The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1873-12-11
Much Ado About Nothing.

The Manitpwoc oltv pre.s-we believe
without an excel tion-are greatly exercis
ed over the fact that the County Board Of
Supervisors, at its recent annual session,
allowed each Of its member to draw ten
dollars for committee work performed
when the Board had adjourned over-in
some cases twC OF three dsv. at a time
for the purpose of enabling the several
committees to do this work. IF any one
will take che t-oubls to read the sections
If the statutes referred 70 by the Pilot,
he viii be strong impressed with the fact
that the Limitation OF fifteen days apples
only to the time the Board is in actual
| session. Work performed in the commit
tee room during adjournment of the Board is
no more . part Of the session than if it il.
performed by special committees during re
cess We have been familiar with the pro
ce.Iing. Of The County Board in ,hi, cou .ty
,ince 1851, and though the statute referred
to has teen in force during the whole period
of intervening time to the present, when
the county supervisor system has been in
force, VIZ believe there has not been year
when the proceedings of the Board have
not furnished the precedent which the last
Board followed.
The people Of the county are undoubted
| " in favor of an economical administration
of its affairs, but We venture to say that
| they have too mnch sense and too correct
ideas Cf Justice to either wish their Super.
vi.ors to leave work that is at best difficult.
perplexing and often necessarily delayed
on account CT conflicting interests, u ldone
or 20 require their servants to work for
nothing because, for,ooth, of some strain
| eI alnl,al anp atrta "a 81,
| The same sec.cn that limits the time of
Supervisors to fifteen days in any one year
commences by declaring that they rhall
receive two dollars per day for time actually
spent in the service Of the county In
| this view Of the case, how contemplate
appears The M,nitowoc Tribune's fling ut
the Democratic Board of Supervisors, who,
according to this veracious and self-rigtt-
eous sheet, IN voting them elves ten dol
lars each Tor committee work actually per.
formed, have initiated the Dem ,cratic back
salary-grabbers of Congress. FRED. over
looks the fact--bec Iu,e it is Convenient for
him and he has such poor opinion Of hi,
readers IA t. suppose that they will over
look the fact also--that the Congressional
steal, US he Is pleased to style 1t, could
never have been consummatel without the
votes of Republican Senators AMI Repre-.
sentatlves, and the signature of a Republican
President and that such County Super
visors as COOPER, KosToALATsKY, Deacon
SMITH, HUBBARD, REUss and other Re-
pablicAns voted in favor of allowing ten
dollars to County Supervisors for Committee
work performed outside Of the sessions of
the Board. And when it is remembered
that there was matter Of some hundreds
between this senseless editor and the Coun
y Board, where the editor has been charged
sith obt.i0ing, or seeking to obtain, more
compen sation 70, printing than TIE law or
his contract allowed, the cheeky imperti-
nenco of his comments OF last week on the
action of the County Board Of Supervisors
becomes most disgusting exhibition.
Supervisor from one OF the northern
towns suggests that Supervisor WALLIcH,
instead Of taking ten dollars and after
wards returning it to the County Treasurer,
with the cheap advertise ,nent for buncombe
afforded by the publication of his letter in
The Tribune last week, would have appear
ed better by not taking it At all. = But we
consider tie whole thing rather far fetched;
AS We say at the head Of this article,
much ADD about nothing Though The
otherwise We regret that the Colonel should
thus seemingly counter ance the stale views
which he might have known would retlrct
the ignorance and imbecility Of his con-
temporary Of The Tribune.
We have bsen induced to copy the above
article from The Chronicle for the purpose
of reiterating our view. expressed in last
weeks PLor, WITH which Judge Pierpout
has taken issue, and to respectfully express,
our utter indignation at being dished up in
one and the same article with Deacon Bor-
cherdt Of the Manitowoc Tribune, who is
the most chronic back-psy grabber in our
acquaintance; as he has grabbed $l446 for
for printing out Of our county and city. This
fact we e-plnined in detail in thePILorat the
time and he has since made iue acknowl-
edgment, in part, be the repayment of
some $262 which should silence any CON-
ments from him on tho action of this or
any future Board.
But because the Deacon bIanderinclv
shoots of his mouth on a subject, we in
sist there is no fairness in The Chronicie's
ha-uessirg US up for public parade with any
such old barnacle.
Our comments Oh sne action Of the Coun-
ty Board were mild and respectful we
charged no frand or dishonest intent, but,
on the contrary, expressed entire confidence
in the personal integrity of sash member of
the Board, and claimed that the resolution
was pas.ej under . Misrepresentation Of the
statutes of the State. and We make this de-
Tense in the ssme belief.
Tho Chronicle says that the section of
the statutes referred to in last weeks PI-
LOT in relation to the fifteen days limitation
applies only to the time the Board is IN
actual session. This application of the
statutes is erroneous, 10 our Judgment, as
the statutes make no provision for extra
iIsy for commute work, and the limit OF
fifteen days in any one year is just as bind
ing as the cause fixing the conf ensa,ion
1t two dollars per day.
We dill not claim that the members Of
the County Board should travel to and
from the spring and fall meetings Of tn E
Board without compensation in mileage for
all travel over six miles from the Court
House but when We state tn. fact that each
member, except Mr.. Wallich, took full
mileage from the Court House to his resi-
dence. Tie Chronicle will make another
raid or US, "beea"se, .forsootA," of our
strained technical contraction IF the
xt0tYfe ia suggesting that they received
the same without warrant of law
Chapter Is, Sec l34, of the laws re.
lating to the compensation of town o6Saals
SAYS sAoa Supervisor shall De entitled 70
$50 dollars esupensatioe for each day az