The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1872-02-22
THE KENCSHA UNIONS CONUN
DRUM. k8H

DRUM
The week before last we published ar
editorial on County Union. The same
week the Kenosha Union published an
editorial on "Thisis Our Position" Last
week we published the entire editorial
from the Uaion Of the week before. We
also published another editorial on the
Kenosha Union and Temperance. Last
week the Kenosaa Union published an
editorial promising reward to whoever
would answer a c0nuudrum which it pro-
posed in relation TO tho editor Of the
Kenosha TELEGRAPH. Now We think
the Union to be generous TO It's readers
ought to publish our editorial or County
Union, or Consolidation, rs the Union
calls it. Having offered reward for an
answer to its connndrum it should furnish
the editorial which gaverise to the co
nundrum, else there may be q seeming
without a real generosity. And the ed
itor Of the Union is too generous to de
sire to seem to its readers to be generous
without being generous
Therei is another reason why it might
be we'll for thu Union TO publish our ed
itorial on County Union. It's readers
could then compare it withthe editorial
of the Union on This is our Position"
They could then judge which nanifests
the most fear-the editor of the TELE-
GRAPH in his editorial on County Union
or the editor Of the Un1on in his editori-
on "Thls is our Position" And they
could also judge to which the Unions
conundrum is the most applicable, the
editor of the TELEGRAPH or the editor of
the Union. And by their judgment we
would be perfectly willing to abide.
It would be an easy matter to propose
several conundrums in relation to the
editor of the Union, arising from the
manifestation of fear of losing friends
from his new found position on the TEN
perance question and his non-committa-
flism as to whether he is in favor of or
opposed TO the passage'of the Temper
ance bill now before the Legislature.
But there are two good reasons why we
should not One good reason being
enough, we have at least one more tina n
enough.
Knowing something of the weakness of
the editor of the Un5op as
we'll as of human fraiIties generally, and
also of the many dangers surrounding
him and ready to. gain the ascendancy
over his Temperance resolutions we feel
to strengthen his resolutions and to ward
off his dangers rather than to propose
conundrums in relation to him which
might excite a laugh from some, ridicule
from others, and perhaps. pity from still
others. If the editor, by his conumdrum,
has smisten or tried to smite us on the
one cheek, we should rather turn to him
the other for him to smite also, than to
propose conumdrums in relation to him
which might smite one or both cheek $,
Fandperhaps, one or both eyes.
And knowing too that all edit orial CO
.nandrums. in relation to contemporary
editors and intended to be at their ex-
Epense is a disgrace to respectable journal
ism we choose not to engage ito take
no stock in it. So far as we are concern
ed the editor of the Union can have it all
Ito himself, and may exult in his glory.
It may be we'll however for him to remem
Iber that sometime, perhaps when arising
from another bed of sickness, he may
think it advisable to resolve to cease pro-
posing conundrums intended to be at tbs
expense ofhis contemporary editors, as he
resolved lately on arising frem bed OF
sickness, to cease the use of intoxicating
liquors and to do what he could to pro
mote the cause of temperance. And we
shall await with patience the time, soone1
or later, when he shall resolve to cease tt
do evil and learn to do well.
Don't attempt to pay your tailor's.bllls II
red postage stamps for they are no longer
/ legal tender. The plan was tried ip Albany