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The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1871-10-12
REPEATING.

MI Robert 3. Roosevelt a democratic
me mber of congress troI.l New York city
and editor of the New York Citizen states
that when Tammany had prepared a
greater number of repeaters for any cleo
ton that they We're likely to need. they
| offered them for sale to candidates at So
much vote. He then describes mode
Of repeating as follows:
MANY people, especially wealthy re-
| publicans, do not vote. 1t is the duty
of every man to vote; this is one of the
obligations he assumes in demanding
| liberty, end. rather than hare the duty
neglected, Tdmmunylsees that 1t IS per.
formed. Toward the latter part of the
| day it will be found that certain persons
| who are registered have not voted. and it
| then belongs to the polling officers to
| copy such names on slips and pass them
to the proper parties outside; and IL
would horrlfy II not anuse some of our
wealthy mliilonares, to see what ragged
| clothed. bloated faced and disreputable
individuals represented them at the polls
and performed fer them pab,ic duty
which they had neglected This is re-
peating. [ have given you out hur-
red sketch of it; the votes polled for it
| count up by tens Of thousands y
| Here is the secret source of the pu-
trescence which afflicts the democratic
party. The leaders are not willing to
submit public questions to the judgement
of the people and abide their decision.
They Introduce fraud in the place of
popular government. They sap and de-
stroy public virtue at its foundations.
1reachery and villainy are the means by
which decisions on grave measures Of
| h i a.
name of authority attained by the COM
mission Of cri me the sacred functions of
government have been assumed and wiel
ded. VI lth government based on fraud
rotten at the core, we ought not to be
surprised that men who have thus prov
ed themselves to be the secret enemies
Of republican institutions have plunder-
ed the treasury committed ID their care.
W hen men league together to defeat the
fundamental principle upon which the
good order Of our society depends, they
Will not hesitate at the commission of
any other crime necessary to accomplish
| Interior purposes. Open hostility to the
will OF the people, armed hostility
such as the rebels offered, is commend
able compared with this subtle, secret
| conspiracy, by which the criminal classes
OF large city are hired with money stol-
en- from the treasury to defeat the will Of
the people Of the state.-More than once
a majority ofthe votes cast at general
| election in that state has, with the aid
Of repeaters. been declared a minority
From the date of the PIequemine frauos
in 1914, by which louisiana was count
ed against Clay, to whom a majority of
the votes cast in that state had been Civ
Ell, and her ELECTORAL vote given to Polk
the democratic party is the only party
which in history stand charged with the
commission of so great a crime as this.
And Yet, Mr.. Tilden, who knows very
well that Grant honestly carried that
state in 1868, although her electoral
vote was given to Seymour, talks Of re-
| forming the democratic party.
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The Missing Vouchers.

