The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1886-09-10
70 THE EDITOR OF THE COURIER.


You have heretofore claimed to pub
lish the official organ of the Republi-
can party for Kenosha County, which,
if true, would indicate some respecta-
bility-in other words. you have claim
ed to be the head and brains of the
party. I repudiate your claim, and
assert that you disgrace the party, for
/ cannot see how you could well pub
lish more contemplate sheet than
your issue Of last week. You publish
an article of ta0o full columns of TRADE
against J. A. Killeen-perfect billings
gate. Perhaps you call it sharp;
call it fiat. Not satisfied with that,
you get off another three-fourths of a
column, appealing might say. whin-
ing-f0r patronage. You inquire if
the party is composed of men who
are capable of the management of
their own party affairs, or not?" I
answer yes, and they have sufficient
intelligence to distinguish between the
TELEGRAPH, edited by a gray-haired
veteran of the party, and the Courier,
edited by stranger of such billings
gate proclivities. You are evidently
hard up and are making desperate
appeal for assistance. You say, "the
support accorded the TELEGRAPH and
UNION is largely from the hands OF
Republicans, who patronize him by
subscriptions and advertisements, Civ
ing him material ai1-the only thing he
Is aoorking for"
Now, my dear sir, what do you labor
for-for fttn, or for pays Your article
is dictated by pure jealousy. People
will go where they can get their
moneys worth, and if you can give as
good as the TELEGRAPH, people will
soon discover it. 1t requires some
thing besides the mere name of a Re-
publican journal to draw patronage.
You can obtain support when you
make yourself worthy of support. Pub
fish respectable sheet that can be APP
preciated; but when you descend to
the low blackguardism of last week,
you forfeit the respect of your readers,
and you need not be surprised if your
present subscribers should forsake you.
You cannot indulge in throwing mud
and escape bespattering yourself.
On the first column at the head of
the locals, you apologize " to your
readers for devoting so much space to
" Johnakilleen,' and state that cit is a
private matter of the local editor"
What right have you to parade your
+" pTi0Gte matters" before the public,
and occupy two and three-fourths
columns of paper which you claim
to be devoted to the interests of al
great political party, and then COM
plain for want of patronage? What
does the public care about your
private quarrels? You insult your
readers when you offer such an "apo-
logy," and then indulge in the same
low blackguardiSm in no less than foe
items in the locals following, aggregat-
ing half column more. They will
only prove a boomerang to you. You
must be devoid of common sense if
you expect an intelligent public to
patronize such sheet. Your issue of
last week is not fit to be placed in a |
family. And how much
other editorial matter did you furnish
-" heavy reading?" A small pattern,
for three; fomths Of a column was all, |
and what did that amount to?-while
an aggregate of more than three col |
lmns were devoted to yilifying your
the TELEGRAPH and |
UNION and their proprietor. If Killeen |
IS so far down in the scale of moral de- |
,ency as you represent him, you have |
placed yourself on still lower strata.
do not sympathize with the Demo-
cratic sheet, nor am | fighting the bat
les of j. A. Killeen; but as Republic
IAN claim the right to call you to a
halt, when you are bringing disgrace
Upon the party. If the UNION teaches
'uch political doctrines as we repu-
late, criticise it sharply as you please,
zeeping at all times within the bounds
# decorum. You were paid TO fight
,aesar, not to rail at him."
l denounce your las: issue as shame
III, a disgrace both to the party and