, 1875-05-16


| is going on as TO what moneys the City Treas
nrer is compelled by law to depoeit IN the City
| Treasurx,-or, ID point Ct TACT, anywhere else
By law, tbs county and State taxes are paid "a
tor double the amount. t is held by soEae thai
it ia the duty Of the City Treasurer to pay these
moneys iuto the bank designated as the cit.
depository, u2der that section Of the laH
that requires that "aa M FUNDS No..
| shall be depoated in the deposlrory. Oshers
hold that inasmuch as tho City Treasurer il per
! eocaIfy Liable, With bis bondsmen, he ought moi
to bo compelled to .depoeit in any particular
! bank, unless that bank in turn be compelled tc
is important that the question be settled, as the
item of interest, and who is to pocket it, lies IN
! the background. An act will be presented 10 the
Legialat1lre next session to compel tho Treasurer
to deposit all moneys ho may receive, in the
City Treasury, ere1y day. and to relieve him OF
BY the bank The Official will then administer
merely the cerkly duties OF his Office instead OF
arnusing hinse!f With the idea that ho has the
pereonal handling OF hundreds OF thousands Of
dollars belonging to other people
TOO EtUCU LAw-MAKING.
It il safe to say that there IL not State in the
Union thai has 20 many funny Iaas On the
stata.e-Dooka as Wisconsin. lou have probably
hexrd Of the Fotter law, which is anything but
funny. Ne have law prohibiting hanging. We
and a. \ l,beral-1n'nded. free-thinang people,
we are little ahead OF everything. Some Of
our laWa such AS those imposing bu1deusoms
taxes upon capital, arc obstructive, md czlcu-
was once 30 rapid. and has nuw come to such q
sudden xsop. have recently come across sn in
stance OF this that il w:ll worth relating. 4
short time ago. worthy Eastern gentleman
came here On visi: to his son, who naa estab-
lshed himself in business here and after look
tAt ftn1
Invested II mortgages and loans ought to re-
ceiEe good returns, ed il hia son cared to take
hold, be might hare $50 900 or S100, 600 ~ soon
as he liked. to cnEnGa u the business. Iha
few words. '.Dad, :" said he, ''we are prohibited
BY law from recsiving more than 10 leG cent in
terest, and compelled BY lav to paw 8 per cent
on mortgages. After paying expenses, and NJ
loving for bad debts, where is Jour interest On
capital to come from7 The Eastern capital has
taken = run doHn to Chicago to SEQ how things
look down there"
TuR SEVENTH WARD PARE
A. predicted, his Honor the Mayor returned
tho appropriation Of IS, 600 for the Seventh
Transaction in What will probably turn out to be
d struggle Of magnitude, / copy the Mayors a
communication:
70 .hs Honorable Board Of AIdermem:
GEsTIznEs: herewith return to your honoE.ble
body without my approval the following resolution,
''I:esotrcd That the Board ot Public Works he snd
Il hereby authorized to co1Enue the improvement Of
the Seventh Ward pnrk in conformity to the original
plan as f4r n Pr4ccshls, provided the cost Of work
nd material fer ths ye.5 1h.n not ezeeed the sun of
for the year and credited to the spect fund
for the Seventh Ward Park. Ii authorized by law
amount TO be expended Ibis year the authority thars
in given to the Boazd Ut Public Works to contnne the
improvement and to devia:t from the original plan IL
indefinite.
Further considerations Of economy require that
expenditures Of this should not be incurred 1t
present The n'fsos e1aeat u not of pressing IA
to such time reduction IN present oppressive
rate of taxation can b Affected
ing year will 10 heavy, and II We will reducs Re1t
years tar budget from last yeara heavy figures, ws
When opr Wiz WoTis beeo1as self.snsta.nine, md
the Be1ois and Superior indebtedness is removed,
can vita grest:s ssfety engage in Improvements Of
Geutlsn,en, submit thesa considerations in no
bisrsry spirit With any feeling Of cartiousneas;
offer them wholly in the siit Of economy, and hops
light
Tho Board refused to adopt the veto, and the
struggle has commenced. 4 good deal has been
sad aud written on the subject Of the Mayors
determination to enforce economy in the future:
but have nowhere seen. in the sage and pro
found comments 30 far printed, q correct appre--
claaon OF the question which is being forced
upon Milwaukee for solution, and upon al other
cities in the Union aimllarly sltuated- Tho
Mayors veto meaus the commencement Of a war
upon the ward-approptiatioas system, which has
wrought such havoc ia this city. Tie hare, it is
true improved on The situation OF years ago,
uhen one would think each ward was separate
and apart from all the others in its interests.
aud ambitions, It's peculiasiiies and nation
alities. People are slowly beginning to look
upon themselyes rs citizens Of Milwaukee,, in-
stead Of the ward the7 live in but the process Is
tedious, aud the worst evil OF au-the Tazd-ap-
prop11ation s1stem-has it's faags still fastened
in our r1tals- Suppose public Herk OF import
ance to the entire city-sawerasa. for instance
is intended 10 be carried out The question be-
comes Immediately Z question OF wards. Al
the wards will unite to vote for the work, on tho
promise tina, each ward will vote for the other
for any ward appropriations that may b. desired
By aad by. Seventh Ward wants pnrk III tha
wards vote for it. The expenditure is more than
the city can bear; the Mayor fetoes it; tho
Council disrega,ds tho veto, and goes ahead.
Soon, Thirteenth Ward, which ia only frin.ed
with population and houses, wants ~, QUO OF
$50 900 school-house all the wards that have
had slmilar services done for them rote for it !;
the Mayor vetoes it the Council disresarcs tho
veto and the last straw is laid upon the canera
end OF the year. Those who know the Mayor say
he ia resolved to btsak up this parulcious sys-
ten.
WARD INEQUALITIES.
Five out Of our thirteen ma1ds have nearly one
half OF the entire population Of the city. name
", First: Second, Fourth, Fifth and Ninth and are
in the Council by fifteen Aldermen,
the remaining half OF tue population. distributed
over eight wards, having twenty-four represents
tiyes. Thus, Thirteenth Ward, with popul4- |
ton OF 3,2l9, and Twelfth Ward, with popula- |
ton OF 3703 have Is much 10 say in the d. |
recion Of Affairs as the Second Ward, With its |
population at lIJoQ, and Fourth Ward. With its |
popaa ion of 1881 The matter is attracting !
attention, a.ad those who are irving 10 break |
lway fzurn ward prejudices viii attempt to hare !
/ redistribution OF the wards. Fancy tho nosel |
OF ono Of the Third NaroerB being |
axked year hence in what ward he hves, an t
,ver1nG l.roudlg: '+In the 6iventh Ward, aorr-"
But that's What it'll have to come to.
TIE ARCHD1suoPRIn-
Tho details Of the coming grand Episcopal |
celebration have now been iecded- It is to he |
lie greatest demonstration Of tho kind ever seen |
n tue West; l.500 tickets Of admission to the
Cathedral are to to issued, at 81 each4 none Of
s1dch are to be complimentary. 4 procession I
riu take place, in which the following soeieties
AVE i1tin1ated their intention to sske pa1t:
St. Plus ye1nin-R. L. Westhon, PRECEDENT
St Petrus Terein--John Hirschbroickr President. !
e. Johxnnes Vareio-F. II. Muller, President.
81 Antpuius VareinJacob Burbach, President.
st. Bonafncua Lcbesbund-Qhstlea Kuhn, Pred.
ent