1t has been discovered that employees
Of the ring who lived in the New York
court house, one OF them the janltor,
stole the vouchers by which the frauds
of Iammany could have been made Clear,
and burned them. Pursuit has been So
close that charred fragments of the his
sing papers and the ashes Of the remain
der have been discovered. The fact that
these men, who were in no way con-
nected with any one Of the officers as
clerks or accountants, knew what cup
destroy, will never be explained to the
satisfaction OF honest men, The exam
lnaIIOn OF this matter has revealed tue
fact that this Is the second lot OF yuuch-
erS that has been destroy ed. The lead
erS OF the gang We're aware that at ior-
mer tIue, since the comptroller has re-
fused to comply with the cOudltluuS o1
the law requiring hlm to publish state
lnenLS OF the nuauclai condition Uf The
city, there has been aDstracted, aud never
retuIueu, vuuCnelo Iur accounts To the
amount OF three millions vi GoiiaIo. -
Every movement OF The gang but IN,
voiyes them deeper and surrounds then
with eyidences OF irauu Vi hIch cuunever bt
be obllterated. 1t Is suggested 10y some u
the Journals OF New \ ork that the only
effective relief from the rascailty of these
pirates is to restrict suffrage Ill matter.
relating ~ Tue asoeoSlneE of taxes u
taxpa. Dui II - doubtful Whethel
sucn Il policy would not introduce eyli'
ii, grave dis those it would be designed IL
| G Ire.
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that over one hundred people were killed
| by the explosion, and that he himself,
| standing a block and halt distant, was
| thrown thirty feet by the concussion.
While looking at the confagration a
gentleman noticed blind man with two
blind children standing in the street, and
perfectly helpless. They were after
warGs removed from the Immediate 10
caiity, but it is not known that they were
saved On the top of one of the hotels
were four men buslig engaged in wetting
the building, but the flames approached
with such rapidity that they were caught
without means Of escape. They finally
secured a rope, fastened it to the light
nlng rod, and commenced to descend.
The rome, however, only reached half
way to the ground, and ladder was pro-
cured and placed against the wall. These
men succeeded in getting down just as
the rope was burned in two at the top
and the roof parted, the hotel being i'm
nediately enveloped in flames.
One gentleman estimates the entire
loss of property at $500, 600 900. Field
u Letter alone lost $4,000, GOO worth OF
goods. Wheelers s elevator contained
900, 900 bushels of grain, which were
destroyed.
Hundreds were as crazed as he was
An old man was seen by our friend, in a
suburb, accompanied by his son and
daughter. He was wringing his hands
and crying. Five hundred thousand dol
lars yesterday, and to-day a beggar. re-
peating the phrase constantly, whining
and moaning in way that Was pltlful to
hear.
The sick in hospitals and private houses
were taken out and bundled into express
wagons, and driven off. Many were only
in such single garments as they were
found in bed
An aged man and large property hold
er, fell dead on the street from excite
ment, which probably produced heart
disease.
CHICAGO, Oct 1O.-Eve.-The smoke
has mainly lifted above the ruins of 20,
900 buildings. The burned district COW
ers fifty miles of streets, six hundred
blocks and 1000 acres. The dead list Is
oyer three hundred.
Peshtigo, Sturgeon Bay, Menekauna
and "a Belgian settlement burned and
nearly POO persons burned to death, five
red persisted at Peshtigo.
CERTAINLY III persons were burned
to death near Ahnepee before the rain
came and many more are reported. The
sightWas awful.
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TIE NEXT EssElASCREE

The great interest Of the pending strug
gie in Wisconsin seems To be thus far cen
tered upon the office of Governor. II il
we'll 10 bear in mind. that other offices oi
less outward dignity are really OF more
direct import to the tax payers Of the
State. The increase of public expeudi-
ture consequent upon the war debt aud
the multiplication of State institutions
has made the place of Treasurer one Of
gigantic responsibility. He needs to eX-
hiblt not ouiy fidelity in the care and dis
bursement of the public funds, but also
wisdom aud financial forecast in counsel
ling such legislation as shall best meet
the public exigencies. The Republicans
may well take pride in pointing to The
candidate they have named for this high
position. Henry Betz entered the tieio
two years ago an unknown man to the
great body of even his own party. He
was backed, however, by the enthusias
tic endorsement of his German fellow
/ citizens. recommended also by the fact O
| his having served two successive terms az
/ County Treasurer In county overwhelm
| ingly opposed to him In politics, and fur
/ thermore by his noble career as UnioI
soldier He took the oath Of Office a
! Madison on New Years day, 1870. anC
| to-day he bears a reputation for capacity
| integrity and administra tive efficiency un
surpassed by any public man in Wiscon
sin. We present his name as that of on,
who has been tried in the balance anc
found to be the most fine gold We ar,
glad to honor all sucl, specimens of tn
best blood OF "the Fatherland Stat
Gozette.
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Ir. DnoIitfIe ashamed of the Demo
Gratis.

Mr.. Doolittle said short time previ-
Gus to his nomination. that he did not
affiiiate with the Democratic party. He
said in his speech before the convention
that the nomination was not sought and
..as not expected. He did not say he
was a Democrat. His language was," If
the use CT my name can do anything to
save constitutional liberty and Republi
can institutions, in substance as well as
in name, from the dangers which threat
en- them, then be it So.
In his Janesville speech he repeatedly
spoke Oft the Democratic Republican
party, and not of the Democratic party.
1t would appear from these facts that
Doolittlc has captured the Democratic
party. and being ashamed of the name, Is
trying to change it How do the thor
nurh-hred Democrats like the new name?
How do they like the man who would
not affiliate with them before the conven
ton, and now denies them before men
State JournaI
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Tne Public seebt-.s9ut.veii-s speech

