The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1898-01-27

SuOulu InlDk LeDSf COMMUNICATIONS
would have opened your eyes. You
had better answer these questions be-
fore you try to slur and SANDER aud
falsiiy statements about me, or any one
silence with you. You have not answer
ed one word yet. Now, what does such
silence mean? Nothing more than
guilty, and as man remarked
to me that he voted for and
worked for your election, but was
ashamed of it; to think that the Dem
ocratic party had such man in their
ranks. He also stated that you were
doing as we'll as he expected, but that
Mr.. Remer's stuffed parrot would do
just as we'll in place.
When | stated at the last meeting of
the council that this suit should be
withheld and referred to the committee
on streets and alleys, to report at an
adjourned meeting, it was all meant
for the interest of the taxpay ers, and
| so stated at the meeting, and not..as
the dummy tries to make the public
believe, in the interest of the railroad.
I have not seen anyone, that know of,
since last summer when the committee
was at Chicago and | was with them.
How much better would it have been
lif the city and the railroad people
would have come together and tried to
have the trouble settled, and If the
railroad company and council could
not think alike, theft have the railroad
company select man from our city
and the council do the same, and they
to choose a third. Now, such men as
Frank Slosson, Capt. Palmatier, VIM.
Fisher, Math Schmitz, Maurice Funck,
Chas. Brown, Geo. Redeker, and q
score more of just such men could
| have been selected to settle this dis
pute far better than to go into the
court. But of course there would not
be $3.50 in it for some one if such men
were selected to arbitrate. | want to
say, citizens and taxpayers, it is all
grabbing with this man supposed to be
mayor. as long cas- the public tit can
be pulled. 1t is all right, especially if
| the milk flows his way. He has not
denied any of my remarks in my
former communication; nor has he
denied the remarks in the banner COM
munication of the year, which was
written by Ex-Ald. Zens; nor has he
replied to the remarks in the Union, of
Jany. Ii, 1898, which read as follows:
"It is now said not only was $25 a
week paid for the privilege of running
the slot machines in the saloons, but
that $25 week is also being paid by
the gambling house keepers for not
being interfered with. A nice little
plum to get out of a city the size Of
| Kenosha y
| Such ugly rumors should be investi-
gated, as they are certainly rejecting
on the whole council. If there is no
truth in them then they should be de-
MED. And you, as the chief magis-
trate, should see that your council
should be cleared, including yourself
But what do you do? Instead OF try
ing to have peace and harmony and
the good will of every member OF that
council, what is it? You misrepresent
matters wherever you can. am not
the onlv one that has been slurred and
slandered by this man while in the
council There are others, and ever
| since this man put his foot on Kenosha
soil he has more or less slandered cltl-
zens worthy of respect, who have
! lived here all their lifetime, helped to
build up the city and always willing to
give their support to help along for the
good of Kenosha.
When I made my remarks to the
council [ said did not want it under
stood that my remarks should be mis-
represented, as what [ would say
would only be for the interest of
the city and no one else. When
the motion was properly made
and seconded by Aid. FRANKIE, that the
matter should be withheld and referred
to the committee on streets and alleys
to report at an adjourned meeting, the
intention was with every member that
after Investigating carefully, to report
at the adjourned meeting all the facts,
and when he, the supposed mayor,
would not entertain the motion, which
was properly seconded, he must GER
tainly been aware that the majority of
the members we're fully in sympathy
with the move. Now if he was not
aware of such facts, why did he not
put the motion and have it voted
down. Whatever course | took in this
matter was fully understood by the
members, and each and every one of
us said that when all the facts were
fully understood that q street was
properly laid out, and that no satisfac
tory agreement could be reached be-
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