Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1888-02-16
CITIZEN VS.. VERITAS.

anu VIII lloI 20 SO. eTlJds, the queS-
ton before the people of the village
does not in its nature permit blending
of personal nonsense, it presents itself
in such a plain matter-of-fact way,
that 1t can neither be smothered out of
sight nor lessened in Importance by any
lodging or dirt throwing, Veritas is
capable of throwing, or any one else.
But Weritas says he is done with the sub
ject2 Well, Veritas you done well. You
at the instance of your friends and as
soeiates got to the limits of personal
abuse of Citizen hoping that thereby
you would both please and assist the
ringsters to beat the village out of the
I liquor tax. Veritas you evidently had
the pole-cat in your mind. You thought
that the stink you could make in the
way of personal abuse Of Citizen and
Others, those (big mouthed vulgarities)
mentioned III your first communication
would be both offensive and defensive
weapons in the battle between the citi-
zens of the village and the ring, to beat
the village out of $500 liquor tax.
Veritas, you are mistaken in the
theory, "forwarned is forearmed." The
people in the nature of things expected
all you gave them. They knew the
source from whence it came, and also
knew that if anything came at all. it
could not differ from their reasonable
anticipations.
But. Neritas. you evidently weaken
ed in your pole-cat theory before finish
ing your letter and made up your mind
that you might succeed in blasting the
village council against author of
open letter signed by thirty-four citi-
zens Now Veritas. Citizen has known
these men much longer than you have,
and you missed again. Neritas init
mates that council could discharge Off
Gals who did not do their duty in col
Letting tax evidently VeritaS must
have had in his mind the MARSHALL be-
cause they have no power over any 9TH
er official. and that by permitting mar
shall TO remain, council sustained his
doings. thinking that this kind Of a
whip would force council to side of
wrong. Veritas you are again mistaken,
the composition of council is not of
that kind which you will soon find out.
There is not one of them who has ever,
or does now sustain village officials
neglect in not compelling payment of
liquor tax. But there are quite num-
Der Of the council who now regret that
they allowed the persistent and contin-
uous opportunities of president and
yourself to overcome their judgment in
the matter of appointment of Gillian as
marshal, his continuance and salary,
and at a recent council meeting pluck
ed him of his 81 per day in future.
Where is this same marshal now? On
the tenth day of this month, he, as Citi-
zen has been informed, commenced
tending bar in Kurtz & Kiel's saloon in
the village. Of course he, by generosity
of council still retaining Office of Mar
shall, he can make this matter handy
when some one gets happy on drink
to run them into what EXPOSIToR calls |
the legal grist mill and thus add to his
profits without much trouble.
Verita, taxes his ingenuity for an
other dodge, and assumes that Citizen
is to have compensation for getting |
Rapley and Ward their equitable rights,
namely, Rapley the one hundred dollars
the ring schemers took from him
more than from their pets, for do
ing the same business, and Ward the
two hundred dollars that John ID. Jones
compelled him to pay, upon the express
promise that he would compel Hoskin
to pay also, and which Jones never did.
and will not. This assumption Is by
Citizen denied. Mr.. Rapley and Ward
can state all they know about this mat
ter. Now Veritas, don't get mad
and draw upon your cess pool storage.
if Citizen suggests that your able de-
Tense of ring ought to be compensated
literally. and that the savings of liquor
dealers who owe the village ought to
afford such to you.
Veritas, Citizen and many others
have asked themselves the question
why you have made personal attacks
upon Citizen, and called people vulgar
tiles. when the only question really up
was Il public One-namely, shall the ring
beat the village out of the liquor tax9
Your silence might have been laid to
your indifference whether ring beat in
the struggle or not, but your hand is
shown conclusively on which side you
are. Veritas, you have ably assisted
Intentionally or not, in remov-
ing any cobwebs that obscured the sub
ject, as TO whether there Is, or is not, !
nm understanding generally what liquor !
dealers should do about payment of
this tax. and the taxpayers and others j
are respectfully asked to ,
ook MI village officials and see If il is. &