Secretary Boutwell, deliver red a speech
in CIncinnati. Thursday evening, Sept.
oSth, and another speech 10 large au-
dlence in leveland the next evening. In
Cincinnati discussed financial matters,
aud in the Cleveland speech he called at
tenti"n to other topics. At the Cincin-
natl meeting Ex Secretary Cox presided.
Mr.. Bnutw,ll Il said that the decrease Of
the debt the last two years of johnson $
administrator was less than twenty mil
lions annually, while the yearly saving by
the recent negutIatIon of two hundred
million five PER cent. bonds alone, saved
the country about six millions more than
the total reduction under John>on. This
showed that the syndicate was success.
The Republicans since President
Grant 5 administration came into power
had reduced taxes eighty millions OF dol
lars.
Tie expenses Of the Government, ali
told. under johnson, We're over one hun
drcd and seventy three million for the
year ending June 50, 1865, while they
were less than ninety six million for the
year ending June 50, 1871. He thought
that taxes might be further reduced to
the amount of thirty millions without
stopping the policy Of yearly paying q
portion of the debt. He thought the
public debt should be reduced fifty mil
lion dollars annually. Amendments to
the internal revenue system had relieved
the people from most if not all of the
really budensome taxes, while from seven
subjects now taxed, about $l25, ,00O,00(
would be received annually.
He said: Our first duty was to pro
vide for the payment of the public dett
in coin or It's equivalent; next. fora col;
siderable annual payment oi the public
debt Delay transferred the burden more
AMI more from property to labor, post
poned the time for national independence
at home aud powerful influences abroad
retard immigration and Kindred the set
tlement of the new States, and lowered
the interest rate.
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OTEs MEX GOVERNOR.

Gen. Wa~hhurn reached here last
Thursday and addressed very large and
highly respectable meeting of citizens at
ai.e Tuner Hall the same evening.
On Icing introduced to the audience
b. Mr.. Esslinger, the General, mentioned
that though having lived 20 years in
Wisconsin, this was his first visit to Man
itowoc and that he was highly pleased
with It's location, its splendid harbor. its
divers manufacturs, its active enterpris-
ing people and their splendid further pros
poets lie then spoke of his nomination
for Governor and branded the base cal
runy oi the Democratic press and Of Mr.
Doolitte, that he was the officer holder 5
candidate and that his nomination. w
result Of official dictatation.
lie then discussed at considerable
10 9Th the relative positions Of the two
p.rties, aud exhibited in mas terly man
the meandering and tortuouS course
of Judge Doolittlc, showing from DIS. own
pub i,hed declarations that the policy he
no " condemns has at one time been the
cherished theory Of this artful political
d ger
The Amendments to the Constitution,
tie ku- klux BILL the San Domingo
q es ION. the tariff, the general Govern
meat All State administration were well
consi Tered by the distinguished speak er,
and his clearly defined views upon all of
them met with l. hearty response from
The udi,n
+ he speech throueht was one of the
best We lave had in a long time. 1t was
honest, candid and logical: free .fiom
abuse. and just such one as an honest
lnnn like General &. G.. Washburu would
be expected to make. Though a good
speaker, he seeks to convince the hearer
rather than astonlsh with hnwery oratory.
As this was the first meeting Of the
present campaign in our City, We can
c,ngratula;e e our friends on its splendid
success promising a rich harvest at
the approaching election.
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IN BANKRUPTCY.

In the District Court of the United States for tbs
Eastern District OF Wisconsin.
In the natter of
PETER P FUESSENICif, In Bankruptcy.
Bankrupt.
Milwaukee, in said District. on the 3oth day OF
N August, A. d. 1871 before Hon. Andrew G. Miier.
Judge of said District Court, in Ba kruprcy-
District Wisconsin,. Aud IL is order
ed by the Conrt thai Don i. Shove the assignee here
in give notice of his appointment week for
three successive weeks in the Daily Milwaukee News
and in one paper published in Nanitowoc County.
- Witness. tle Hon. Andrew G. Miller, Judge
L. S. of the said Court, and the seal thereof, at
= Milwaukee. in said District on the Both day
of August A D. 1871 j. NJ. MILLER,
Clerk Of District Court, for said District
TN THE DISTRICT CoEET OF THE UNITED
/ States, for the Eastern District of Wisconsin.
In the matter of
PETER L. FUESS SENlCH, In Bankruptcy.
Bankrupt.)
Eastern District of WisconSin-ss-
At Milwaukee the 30th day of August, A d. ISL
The undersigned hereby gives notice of his appoint
ment as assignee of Peter p. FueSsenich of Manto-
voc. County of Mantowoc, State of Wisconsin with
in said District. who has been adjudged Bankrupt
creditors petition, by the District Court OF said
District. DON a SHoNE E.
Assignee of Peter p. Fuessenich, Bankrupt
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NOT ICE.

