The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1869-08-26

We take the following from the Keno
sha Union of last week


'The following card was handed to US just
as we were going to press. Out OF justice to
Mr.. Bailey, and knowing the facts to be true
as stated by him, we publish it. How are
| you ten dollars !?
GA CARD.-I see by the Kenosha Telegraph
! that they say the proceedings of the Common
| Council were handed in to late for publica-
tion this week and as it necessarily throws
the blame on me, would say that l carried the
proceedings in at - O'Clock on Wednesday
and the Doctor said he had so much other
matter he would not be able to publish them
this week. I carried them Immediately to
the UNION Office and they said there was
plenty time enough to have shem published,
and think had the DIR. wished, he had plen-
Ity of time without excusing himself at
the expense of duty on my part
j. E. BAILEY,
Acting Clerk for Council.
The communication of j. E. Bailey is
signed officially, that is, =. E. Bailey signs
the communication as acting Clerk for
Council" Now, if in signing and pub
fishing this communication, he is acting
for the Council, the Council. and not ].
E. Bailey, is responsible for the commune
cation and its publication. But we do
not believe the Council had anything to
do with it. The communication bears
evidence upon its face that the Council
knew nothing of it. j. E. Bailey and the
Union must have all the credit and bear
all the odium of the communication and
its publication.
Having relieved j. E. Bailey Of his as
sumed official action, we shall now state
what transpired out of which he alone, or
with the help of the Union, concocted the
communication above quoted. And we
will premise by saying that the gentle
manly City Clerk, till he was taken sick,
brought the proceedings of the Council,
in legible manuscript, to this office on the
Tuesday preceding the day of publication.
On Wednesday Of last week after the
foreman had left the office for dinner, and
all the other hands had left or were
about leaving, J. E. Bailey came into the
Office and spoke of the proceedings of the
City Council and of his not having had
time TO get them ready for publication,
and inquired how soon we must have
them. We replied that Mr.. Schof-the
foreman had told us as early as the
middle of the forenoon, when speaking of
what we wanted Still to write that we
had more copy already than could be got
into the paper. He replied that if they
could not go into thisweek's paper-hav-
ing reference to last weeks paper-he
DID not want to take time to write them
out, but woald delay till he had more
time. To this we replied that he better
see Mr.. Schoff after he came in, that it
was possible he was expecting the Pro
ceedings to be brought in and had made
his calculations for them, but that we
thought he had more by the middle of
| the forenoon without them than could be
got into the paper.
J. E. Bailey then inquired for a City
Ordinance which we had published some
time before, but could not tell when, nor
exactly what it was He succeeded how
ever, i'll getting so near the time that 10y
looking over our flies of the TELEGRAPH,
we succeeded in finding what he thought
to be the ordinance he wanted He then
asked for the original copy Of the ordi-
nance so aS to save him from writing it,
for to have it signed officially. We told
him that the copy furnished us was ours,
and that we did not long preserve it I'M
less there was some reason for so doing
that if it was not destroyed we did not
know where to find it, but that he could
come back after the hands came in-that
it was possible some of them could find it
and if they could, he could have it. ON
our leaving about one for dinner, he again
said that he did not want then to take
time to write out the Proceedings unless
they could go into the next paper, to
which we replied he could come in after
Mr. Schoff came in, and he could then as.
certain whether he had made calculations
for them.
After returning from dinner, on motto
ing writing material on the table we in
quired what was going on, and was told
it wasfurnished for John Bailey who had
been copying some thing. Soon J. E.
Bailey made his appearance and remark
ed that Mr.. Schotf had not yet returned.
And on my inquiry of the hands if they
could find the original copy of the ordi-
nance he said he had got what he want
ed. On inquiry afterwards we were in
| formed that the ORIGINAL cony of the OF.