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The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1884-08-22
FIREMEN'S REVIEW.

The Firemen's Annual Review,
which occurred on last Friday after
noon, was a highly creditable exhibit
ton Of maneuyering skill in handling
the implements of the Department.
There has evidently been much pains
taking in training the different divi-
sions in their respective duties. The
feats of the companies were witnessed
by larger number of spectators than
we recollect to have seen on, any pre-
vious annual review. The day was
fine, the music of the band good, and
the marc hing through several streets
attracted much attention. Besides the
Mayor, Aldermen and officers of the
Fire Department, the followieg COM
panies were in the line of march /:
Rescue Hook and Ladder Company
No. 1, Steamer Hose Company No. 2,
Star Hose Company No. /, Indepen
dent Hose Company No. 8, Act We
Hose Company No. 4, Gem Hose Com
pany No. 5.
Kenosha may be congratulated on
having an efficient Fire Department,
which is a matter Of the first import
ance to city property holders. The
city authorities owe it to the members
of the fire companies that they are
favored and allowed as many immune
ties as the laws will permit. They
render their services from a sense of
public duty, without any adequate
compensation. A well disciplined
fire department adds to the value of
most kinds Of perish able property. A
good fireman is heroic; he is not un
frequently required to risk his life in
saving valuable property, and in res
cuing inmates in a burning building
from perishing in the flames. Many a
noble fireman has lost his own life in
in daring attempt to save the life OF
others.
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COL. DENNIS j. HINES GONE
WRONG

A copy Of the Omaha Daily Bee in
forms us that Col. d. ]. Hines has
been arrested, charged with setting
fire to the Daily Bee Office, and is in
JAIL. 1t is stated that other parties
are implicated in the attempt to burn
the Bee office, and that their arrest will
soon follow. Col. Hines is a graduate
of the High school in this city. He
bore a good reputation, learned the
printers trade in the Office of the Chi
cago Tribune; was elected Mayor OF
Kenosha; was promoted to the posi-
tion of Col. of Seventeenth Illinois cav.
airy. He afterwards went into bust
ness in st. Louis, and still later en-
gagged in publishing paper. 1t is said
Col. Hines, in connection with other
parties, contemplated starting another
daily paper at Omaha as soon as the
Bee was gotten out of the way.
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late a cyclone. A thing that is evil,
and only evil, cannot be regulated.
Do you regulate in Kenosha? All you
do is to bring on a struggle between
law and grog-sellers, and the gr0g-
sellers ultimately beat. You may
gather in your treasury a little money
by allowing saloons, schools for evil
and crime, and can now and then get
up spasmodic effort to regulate the
evil and try to keep it in bounds, but it
will not keep in bounds long. In
most of our large cities, and their
power is growing, the drinkers and
|drink-makers and sellers rule, not be-
cause they outnumber the sober COM
munity, but because their votes are
wanted, and men that want office pan
der to drunkards and drunkard- makers.
There is sufficient power in the hands
of the respectable portion of society to
cure the evil, if party ties did not oblige
men to yield to the demand of drunk
ard-makers to get their votes on cleo
ton day. Why not in every place in
which true temperance men can hold
the balance of power insist temperance
men shall be put in Office, and, IRE.
spectiye of party ties. vote for the tenn
perance man.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1884-08-22

