The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1864-11-04
William Bach and his Traducers.

County Board and referred to committee
O! three. of which LYMAN EMERSON was
chairman, This committee, after an eX-
animation OF the books, papers, and vouch-
ers Of his office reported his account cor
rect, and tie Board approved the report.
In January, 1856, Mr.. Bacn paid over
10 his successor, GERHARD KREMER, and
took receipt therefor, the moneys aud tax
certificates in his hands as Treasurer, to-
wit:
Gold. S5Ol2 50
Tax Certificates, 1858 -
In the spring Of 1856, one ALDRIcH,
who was then cutting a great swell in this
part Of the State as leading business man
and the most prominent merchant Of the
county, and future congressman, was hon
ored bv Democratic Two Rivers with &
seat in our County Board, and here he
went in on the spread eagle style. Being
most consumma;e rogue himself, and
having his eye on steaings from the pub
lie treasury f,r the future benefit of bis
party, and himself in particular, he walked
into the TreasuIer's office al the head Of a
committee of investigation, and soon found
a mares nest.
Mr.. BACH had charged FIVE per cent on
receipts and Disbursements while acting as
Treasurer, and this was put down to The
accoun, Of stea|ings, or, in other words,
wards went into the Treasurer's office a
bankrupt and comes out worth, 1t is saio,
$50 eco. was employed to figure up how
much this FIVE per cent. of alleged stesl>
incs amounted TO, and lie reports the sum
Of $1,000.
Mr. HAMILTON, who was then District
Attorney, was directed to commence and
p,o ecu;e sui, against Mr. Bach for the re-
covery Of the money alleged by the villain
ALDKIcu to have been embezzIed. and sui,
was accordingly brought against Mr.. BACH
by the filing OF a declaration, and placing
the cause On the calendar and continuing
1t there for two or three terms Of Court !;
and, though the defendants attorney, Ed
WARD SALoMoN. served notice on Mr..
HAMILTON to furnish bill, Of particulars,
It was not done, and the suit was discon-
,inueG, or not farther prosecuted by the
Republican District Attorney, who is now
a candidate of the same party for the sam g
! Office. If there was anv foundation for the
charge Of fraud against Mr.. BACH, why
was the suit not prosecuted and was it
not criminal neglect of duty en- the part
of the District Attorney not TO prosecute
to Judgment? If the charge were true,
! why did not ALDRIcu, and BENNETT, and
! koCH, who had put the ball in motion,
keep j: rolling? Was it because, having
got the Treasury into their possession,
they would find it profitable to continue
the same practice, and if charged with
fraud, they could, by stutifying them>
selves, appeal to the record made by a
Democratic officer as their justification
Why, we ask again, was this suit not pros
ecu,ed to ascertain whether an offense bad
been committed or not, by the practice Of
retaining the five per cent? The answer
is, the Republicans got the possession OF
the treasury. and this prac,ce-w whether
right or wrong, fraudulent or not-would
be found profitable, and would give them
funds to be used in perpe;uating their pos
difference between Mr.. BACH ard Mr.
koCu in the charge and retention of fees,
has been, that 'he former retained tax GER
iiicates, and the latter gold I In the eyes
Of the Republicans, an act committed by
my Lord Won Koch, the negro worship.
per, is evidence Of virtue in him, which, If
done by BACH, is imputed to him as a
crime.
ALDR1cu, who made the base charge
against BACH, has been driven from this
State, bankrupt, and made notoriousIv
Infamous by our Supreme Court charging
him with the guilt Of the blackest and foul
es. perjury. No wonder that he supports
the present equally corrupt Lincoln ad.
ministration
But why, when Mr.. BACH was nomina.
ted for Office, did no. the Republican press
rei,erate the charge brought 5y the iufa-
nous ALDaIcH, and boldly, like men, ar
raign him before the people whose suffra-
ges he asks at the app reaching election
If they believed in the truth Of this charge
will any one acknowledge himself to be so
stupid as to credit the fact that they would
rot use he columns Of their home press
for its pronu CATION If they had belev-
ed The truth of the charge. would they
have left j. only TO be published by his op
ponent, Orro TRGNEL, in a cowardIy.
sneaking way in handbi!l form. just on the
eve Of The electionf Who tha. claims Ia
be man will sanction such 20 &C, BY yo
'irs for Orc TFeAEl'