STATE OF WISCONSIN CRY TsEAsuEER's OFFICE
Mantowoc Comfy. J Manitowoc, Sept p, 1871
NOTICE is hereby given to the owners or occupants
~ oflots parcels ofiand fronting Ninth street
from the North side OF Washington street to the
Southern Corporation line the LIST Ward of this city
that the list for the improvement of said Ninth
in the ist Ward has been delivered to for
collection and that the said owners occupants of
lots parcel, of land fronting the street above
described, are hereby required TO pay to me within
thirty days after the date Of ts notice, the taxeH
charged said list To the lots parcels of land own
ell by them respectively, together with the commits
sion of five per centum the amount thereof for
collection fees and that if such taxes viii be paid
within fifteen days from the date of this notice, the
fees for collecting the viii be only per
tuIn oIf-the amount of such taxes.
23-4t A NJ. RICHTER, City Treasurer.
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Is THE Appleton Crescent pref parng for
a new departure" still? We judge 81
from the toue OF its leading article In the
last number from which We take the fol
lowing:
III an independent ticket for State
Officers were placed i'll the field to-day,
the democratic and Republican nominees
would De swept to the wall. There Is d
gale sweeping over this State that viii
make wlnrowS OF the politicians, and ru-
ntIcal funerals will follow, Talk when
and where you viii, no otner sentiment
Is enunclated. 1rne, men say, Nv {
canuut sacrihce oul political tnendsilps
and associations; We can Vote 1Ur Il "a, se
D0olttle; we prefer an out and out Del-
ocrat; but We can aud viii stay away
from the polls.
We are willing to admit Col. Ryan
testimony a. TO the disposition of Demo
Gratis to stay away from the polls rather
than vote Iuf 100 ittie. j hat Is true
but the Republicans are entirely satisfied
with their ticket and there are not lUt
lvIiu olicaiI> IN " lscun>ln who Will vote
against their ticket or who would vote al
ludependl ut ticket If one was In the heid.
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HOME NEWS.

Nine Of the Ku-klux prisoners have pleaded
guilty.
Intense heat continues throughout California and
Arizona.
Brigham Young ASSUMES very defiant tone in re-
gard to his arrest.
Mayor Hall waived in examination before Justice
Bixby and held in his recosuizance to await
the action of the Grand Jury.
letter from Deputy Controller Green shows the
Department. Of Public works to be nearly bankrupt
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DEMOCRATS feel troubled oyer the
small attendance of tie faithful at Osh-
kosh 20 hear the joiat discussion hey
now say that the meeting was not adver
tlsed. As every paper from Oshkosh
which We have seen contained numerous
appeals 10 turn out. and as the Reputl :
cans were well represented, the absence
of the great unwashed can hardly be ac-
counted for upon any other grounds than
that of hatred to Doolittle or an unabili-
ty to read print.
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NOTICE.

STATE OF WISCONSIN CITY TREAsuRER's orTIoa-
Manitowoc County. Manitowoc, Sept 81. 1871.
NOTICE is hersby gwen TO the owners occupants
IN OF lots or parcels of land fronting on Seventh.
street from the North side Park street TO the river
In the I'd 4th Wardsof this city that the tax list for
the improvement of said Seventh seeet iu the said
I'd & 4th Wards has been delivered me for coiIec-
tion aud that the said occupants of lots
parcels OF land fronting the above described
are hereby required TO pay 10 within thirty days
after the date of this notice. the charged in said
list to the plrcets OF land owned by them
spectvely together with the commission of five per
centim- the amount thereof for collection fees.
and that if such will be paid within fifteen Jays
from the date of this notice. the fees collecting tbs
slne viii be only two per centGm the apn''n- OF
such taxes. A. NJ. RICHTER,
pat CITY Treasurer.
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FOREIGN NEWS.

