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The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1885-04-03
QUESTIONS OF YERACITY.

The Courier newspaper raises a
question Of yeracity with the TELE-
GRAPH, in respect to the action of the
Republican county convention held on
the 9th of February. 1885. No official
account of that convention was pub
lished in any paper, and the TELE-
GRAPH gave the substance of what
was done, as furnished by the dele
gates. The Courier disputes the cor
rectness Of the following statement IN
respect to the proceedings, as published
in this paper:
"The convention adopted d resolu-
ton nominating Judge Martin for
County Judge. by vote of 21 to II,
and thereupon a committee waited up
on Judge Martin, apprislng him of the
action Of the convention, and Judge
Martin at once appeared before that
body and accepted nomination at the
hands of a political party convention"
The trutnfulness Of the above state
ment having been questioned by the
Courier, it has been submitted to one
of the leading members of that con-
vention, who is supporter of Judge
Martin; he says it is Substantially cor
rect. The Courier further says that
the vote of the convention to reconsid-
Ell its action, and take another vote,
was for the satisfaction of a friend Of
Judge Van Wyck. Here again we say,
on the authority Of members Of the
convention, the statement is not cor
rect. The Courier editor also says
that if there are discrepancies in the
report of the convention he is response
BILE for them. If friends Of Judge
Martin are taken as evidence, there
were omissions and discrepancies.
The reconsideration and subsequent
action of the convention has before
been stated in the TELEGRAPH, and
need not be repeated here, as it is not
material. The point we made, and still
make, is, that.Judge Martin having &C.
copied call signed by both political
parties, to become a candidate without
"party offiliation," those who signed
his call were released from obligation
to support him, after he consented to
become party candidate.
The questions have been asked of us,
why the most important part of the
proceedings of the convention were
never officially published? Why the
circular which was distributed through
the county by Judge Martin or his
friends, pretending to be an account of
the convention, omitted to give essen
tial facts? and why that circular was
sent to Republicans only, and not to
Democrats, unless it is understood he
is now the candidate Of a party? We
withhold any answer to these interroga-
tories, and leave them to an intelligent
public for solution.
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Nh. EplTog:: AT Last ths Chairman Of

Mr.. EDITOR: Atlast the Chairman of
the Republican Executive Committee
in the Courier of the I'd inst, has
spoken by statement Of facts and not
by mere assertion, which is more salts.
factory as something tangible and
susceptible of scrutiny.
Several points have been made clear.
First. The Convention was not
called " for my benefit" as originally
charged. The Chairman did not ap-
pend this to his statement last week,
and ne does not state it in his affidavit
Low. That is then conceded. and it is
the gist of the whole controversy.
Second The conversations men
toned related to another gentleman
who then thought of becoming candi-
date. / stated that in my late letter.
The Chairman does not deny it in his
affidavit. The omission to deny SO inn
portant fact is an admission of its
truth.
Third. It is not shown in the aft
davit that l ever expressed in any way
wish for the Convention. It is
stated that g urged that Convention
ought to be called, and said that it Was
the duty Of the Committee to call it, y
but not word of proof is presented as
to my wish. The difference between
an opinion as to the duty of the Com.
mittee in not denying other candidates
and an expressed aCish, or "a GDish
for the Convention for my benefit" is
very large. The Chairman certainly
| forgets when he states that l said
"that there must be a Convention,
&c. What / did say appears IN my &C
companying affidavit.
But this is enough Of this miserable
controversy. The charge that the Con
vention was called by my wish, or that
of my friends, for my benefit" is
triumphantly refuted. It is conceded
by the silence Of Mr.. DeWey's affidavit
that it was not so.
The truth is, that the Chairman, in
bis desire to please everybody, and IN
his amiable weakness especially tC
please men of influence, fas permit
ted some around him, who for cam
paign purposes wish to put me at fault
to lead him into a View of the facts
which is not correct, He has allowed
an impression to be produced on The
public mind, Willingly or unwittingly
which he ought to have known was
unjust. and which in the manner oil
the statement as made his own affidavit
shows to be untrue.
I append my affidavit, and now the
whole matter, with its scheme and
purpose on the part Of those who
have surrounded him, leave to the
| Judgment of an enlightened public.
ANTHONY VAN WICK.
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EDITOR TELEGRAPH:-If any thing
were wanting to cap the climax of
personal insult to Judge Van Wyck, it
was perpetrated on Wednesday morn
ing last, when the old Republican cam
paign flag was found stretched across
the street IN front of his office, with
"Vote for Judge Martin" attached in
large letters-that same old weather.
beaten campaign flag which he had la
bored so faithfully to sustain in the late
campaign now prostituted for the base
purpose of personal insult. It was an
insult not only to him but to his per-
sonal friends, and Indignation ran high
on the streets, not only among his
friends, but among those politically OPP
posed to him. The tendency, however,
was not only to unite the friends of
Judge Van Wyck more closely, but
many wavering voters decided to re.
Duke the insult by casting their votes
for him.
Upon inquiry, it was found that a
voraclouS Democrat was the instigator.
BY what authority he invaded the
Republican headquarters and made a
base use Of the old Republican cam
paign flag. or whether it was by the
knowledge or consent of the Republi-
can committee having it in charge, we
have not learned. 1t was the hight of
impudence, to say the least, for Dem
ocrat of his bitterness to take such
liberties ut the Republican head
quarters.
After swinging half a day, the name
was ordered to be detached. thus adj
ministerlng merited rebuke to those
who were responsible for the insult.
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NEW INDIAN POLICY