AS matter of information for such
of our readers as are not already in
formed of the names of candidates
which may be presented for nOmina-
ton at the Republican County Con-
vention on the 1st OF September next,
the following have been mentioned.
For Member of Assembly: Mr.. r. f.
Roberts, of Bristol: Mr.. Kruckman, of
Wilmot; Mr.. Harrison, of Randall;
Mr.. Gull, of Salem; Mr., Kupfer, of
Kenosha: Mr.. Vosburg, of Randall
Whether these all desire to be regarded
as candidates is not certainly known
here. For the Office of Sheriff the fol-
lowing names are heard: E. r. Will
son, of Paris; Mr.. Pierce, of Salem !;
Lieut.. De Diemar, of Kenosha. For
County Clerk, D. B. Benedict. For
Treasurer, r. E. Sutherland and FL. E..
Clark. We have heard no names sug-
gested for the other county officers.
That portion of the county outside
the city limits will nominate County
Superintendent of Schools.
For the Office of State Senator the
name of Hon. w. S. Maxwell has been
most frequently heard. Hon. J. B
Vosburg has been mentioned, whether
by his authority or not we are not in
formed.
The voters in the county understand
that they are under no obligation to be
| controlled or influenced in their choice
of candidates in selecting from the
| names above mentioned. There is no
lack of good men in the county TO fill
all the offices, and it belongs to the
many to hoose the right men and not
to the few.
1t will also be the business of the
county convention to choose three dele
gates to the Republican State Conven-
tion to meet at Madison Sept. 8, 1884;
also two delegates to represent this
assembly district in the Congressional
convention at Beloit Sept. 10, 1884.
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last in 1868, since which time he is
understood to have refused Office, in
GLIDING Presidential appointments.
We have several times made favor
able mention of L. B. Caswell. of
Jefferson county, regarding him good
candidate, both on the ground of quail
ficatlon and availability. Belonging to
strong Democratic county, he has
heretofore secured far more than the
Republican vote, showing him man
of more than ordinary popularity at
home. 1t is noticed, however, that OBJ
jections are raised by some of our Re-
publican contemporaries to giving the
candidate to a new county added to
the district. Mr.. Fl. A. Cooper, of Ra-
cine. is being urged in some quarters
as a candidate. lie is represented OF
scholarly attainments, but less known
| in the district than the other gentle
men mentioned.
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wrong, such as his enemies now de-
clare, he would not have escaped ar
raignment before the people. The
spirit of party ran as high then as now.
But through all these years of party
strife, when public men were liable to
be assaulted for cause, Mr.. Blaine passed
through the political warfare of the
times unscathed, leaving no faint upon
his reputation that investigation did
not remove. What can be clearer than
that the accusations now brought
against him are only inventions of un-
scrupulous political foes. 1t is. not
strange, therefore, that the indepen-
dents, who were once the ardent
friends of Blaine, but who have now
turned against him, dare not attempt
to give reason for their inconsistency,
nor dare they say President Garfield
misjudged when he chose Mr.. Blaine
for the chief member of his cabinet.
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A great amount of newspaper dis
cussion has recently been devoted to
Lieut.. Greely's arctic expedition. the
sutferings of the exploring party, and
the reported cannibalism resorted to
saving from starvation. There are
strong statements that cannibalism
was practiced, but not by the approval
of Lieut.. Greedy or any other officer of
the party. Whatever may be the true
facts in this case, the question has
been raised, whether a resort to canni-
balism is justiiable under any circum-
stances? The first impulse in civil
lied community would be that subsist-
ing on human flesh is too horrible and
too revolving to be entertained with
favor for moment. Self-preServa.
tion is first law of nature, and what
might be admissible in last extremi-
ty, when the alternative presented is
life or death, it is not difficult to decide
how most persons would act.
1t is claimed that the information
gathered by the Greedy party in the
arctic regions iustifies the conclusion.
that the north pole can be reached, and
the methods for extending exploration
northward are now better understood
than ever before.
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RANDALL.

The flies are receiving reinforce
ments. They are coming by regi-
ments and brigades. There will be no
longer any peace for the wicked-or
the righteous either-until cold wealth
er comes.
The crop of small grain, considering
both quality and quantity, has not
been so good in a great many years.
Oats, wheat, barley, flax, timothy
seed everything-is good, and yields
bountifully. The harvest is nearly
done. and everything has been secured
in good order.
At the Sharon races, on Saturday,
Charles Kidder's Bloomfield" and
VIM. Besteder's cream mare took first
moneys in their races.
The Sunday school picnic and band
concert at Twin Lakes on Saturday
was very successful. 1t is estimated
that there was over one thousand peo-
pie present at one time. The exhibit
ton of the band from Wilmot was
very fine.
We were at Geneva last week, and
for the first time took ride around
the lake on the boat. We will not at
tempt to describe the beauties we no
ticed, but advise every one who has
not made the trip to take the pleasure
the first opportunity that occurs.
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AN UNANs VERED QUESTION.

The Independents who oppose Blaine
have been repeatedly asked fail
question bearing on this campaign
which they have not yet attempted to
answer, and probably will not under.
take to do. They are asked whether
they believe President Garfield was a
man of sound morality, of integrity
and of good judgment in respect to
men and character? That Mr.. Gar
field possessed these qualities in an
eminent degree it is believed the now
independents have always admitted.
This being SO, how do they account for
the fact that the President should have
selected Mr.. Blaine from among all
the statesmen in this great Republic
for the Office next in Importance to
that of his own? The plea cannot for
a moment be INDUCED that the Presi-
dent was not familiar with the life and
character of Mr.. Blaine. He had been
in public life thirty years; for fifteen
years Garfield and Blaine had been in
Congress together; they were both in
Congress at the time the acts charged
are allegrd to have taken place. How
preposterous the idea that the Presi-.
dent was ignorant Of the wrongs
charged, while these two distinguished
men were intimate with each Others
history.
No statesman in this country had
been more prominently before the peo-
Pile than Mr.. Blaine up to the time the
office of Secretary OF State was con-
Ferred upon him. He was particip-
ant in the great debates in Congress,
having for his opponents the best tai
snt of the nation. If he had been
guilty Of dishonesties or acts Of public
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1884-08-22

