The Davenport daily gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1856-1869, 1856-11-10
Partisan Spirit In the City ccaasil.

pArtiEaa Spirit n the CAY ccensa,
While the Gazette IL in one of its features
a political paper, and is ss sealous and hrm
il. maintaining iss. political views a. il Is
honest in their conception, it has never
stopped to dirty party work, nor win tire
asain client whil. in sven smsli degreelt
i sicumized BY such work on the part OF
oihers. Therefore Il IL We have few
words to say in reference TO little matter
. nich occupied the attention Of the g''y
Council al its lsst meeting, in which We
have come interest, and 10 which We thinN
the readers of the Gazsiie should not be al
together indifferent. From the proceedings
v ) make the following extract
On melton of Aid. Sehueu, the proceed.
ings Of the Council were ordered to be pub
lished in the weekls"Anzeiger am Missile
sippi."
Aid Saddosis moved that tie proceedings
O! the Council be published in the "Dasen
port Gazette The yeas and mars were
cslled by Ala. Saddoris
YSAs-Joha Schuett. Hiram Price, Sam
tel Ssadcrjs--3.
NArs--Jsmes O,Bnen, j. M. Bowling,
Aossin C,reia, John Forrest. Wm, 8. KIM
sey-5. The motion was lost.
On molten of Aid. Corbin, the Ordinan-
ees OF the CITY were ordered to be publish
ed in the Estate Democrat alone.
twill be seen by the above, resolution
was frsr passed, that the Proceedings OF
the Council be published in the sAnEeaSer
am Mississippi German paper 1t 70
right that the proceeding. of Council sa0oid
be Published in a German paper. As our
German born citizens are as much interes'
ted in CITY sfFsirs as any other class. in pro-
portion 70 their population. But the pro-
ceedings are already being published "
sDer Demokra,." a respectable and largely
circulated German paper. several years old
and Daily and Weekly. The "Anzeiger
am Mississipin is paper just three weeks
old. only Weekly, and Of course OF very
limited circulation. The whole object OF
the publication Of the proceedings Of the
Council in German, was amply secured BY
the use of the columns Of the Daily Ger
man paper, or else a gross injustice il done
those of our citizens not Germans. by pub
lishing the proceedings in Rngl ish only in
the State Democrat. By motion Of Coun {.
Gilman corbin. the publication Of the ordi-
nances was withdrawn from the German
Daily. The next move viii be TO publish
shem in the new German paper The req
saa OF all this is, certain members Of the
City Council have permitted contemP,ibis
little party spirit to take the precedence o.
their sense of right and justice. To feed .
new German Democratic paper, and keep
its life blood flowing, or to start l,s cireula
ton, the advertisement Of Council proceed
ings has been given TO it. and the road clear
ed fer awarding ii the ordinances.
But we desire call attention to the action
on the motion Of Aid. Saddoris. He moved
that these proceedings be published IN the
Davenport Gazette. The same men, BY
whose votes these proceedings were ordered
Published in paper only three weeks old,
and which has not yet struck single blow
for the prosperity Of Davenport, voted down
this motion. Now the publication of these
proceedings is email matter with US, 20
far as the emouments or fees are concern
ed-simply because they are small IN them
selves. But that the majority OF the City
Council should sttemp, TO deprive the read
ers Of the Gazette Of the Perussl Of these
proceedings, unlts. they search the columns
of paper which the great mass of these
readers do not often see and may desire TO
see sultiess, is wrong which we claim de-
serves the condemnation Of others besides
ourselves. The insslt TO Us is in the fact,
that while the majority of the Council gave
the publication OF these proceedings to a
new and almost unread paper, stranger in
our midst, with no claims upon the city OF
reward for the past or as security for the fu-
ture--it denied the same to this paper,
which al least deserves respectable treat
ment from the hands Of every man who
claims to be citizen Of Davenport. The
AEBttt W WI fr0ocss Is ih taS iANft sA~s ~
cause they are patrons OF The Gazette in
stead Of q democratic paper, they are reiu-
sed the perussl OF Council Preceedings.--
Comment upon this sclion Of the majority
in The City Council is perhaps unnecessary
Such action is founded upon a party feel.
ne SO exceedingly l,ttie, and so beliuleing to
every thing il touches, thsi manly criticism
might in itself be contaminated. twoule
., least ssOop 10 conquer, even il il gained
the victory. Il il bad enough that party spiri,
should 10 any manner be permitted TO inter
fere with the uciion of Council-but when
il induces those b wing the controlling pow
er il. that body, TO perpetra,e wrong and in.
justice. all hoaest men should rebuke 1t. In
this instance, we care nothing for the mat.
ter peesniarily-but the Gazette having hon.
estly and zealously lsbored for over fifteen
years for the best interests ofDsvenPort, &C
far % its editor understood those intcress
and the means Of advancing them, We are
lot prepar ed al this day to receive 60 open
ssiight even from the hands of members Of
the City Council, withcu, entering an en-.
phstic protest.
As the Council have refused to publish
lheif proccedingsin the Gazette in the Gus
tomsry manner, We shall with much plea
sure insert them without cost to the city, j
the CLERK will furnish Us with 8 copy. i
this 10 declined, we shell be under obligs
lions if be viii permit Reporter to eoys
.he proc eedings for the use Of Gazette
leaders,.
@, C. Brown, Of Kansas