The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1893-03-23

for what was not done, is to 60 to Siberia
or Alaska and hold communication with
seals and Polar bears only. Here are
number Of things laid at the door of the
editor of The Pilot within the last two
weeks:
l. Every candidate for county Judge
has been told that the editor of thu. pa
per was opposed to them.
2. Every candidate for the position Of
city treasurer has had the same assur-
ance regarding his candidacy.
3. The present city treasurer has had
assurances that il it Was not for the op-
position of the editor of this paper
settlement would be made with him by
the city council on Monday last.
Before replying to these things seria-
tim, it may he just as well to declare pub
llcly that each and every one of them is a
lie and that the person or persons who
make these representations are liars.
AS to the first statement, let the person
be produced whom the editor of this pa
per sought to influence in favor oil, or IN OPP
position to, any candidate for the county
iudgeship. That should be an easy mat
ter judging from the positive manner in
which it is asserted that such is the case.
As to the second charge if the desire to
have Mr.. Villas selected by both parties as
their choice for mayor and his unanimous
election, was anything detrimental to the
candidacy Of persons seeking the position
of city treasurer, that much is cheerfully
confessed nor Is there any disposition to
apologize for it. The editor OF this pa
per wouldn't care a snap who was city
treasurer if Mir. Villas was mayor. Nor
would the people who are interested III
the progress of the city. That anything
was said or done to influence the dele
gates, or aLy one, as TO who the choice for
treasurer should be is wholly untrue.
The affairs of the city are OF far more con-
sequence than the interests Of any indi-
vidual and the latter should never be
the other. The Pilot wanted joint con-
vention held simply for the purpose Of
securing Mr.. Villas acceptance of the
mayoralty. He would not be candidate
otherwise, and neither he nor any other
good man should be asked to make a
fight for the privilege of serving the peo-
pie gratis for two years. 1t would be
just as sensible for man to offer the city
donation and then compel him to fight
to induce the city to accept the gift.
1t any candidate for the city treasurer
ship feels he is aggrieved because it was
sought to secure Mr.. Villas for mayor.
and in the only way it was possible that
this could be done, he must believe that
the people are more intent upon promot-
ing his individual interests than those of
the public.
If the editor of this paper was a men,
Der OF the city council he would vote to
relieve the city treasurer OF all response
bility for the loss of city funds deposited
with the I. G. Shove Banking Co., not be-
cause OF any legal aspect of the case, but
because it is not fair between man and
man TO hold an individual responsible
for public loss That language is plain
enough.
The city council owes duty to the
people for whom they act, as well as mag
nlnlmity toward one who has been I'M
fortunate, through no fault of his. To
blame the council for not aoceding at
once to request for total or partial i'm
munity from loss is to act with insid-
crate haste, and to cast blame upon an
individual, and particularly on one who
Is anxious that the very best terms pos
slble for the city treasurer to secure, is,
to speak mildly, decidedly foolish.
Many OF the people who signed the pc
tition have interviewed members of the
city council and requested that the petit
ton be not granted. The council had no
easy duty to perform in this matter. The
people will sustain them in a compromise
and In justice to all parties this should
be brought about. There is no sense in
running one man that every citizen may
thereby save few cents. 1t is not hui
name, neither is it wholly honest, to de-
mand the pound of flesh when ruin to
any one is sure to result. The city can
well afford to act with some magnanimity
In this matter, particularly when the city
treasurer has been guilty OF no wrong
dong.