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, 1881-12-28

"F1UW NFH 4UH{ HBT VII FFteIgH VI
asked n brsuht. t.lnoktna n,al'.. "Uhi feel lna-
e ~ c III i i2 @ork wy wrs! Il Hn t ny 'ws S
don't YOU take tiney. W1rt1 Thnt'n whit
tnke when I'm out uf ADrts and It NIwHys kner4
for iii such tru,,bles." Klinoy. Wort Is tho Hsiro
cttru fur bll1t,llsnB4s nt1d cnt4t1phtton. Don't
full to try ft.-E2nu Branch Nttp*.
, 1881-12-28

h1s 1,cnH done. II thoro Ia only nHc .tir1Ec DIR.
inv Jnnunry. Fchrunry, ami Mnrrh, TIM huaitloeh
wait tel mhna nRa!n. and ,t @ VI! ha itnpe.sihts
months: whcrtns. with twn Judges IN tho bench,
HIt nGEttartl person t reasonably aitrG III hcnr-
ElK Within thirty days Nfter his EntlIotfneHt
, 1881-12-28
Ren l.yatcr ssrnutc.l n Nosv Trial.

',.----- ----
Zen l:yatcr sirnnicd n No'v Trial.
r,. t,..." .u. ~ "s ~ .......s ~ ~ .',,,. 1ah.,
@ "n1 . ss,"" ;" ,n"r. ns T., "1 tmn
nchnhhChef ahn given fAaft06n yparh III tno
l,y tito Jury, WAS dlspuEutl uf BY
Juttuo l,I,uy yesterday ,,urulug.
III, tI.,<r frst s.mtr.t ;hot thc ,notior s,,crc,s
,s ,.o. .s .'".t. "sa u -
uvltlcnee, tho exclusion III proper testimony, tr-
.., ~ u.se.. .':.. ' ~, ~. ~ ~, t..,,,
dGhco. III lho arHumsnt, no sald. II h"d lrph
n!ts n % tn not 5 sss n ,Fr"neU1 r. r1 , s','nf
liz INN tn,,tt IN m. vnrlt,,,s vr,,,n,l. nd
4.,.,I ~, s,s."I y ,,,a ,s.f",,,innt Il, ,,,otr
nrX.lnicnt. unu Ut WllINh Wda that the jury ~hs
in,l,luItuc by statement nr tho Assistant t)s-
Att9uey In rrsard to tho evidence Ut Mrs:
1ulue'usi ho'at wh'u' ttu1e "as .'"S' o.,s1 ~
opl'1inh betwco'' the Conrt nhd c"''l'so' hno ne-
tlrfendunt, III, bud cv,,yuivrsi 1t hIs
,i,,v ~ ar.w ar instr,,r.,on N,
nraycpt nny lnI,.rs,. eiieu, ut,'., tle iury ty
Sessg q ny aatossI nao ,a y tnu ns'mt ~, s
strcti,, a,,swrt.t tho t,t,rl,S,u fur whcI IL wna
INTENDED, ' ard wnatsv"r ',rr m t #! eeotion ~ @
WIKI VIII @l'@ 1'''''c' '''''''" Nv s"' ~ 'o"
e ucxt mint wna. Tint IL WINS tin t,u,v os tho
st9 ~ ,, H. ~ ea i ~ NV .,,',;u
W. W.. ~ Hr, h"tns,, ..u wiu,.'. ntil,a t I",,
It'll. ea,tta.ng 'iywiy. .iisc,,vrrcd testimony n.
,,s ti,sr :" Is pn,,.r'.tH .sr',ts"r. v H ,n
n,afc's, AItnrr.v ,yrt;hor r. r"IIn ,t Tho n,.r.
sps , Ga or % no. ~ w. r nn o. fa,sa ~ 6s ~
du!sa,lsl i a7 was w not ,na,is IN ihs. Case s''
~ M ~! W ,4, IVY ,s, t, Mf ,.
aw,sn ~ snt c tx H., Hui VIII t nlmn
nne,hcr Jury; or., ,,o rodr, ,no,,o soro
,,r:,rvs ,,,u3 III, .v ~ s,,,n mai Hu - ,vmx v ~.
, 1881-12-28

