Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1850-1854, 1854-02-24
THE TELEGRAPH.
aESOsIEA, FEBnUARY "A, 1854.
ANTI-LoAN MEETING.

Mr.. Daniel Williams was chosen Chair
man. and Mr.. II. S. Thorp, Secretary.
4 The Delegation sent to Madison repor-
ted individually at length. A committee
on Resolutions was appointed, consisting
If Harmon Marsh, J. G. McKisson. u. j..
Pease and others.
l rThe foregoing is from hearsay. The
,rr1iter did not get to the meeting until 1t
mad boon in session some three hours.
When the writer entered the room Mr..
Cass was speaking.
When he closed, some one moved that
Afr. Densmore be invited to leave the
room. as no reporters or Kenosha men
were wanted at the Meeting.
The motion was put--quite number
voted for it, and few against it.
The Chair pronounced it carried, and
invited Mr. Densrnore to comply.
4 voice 1.-THE writer thinks it was Mr..
Holiday cried out, "Hustle him out! J"
Mr.. James Mooney Immediately rose
and said. such proceeding was shame
and disgrace. lie did not know Mr..
Densmore. but this was public meeting,
and he or any one else had right to be
there and report it he cared not wheth-
or truly or falsely, for if truly it would
he to his own credit and not the meetings.,
and if falsely, it would be to his own in
ipry and not the meetings. lie said if
the Meeting and the People Of the Coun-
try could not be sustained upon the mer-
its of their cause without resortmg to
such proceedings, they ought not to be
sustained.
Mr.. Herrick said, if Mrs Densmore stay
ed half the meeting would leave.
immediately half dozen gentlemen
rose and said, if Mr.. Densmore was con-
PEELED to leave, the Meeting would be
broken up. They would not permit such
high-handed outrage.
At this stage there was much excite
ment-all present on their feet-and a
large majority protesting against the eX-
pulsion of Reporter, whoever he might
be-
A motion was here made to rescihd the
motion of expulsion, which was carried
with loud, unanimous, AYE!
Mr.. Dersmore called out, wv hat wrong
was done in the report"
Mr.. Cass said he would tell. He was
glad the meeting had so unanimously re-
scinded. lie doubted not Mr.. Dcnsmore
intended to do the fair thing, and he trus
ted would make a suitable apology for
the error committed. Ii should be consi-
dcrcd that the Telegraph was not the
ayerst, nor by any means the only Keno
sha paper which had misrepresented
them. lie took a copy of the kenosha
Democrat, and read an extract He said
this was a Democratjc paper aad he was
a Democrat, but he wanted no more such
papers. lie then said Mr.. Densmoyc had
misrepresented Air. Mckisson, when he
represented him as saying he would fur
nish oysters 30 the Members of the Le-
gSlature He concluded by calling on
Mr.. Denqmore TO explain the report and
rctract II.
4 general cry was raised that Mr..
Densmore explain. The Chair asked Mr..
Dcnsmorc to comply with the request.
Mr.. Densmore said he would not say
any thing unless it was first aScertained
that he would lie listened to-that he did
not wish TO speak if any were opposed to
it, Mr. Iterrick and some others were
violently opposed. Mr.. Densmore then
said he should say nothing.
Mr.. Kellogg was then called out, He
said the proposition to Loan the Credit
of the County to assist the Road, was la
king private property without the consent
of the owner, and giving it to pirate
enterprise. The great principle which
made an American citizen superior to
others. was his inviolable right to his
property. This projectinyadcd that right
and WIS therefore wrong. He called up
on the people Of the County to be firm
united. and vigiiant: and to resort to eve
nv means to Illustrate the scheme. And
to do this. let us subscribe our money
employ counsel, &c Let our motto be.
millions for defence. bit not one cent for
tribae!"
Mr. Kellogg is a good speaker, and spoke
very effectively.
Mr., Thorp was then called out. He
took the same ground of Mr.. Kellogg and
spoke against the wrong, in principle, ot
the Scheme.
In the course of the remarks either ot
Mr.. Thorp or Mr.. Kellogg; the writer fol
gets which, it was stated that a great ma
ny from near Marengo, ILL.,, near the Rail
road running to Chicago, brought their
wheat to kenosha in wagons, because
they could do better than the othev way
Mr.. Thorpe's remarks were brief. ant
he gave way to the Committee which wa.
ready to report.
The Committee reported a long scric.
ofresolutionS against the loan proposition
the action of citizens of KenoSha City
Rnd the disreputable course of the City
newspapers.
The resolutions were then adopted.
Mr.. MckisSon then made few remarks