Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1888-02-16
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CITIZENS AND LIQUOR TAX RING.

PRESIDENT GRINNELL TO THE RESCUE
OF DELINQUENTs.
In his communication to EXPostToR
the worthy president says that he cares
no more for what DR.. Gowan says than
he would for cur dog. (meaning open
letter which thirty-four citizens signed
but in his uneasiness under condemna-
ton by open letter he loses himself and
in terms applies his cur dog to the thir,
ty-four citizens, who believed that Ii
quor tax ought Ito be collected. and
that it was his duty to see to it.
John, what crime would you commit
against morality or law if you COMPEL
ed delinquents to pay their tax? You
profess to act in the interest of village.
then why don't you see that about five
hundred dollars is collec ted and put in
to the village treasury?
The citizens and taxpayers will not
excuse your indifference to their inter-
ests and cannot see any reason why you
are so indifferent, except there is some
thing of private nature which pre-
vents you. The president clings to the
hope that he may possibly convince
either the council or some one else that
open letter accused council of degrad-
ing act and thereby detract, not only
their attention but others from the
main question--"why is it that the Off
cials do not compel payment of the IL
quor tax into village treasury" The
council are not Schemers and don't
absorb such nonsense. He, the Hon.
President. next mentions an interview
and thinks all this trouble came from
that, and that DR. Gowan used curse
words. The Hon. gentleman is SUBJ
stantially correct in his relation of our
conversation. He quite often annoyed
me about the costs in Hickey ordinance
suit. and claimed / ought to have gotten
decision on question submitted to
Alex Avery and had as often told him
that Mr.. Avery refused to settle the
question as such involved much labor,
and j had nothing further to do about
the matter, and he must look to Hickey
for satisfaction, this did not seem to
satisfy him, he then stated it was his
duty to see that all moneys due village
should be collected and that he was go
ing. to do it and again insinuated that l
was in some manner responsible for
not seeing that costs was forthcoming
from Hickey. Human nature and the
arrogant pomposity of the gentleman
caused me to say to him in strong Ian
guage that if his duty was as he stated,
he should look after the whisky tax
that dealers ought to pay into village |
treasury.
The president thinks that as the open
letter soon followed that it was mat |
ter of retaliation TO this charge. DR.. |
Gowan has ample proof that the sub
ject matter of open letter had been
talked about by the people of the viii
lage long before, and further that the
open letter had actually been written
more than a month before thirty-four
citizens placed their signatures thereto.
The gentleman president assais me
for not hunting up the law for him as
to his duty, it being the first time and
under circumstances which convinced |
me any effort of mine to convince him
or overcome his expressed conviction
that he was not officially charged with
any duty. would fail, made no attempt.
but the main reason of my indifference
to showing him the law was that he be.
ing student of Messrs Thomas Emery
and w. w. Cowing, IL l,.. etc. they
might give him the law of this matter
more in harmony with his desires.
President Grinnell says that DR..
Gowan would like to make cats paw
of council to prosecute liquor dealers.
Now you don't say so" the council and
average residents of our village are not
students as you are, but have large
amount of common sense, and your
puny subterfuge, when read wil!evoke
a grin. John, amanf's,lf citizens |
nave talked with, are convinced you
lare not compel the delinquent whisky
AK collected, and look for nothing else
Under your administration, but loss
70 the village of about five hundred dol
ars. and special tax upon property of
,illage to make up the deficiency. Why
Tou are unwilling to force collection of I
his money you know best yourself.
others will have an opinion and may
Express it. Notwithstanding the danger
# being called dupes, cats paws and {
ther bad names from your official as {
ociates and yourself. have no desire {
o enter into any personal controversy {
With Mr.. Grinnell or any other person. =