For the next two months and more
newspaper readers may expect a super
abundance of political reading. The
current theme of thought, to the exclu-
sion of almost all other matters of
general interest, is now the political sit
uation. Other subjects will for a time
be held in allegiance, or come in more
incidentally, giving place to the all-ab-
sorbing presidential question. The
topics now most prominent, undergo
ing review in the public journals, are
not of the most chaste and elevating
kind, but much that is demoralizing.
The general tone of morals is not likely
to be improved by the political litera-
ture from now to November next.
Were all that will be written and
printed the coming two months per-
tanning to the present political issues
compiled in books, it would make a
library too large for any building in
this country to contain. In all this
vast collection there would be found
historical facts, biographical sketches
and statistics worth knowing, but the
great bulk of the reading matter would
be profitless for all future time and not
worth preserving. Probably in the
contribution of so many minds to the
party press, there would be an occa-
sional gem of literary refinement, but
quite as much to lower the public
taste as to elevate it. The treatment
of political matters in a. heated party
canvass is not calculated to cultivate
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OLD SETTLERS, TAKE NOTICE.

We run no risk in the prediction
that the gathering of old settlers on
Thursday, the 2Sth inst, will be one of
the largest and most successful seen
in the county, prooided the weather
is propitious for outdoor meeting.
President Thorp will have the salts
faction Of presiding over one Of the
greatest assemblies that has been
known in Salem for many year.
Our public-spirlted fellow-townsman,
III. B. Hinsdale, has been taking
special pains to give the old settlers
meeting boom. He has procured a
list of male citizens who have been
residents of this city continuously ever
since 1S49; his list already comprises
nearly 40, and will probably be
increased. Residence of thirty five
years speaks well for the stability Of
our population, and that we are not,
as some have said, migratory people.
An effort will be made to have as
many as possible of these, with their
wives, meet their country friends at
Paddock's lake--a beautiful sheet of
water, which has never yet been de-
scribed in poetic numbers and set to
music, but destined to be more adj
mired in proportion as it shall become
better known.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1884-08-22
KINDERGARTEN CONCERT.

The concert in the Congregational
church on Tuesday evening last for
the benefit Of the Kindergarten school
In this city had fair attendance, but
far from what it would have been but
for the intensely warm evening.
Many who had contemplated patron
izing the concert were deferred from
so doing for the reason mentioned.
The programme embraced great
variety of talent, some of which is of
long experience, and some more re-
Gently brought to public notice.
Special notice of any one in particular,
however deserving, might appear in
vidious; the names of all on the pro-
gramme are given: Mrs. Dunning,
Mr.. G. d. Van VIE, Miss Jennie
Blinn, Miss Mollie Nicoll, Miss E.
Bond, j. Cavanagh, Misses E. and A
Bray, Miss George Rust, f. B. Dun
ming, E. L. Grant, Mrs. X. D. Wheeler,
G. w. Warvelle, Judge E. Martin, Miss
M. Head, Mrs. w. S. Robinson, Mrs.
F. S. Newell, J. H. Howe, Miss Grace
Howe subStitlted.
So worthy an enterprise as the Kin
dergarten should uot be allowed to be
passed by without further effort to
give it substantial encouragement.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1884-08-22

While Cleveland is being made the
subject of SO much comment, Thomas
A. Hendricks, the Democratic candi-
date for Vice President, should not be
neglected. 1t will be well for the PEG.
pie to understand what manner of man
he is. We said some weeks ago that a
little disloyalty does not damage a De-
mocratic candidate with large pro-
portion of his party. He seems to be
liked all the more for it. Hendricks
position during the war may be gath
cred from the following extracts from
his speeches while the rebellion was in
progress:
81 did not advise anybody to enlist
because l was not going myself. and
would not recommend any one to do a
thing | would not do myself"
Thomas A. Hendricks didn't like the
Emancipation proclamation. He said
of 1t in his Shelbyville speech: !" do not
know whether that proclamation is
going to be taken back or not; | am
going to vote to take it back the first
opportunity get
If there is any man who desires to
continue fighting and spending the
peoples money and lives, / do not SYM
pathize with him."
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FIRST DISTRICT REPUBLICAN,
CONGRESSIONAL CONVFN-
TY0N

