The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1875-07-22


most odious copperhead measures all through
the rebel war and the reconstruction OF the ebel
States.
! The editor and publisher Of the Union in his
| Issue of July 1st, says. I'VE Lad short time
since, but have mislald them. the figures she wing
the exact number of the Telegraph delivered in
every post Office in this county, and in bat three
of the did its circulation equal that of the I'm
IoN.'
Now we charge I. W. Webster with lying entire
in the above statement. He could get the exact
figures only from rs or our books or the post
masters. And he never got them from us or our
books and we have proof that he never got them
from the post-masters. The post master of one
OF the principal offices in this county under date
OF July 9th, writes US, "Haye never furnished the
editor or publisher, or any body else a statement
of the number of copies of the Telegraph received
at this Office This being true. as 1t undoubt-
eddy is, and no doubt equally true of other post.
masters and offices in the county. I. W. Webster
must have lied in saying he had short time since
the figures showing the exact number OF the Tel
egraph delivered in every post Office of this
county
us that he once furnished the publisher of the
Union the number of the Telegraph taken at the
office, but does MOI remember just when, or Just
the number. He says he thinks the number of
the Telegraph taken at that time was about $50
and the number of the Union about 100. In three
other offices in the county, the postmasters of
which have furnished US the number OF the Union
taken at their respective offices, there are more Of
the Telegraph taken in each than of the Union.
So the WI Gle statement must have been intea-
tionally false.
AS 10 the number of the Telegraph delivered by
the carrier, which 1. w. Webster claims to have
information enabling him to determine, we have
only to say that he never got the information from
III from our books, and that, ii he ever got it
in any way, which we do not believe, it must
have been, in his own polite words, "by sLoop.
ing aroun d the employees Of the" Telegra ph
office. Such shopping i'll his estimation, would
be honorable IN, him, but despica6ze IN as. And
this is fair example of his estimation Of his own
doings in comparison with his estimate or of the
doines of others.
As to submitting the subscription books Of the
Tel egraph and the Union to two gentlemen, on Q
to be named by the Telegraph and the other by
the Union, made by I. w. Webster for a show OF
FITNESS, we know that an editor and publisher
who lies SO outrageoLsly through his paper
could, with about the same ease, make his sub
scription books lie equally outrageously So we
know too much TO be entrapped as he hoped to
entrap u.s.
AS 10 the comparative amount CT reading matter
set upon the outside of the Telegraph and upon
we gave correct statement. There from
one quarter to one third mere matter on the out
SIDE of the Telegraph than on both outside and
inside of the Union. And this is about the rela-
tive proportions every week. The Telegraph
contains two and half times the amount Of
reading matter that the Union does. These facts
are evident to the sight of any one, so there is
70 need CT a submission to practical printers.
AS to the amount of original matter in the two
papers the Telegraph far snrpasses the Union, and
I. w Webster knows it Still he may perhaps
IN his next issue after seeing this, ask for the
appointments Of two gentlemen or printers to
determine which of the two furnishes the most
reading matter.
I. W. Webster closes his long abusive article
in his last issue in relation to oursef and tn
Telegraph by saying "And here we rest" giving
certain assurances to the proprietor of the Tele-
graph and the public If we had believed that he
intended to rest from his lying we might have let
him rest without any reply, notice of his abuse
and lying. But our forbearaEce would be con.
strned, hereafter q heretofore, into license TO
continue his abuse and lying. And. as we kLow
of no reason why he should have license to do
yyha. none bn Z a yili6er and falsjfer wOuld do
our duty TO the public requires us to treat him
accordingly.
To point out all the misrepresentation, malg'
nant utteranc es and lying statements OF the edf
tor OF the Union in relation TO ourself and the
Telegraph and in other respects would require far
more time and space than we can give 10 them
SO for tie present the foregoing must sufil &C.