French man-of-war is ashore on the coast of Hay
ii -Four hundred women havo Joined the English
strikers.
The treaty negotiations between France and Ger
many have been concluded, Several of Napoleon; s
political agents have beer arrested in Paris
An anti-Papal movement is in progress in Germany
PARIS has voted two millions of francs to repair
the monuments and public buildings.
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DooLITTLE asks: "Where has the
School Fund gone to p Oyer two hun
dred thousand dollars of it went into
Democratic office holders pockets-aDd
the Republicans have tried hard to get
it back but have only succeeded in get
ting little over ninety thousand dollars
The names of the thieving Democrats
can be found in the Report of the School
Land Commissioners for 1864. This
ought to be light enough upon the SUBJ
ject to satisfy those who apologize for
the Tammany frauds and defend the sys-
ten of ballot box stuffirg. Democracy.
thy sins are many. ard they cannot be
overlooked by the people of Wisconsin.
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THERE is one fact 10 be remembered
and that is, the administration of Gen
Grant reduced the public debt S25l $40.
go IN two years and a half; while a
the same time the We rly taxes have beer
reduced over eighty FIVE millions. If an,
administration ever did better thar thai
we should like to have it pointed out.
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WEEKLY LETTER LIST.
T'esC .fRCeTtiseH, ,e1sfS.
Notice for building Sidewalks.
CITY CLERKS OFFICE,

Manitowoc, Oct 5th 1871. (
Sealed proposals will be received at the City Clerks
Office within days from the date of this notice
grading and building sidewalks five feet wide OF sound
two inch plank with curb plank and posts, fronting
the following named lots:
Lots s. IL & l6 in block 2It. Lot 16 in block SIC
Lot 3, in block 325. Lots 8 & block 22S all to bt
fms ed within 20 days from the date of this notice
und y the supervision of CHESTER BUELL.,
, Street Com & Sd rards
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IN PROBATE.
MANITovoC corNTy coURT

n the matter of the estate of Everett HILL de-
4 cttsed. On reading and filing the petition ui
Charles Luling, administrator of the estate of said
deceased, representing, among other things that he
iully administered said estate. and praying that
time and place re fixed for examining and allowing
his account of his administration filled in this Court
1t is ordered that said account be examined by the
Judg of this Court Monday the 3Jth day of Oc-
toer. A ID. 1871 at 10 O'Clock A. NJ, ri my office in
said County. Ordered further that notice thereof be
given TO the heirs of said deceased and to all
infested, by publishing copy of this order for three
wrecks prior to said day of hearing. in the "MANITo
Voc TRIBUNE a weekly newspaper published at Mani
towoc in said comfy.
Dated at Manitowoc, the 9th day of September,
A. d. 1871. w. W. WALDO,
2o-3t mf County Judge.
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ANOTHER defaIcation by an army nav

ANOTHER defalcation by an army pay
master has been committed at Washing
ten. Its gratifying to learn that Hodge
who cheated the government out OF near
ly half million. was immediately tried
by court material and sentenced to the
penitentiary. The government shows
no lienency and It's prompt punishment
to such offen nses will meet with the ap-
proval of every sitizep.
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REPUBLICAN, STATE TICKET.

For Governor,
G. &. wAsEiECasN. sof Ia Crosse.
For lieutenant Governor,
N. H. PIE fgIT, OF E2eacsssa.
F,r Secretary of State,
ILYWEEYN BREESE, OF Portage.
For State Treasurer
EESEY BEEZ. of SIau..owoc
For Attorney General.
STEPHEN 5. EARLO ~ KiIbourn City
For State Superintendent,
gANTEL FALL0NS, or milwaukee,.
For State Prison Commissioner,
GEORGE 3. WIZ EEEER, of Waupun
For Commissioner of Immigration,
0s.a3 G.. JOHNSON. of BeioEt.
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i> prevailing throughout the whole city.
Almost eycrybodv-men, women and
chillren-'S IN the street, ard praying
and weeping is heard in every direction.
L now looks as if the whole city ght
ha Ia.trcvn3