The Republican electors Of the First
Congressional district are hereby nOtl.
fed that the Convention to place IL
nomination candidate for COngre SIS,
to be supported at the ensuing election,
will be held at the city of Beloit, at 2
o'clock in the afternoon Of Wednesday,
Sept. 10th, 1884. Each Assembly and
Senatorial district will be entitled TO
two delegates.
The question of conforming the rep
resentation in future Conventions TO
the system adopted at tue late Kepuo-
lican State Convention will be con-
sidered, and such other business as
may properly come before the Conyen-
ton.
By order of Committee,
PLINY NoRCRoss, Chairman.
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LOWERING THE STANDARD OF
PUBLIC MORALITY.- WHO RE-
SPONSTBLE.


PUBLIC MORALITY WHO RE-
SPONSIBLE.
No presidential canvass in the pre-
vious history Of the United States has
tended to lower the standard of public
morals to the extent of the present.
Never before has there been occasion
to question the moral standing of can
didates for the presidential Office; both
political parties have heretofore
brought forward men for the high
position against whom nothing Grimm
al could be alleged. Now one of the
candidates for the office of President
is charged with grave offenses. Public
morals do not suffer from this fact
alone, but the graver damage and the
one most to be deprecated. is the posi-
ton taken by semi-religious journals
that the private character of candi-
dates for Office should not be brought
into the arena Of politics. Such code
of morals is more than heathenish, and
should not be tolerated in any civilized
community. The New York I91depe9-
dent, once professedly religious paper,
and now claiming high moral standing,
in speaking Of Cleveland, gives utter
ance to sentiments of this sort. The
Springfield Republican, a journal that
prides itself on being classed ON the
side of religion and sound morality,
gives expression to like sentiments;
the New York EUeni1ag Post is nearly
of the same class. These aud many
other public journals, in their attempt
to uphold Cleveland by apologising for
the irregularities of his private life,
inculcate loose system of morals.
Unless the Cleveland scandal shall
be removed by evidence better than
simple denials, what will be said of
this government by the nations of Eu-
rope in the event Of the election of
Grover Cleveland The scandal is of
the kind unless wiped ont by positive
proof, that will adhere in future years.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1884-08-22

General Butler has issued his letter
of acceptance. 1t is long document,
the chief feature of which is the
chastisement if gives the Democratic
party. He says nothing against the
Republican platform and not word
against Mr.. Blaine. Butler probably
has honesty enough to admit that moth
ing can truthfully be said to the dis
paragement of Blaine. He gives Geo.
William Curtis scoring for partici-
pating in the Republican National
Convention to the close without a word
of protest, then refusing to abide the
nominations. He finds nothing in the
Democratic party to commend since
the DAYS of Gen. Jackson.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1884-08-22
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CONGRESSIONAL CANDIDATES.

The outlook in this Congressional
District is apparently about the same
as when last referred to in this paper.
1t is reported Republican sentiment in
Walworth county is inclining favor
ably towards the nomination of Hon.
L. D. Weeks, of Whitewater. He is a
gentleman of unquestionable qualif-
cation, has served acceptably in the
State Senate, and we believe has held
other positions of public trust. If he
is really the choice of Walworth coun-
ty, that will go far to secure his nomi-
nation. The name of Hon. John F.
Potter, of East Troy, Walworth coun-
ty, has been suggested in connection
with the Office, but whether with his
consent is doubtful. He has served
this state three terms in Congress, the
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1884-08-22

Since the charges against Cleveland
in respect to the Buffalo scandals, the
Democrats have been busy in invent
ing all kinds Of ISLANDERS against Blaine,
in the vain attempt to offset what is
alleged of their own candidate. The
Indianapolis Sentinel, in an editorial a
few days ago. charged that Mr.. Blaine
when young man seduced his present
wife in Kentucky, and then fled to
Maine, whittier the young woman and
her father followed him. and where he
married her at the point of shot gun.
Mr.. Blaine, having heard of this libel
in the Indianapolis Sentinel, telegraph
ed Colonel Holloway, of that city, to
commence suit against the Sentinel
political SANDER" says Mr. Blaine, he
pays no attention to, but attacking the
honor of his wife and his children can
not be submitted 10.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1884-08-22

I Our Democratic brethren are much
grieved that Mr.. Blaine should prose-
cute newspaper for libel. They say
this is the first time Presidential can
didate ever did such a thing. These
disturbed persons are reminded that
this is the first time newspaper has
had the meanness to attack the charac-
ter of the wife of a Presidential candi-
date, attempting to bring disgrace on
his family.