Tho Reynolds CArd Manufacturing Company
Began n ault yesterday against John E. Muuh-
more Ir. 10 recover $S0l0.
, 1881-12-28

SUPERIOR CounT CONFESSIONS Augustus
Dorlin Va. 1uIlus q, Dcekcr, s5s0.ll.-S. H.
Loszynaky 1t III. VI. Patrick ShIelds, S11..J.
, 1881-12-28

The Call.
Jupan DnuMMOSD-ln ciinmborB.
JUDuE IgLOpaErT-fll chambers.
JUDGE UAltbSEIt-CuMtGstct tiUtton8.
, 1881-12-28
CIJl KE1tL ESTATE.

... Ll5 HENL fst3 II lEs ...
EIOn fALl;- ~ '>>''''
ABSOLUTE AUCTION sA,.H
~ or
CHICAGO AND cuoK CuuNrY ht:Ai ESTATE,
WEDNESDAY, Jan. il, 1851, Mt II o'etock n. M,
AT TIE CIi1cAuo nEAt. ESTATE ExcliAauE,
1!a nnd III i,rarbostl.a...
nyordcr of Iu,t,tlsT f. LEsKfSs. Assigned.
teys ioa 1, / i. ID lid Ii. ii ,ak .sar !; ii ii.
ii sss I'D X n iSss stsfs1 T. ssa" l. 10 '"e''
III; :ss ;$sss fs sFs iSS ''s'sass
uncrps, II. f. II y. ". X Of T. f. u In soc L.n,A
II tots M Atc.r.nv. lts ~ y, atnelu.vc, In f,lock
aa.d. Walkers sui. IN SEC 81, H. II.
'o'' is s H,Sn a ,st r. s; !5' +. T. HI i 81 TO " 'nc'u'.
e.'a nefes In sec. ~ ~ II. being Block II in Jones'
ALSO.
q foot. ca>t 'front.' mn stnoat north Of rh'rsy:ntts
" fsG.l sx Me.t ;d tin5I I, n % s.''t oet"e'n Thirty
Z fsss a intins..,y.. s9nt.l IT Thirty ;t'fh:tt
S. 'cet II ,rnou.,.. nYrth ot f,fsy-n'n,'', Ensu.
slcts III &indison.av. II II, bi.ox In afencoe.
Fur particulars call ut tho
CHICAGO REAL ESTATE EXCHANGE,
lii and lls l,vurborn-st..
W. Il. nixon. cnANDLEn Z CO..
W.T. z %G,!s stnase. !sH; !a III hssee'
, 1881-12-28
itrlllrs

Thure will ,,u ITO Titrthor cnll IN tic County
Court till jan. u. Set casos Will occupy tho In.
terrGntuR limo.
Judge Knickcrbpckcr was On the alcl list yes.
tcrtiny. anu consequently there wAS no session
OF thu Prubntp Court.
, 1881-12-28

L1UR SALE-WE INVITE ATTENTION
Ut capitalists III thu t11 rrUpur4y, alxiEf, north
Snst eornr Gen.sa nd r,'m nTI9tl-st, Ais lsix
Wtkt Division. NEAL " GUE,
1{p lst SAty.at.
, 1881-12-28

NORTH SIDE.
ITO KENT-A DESIRABLE FLAT OF O
- run!9t. Surth aluc. Inquire OF A. 7. CALI.
ltuunl Ill liurtgn iIIuck.
, 1881-12-28

A GOLDSMlD. LOAN OFFICE, ~ EAST
n. 3tullisut-st. tIcHnsoh>. Established lsti. Dln-
muIl bralkur Md bIttun hGR!er. tsslf AiH for u!d
gOfd and silver. dHn1unds. tnris oo.. Ute Colorado
Brunch, wv LurimOr.Ht.. ijenyHr.
, 1881-12-28
1TOK SAl4E-1llE REST nANuAlN ON
H 6iIrtsH1..Rv, spulA OF fImuIlty.sikth+st, rtakua
Il unrv i. a. HltAGli 10. 10 Ysst.i3tun.sL

17oli SALE-3ba, lNDlANA.AY, TWO
eln1y xud basement br!ck huuSu; lot %1xl3a fcetI
N,5A i, a. AHAHGH u. y, NhshIugtun's.
, 1881-12-28

