The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1872-10-10


reason for everything, and when the
reputation or prominent man is assaiied,
then are they entitled to know the cause
for the attack. fla man who occupies a
place of trust, or who has become conspic-
uous rs candidate for such place, is
known to be unworthy of support by
reason Of a recent course of action that
was at variance with honesty, and detri-
mental to the public good, then it becomes
an editor who has evidence TO prove q
charge, to stand up as man and as the
conservat0r of the public veal, and ex,
pose infamy, no matter w 1ere it is found
The men who propose to manipulate pub
lie affairs should be free to public criti-
cism. The editor whose design it IS to
criticise, should be posted so as to be be-
yond the possibility of deceiving or ais-
lsading his readers And he who feels it
incumbent upon him to prefer charge
against another, will, if he is an honest
man, know eobat he IS doing.
Now, the meanest feature in the man.
agement OF newspaper IS that of mis-
representing men by inserting three or tou,
lines, throwing discredit upon their &C
tions, and endeavoriDg TO keep people in
the dark as to the truth. These " suuibs"
are low In the extreme. They ere shafts
of hate. discharged from a soul that, in
its own deformlty, finds nothing symmet-
rical in others We find in every issue of
the Union batch of these added lies
The editor of that paper, in speaking Of
the Republican meeting at WheatlaAd,
said that it was addressed by J. v.
Quarles, Jr., and DR.. Farr, and then
sneeringly adds that the Doctor confined
himself to the Dells improvement, pine
land, and how city elections are carried.
Several times has the beggarly charge of
corruption lobbying" against DR.. Farr
been spurted into the columns of the
Union, and it has always been in two or
three lines, another piece of " honorable
journalism, "-tryingto bring the disappro,
baton of the people upon public man.
without giving them a reason for so do
ing we now come to our duty in ths
matter, and shall give short history of
the Dells bill for the improvement of the
Chippewa River.
This bill was introduced in our legis
lature in the winter of 1868, by Daniel
Shaw and others. The bill asked for 3
charter granting to the company the right
} to dam the Chippewa River at the Dells
about two miles above Eau Claire CITY
and to make a canal above said dam so as
to turn the river through the canal, max.
ing the distance through the canal some
two miles less than through the Original
channel. Through this new and artificial
: channel it was proposed to run logs, RATS
and steam boats, saving the original chan
mel for booming logs. AI that aOas asbeC
Of the State aOas TO grant the charter, TIL
c0mpGny n2a5jng their o1Cn improvements
The bill was opposed by Chippewa Fall
= people, aud advocated by the people O
Eau Claire. 1t never came to vote il
r both Houses having been introduced il
1868, 1862 1870 and 1871. In the white
of 1871 it was carried by majority o
: three both III the House and Senate, an(
q was vetoed by the Governor. In the win
ter of 1872, bill was introduced for til,
= improvement of the mouth Of Chippew
+ River, so as to enable loggers to run thci
. logs to the mouth of the river, then to pu
y them into RATS, and run the RATS dow
d the Mississippi River to any point the
q might think best. About $50 900, 900 fee
$ Of logs were run out last spring. Mi
e owners living at Eau Claire and Chippt
Il wa Falls seeing that logs could be run o
. Chippewa River, found that in order
q Get logs for their mills, Improvement
"a must be made on the river above then
v So the lumbermen of Eau Claire and
ic Chippewa Falls have united, formed
s. company made up of live, wealthy me
from both towns, and have commence
f. making improvements at Eagle Poir