The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1869-09-16
The Sheriff of Kenosha County.
His OfIiciaI OFgan--His Betrayal of the Party
that Elected hin-HiS Price rs shown by Him.
self-TO be FOreWarned is to be FOrearmed.


ty one year ago next November. Nor
need the Republican Electors be informed
of the active support given by the TELE-
GRAPH and all connected with it to the
nominee of the Republican party at that
election, in opposition not only to the
Democratic candidate but also to an indie
pendent Republican candidate. And il
will be recollected that from the dissatis
faction of many Republicans with the
nomination made for sheriff, and with the
way in which it was obtained, that an ac
tive support seemed to be and was neces
sary to secure the election of the Republic
can candidate
The election of the Republican candi
date secured, having received the active
support Of the Republican organ of the
County-the KENosHA TELEGRAPn-and
having been actively opposed, ii appear
ance ct least, by the Democratic organ
the Ke1a0ShG U2i0n--When he came into
office, twas expected that he would give
according to the usage of all parties and
the practice Of all honorable officers, his
official patronage to the organ of the Par
ty which supported and elected him
How has it been with the Sheriff in Of
fee? It will be recollected that in giving
notice of the Judicial Election lastspring,
the Sheriff made the RenoSha U7ason his
official organ, and gave no notieeofs the
Election through the TELEGRAPH. Leav-
ing party usages out Of the question, the
TELEGRAPH, having circulation in the
county three or four times larger than
that of the Union, was entitled to receive
from the Sheriff the Election Notice for
publication. Taking party usages and
obligations into consideration, the Sher-
ifs publishing the Election Notice in the
Union and not in the TELEGRAPH was a
betrayal CT the party which elected him
and an offence to the Republican Electors
who voted for him.
The then veteran editor of the TELE-
GRAPH, standing upon the Watch Towers
for theldefence. of Republication and to
guard and protect the Republican inter
ests of the County, took no noticevot the
betrayal by the Sheriff of the party which
elected him or of the offence offered to
the Republican electors who voted for
him. And, if we remember right, the
TELEGRAPH, till now, has been entirely
silent on the subject. The late editor did
not vacate the position of editor of. the
TELEGRAPH till the 25th of March, and,
though dissatisfied with the silence of the
TELEGRAPH, we concluded to let the ed
itor fully develop his course of action in
this respect as well as in others.
the TELEGRAPH SO long q time had passed
we concluded to give the Sheriff time full
ly to develop his course of official action
before speaking Of it in the TELEGRAPH.
The election approaching and the time
having come for the Sheriff to give notice
of the election, he again makes the Union
his official organ, publishing the election
notice therein and withholding the no.
tlce from the TELEGRAPH for publication
thus again sbetraying the party which
elected him and Offering offence to the
Republican Electors who voted for him,
Aside from personal and pecuniary con
sideration8 we should consider ourself
negligent of duty as journalist if we
neglected any longer to bring the official
action OF the Sheriff In this respect to the
notice of our readers, and more especially
SO, as the TELEGRAPH has been the organ
of the Republican party of the County OF
Kenosha ever since there has been Re.
publican party.
Some time after the Sheriff had mace
the Union his official organ, by PUBLISHING
IN 1t the notice of the Judicial Election
we took favorable opportunity to INQUIRE
OF him why he gave notice of the Election
through the Union, which opposed hi
election and had always opposed the Re
publican party, and withheld it from tn,
TELEGRAPH, which had actively advocat
ed his election and had always supported
the Republican party ever since there ha(
been Republican party. The Sheriff.
reason, as given by himself, was that h,
went into the TELEGRAPH office andraske(
the foreman, Mr.. Sehoff, what he would
charge to furnish him fifteen or twent7
printed slips of the Election notice a
printed in the TELRGRAPH Schof