Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1888-03-08
Reply to Subscriber alias DR.. Gowan.

"To rescue liquor tax evasionists," a
reply TO Citizen or DR.. Gowan, signed
j. ID. Grinnell, village president, but all
know the words of the one who wrote
it, After this elegant and comprehen-
sive preamble, the author instead Of
following his text and rescuing "liquor
eyasionstS" and replying to Dr.. Gowan
&c. launches out Oh the same Old strain
with which we are all so familiar, "why
do you detract attention Of the people
from the main question = "why have
you robbed the village of $500 DR..
we might as well inform you before we
60 any farther that. as we have often
told you before, your little games Of
deception won't work. you are known
too well in this community. No mat
ter whether your writings were signed
"Dr.or LawyerGoWan.' Citizen. sub
Scriber' or shakespeare every one
recognizes your crooked phraseology
and peculiar cant. Now DR.. you know
the main question, Gas you see lit 20 call
it, has been discussed and is understood
by the people generally, notwithstand-
ing your active efforts TO put false
construction upon it, you know that
You were told by "Neritas" and ac-
knowledged 10 myself. that You could
find no law in the statute books making
it my duty to visit these places to as
certain if the law was being violated,
You know also that your sickly crawl
out in the portion of the new law with
reference to "Sherifls, Police officers.
etc visiting and closing these places.
was just the other day declared uncOn-
situtional. You also know that every
one of these persons whom you rail and
rant about as selling without license
have taken ont license to sell beer
and that no person in Christendom can
compel them 10 take ont additional Ii
cense unless they wished 10 do SO. and
the most that could be done would be
to prosecute them for selling whisky,
if anyone could be found to make COM
plant. DR.. you are the only person in
the entire village who boasts of having
drank whisky in every one of these
places. and YOU know how tried to in
duce you to sign a complaint against
these parties. but no! you wouldn't do
any such thing. for then you wouldn't
nave had any excuse for writing these
dainty little contributions for the En-
POSITOR. Of which you are undoubtedly
very Proud. But suppose you or some
one else had signed complaint and we
had succeeded better than your wisely
cOunseled administration did about one
year since. and actually got convic-
ton fhld fine; would any of said fine
have gone to the village? OF course
you know it would not, then where is
your robbery? But Dr. we did not sup
pose fol 2 moment that you actually
thought there was any robbery going
on, or any arrangements between my
self and liquor sellers, or any other
Inegularity, of course you did not, we
know why you would like to make the
people think they were being wrOnged,
so that you might install yourself a
Moses to lead them out of the wilder
ness of imaginary robbery and official
rottenaess into the land of pure local
regulation ana az atty fees. Yes, Dr..
we know your aspirations in other di-
rectionS, but ,ake our advice. You will
never be able to gain anything by seek
ING 20 .Gjure others you will always
succeed. as YOU ave ~ lhis matter. III
getting your own eccentricities aired in
. manner not at all comfortable.
DR. those whose duty il is to know
ell about these things say that you
were never employed by the township,
to prevent liquor money coming to the
village, but that your motive for 50 do
ing was the same that induces You to
associate yourself with and propagate
all kinds Of disturbances generally, Il. e.
a natural cussedntss that you cannot
cOntrol.) By examination of council
proceedings we find the following: AT
an adjourned session of council April
18TH 1886, d was moved 10y Leonard,
seconded 10y Morrill, that VIM. Gowan
be appointed village atty for the ensu-
ing wear unless So Ter discharged, AT a
salary of twenty five dollars for the
year, motion carried" Now on Dec g,
1886. Mr.. VIM. GOwan sends in his bill
to council as follows: Village atty adj
visors salary $500, drafting and recon-
structing ordinances $1,000, attention
and care of the Grand, matter $1,000,
prosecution in liquor suits and care of
liquor matters $1,000. Dr. YOU say
over signature Of Subscriber, that the
writer can respect the truth, well DIR.
we are glad that you can respect it if
you are unable to tell it. knowing full
well that this controversy will now
end us election will be over before
another issue of the EXPoSIToR, aud
DIR will have no further necessity for