11Ult SALE--l00NlIU, SOUTHEAST COR
IL ner Inek1rN md Atcteeni a tine iut for IN.
prOyeHent Aslt Gail b1 Ml Ut baEEain tusnA this
Wsuk, MEAD i cuE
~ Il SniIt-st.
, 1881-12-28

! T1UI. SALE-CllEAr LOrS On LEN
IL lnatuH. loik, and i4casltt.sts- unly two hocss
frO. UlpI.Av. Hlid Cn nlbtttI Fnrk church.
TIlu priea will bu ttynncra ota tl'ete lots nler ts6
| npxI MEAn y CHE.
, 1881-12-28

VT AN TED : Statesmen EVERY
Nv where; alsn Stntu agents: must be nembctN OF
Masonic Or odd -fG!IunA' order: square,. paying bua-
ness. CAItSua * 10. III l.n Sh.Ie.sL. Ruonl u.
yHTANTED-A GENTLEMAN TO GIVE
w lessons In dnneiia IN private tnlni!y Give ref
GrAnCGs md etntu torn,a. AIdreks Z H. Tribune.
, 1881-12-28

I1OK SALE-KEASOS, POOR HEALTH
l. -lrtt-eIAaa btIHy1tnu. house. chufre UuAty+ West
entc: all .M.dern improvements eonpletelr fur-
ttuc ugtcE
, 1881-12-28

ETOR SALE-EHOLt MASuFACTUlalNt;
Il ptr1t,tus -TAnt thu trtct on WNMtHutth.ns. Jaat
sUulh VI stuck ynrls Truck, uxtuIas Gust 10 Il. !:
trHke ntI crossed BY "i' IL Hluck- tHr4s truck.
nis h,.s InugAle llron.1 faclI!ltes, nnd Lu hut
MUCH Iclow lls va!Mr us l. musL !e sold to Sl,sG IN
GaLute, MEAD Il CUE,
LII EHjjE-nL
, 1881-12-28
i.aItINEnS JYxlNiEIl.

"A n OLD ESTAHItISI!El1 CUNUEKN
n de4rse = parlnef In I FAluAblu branch pf taGlf
buslue4sj IL enussA Ut Integrity. ~Eh d. .li oash
4 not aeuMD VI kAAN hu IvxlkHat assocl1lpos
b. Tribune lu&co.
, 1881-12-28

ITO RENT-SUME FURNISHED ROOSS,
J. snKly IN mite: lIut And cold wntur laths veil
hunted, 1N Chcstnut.st, between Dearborn aud
EIutk ono block u,1ufG ChicHKo.uy.
, 1881-12-28

T1OR SALE-a USES
L Unt aux H. twu-EturJ. aud ei,s :UrlA two.stury,
Un tlls sau,a ut tue.Mg thH Wabash to4nd.housg.
nid une facing south CiAIkss-. 1n good terms. APP
n IL Nh.
, 1881-12-28

TOR SALE-i:i5 CAliROLI-AV., UC'rA-
Il gun ttui,t.-truuL sury utttD md taaerHcntt lDt
zuA l.j leot ,iurp nteyt hartutn Kuu d ~ liau-
GDluil.tt- Al, ]. HICll,iltlta.
, 1881-12-28
BUSINESS CHANCES.

= = ~ - = y -- =.
4 GOOD BUSINESS MAN WITH 5000
IA III *!uU0J desires autlye tntetgst In established
tusnesa; manufacturing preferred. Answers ~ re.
tpru nttcAtl0n must rtlt nature ut busil1rs9. Ad.
Gstus y 5t fruun0 Uaic9.
, 1881-12-28

IrUR SALE-A GOOD PAYING TRUNK
- store nd factory In The l,uart u tho rlty liz and
IN SHuth ClHrk.s DWner Wishing u sail 1n account
ting,
, 1881-12-28

11OK SAl.E-MANUFACTu LOT
H Elxiaj tuet fronting Clark aid Eutturic! sss,
nOttha11L eHrHer Ut huy1ntaoAtG. +. A. HkAGG
Gu., " M&4lIltHt1n~al. J..
, 1881-12-28

