Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1864-04-01
THE WAR on MRS, gsITTES.
SXEEl.

Representative Vinton, Of Chickasaw coun.
ty, is out in the Charles City Infs,ligtncsr
with G labored article Of one and a quarter
columns in length, indited to The |" Tax Pay
ers Of the State Of Iowa." in which he at.
tempts to show that Mrs. Anne Wittenmy.
er, az State Sanitary Agent, has, in her un.
firing efforts i, behalf Of our sick and woun.
| dcd soldiers, brought heavy aud oncrous
burden upon the people of this unriyaicd,
glorious young State Of Iowa. Lord save
his poor penrrious soul The editor o. the
| lntel!iGcacsr says Mr.. VS. facts and figures
will be likely to starte some OF cur beneyo.
lent readers And no doubt they do; but
hardly in the manner desired BY those cham
plons of an economy that would teach the
people to withhold their administrations OF
Kindness and mercy to our sick and wounded
sons and brothers in the army. The act OF
Legislature under which Mrs. w. was EN-.
ployed provides that the Governor shall pay
her incidental expenses out Of his contingent
fund and such reasonable salary as he shall
consider proper. Gov. Kirkwood considered
$lCo per month as proper salary for Mrs.
"ittenmyer, and Mr.. V. hints that Cover
nor K. was pampered by sweet smiles and
persuasive words" lie thinks the expendi
ture "unwsrrantable and unjustiiable." $50
a month is the most according to Vinton,
that the State should pay Sanitary Agent.
There are many civil officers, as we learn fur.
Their from Mr.. Vinton, and men, too, who do
not receive equal remuneration. A profound
reasoner, is Finton. It is hoped, by the
Chickasaw gentleman, that Gov. Stone will
be more economical and not pay 500 per
month to any Sanitary Agent, "much less a
.1enaste agent !" He thinks there are gen.
'lulncn who could be found to take Mrs
"ittenmyer's place at SIS. The honora
Die member from Chickasaw. perhaps, would
consent for the relief of the tax payers
There is room for Mr.. V. to learn yet, and
perhaps he might learn something even in
the capacity Of q private soldier. For oursslf
we can heartily endorse the following com
mcnts Of the Muscatinc journal on Mrs.
Wlttenmyer and her report as State SAM.
tary Agent, and have no doubt the "ta,
payers y can do the same:
" The report before us ought to put per-
fcctquietus upon the opposition to Mrs. Wit
tenmy opposition, by the way, which or
lglnated i'll heaytless political scheme, and
has ever since been carried cut by its origin
ators with the heaItlessness characteristic Of
political schomers. BY which we do not mean
to say that all who oppose Mrs. W are polit-
ical schemcrs. We refer only to the heart.
diseased, don'texpect-to .liye-long "snti Wit
tenmyer set.
Mrs. Wittenmyer has labored zealously
and efficiently for Iowa soldiers during pc
Rod OF nearly three years. She has brayed
the dangers of the field, endured the hard
ships of camp life, been conversant with the
terrors of hospitals. She has carried Iuxu-
res and medicines to the wounded and sick
wherever they were to be found. During the
past year she has done business amounting
to oyer $4,000, has received and distrbu.
ted in the army or 70 the proper dcpots near
ly 5000 packages, has inaugurated certain
yalusble reforms in the care and dieting of
our sick and wounded. For ali Of her ser
vices, from their commencement more than
thirty months ago up to this hour she has
not received from the State quite sixteen hun
drcd dollars. We do not believe there ever
was Sc much business done for the State for
double, the money. AS Chase says Of old
Ben. Butler. that he is 'the cheapest general
in the service SO we say Of Mrs. Wit!en-
myer, she is the cheapest Sanitary Agent in
the service and if there he n better one VIC
should like TO know who it is.n
We have only to cali to mind the Judge.
sip CUES Oh to decide which class of these
opposers Mr.. Vinton belongs to. "Tax-
Payers" have you got the flea in your ear !?