Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1850-1854, 1852-03-19
To THE EDITOR OF THE TELEGRAru:


1t is with exceeding regret, that find myself
drawn into "A p"bic controversy between two
rival claimants for the pubic printing of the
County, but justice to myself requires, that the
sO-ca.Ied "ChronicIes' IN your last weeks Issue
should be SO corrected, as to prevent a false i'm
preston b'ng conveyed to your readers, reu
ting 10 my agency in the matter Of publishing
| the Tax List. In that article Lwhcther intend
d cd or nOt) the idea is held out that my connrc-
ton with the Fire Department, had a con,rol ling
Influence in drpriving You OF The printing. So
far as | am Individually co;cCrned, most eA-
! phcl.y and uncquIvocaIy, deny, that any such
/ influence was or was sought 10 be used. Com
posed As that body IS, of men embracing all pos
chile shades Of political opinion, any attempt to
control II for political purposes, would recoII up
on lis authors aud meet with Il whitening rcbuke
from It's members, and from none, trust, more
promptly, than from lis present Chiet--and tie
Intmation that, in the present case, 1t vas used
as weapon, toyour injury, is simply absurd
Agan-ln the 3Olh paragra h IF the article
referred to- II is asserted, that "a bearer Of tldng~
ran up TO Henry, whose surnamh was iIuoIalc
and sand tie list was growing like the ID; and
all IN the secret were exceedingly delighted that
the Trick had not been found out" &c &c
The only reply | have to make to this, is, that
the statement Is false the lRSiRUGliDn that was
a party 10 any "secret,' or 'd~lghtcd" at any
trick is wholly graiuitous aud unlounded-
Your correspondent should have informed him
self better, before conveying TO the pubic, the
impression, that had been, or could be, party
to any trick or fraud upon an individual ,r
upon the community. Charges OF 50 grave a ma
lure should not be lightly made, especially when
the individual making them shields himself from
responsibility behind an anonymous signature
a. l.,
il is asserted that inquired OF the Printer of the
Democrat how many papers he had previously
printed, and was answered Ii Quires or 1856 pa
prrs--that then inquired how he could swear
to All papers in this County alone--that he was
"speeChless for mo;ncn;--but soon answered,
that this week he had pure ascd 20 Quires,"
making "4SO papers" and that "ThereupOn the
Treasurer left his tax roll and departed, for he
did not think II best to inquire how he could sup
ply from 10 TO 100 of his exchanges, and all his
subscribers in other counties, and swear TO AT
subscribers i'll this County when he printed bat
$50 papers in all" The simple English Of this,
Is that | was satisfied in my own mind, that the
affidavit was false and yet left the Tax List with
such knowledge, thereby, making myself par
~ to the fraud. To this, have only to saw.
that, as TO the facts your correspondent has been
mis- ntormpd--the statement is a fasehood-
and the insnuation based upon it, equally unwor-
thy Of It's author and its object. My knowledge
as to the number of papers furnished to that Of
fee, was accidentally obtained, from another
source and not unHi after the tax list had been
several days in the hands of the printer
repeat, that regret being obliged to appear
before the public in this COntroversy--but when
wholesale charge of trickery, fraud, and even
perjury, is made by public paper, and myself
implicated as party thereto in my official ca
pacity, proper regard for my own character and
standing in the estimation OF the community, by
whose voice was chosen to the responsible Of
fee which ] fill, requires at my hands prompt
and explicit denial OF the charge.
A simple statement of the facts in the case
will suffice 10 place this matter in its true light,
at least 20 far as my agency is concerned. When
applied 10, Immediately after the election last No
Vember, by both parties to this controversy, for
the printing Of the Tax Lis, stated, that
should give 1t to the paper having the largest cir
cuation In the County--bel,evng that such a
course was demanded by justice to those for
whose benefit, the publication was Designed
when asked how would ascertain the fact re-
piled that should require the affidavit OF the
Foreman OF each office Wlth this, both parties
appeared satisfied, and | heard no more of the
subject. until about the middle of February. when
called for the afiidavits. They having been
furnished and it appeared from them, that the
Democrat had the largest circulation in the
County, my duties were ended and had moth
ing farther to do, than to carry on. my previous
: The idea is contained In the article as ~ resdi,-