The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1875-04-17
The Retort Courteous.
SUPERIOR, April Is, 1875.

The statements made, in effect,
were that it had taken over $780,
600 to run this town and county in
the FIVE y.ars past, under the man.
agement of the party to which you
belong-you having been a Super
visor for three years of that time;
that over $4,000 had been spent
right around here, and no satisfac-
tory account could be given of much
of the money; that over 10000 Of
orders had been put forth in viola
tion of law, being drawn in excess
OF the annual appropriations; that
large sums had been paid out with
out the shadow of authority; that
the result of this irregular, wrong
and wasteful expenditure was seen
in the now deprecated vaiue of the
floating scrip, which at the COM
mencement of your Supervisorship
was worth quite or very nearly it's
face, and that the tendency of our
credit was yet downward; that the
community was suffering from such
doings, which had contributed
largely to the general poverty and
distress. Notwithstanding all which,
public notice had been given that
the same parties-you and Others
by whom these things had for the
most part been brought about, were
to be reelected, and that this was
already so settled beyond contro-
Sersy.
1t was also further said that the
persons composing the Board, you
being one, had Individually received
large sums for supervising, superin-
tending and supplying.
Your reply to these statements,
substantially is:
First--That you have received
but $62.0O for experimenting dur
ing your six years service as a Su-
pervisor, and that averments to the
contrary were "utterly false.
,. That you have lived here
about twenty years, and that only
before the last election was it dis
covered by persons called "Cheeky
Usurper and his attorneys, that
you were, etc.. which persons, you
say, are not gentlemen but beggars,
practicing the game of bluff and
deception.
Third-That you and the rest
have been reelected by large ma
jorities, which speaks louder than
words.
Fourth-That you are only poor
foreigner, and you would like an
exhibit of how much your vilifiers
have received in twenty years from
the treasury.
Fifth-You invite your traducers,
If they have any more bills for $500
or 5000, to just present them for
payment now.
Sixth-You will henceforth be
ready TO meet these gentlemen at
the polls, and when disabled will be
willing to shake hands in the poor
house.
These are your only answers:
Ftrst-Look at your town record,
March /, March %, May /, Aug. !,
Aug. D, II, and see if you did not
draw on those dates, in the aggre-
gate, some 1929 so for ''superintend-
ing"-put down so in your own ac-
count. We will refer you to only
one or two years of your six.
The law gives a County Super
visor compensation for fifteen days
year, at 81 per day-s3O. Ex-
anime the entry of April 3, 1871, of
t62 paid you for services as Super
visor for the year 1870; and also the
entries OF Aug. /, Nov. 2l, March
80, 1871, of 500 paid you IN like
manner for 1871. Were you, or
not, overpald for 1874?
There are some supplies in your
bills, but let them pass l refer you
to the dates and ask you whether it
is the record, or what, or who it is.
that is telling wrong stories?
Secoad-The attorneys. as YOU
style them, called you "tair, we'll
disposed, modest, unasSuming and
industrious" man, and did not refer
to You in the offensive terms men,
toned in your card. That was a
very bad promp,er that moved you
to call back such i'll names. The
fsbluf and deception" will be dis
cussed when an attempt shall be
made to explain and answer the