ANY BUSINESSMAN WISHING AN
Vt f5.yit may audrrss i u. Tiibune oItiec.
, 1881-12-28

ITO RENT - pAKl4OK FLOOR AND
J. basement. roUns. Inquire :Su Eaht ChIcaxo-
, 1881-12-28

TOR SALE-A RETAIL BOUT AND
IL sADD storp III thriving kuWn In Wisconsin; tbrc0
Faltruiuls. Amply IL GEU, ". LUDLUW 20. lii
md III Munruu- -kt,, Chicago.
, 1881-12-28

i E'ols sAh';-
ABSOLUTE AUCTION SAI.E
, 1881-12-28

fI,uts SALE - ~ ACHES On BELT
- Jtmrt.il. ut tho cEuazlf1x VI tho tifand Trunk.
liEsltf Wht.!.Eit Jit,. lu7 t,curtnrn.sL
, 1881-12-28

T1OE SALE-BY GRIFFIN Il DWIGHT,
Il CORNER Washington ind llAIat1t-nta:
10 autttll Enrtt%-st. iGur NnshlnEtDnt beautiful
house: Uniy Hihn. We hay0 kuyurhl hunsek arranged
fur two taIuue tat rrht we'll uia t,aS u u II Uur
cent Oil tho Hrcrt We cali soil ttCni ftlr
he6HrHl tnE ktOite-frbnt Eutlst.s 1T faltn9 CAcA
~ West NnkhtHgtul-Et, Will k-nut Tut. fUr {h&hU.
tune Aple,tttd cottages on Warren Tor f.. .6U to
kjiItl
, 1881-12-28

TOR SALE-AUUSE AND LOT On
uai pauS III slrsss. l. H. CI3lAilHG5 j CU. III In
Sni,f.hf
, 1881-12-28

E1uR SAl4E-'rWO GOOD INVEST
Il numts-Fiyo hunsss" IN vlncennns.ny, Win l.u ~
~ lut!, paying !lgr cent Hot. Ahn hso h0nses nn
West sB A1HllAtI-st.. lMytlI4 lu Cunt tet-
H. 4. ul.llCii, itounl !. iiu nGarhofl-st.
, 1881-12-28

EOR SALE-A BUSINESS BLOCK ON
II Wen A4ul4u.l-zl. puyl1 y you'd ucun.Gl u good
GAanea for captusls. ltGuuI b, " haAualph.sl. n.
, 1881-12-28

fjNO RENT-STOIE 1Ot SOUTH CLARK
l. ~. Apply 10 CiiAAl.ES GuunMAS, kocm u
llI MNAllIEtlln.At. --
, 1881-12-28

T,UR SAI.l:-l:;G FUliTON-S'r.. 9SrOKr
IL brick rcsdefcei l.t :1xI dteu tu atIey; e0TfIuF
u Francisco A,,j Faltutl; co,vui,IuMt to ntu,n !r
, 1881-12-28

STORES.
ITO KENT-STOllES NEW
s.ufen OIL Mnt!san.st: na9I M9EEssni Es WIZ eaeh
Hur WMlhlnKloN And ilnlsted.sts
, 1881-12-28

IIuK SALE-CiGAK, TOBACCO, STA
II uon9ry, c0nfcrt!ontty. and news depJi. weekly
ku dnl!y rule cunnagled. utlnk about l<u daitds
u Npuk. A{l1tlHa y " EfthNn1 Ns1GH,
, 1881-12-28

ITO KENT-~FL.AT ORA ROOMS, THIRD
i story. US a!ntilsusl.sL l,EAllf, 51J l.ake.sL
, 1881-12-28

l7UR SALE-Ny II. w. liiNAN ,tlt. IL
IL CI,., III uearb4Ir-st.l 3sory mud Essumoht brick
hUuaes on Arhur pIt.cG. luAr 5huldun.4t. tOr E.5u
Utchi tuls sUM! stu; 1uses ulUHu would cost nuf0
kHn ia III Il
, 1881-12-28
SUBURBAN I:E1lL f.SIlt1I:.

