The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1898-05-26
Last week letter appeared in the Mani

Last week a letter appeared in the Mani
towoc Times and Press and i. undoubtedly
was written or dictated by or under the di-
rectiop of one whose main object was the
manufacture of news with the sole object of
bringing as much disrepute as possible upon
one who refused to be an accessory to his III |
gotten gain from the city and for the further /
purpose of deceiving the tax payers for his |
/ own personal protection.
| When one glances upon this bucking
| broncho, one would think that his advanced
wears in life ought to show him up as an in
tellgent writer instead Of being guilty of the
following brazenly impudent affront TO the
intelligence of his readers.
| Manitowoc Times and Press,
May 18th. 1898.
One of the Aldermen is inclined to retail
ate on the Press. OF course it is one of the
irrepressibles as no one with grain OF sense
would adopt the course this pee wee has
taken He is also reported to have threaten
ed to raise the assessment of any of those
whose goods were damaged during the foolr
ish water works test, II they put in a bill TO
. damages. The move on the Press is TO col
ect thirty FIVE dollars that was paid by the
city for printing the city ticket, as the state
law describes that amount shall be paid and
adventurer passed on the bill and ordered it
paid the people may know il was all right.
: This spirit of bluff and disgraceful exhibition
9 OF pig headed dementedness must show the
6 business men the FOLLY of electing such
D cbeaphng alderman from any ward.
In reply to the foregoing letter this alder
man and organic adventurer as he Is named
! herewith furnishes a copy of the resolution
as presented by him to the City Council for
g the special benefit of the editor of the Mani
towoc Times and Press in order that he may
q be Somewhat better informed on the subject
7. the synopsis of which is as follows;
1t appearing that our City Charter Sec. Al, pro
4 vides that the Board of Aldermen of this city
~ have power aud authority to fl The rates to be
e charged by the official papers of this city for all
e printing to be done for the city and they having
"a by ordinance adopted April 9th 1891 provided
= that the official papers should receive Tor print
D. proceedings of Board of Commissioners of the
- Poor, the annual report of the City Clerk. al
ordinances and resolutions and ali legal or Other
notices which the City Clerk. Treasurer, Street
II Commissioner and other cit" of c'as are requlr
Or ed by law or resolution OF the I'D or Alder
~ | pensatiOn having been increased by resolution
70 OF the Board to $500 ant
81 Whereas, the laws of this state require the
20 Clerk of this city to have municipal election
notice publ shed preceded by statement CIV
ing information to voters rs shown by Chapte
u 366, Laws of 1897 and 1t appearing that no suci
published, preceding the election in the city o
Manitowoc for the spring of 1898; but copy o
n the official ballot was published IN the ManIto
ta voc Times and Press which was at the time on
" af the official papers of said city and for whc
q publication when legally made the sand Mantle
III | voc Times and Press entitled to no turtle
of conf Isaton than that paid IT by the city as on
20 Of the official papers viz: The sum OF 500
OF That notwithstanding the publisher of SAID pa
per WAS not entitled to any further compensation
for the publication of said notice he presente
to this council bill for S35, bad the same allow
ed and received payment for the same and nov
retains the same.
And it appearing that snch payment wa
it. illegal for the reason that compensation 70
ar | printing the same is included in the $500 O
allowed for official printing and for the reas
on that the information to voters required
ne to be printed was never printed in said paper
ID Now therefore be it resolved that the clerl
a of the city of Manitowoc is hereby directed
In to request the publisher of the Manitowo
Times and Press to return the amount S
=, illegally paid him into the treasury of this cit
NJ within thirty days. CARL HANSON.
I'D Surely from the foregoing facts we ca
He dcduce no such conclusion as to the editor c
in the Mantowoc Times and Press seems /
reach from the contemplate method h
adopts for the accomplishment of his pui
pose and this pee wee as he is named here
with informs the cyclonic gas editor of III
Press that he will require no further inStruC
tloi from him through the columns OF h
so paper for to keep a close watch upon an
shark who tries to prey upon the funds b.
[iss longing to the city.
ay The financial standing of this eminel
OF friend has been well understood for SON
Is years past in and around the city; but it W:
n hardly expected that for the sake of paltI
[rs: SIS he would commit himself to policy col
trary to the dictation of the City Charter. NJ
airy until he proved himself worthy of a hearin
on ought he to exercise the slightest influence
determining what an alderman should do
PIE PIE leave undone, he should rather be conten
and ed to keep as quiet as possible that the pu
Oh lie may lose sight even temporarily of h
malodorous doings.
ny tass In regard to the water work test desire
On" state that no goods were damaged, and no
it. est business men who have taken out ar
t paid for additional fire insurance on the
ing places Of business for the past 10 months {
seIl account of the poor fire protection the CT
av- now has will not shed many tears over II
water work test on that day. The for
ght going matter explains the elevator diffcu
ady ty between the editor of the ManitowC
nc Times and Press and the alderman of Il
lent First ward CARL HANSON.
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