The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1881-10-13
COMMUNICATED.
To THE EDITOR OF THE Pilot:


terested man in the county. under
stand, however, that the amiable and Gull
tured editor of The Nord- " esten labors
to prove that several of the men now
| holding county offices were not residents
of Manitowoc and Two Rivers at the time
of their election or appointment. The
county judge and County superintendent
he assigns to Meme; the sheriff to Cato.
the district attorney to Grant county, and
SO on. Ha, ha, ha! This statement is SO
stupendously idiotic and so idioticalIy
stupendous that have to drop my pen
and utter a loud and frolicksome guffawl
Why, my tasty and symmetrical editor
of the powerful Nord- Weston, don't you
know that the county Judge came from
Ireland, the county school supt. from
Canada, the sheriff from Ohio and the
district attorney from the sunny south.
Don't you know that the county treasurer
came from Germany, the clerk of the
court from Bohemia, Peter Mulholland
from Scotland and Nick Dittmar from
California? But what, in the name of all
that is lovely in your admirable physique
has that to do with the statement made
in my last letter to The Pilot2 / then
and there made the sweeping assertion
that all the men now holding county Of
fees were residents OF either Manitowoc
or Two I.ivers at the time of their cleo
ton or appointment. Can you, Mr..
Schmidt, like the gentleman and the
scholar that you are openly and conscient-
ously deny it, Were not every one of
them legal, bona tfde residents of the
cities named at the time of their election
or appointment Does it make any diff
ference whether they s'once upon a time"
resided in Meme, Mishicott or NADIA
gascara Didn't the lordly editor Of the
Nord- Weston himself, once have resi-
dence in some other burgh but isn't he
full fedged inhabltant of Manitowoc
now2 Bah! Spit upon such fimsy and
shallow excuses. Ny statement stands
uncontradicted and uncontradictable viz:
that Manitowoc and Two Rivers, paying
but very small proportion of our taxes,
hold all the offices and reap all the
benefit.
And Mr.. Editor, when wrote my last
article I said that could not think of
any county Office now held by nom
resident of Manitowoc or Two Rivers.
Ever since 1 have been trying to figure
out position held by person outside
| these stupendous corporations, but in
| vain. On the contrary have discovered
two more county berths occupied by
poor, tax-ridden Manitowoc men-those
of county surveyor and coroner. This
gives Manitowoc the offices of sheriff,
register of deeds, clerk of the circuit
court, county judge, county school supt.,
district attorney, state senator, county
surveyor and coroner. To Two Rivers
are assigned the county treasury and
county clerkship and to the remainder of
the county is given what Paddy shot at
-"Nothing.
Immediately after the publication of
my last letter, warm personal friend of
mine approached me and said:
'John, you have politically killed your
self. You never more can hold an official
position in this county because the men
who make the states and control the eau
cuses are all dead against you. You
ought to have known better than to e1-
pose them in this cruel way. You're
| dead duck, believe me"
I must confess that this declaration
fell like wet blanket upon me, as there
is no use denying that I have very
small political bee in my bonnet; yet 1
''braced up" and Immediately made ans
wer by saying:
Companion of my youth, care not.
| If in order to secure Office have to be-
| come the tool of few political dead
beats and wire pulling demagogues, then
| I'd rather be excused. choose rather to
retain my manhood and independence
and tell those aforesaid demagogues to
go to-to-that place where they will do
the most good"
A prominent ex-politician, in descant-
ing upon the Ring and their methods of
doing business, once said to me:
"John, do you know how these fellows
fix things? Well, I'll tell you. They
| meet at the proper time in one of the lit
tie county offices and after talking over
and canvassing the matter, their spokes-
man, the chief of the Ring says:
"Well, now its settled and you all I'M
derstand how its settled. Tom can have
the Office of county school superintendent
this year; Dick may take the county
clerk s. Office next year; Harry will have
to wait two years before we'll give him
chance and Patsy we don't want at ALL"
And so the slate is made and the order
| goes out. White-skinned, hairy Tipped,
brassy- checked. empty-brained, tax ex-
empt, self-appointed candidates" are
put upon the track who at once proceed
to harass the people and stir them up for
the good of the party. They go to the
poor, Ignorant country towns and mingle
with the farmers just long enough to Sc
lect and brand their delegates. These
delegates who bear the stamp of God
| upon their features but the brand of their
owners upon their backs duly meet in
convention and of course do their mas
| mated and the labor ceases, as of course
in this strongly democratic county a
nomination is equivalent to an election.
But how long, oh Lord, how long will
continue? How long will the patient