The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1871-11-30
NEW YORK, BROOKLYN AND MAN
ITOwOC COUNTY.

ITOWOC COUNTY.
| Translated from the Manitowoc Zcit'eng, No. l6.
New York has got over it's swindliEg
operations at-elections except in few
wards which are still controlled by bant
Of thieves On that account, the busi
ness of election swiDdling was transferred
to the neigh boring City Of Brooklyn ant
fourished so well that the will of the peo
Pile was ignored and by the aid oe owe,
four thousand false tickets, the Demo
cratic, City ticket was elected. This is the
policy of the great eastern cities wherever
Democracy rules. We had no idea how
ever. that similar rascality would be un-
dertaken bv the Democrats of Manltowoc
County. We will con6ne ourselves strict
ly to pure fact in the following statement:
'sOn last Monday, the Board of Can
vassers mel, consisting OF the Clerk of the
Circuit Court, Piening, and the justices
of the Peace r. Donovan from Manito-
voc Rapids and John T. Zinns from Man
itowoc. They adjourned until Tuesday
without doing any business, and in the
absence of r. Donovan, his place was
filled by VIM. Eatough j. P. from Kos
suth.
The canvassing commenced in the after
noon and went along smoothly until the
report from the town Of Cato came to be
registered, which showed that not single
vote for County Clerk or Circuit Court
Clerk had been reported. The dispute
caused By this occurrance was laid aside
for the time, and the canvass continued,
until the report-that from the 4th Ward
of Manitowoc-the recording OF which
was for the time prevented on account OF
the missing of the official oath of the In
spectors of election. Herewith the busl-
ness closed for Tuesday and was continued
on Wednesday morning the report OF
the 4th Ward of Manitowoc was complet-
ed and then the transactions were closed
after debating motion for an adjourn
ment for two days for the purpose of or
dering correct returns from the town of
Cato. Mr. Zinns voted for the adjourn
ment and Messrs. A. Piening and VIM.
Eatough voted against it. The canvas
sing is therefor closed.
Having thus related the transactions
of the Board of Canvassers, may we be
permitted, to digress so...ewhat there
from. We do not hesitate in the least to
declare, that the majority Of the Canvas
sers have acted in the most contemptible
manner, worthy of 10 years in New York
or Brooklyn. 1t appears, that the Will
Of the people is entirely disregarded by
this majority (Piening and Eatoughl.-
We are fully convinced, that their decls-
ion would have been exactly the opposite,
if the election of Mr.. Pierpont had been
depending Oh the vote OF the town OF
Cato. Messrs. Piening and Eatough
have not consulted their better Judgment
and sound common sense. but they have
been led by political fanaticism, if not by
something a great deal worse. Their ac-
tiou is as Infamous, ans can possibly be
thought of, and this the more so, because
the law directs in this case by Chapter
S5. Sect. 3, of the General laws of Wis
oonsin of 1867 rs follows:
If in the canyass of votes any
returns shall be found to be so Informal
or Incomplete that the board cannot can
vass them, they may dispatch messeh-
ger to the inspectors who made the re-
turns, commanding them to complete
the returns In the manner speclneu 10y
law, and such corrected returns shall forth
With be returned to the canvassers Tor
their her action and tor the receli-
ton of such returns the board may ad-
journ for time not exceedln days.
Here this Board was legally advised
what they had to do, if they had the
Intention to respect the will of the peo-
pie, but to do that they were not willing.
Mr.. Zinns tried everything that was pos
sible, but he remained in the minority.
The delectable Democracy of Manltcwoc
County was resolved to vie with New
York and Brooklyn and to defy the will
of the people.
That Mr. Piening played the principal
role in this whole transaction Is the more
PAINFUL to us, as we took his part but
ately, believing him an honorable man.
unfortunately his actions prove the con-
srary of integrity, unfortunately P"