1TUN SAI,E-A W.ACRE FARM, ONLY l3
nte. smrtn frsn this city j"1n,nH llt vitlnps nf
insk Riftrr. M!Ih x,tld htsea af1 Ad 5olt4
cIir1. tinfEnEnl Ht srl,nu fGry dustJnptg. ItUpnl
b. NJ ItRntu,uti.s1 81, i. i'll AHftI
, 1881-12-28

NIuGt uf pTDnur.y IN lnlKtsr-Ht for AA.u ut tih.-
III fut whlcl Iarr Il 9 Funl on u n ysnfs
lGpsv BY I'M A IpNrty. r. a. HltA3Q& u CO., III Waxt-
, 1881-12-28
70 HE4NI-KOOiIS.

11O RENT ~ NICELY FURNISHED
J. roulns. 2lss 1ntiann.av., north Of Twenty .soc-
, 1881-12-28

AGENTS }|'d4NI'EU.
A GENTS WANTED-LlREIsAL AR
IA engagements 1uale 1A a&GlktA tur lt"IsurAhco
UH bhepEJAld lt0nlnnk plant Gt0.lISuEA
ii nVluaI GHsrut gust ". II. WEI.LS. ttuuM Auw-
, 1881-12-28
MISCELLANEOUS.

"A md gravel roonnK d2ne nt tho 10 wust rutsa md
Old toUfa Tsl,HIed ~ ]. WILKES Ft}HD s CO, VI
yfa[H in Chicago,
, 1881-12-28

l1Ult SAIE-la3 FEET ON WEST JACK
H so,,-nt:, pt!ye umiy ti ror foot. L. A. CUM
MfS{}E & Eu,. I1I 1,4 H4liii-btt
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1881-02-04
Mrs. J. SAUBRR.

Mr.. EDIToR.--I felt called upon,
some time ago, to express my views on
the slavery question. BeZeek has at
length resurrected, and in an able arti-
Gle objects to about the whole of what
my humble comprehension of the sub
ject has led me to believe to be true.
Believing that the acts of Congress, as
well as the decisions of the courts,
permitted me to make the statements
which | did, now feel called upon to
defend my statements.
His reference to the Somerset case
suggests this problem. Supreme Court
of acknowledgements Court of U. S.
and C. Required the value Of &C. Is
it a positive or negative quantity
Without knowing its exact value, I will
state that in the United States it is a
minus quantity: and if the Mansfield
decision made slavery illegal prior to
the birth of this nation. the fancy de-
cision not only made slavery legal after
1857, but it also interpreted it to be
legal from the formation of this gov
eminent. This being the highest legal
authority in the United States, / think
it fair to state that slavery was legal
until it was legally abolished by the
XII1th Amendment. If slavery was
illegal under the constitution, why the
necessity to an amendment to the con-
stitution? Why the necessity Of the
Emancipation Proclamation? By the
way, Abraham Lincoln, in that procla-
nation, acknowledged the legality of
slavery. He did it by the power vested
in him as commander-in-chief Of the
armies of the United States, and strictly
as scdr measure, not on account Of its
being illegal. He never SAID 1t was not
legal.
In the fall Of 1862 President Lincoln
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1881-02-04

issued proclamation to the South,
stating that he would declare all their
slaves to be free on the first day of
January, 1868. provided they did not
submit to Federal authority. Now, if
the southern states did submit, Presi-
dent Lincoln would not have troubled
their slaves, and If he had believed
slavery illegal. it is not consistent with
his character. as statesman and a
man to believe that he would have per-
mitted it to exist.
On Jan. LIST, 1868, he designated the
states and parts of states which had
not submitted to Federal authority, and
declared their slaves free. The slaves
IN the states and parts Of states which
had submitted to Federal authority he
declared to remain precisely the same
as before the issue of his proclamation.
This shows that he not only considered
slavery legal, but that he considered it
beyond his power, as commander-in-
chief of the armies or as President of
the United States, to abolish it,
There are men in the United States
as capable OF interpreting the constitu-
ton as Justice Mansfield, and l have
yet to learn that any one of them ever
held slavery to be unconstitutional.
Ii the word SlGce does not occur in
our Constitution, there are synonymous
expressions, and this can not be held
as proof that slavery was not recog-
niZed.
The Constitution did compel states
to give up fugitive slaves. An exami-
nation OF the three clauses of Sec. 2,
Art. 4, settles this matter beyond all
question.
l can hardly express my obligations
to "Bezeek for informing me that
the bred Scott Decision was not Leg
islative Act. Although I have been
acquainted with that fact for several
years, like to have my memory brush
ed up occasionally, hence my obliga-
tions. BAW BEEsE.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1881-02-04