The leaders of public opinion aud
philanthropists in this country are
preparing to introduce a measure into
the next Congress having for its object
the introduction of an entirely new
policy in respect to the American Indi-
ans. IT is proposed to abolish the dis
tinction between Indians and other in
habitants, and give them the benefit of
laws and privileges of the white race.
Every Indian will be induced to be
come an individual land holder, and be
disintegrated from tribes, enjoying the
independence of separate citizens.
Many plans have been proposed during
the last half century for dealing with
the Indians, but the best possible meth
cd has probably not yet been devised.
The Indians have long been obliged to
wait for exact justice. and crowded
every decade further towards the set
ting sun, but perhaps before the last
remnant of their race disappears from
the American continent better methods
for their treatment will be discovered.
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" TAKE OF,E YOUR HAT"

A great many years ago, when Switzer-
land was under the dominion of Austria,
Mr.. Gessler, the Austrian governor at
the time, tried an experiment, with the
hudable design of teaching good man
;ners to the rude Swiss. He caused a
pole to be erected in the market place
CT the Swiss capital, upon which was one
of his hats, and issued an order that
every Swiss man passing said hat should
uncover his head and make polite bow
to it. Veracious history records the
fact that the experiment proceeded
successfully until Bill Tell passed by and
refused to uncover and bow to said hat
AS our readers are familiar with this
tale and its tragical ending, I will not
pursue it further.
1t is said that history repeats itself.
However that may be, it is certain that
another Gessler is occupying the Office
of County Judge of Kenosha county.
He has been giving the people some
much needed lessons in the art of
politeness. Most of the subjects of these
lessons have maintained a becoming
silence about their experience, but at
least two-a country boor from Brighton
and another from Randall-Who walked
into the august presence of his majesty
with their hats on, were ordered to re-
move their head-gear, and are simple
enough to tell their neighbors about it.
1t seems that during the reigns of
French, Webster, Van Wyck and others,
the etiquette OF the suitors in our county
court has been sadly neglected, and an
honest farmer could step into the Office
and talk moment with the august
majesty enthroned there and not be
sharply reprimanded, if, in his hurry, he
forgot to remove his hat. So great had
this evil become that there was great
need of the lessons that have been given
by this exotic from the British isles.
The moral of all this is, that those
voters who believe that the American
citizen should approach the officers of
his government, who are in fact his
servants, with his hat in his hand and his
head bowed with the cringing servility
BETTING a subject approaching his king,
or slave his master, will vote for the
present county Judge but all those who
ARE NOT in favor of abatlng one iota
from the dignity that is the birth-right
of every citizen will vote for Van Wyck
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MR.. VAN WYCK'S REASONS FOR
HIS CANDIDACY

Mr.. EDITOR SO many inquiries have
been made why I am candidate at all
for the Office of County Judge, and. if
such why, in the manner I present N.Y.
self, that / beg to ask space in your
columns for brief statement ofmy rea-
sons therefor. :.
Ipremise that was invited to become
such by many citizens of both political
parties.
| decided on this because I believe
that tits the right of every citizen to pres
ent himself as candidate for any Office
to which he may aspire, and which
others think him qualified to fill, if he
desires to do SO because the manifest
difference of opinion which prevails in
this county in respect to the claims of
the present County Judge to q re-elec-
ton rendered the opportunity of choice
desirable and because the threatened
prescription of those who refused to sign
the calls in his behalf in their business"
and other relations, made this nee
essary as the most effective method
of protecting myself and my friends
from injustice. | desired to beat Boss
ism," if possible.
I announced myself as an Independent
candidate, for the reason that the Office
of County Judge is non-partisan, ard
that the candidates for that office ought
to be elected without regard to party as
sociations and because the persistent
circulation and pressure of the Calls in
favor of the present Judge had at the
time Of the announcement of my own
candidacy SO far forestalled public
opinion, that an appeal to the people, ir-
respective of party, was the only means
left to other candidates which promised
a reasonable prospect of success.
The Peoples Convention, composed of
many gentlemen of position and infu-
ence in both parties, has endorsed my
and pledged me its support.
The people of this county have so
large an interest in the result of this
contest, which is less between Judge
Martin and myself than between N.Y.
self and little clique of politicians,
who are determined to rule or ruin, |
that have confidently appealed to their
decision. Respectfully
ANTHONY VAN WICK. !
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STATE OF WISCONSIN, &c
KenOsha, County. CO.

