The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1865-07-11

They pass order directing him 1.-THE city
clerk to furnish copy of the proceedings co the
do it, because il will infiIet ''pecunary injury''
upon another paper We insist that the com :
mon council either compel Mr.. Johnson to do az
they have directed or request him to resign
Union Sth. 8
l: is a falsehood that the city clerk ever
made any such remak. 1t is false, too, as
once suggested by the Union, that we ever
eounseled or advised him what course to pur-
sue, or knew or cared what course he would
pursue, until he stated to US that he should
do exactly as Daye Hand did in exactly q
similar case. He would furnish" the copy
when called for, but he would not carry it to
Moline, Camden, Mud Head Block, or any
other place. lsas-az 10 -arss
We don't see any necessity for the Union
to get in such fret about nothing. 1t isn't
very likely that that little nuisance of paper
will drive the city council or the city clerk
to do its errsnds. Let it wait until it can
get elected corporation newspaper and then
it will be entitled to and receive all the ad-
vantages belonging to the position, withou
any grumbling from us, or anybody else.
Until that times little less assumed dictation
q little less insisting" what the council
shall or shall not do, will be more becoming.
We do not expect fairness or honesty from
the Union and we are not surprised to see it
nisquots what we said about the publication
of the council proceedings. That paper is in
great deal of trouble because the city clerk |
will not become it's errand boy, and it can't
make up plausible case for itself without
:as most bare faced Misrepresentation and
hlsehood. What we said was this:
In 1860 the republicans had the mayor.
majority of the council and elected their
paper as the corporation newspaper
They also elected one of their party to
the Office of city clerk, and, at q subsequent |
meeting, directed him to furnish" copy of
the proceedings of each meeting to the Argits,
So we had offered to publish them free of |
charge. The clerk prepared the copy, and
said The was ready to furatsh it when called |
TOR, but he would not be our errand boy, and
it We wanted the copy we must send for it,
The city council did not interfere in the mat
ter and require him to be a messenger boy, |
knowing very well that it was not part OF
MS duties and they could not compei MIN TO
do 1t. If we could make any arrangement
with the clerk to bring the copy to us that
was all well enough-that was our business.
He would and did carry the copy to the paper
elected by the city council as the corporation
newspaper, but he would not carry the copy |
soany other paper.
That is exactly the case now. The Argus
has been unanimously elected corporation
Newspaper and is fairly entitled to all the
advantages of the position. If the Union
wished to furnish its readers with the pro-
esedings, it could las it said it would do send |
reporter to the meetings aud take minutes, |
Or it could copy the official proceedings from |
the corporation newspaper. 1t is an advan. |
iage We are fairly entitled to, to have the first |
Publication of the official proceedings, and
the council inflicted pecuniary injury on US /
By directing copy to be furnished for the
Union. 1t was an exhibition of hberality. on I
toe part of the council, towards the Union, I
bat we are not disposed to find fault about it |
nor do we care fig whether the clerk be. |
comes messenger boy for the Union or not
that is his business not that OF the city |
council or of any one else.