Some time during the present session
Of the legislature the question Of wo,
man suffrage will come up for discus.
sion in the shape of constitutional
amendment. 1t was passed upon af-
6rmatively by the last legislature, and
II this legislature affirms it the measure
goes before the people for final decision
Mrs. Julia Ward Howe, a lady whose
writings have interested the English
speaking world, in new book entitled
Modern Society" expresses some
thoughts on the subject, which we quote
as follows:
"Of all the changes l can chronicle
as of my own time the change in the
position of women is perhaps the most
marked and the least anticipated by
the world at large. Whatever opinions
heroic men and women may have held
concerning this, from Plato's time to
our own, the most enlightened periods
of history have hardly given room to
hope that the sex in general would
ever reach the Acknowledgement which
1t enjoys to-day. date the assurance
Of its freedom from the hour in which
the first university received women
graduates upon the terms accorded to
pupils of the opposite sex. This first
and greatest step gained, the gate of
professional knowledge and experience
quickly opened, and that of political
Acknowledgement stands already ajar.
The battle can have but one result, and
1t has been fought with chivalrous
temper and determination, not by one
sex against the other, but by the very
gospel Of fairness and justice against
the intrenched right of selfish passion,
inertia, and prejudice
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1881-02-04

EDITOR TELEGRAPH - There are
some stars, we are told, whose light is
lost to us by their nearness to the sun.
The powerful light of the great lumin-
airy prevents the light of the little stars
from being seen, except at certain sea-
sons of the year, and then only for a
short time. So it is with the little vii
lage of Selma. 1t is so near to the city
that the little light it gives is lost in
the blare of light given out by it's big
neighbOr. Only at long periods of time
does its light become strong enough to
enlighten the readers of the TELE-
GRAPH. One of those periodical flashes
OF light reached you last week. hope
its light will, like that of which we
read in the good book, "wax brighter
and brighter until the perfect day."
So may it be with all the little stars
that tighten the columns of the TELE.
GRAPH.
think their light would be improv.
ed If, in addition to the little items OF
news they give us weekly, they would
clothe their newsi in more flowing robes
The politician might weave in some
ideas on political questions; the scien
list would always find enough in ma
ture for the groundwork of a short in
PRODUCTION to his news; the moralist
has a wide field from which to gather
lime upon line, precept upon precept,
which we all so much need; the dis.
ciple OF Howard has always q wide
field in which to labor, for the poor and
the suffering we have always with us
and the farmer would always be able
to say something of interest to his
brother farmers about that most i'm.
portant of all branches of industry. ag.
riculture.
Ii these ideas were well carried out,
and think at least some of your cor
respondents could do it SO we'll that the
correspondents column might soon be-
come as interesting-yes, / will say it
AS the editorial one. There noa0. your
race gives no token of suffering.
have heard it said that editors are very
thlck-skinned; believing this to be so
with you, will say no more, lest 1
should say too mach. Yours,
S. G. S.
Pleasant Prairie, Jan. %, 1881.
I'VE are extremely we'll satisfied with
the way our correspondents give us
news items. Ifthey were clothed with
more flowing robes" and mixed with
politics and various other things they
would not be read with as much inter-
est. People like local news in short,
pointed paragraphs. II our cores
pondents write on morals, politics, or
any other subject, it is more interest
ing to address themselves pointedly to
the subject.-ED.1
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1881-02-04
TEACHERS MEETING,

