given him by the Democratic party of the
County, and that he had repeatedly de
serted the candidates of the party in our
town and County elections, and was at
this very time in open hostility and oppo-
s;tion to the party Of this County, of the
State, and the Nation. And while we
have commented freely upon his treason
and ingratitude to the party that fed him,
We never complained of his receiving the
Public Printing, or intimated that lie was
too largely paid therefor.
The Herald is quite savage on us in its
last weeks issue, and proves by the i'm
potent rage evinced towards the Pilot
Chat lie has been hit on the raw by some
of our sharp criticisms on tie conduct Of
its editor.
Some Of the claims Of the Herald, when
taken in connection with well kncwn facts,
are quite absurd, and we propose to quote
from his columns aud comment thereon.
Tie Herald says g So far flpm plnndering
the County resources, the editor of, this
paper"-the HeTad -'s fitr5re,i the pub
fishing Of tie del:nQreht tax lists il. both
the English and German papers, in or,.1er
to give tho German population tie bensat
Of having these lists in their own language
that we onlyreceivea one haJf legal rates
for advertising the lists, and TIE German
Democratic paper received :he other hall,
and this was done solely to save the tax
payers the amount which woud otherwise
have been raised by tax, to defrsy the ex
pense of this special Advertising"
Now, in order to slow how very liberal
and dsinterested tho editor of the.-Herqld
has been on the subject Of German Print
ing in the County, we will refer back a few
years, and find among the records of the
past lew facts which perhaps the Herald
editor thinks are buried beyond recollec-
ton. In 1858, there were two Democrat
&c papers Published in Manitowoc. The
Herald - Eaqlish-and the Wisconsin,
Dcmocrat-German. At that time, as
now, there were many Germans in the
County Board. representing large Ger
man population in the County, who desired
that the delinquent tax lists should be pub
lished in German as we'll as English At
that time no law existed authorizing such
publication except in English And in
order TO bring about the just wishes Of
the German tax payers, without annetes-
sary or illegal expense, tue Board sds
proposition TO the two printers, FITcH of
the Herald and Mr.. RGsER Of the Dan
ocrat, that both papers should publish the
tax lists and do all the ballaace Of the nec-
essary printing and that each should re
ceige therefore the sum ofS300-siy hun
dred dollars being the estimated cost OF the
printing at legal rates. The proposition
of the Board was accepted by Mr. RGsER
and BY Mr. FlrcH-both papers published
The proceedin IS Of the Board, the delin-
quent tax lists, and done about an equal
amount Of job work for the County
When the Board met in November, 1854
Mr.. RGsEE presented his account for $500,
the amount agreed upon with the County;
but Mr. FIrcH refused 10 abide by the con
tract, and claimed full legal fees, which
amounted to $595,50 urging that there
being 10 written agreement, and no legal
authority for printing in German, that he,
FIIcu, was entitled to full legal fees, and
that Mr.. RGsER was not legally entitled TO
anything. ..
At first, the Board refused TO recognize