II
Anthony Van Wyck, having been duly
sworn, on oath says that he had two con-
versations with Mr.. CORTLAND A. Dewey.
Chairman of the Republican Committee
of said county, in relation to the Con-
vention Of February 9th, 1885. The
first of said conversations was at Mr..
Dewey's store, in which said Van WyckII
asked Mr. Dewey whether he was going
to call Convention for the nomination
of a County Judge. In reply, he stated
that he thought not that he did not
know that it was wanted. Said Van
Wyck then asked him if he assumed to
know the will of the people without con-
sulting them, or who the candidates
were without giving them opportunity
in the usual manner to present them
selves. To this Mr.. Dewey replied that
he did not intend that, but perhaps it
had little look that way, and he would
think it over Said Van Wyck then
stated that he always preferred a Peoples
Convention for judicial nomination,
but, that party Convention was better
than none, recognizing as it did in some
degree, the right of the people over this
question, and then added that he him.
self did not want the Convention that
he did not ask for the Convention that
he was not himself candidate as yet !;
that, if he were he should not 60 into a
Convention so largely committed as
this must be, and that if he went
into any Convention at all it should
be a Peoples Convention. But he
said that there was one gentleman,
whom he named, who, he thought,
would be q candidate, and if he was,
he himself should not be in the field at
all, adding that he thought the Com
mittee had no right to deny any one
candidate from proper hearing. The
remarks in regard to himself and his
purpose he repeated several times in
the course of his conversation. l..
The next morning, while said depo-
nent was in the County building in the
Clerks Office, Mr.. Dewey came to him
and said that after the interview Of the
day previous leading Republican from
the country had called and inquired when
he was going to call the Convention, and
he was satisfied that there was more
general desire for Convention than he
had supposed, and under the ,circum
stances, if the other members of the
committee were Of the same mind, he
should call the Convention. Said Van
Wyck then remarked that he thought it
was a good thing to do; that it was no
doubt the duty of the committee to call
it, if there was but one candidate; they
had no right to deny anybody and he
added that he himself had nothing to do
with the Convention that he had told
him before that he should not go into it
if it were called.
ANTHONY VAN WICK.
Subscribed and sworn to before me this
4th day of April, A. D. 1885.
MYRON A. BAKER,
Notary Public.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1885-04-03
KENOSHA HIGH SCHOOL.

The high school exercises on Friday
last were of an instructive cl aracter
All the themes chosen related to TEN.
perance. The practice of having but
one general subject for an afternoon
exercise has advantages; it concen.
trates attention on single matter OF
interest, and carries out the true idea
of "but one thing at a time" The
phases of character of single states.
man, poet or philosopher, may be
dwelt upon in the school rooms an en-
tire afternoon with profit. 1t would
be an excellent idea for schools to de-
vote a half day occasionally to con
sidering the most prominent points in
the history of Bismark, of Germany.
or Gladstone, of England, the latter of
whom is now probably the most dis
tinguished statesman in Europe. To
rightly understand the constantly
oboplhS pOiOIC0 VI IdtIUIlo, u 10 I'LL pUI l.
ant to know the character of the great
national leaders of the day. for they
furnish the index to coming events.
The idea is every year gaining that
schools should be less confined to so!v-
ing book problems and take in wider
range of the worlds present condi-
tion-marking the progress for the
achievements of higher civilization.
Would this encroach on the hours of
regular study? Let it be so. Better
that boys and girls should exchange
some of their book learning for a
knowledge of practical life, and the
movements of the age which are shap-
ing human destinies. The institutions
of learning are beginning to regard a
change from the ordinary course de-
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1885-04-03
COURT HOUSE AND JAIL.