Pursuant to call of the Vice Presi
dent, a meeting of the w. D. was hello
in the Evans school house, Brighton
on Friday evening, Jan. 2sth, 1881
The house was filed full.
/ An exercise on the Geography of Wis.
consin, conducted by Mr.. F. F. Smith
with class of his pupils, was the first
on the programme, and was handled in
a manner creditable alike to teacher
and class. This was followed by an
exercise in Primary Reading by Miss
Mary Goldsworthy, with class of her
pupils from the Paris Corners school.
This class cannot be excelled in Keno
sha county. The promptness and ex-
actnesS with which they do their work
in phonics is simply surprising, and
those teachers of the w. D. who were
not present missed an excellent thing
in primary reading.
The discussion Of the question Re-
solred. THAT a Protective Tariff is for
the best interest of the American peo-
pie" was then taken up. Messrs.
Joshua Dixon, Mitchell Leach and Jas.
NORM were appointed judges. A. F.
Grant, of the affirmative, and C. H. Gull,
Of the negative, being absent, Mr.. N.
Cunningham, of Dover, kindly consent
ed to assist Mr.. Mooney on the affirm
alive, and Mr.. John Rhodes, of Bright
on, did the same favor for Sup't Ma
honey on the negative. After listen
ing to the arguments pro and con for
an hour, the judges decided in favor of
the negative.
Select Reading by Miss Katie McCor-
mack, and several dialogues and reci-
tations BY the pupils of the Evans
school followed, all Of which were well
rendered and received. Mr.. John
Rhodes convulsed the audience by tell
ing them " How Sorkery set the Hen, "
but Mrs. Green carried off the palm by
reading a humorous selection in the
Yorkshire dialect.
The meeting was decided success,
and more Of the same kind would be a
good thing for our schools.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1881-02-04
TAYATTON TUSSELS.

The question of the senatorship is
disposed of and our legislators are
wrestling with the question of equal
taxation. 1t is big question and has
many sides. 1t is not likely that all
the evils Of our present system Of as
sessments and taxation can be remedied
now. Perfection is thing Of slow
growth. Something can be done this
winter Agitation is the first step, and
that is being taken, and it will give
us better understanding of the evils
to be cured, and how to cure them,
without creating others. One of the
evils complained of is what is termed
double taxation of property. For
instance, a man buys piece of land,
for which he agrees to pay one thou
sand dollars. He pays one hundred
down and gives his note for the rest.
The land is assessed and pays taxes on
eight hundred dollars, while the mort
gage, if it does not escape the assessor,
il assessed and taxed at its face value.
Under these circumstances, the interest
Of the owner in the land is measured
by the one hundred dollars paid and
the chance Of future profit, though he
is compelled to pay taxes on the full
assessed value, Senator Anderson's
bill to remedy this evil provides that
the owner shall charge a pro rata of
the whole tax and make it apply on
payment of interest. To do this the
assessment and tax and receipts must
he made separate and distinct, so that
the mortgager may present the receipts
so the mortgage that they may apply
on payment of interest. There is a
eumbersomeness about this method
that is a serious disadvantage to the
measure. 1t will require large extra
amount Of clerical labor in making as
sessments, tax accounts and receipts.
But let the agitation go on; there is
nothing like making fuss where evils
exist. Persistent agitation viii topple
them over and make room for better
things. 1t would throw good deal of
light on the subject to know how other
states have met this evil and cured it,
IL so be 1t Is cured in any. We have
an indistinct recollection that some
where in our reading we have learned
that this evil has been cured in New
York and California
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1881-02-04

Several futile attempts have been
made to crowd out, starve out and
supplant the TELEGRAPH The facts
concerning them are familiar to our
readers. The latest fiasco Of the kind
was the Republican Journal. The
publishers of that paper were paid a
cash bonus of $500 to conduct paper
In Kenosha county that should always
be reliably republican The republic
cans of Kenosha refused to buy the
TELEGRAPH, and it was bought by a
man reputed to be democrat. In
consequence Of this ownership, and
the high recommendations of the pub
fishers and editors of the Republican
Journal, it was confidently believed
that paper would easily supplant the
TELEGRAPH. On the strength of lofty
promises made, the Journal secured a
small subscription list, and sent out a
larger number of papers TO persons
who never subscribed for it, and did
not want it. After the bonus and cash
subscriptions were exhausted, the Jour
nal died and its empty name was swal-
lowed by the defunct Democrat, which
is struggling for existence under new
name. Those who paid in advance, and
expected to be treated, by the Journal,
to the weekly reading of an able and
reliable exponent of republican princi-
pies, are obliged now to take a weekly
weakly dose Of the wishy-washy poll
ties of a genius who can as easily dis
pense republican politics as democratic
or politics of a variety that cannot be
described and defined.