Prescott journal. [volume] (Prescott, Wis.) 1861-1871, 1869-01-29
Explanatory and Otherwise.


slnnderous accusation of being "babe
in the woods, &e, as our correspondent,
Z. R., facetiously styled him. AMI at the
same time taps us gently while speaking
of " other matters" We think he could
have replied to E. r. wi hout drawing
us into the discussion. He has MT done so,
however, for we notice several charges,
direct and indirect which compromise
US somewhat and call for a reply. He
has arranged his sentences in such a
manner that we are obliged to answer
some things which r;ghifuIly belong 70
E.R Ii babe" had written one arti
Gle for our benefit and another for our
correspondent, he would have saved us
much trouble in finding what he really
intended for us.
1t appears that we have some interest
in that committee" as well as E. II +,
for, 10y rome mistake, the resolution Of
fered, appointing it was not contained in
the proceedings of the Board as publish
ed in the JOURNAL.
Now the statement made by the Her
aid was "a committee has been ap-
pointed to investigate. This inyestiga
ting Committee will make good day wages
while endeavoring to look up the in
terest,' which is all that it will amount
to-" Our friend was impre. sed with
the foregoing statement by reading
the following resolution which we extract
from the Herald, aud on which the re-
marks appended by that paper are based !:
RESOLVED, That j. C. Button and l. l. Foster
are hereby appointeda committee TO inquire int
the amount of interest received by NJ. Il. VIII
hams, County Treasurer during his Term of office
on moneys belonging TO the County, and report
the sane to the next meeting o: the County Board
Is this explanation satisfactory By
referring to that number of the Journal
which published the proceedings of the
Board ut its December session, it will be
seen that the resolution in question did
not appear rs being part Of the pro
ceedlngs of that meeting, and by this
omission an attempt is made to show
that We have made W ilfu misstatement
concerning This matter; whether the
correctness" ( . of our lex-Clerk has
for once been at fault or the publication
of the resolution was suppressed as re
fectlng upon a member of the Board
does not appear.
No, Mr.. Herald, the explanation is
not satisfactory. Why did You not state
that the above resolution was not carried.
when the proceedings show that Super
visor Stirratt, voted aye and Supervisor
Ames no {! If you will prove the com
mittee were appointed, when the rcsolu
ton appointing them failed TO pass, we
shall be forced to admit you are child
of "more than ordinary discernmeut.'
Again, it may be asked, in the .ace O
your satisfactory" explanation, +" who
are the committee appointed TO investi-
gate 7" Do you think they will make
even "goOd day wages" which you SO
generously cOncede to them! Now did nj
you see that the impression received"
from your reading this resolution was a
false one : If SO, why did MT you ad-
nit YOU were wrong, and save us the
trouble Of proving it
No one has accused you of making a
"wiIful misstatement. That YOU made
observation-disclosures sadly at vari-
ance with fncts"-you can't deny.
That anyone has attempted to show
that you Inado ,oi!ful miSstatement,
you have no reason to affirm.
Why We did not publish the above
resolution was because it was not con
tanned in the copy furnished us by the
Clerk Of the Beard. 1t was probably
unintentionally omitted by him in tran
scribing the proceedings for publication I.
When we publish official documents we
follow copy as furnished. and insert or
suppress nothing, whether it reflects
upon anybody or nobody. And the
suppression alluded to, you will still oh
serve, "does not appear" but, with this
explanation, the latter portion IF the
above extract does "appear" just what
the writer knew it 10 be, sneaking in
situation, not worthy to be termed a
faIsehood. That resolution 6 suppressed
as rejecting upon member of the
Board'" Read it again, if you please.
You perceive the resolution does Mt
reflect that way. Your reflection theo-
ry is a good one, but you want to "shed
a little more light" upon it, 10 see well.
1t is not necessary TO speak in defense
of cur ex Clerk. The only point you
make in your allusion TO him is the in
terrogatiOn point. 1t is good one, and
We humbly acknowledge orr inability to
reply to it, with any hope of success.