The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1880-08-05
SALE OF STAMPS.

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place for the sale OF stamps from the Of
fees of deputy collectors to the general
office at Fond du Lac. He insists that a
more efficient supervision Will thus be
secured as it viii leave more time at the
disposal of deputy collectors for vista
ton. That the sale OF stamps and re-
| ports to the collector in consequence,
have 50 occupied the attention of deputy
4 collectors that irregularities on the part
| OF those from whom the government
revenues are derived have passed unno-
| ticed. That the inconvenience to the
taxpayers is very slight while the adyan-
tage to the government is considerable.
OF course it is impossible for Us to de-
termine to what extent the government
has been defrauded in other subdivisions
OF the 3rd district. Bat every intelligent
| man IN the counties named, knows that
in the portion of the district comprised
by MauItowoc, Calumet, Kewaunee and
Door, irregularities have been SO infre-
! quent. trivial and unprecedented as 70
offer no color of justification for change
calculated to increase the inquisitorial
duties OF deputy. The brewers of this
subdivision are intelligent men and if
they We're convinced that the efficiency
of the department was injured by the
sale of stamps at the offices of deputies,
they would submit to personal inconven-
fence for the general good, without a
murmur. But they know of no facts
that warrant the change. They have
heard OF no illicit distilleries, untaxed
cigars, unstamped beer kegs or the sale
of spurious or malt liquors" without a
license. The visits of the deputy haye
been frequent enough to satisfy the most
exactlng. They have no faith in that
theorizing which is at variance with their
own knowledge of existing facts. They
cannot understand the reasons for the
change and turn deaf ear to Mr. Kutch-
ms explanations. He is not supported
by the facts in this or in adjoining coun-
| ties and people care more for one little
fact thon for a deluge of arguments.
Is the change made in the interest of
economyl Admitting that the new sys-
| TEN will secure closer supervision than
the old method, has that increased watch
fulness, secured at the expense of tax
payers, been demanded by the discovery
OF frauds? Does it not make the employ
ment of additional men at the general of.
flee necessity Does the amount saved
the government in detecting some trivial
acts of dishonesty, amount to the salary
OF the additional man or men employed?
MICHAEL MCNAMARA was taken to the
Oshkosh Asylum last Saturday. The
man realized his situation and was quite
anxious to go.
The poet is abroad. He has been out
side the PILOT office ever since he penned
the following:
Into the Pilot Office | came,
| | found editor here while Maggie is his name,
One OF the representatives of the press,
| He to me ner proved himself better than an ass.
| TON.
He promised to send in more and we
| hoped he would use the mail as a medi-
| UNI of communication, as he emphasizes
his claims to respectful hearing through
| the paper, with wavings of his brawny
arm and remarks not altogether compI-
mentary to the other side.
But Tom was but the forerunner of
one who can be made to feel the divine
| affiatus through the clinking of small
coin. For the small sum of forty cents
week we could furnish our readers with a
regular Diet of poetry. Competition has
| reduced the price considerably. There
Is variety enough to suit all tastes. For
instance, Jim Blaine might reasonably
be expected to slap his thigh and call the
following couplet demnition good:
Who was it said Ulyssis lied,
" hen he exclaimed, I'm satisfied"
Let paper be oopiousiy luterlarded
with such delicious tit bits of literature
and what an immense popularity it would
commando How nicely the .'two liner''
| could be inserted i'll column headed
Wanted" so as to fill out If the fei
low was in the state we have no doubt he
could be discovered if the words Estate
papers, please copy" were appended.
Our forty cent poet is not withou.
opinion on the eastern question as wit
less The following dispassionate exposi-
| ton, contingent on certain moves:
| If war is waged by Greek aud Turk
No doubt Jherell be quite fiery work .
And when the fighting all II cease
Turkey will be abEoToej by Greece.
Some captious persons might question
whether proper disposition is made Of
Turkey. But if the poet pannos main.
tam himself with the weapons of hard
argument he has poetic lio1c,nse 90 his
shiAl1
We have vague idea that the poet is
democrat. Generally, be carries free
lance but he seems to touch the republi-
| can shield with the sharp end of his
spear. In the following, Logan is made
to treat his candidate with something
bordering Oh disrespect
His Granger friend twas greeted him
As from Chcago's noise and din
He fed from where Grant fell:
wv hat do you think of that air foe
You met last week in Chicago2
And Logan said" III
It was manifestly improper for Logan
to say 50. But he had to say something
that would rhyme with fell. There's
little ambiguity as to the cause Of Johns
fight which the poet should remove by
revising the verse somewhat. Again,
can the reader state with absolute certain
ty who was flying, John or the grangerf
: foot note putting this question beyond
cavil would not be out of place.
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