A correspondent in one Of the
western towns requests the TELE-
GRAPH to "feel the pulse of the peo-
ple," as he terms it, in respect to the
suggestion of setting back the territory
comprising the present county of
Kenosha to the county of Racine, from
which it was originally taken. With
out knowing the public sentiment, it
is presumable that the people on this
side of the county are not favorably
ably inclined to the suggestion. Our
Bristol correspondent last week pre-
sented this subject quite at length.
Our correspondent this week states but
one additional reason in favor of re-
union with Racine county-that is, the
circuit court business in this county is
not one fourth as large as twenty five
and thirty years ago. The court calen-
dars have become so small it seems
poor economy to keep up court house
for the little business transacted, and it
is prt bable that litigation in the cir
cult court will still further diminish
in coming years; the reports from the
older states speak of it's yearly decrease.
This is one side of the question.
The other side interposes difficulties,
even admitting the majority of the
people are in favor Of the union Of the
counties 1t is said on what appears
to be good authority the present court
house is 50 rickety as to render it un-
fit for use, and that new one is an
imperative necessity without delay.
No movement uniting the two coun-
ties can be taken without legislative
sanction. Too late for this year, and
the legislature Will not meet again I'M
til 1887. The tax payers of the county
have had the court house and Jail ques-
ton under consideration for years, and
will not care to have newspapers adj
wise them on the subject. Short com.
munications will receive attention.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1885-04-03
Ba1GHToN. WIS, March so. 1885.


Courts sometimes overlook some de-
fects in proceedings in the courts and
other law matters, but the want of suf-
icient notice where the law requires it
is generally held fatal to the case or
other proceedings. And Section 1878 r.
S. of 1878, says, The time for publica-
ton of legal notices shall be computed
so as to exclude the first day of publica-
ton" IF in the case of Mohr vs. Tulip,
40 Wis, Sc. the attorney or Judge who
had charge of the proceedings had been
more careful, and had got the notice
published five times in place of four
times, how much money, trouble, ankle
ty and expense of litigation would it not
have saved the parties interested in the
land afterwards? / also practice in the
County Court Of Racine county, and in
that Court, as have been informed, all
notices are published in the papers the
number of times or weeks as | have
them published, and all the publishers
of papers charge the same as Mr.. Killeen
has done-that is, what the law allows
except two papers published in village
in the western part of the county that
have run some opposition, and the pub
fishers of each of these two papers have
sometimes charged each one dollar
less for publishing each notice than
what the law allowed them to charge, but
they also published them the same num-
Der Of times or weeks as the others. In
sales of land on execution and foreclo-
sure of mortgages the law says that the
notices shall be published or printed
once in each week for six weeks sue
cessively, and under this law I have al
ways had the notices published seven
weeks continually, and l have examined
a number of cases in the office of the
Cle.& of the Circuit Court in Racine
county, that were attended to by some
of the best lawyers of this State, ore Of
them is now judge of the High Court
and they all had the notices published
seven weeks. But do not want to be
understood by this that all proceedings
built on a three weeks, four weeks or si2
weeks publication of the notices are
void. I leave that as it is. But unit
our Supreme Court expressly decides
that no more publications are required
| shall always in the cases and proceed
ings that / control or attend as attorney
have the notices published the number
of weeks as before. The way the law i;
now administered, judges and lawyers
must be as prudent and careful as posi-
| BILE if they do not want to have all they
have done upset at some future time.
HENRY WIEsMANN.
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manded. Racine College has taken a

manded. Racine College has taken a
step in advance recognizing the nee
essity of a departure from the prescrib-
ed course of study, by introducing a
class of subjects calculated to give
students a knowledge of the world,
without which they are but poorly fit
ted for any of the higher professions.
A BILE lecturers have been employed to
present subjects of living interest,
among which are the Egyptian ques-
ton, the German Empire. South
America, the characters of Shake
speare, and other living questions of
like interest.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1885-04-03

NO GREASE FOR HIM.

"When Greece her knees-Greece
her knees-Greece her knees, stammer-
ed an embarrassed schoolboy, forgetting
the next line of his recitation. There
is no occasion to grease anybody's
knees," shouted his teacher. "Go and
study your piece" Neither is there
occasion to grease your hair. Parker's
Hair Balsam is all the dressing you
want Restores the original gloss and
color to gray or faded hair. Does not
oil the linen; not dye good for the
calp; prevents falling out.
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EDITOR There are
those who profess to be particular per-
sonal friends of Judge Van Wyck, and
wish him all manner of prosperity. but
who adhere to the political ritual with
most remarkable tenacity. and claim to
see irregularity in the manner of his
coming before the public as a candi-
date, while they entirely ignore the fact
that Judge Martin accepted a non, par
tisan call and afterwards accepted
partisan nomination. thus virtually re-
leasing those who signed the call. It
seems very much like straining at a
gnat and swallowing a camel. & = X
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1t was remarked by one of The lead
ing Republicans of this county-him-
self, as he represents, not yet decided
as between the candidates for the
County Judgeship-in reply to some
gentlemen on our streets who were
seeking in their usual way "to damn"
Mr.. Van Wyck with praise" over
the left that he had lived in this coun-
ty over thirty-fve years, had watched
the course of Mr.. Van Wyck, public
and private; had heard men in all
parts of our county express themselves
in regard to him, and had never seen
anything 80 censure, or heard a word
Of reproach until the last few weeks.
The reasons of this attack, he said, are
quite too apparent.