The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1898-01-27
GONNERMAN WRITES.
HE HITS MAYOR CULLEY SOME
HARD BLOWS.
He AND THE MAYOR DISAGREE
Explains his Position on the Railway
Question and Calls the Mayor
down" for His Decisions.-A
Very Pertinent Letter


a falsified statement in the Gazette of
Jan. 20, whereby this tool Gas. ex-Ald.
Zens calls it, tries to slur and SANDER
me and make the public believe that |
am working to injure the suit COM
menced against the railroad company.
He calls me the accredited AGENT
that part care nothing for-although
when he makes such remarks he knows
he lies. But he goes on and tries to
point out parliamentary rules --of which
he knows as little about as cow does
about Sunday. He goes on to say
that had no right to make the motion
to rescind the action taken for an APP
preparation of $3.50. Now [ claim l
had, as the proceedings were altogeth-
er wrong, according to the rules of the
council, adopted by a motion of Aid.
McGivern. will quote you the rule,
so you, Cu!ley. may be better posted in
the future and not sit at the meetings
as a dummy:
Rule Is 1t shall require vote of
two thirds of the members present to
suspend any rule of the city council.
Rule 19 No ordinance shall be
passed, or account allowed, or appro-
priation made, without first having
been proposed or considered at a pre-
ViOus meeting.
/ want to ask you, Culley, were the
rules suspended; or was the appropria
ton considered at previous meeting?
If they were have no more to say.
But, no! neither one was observed.
Now, l also want to ask, would you
vote to approve the minutes in that
shape, the same as McGivern did. If
you would you certainly should be i'm
peached. Now claim that any mem
Der had perfect right to have those
minutes corrected, and [ don't deny
that I male the motion and German
seconded it; also an alderman that did
not vote for it; and the reason German
and myself did not vote for the appro-
prlation was, we did not believe it
necessary to throw away $3.50 The
attorney stated in his communication
that the city had clear case, which if
it has, he certainly does not need any
assistant counsel. Ifthere is proper
ly laid out street the railroad company
or any one else has no right there; if
there Isl no street there, then the city
has not any more right to that strip
than they would in any individuals
property, and that the records will
show if a street is there or not
Now, when this man, who sits at the
meetings more as dummy than a
presiding officer, tries to explain par
liamentary rules, be had better study
the few simple rules of our council, so
he will not be obliged to ask the clerk
almost every other motion if it is nee
essary to call for ayes and nays. 1t is
as much as nothing when he sits at the
meetings. Instead of advising his
committees, and if they have any i'm
portant matter before them, to ask
them how they are getting along,
what does he do? Nothing.
In speaking with some of the men,
bers during the week regarding the
suit against the railroad company, l
always stated that if the street was
there and properly laid out it should
be opened and such Aldermen as ia
cobs, Frost, German, Frank and Weyhe,
will bear me out in this matter, and
they all agreed with me that the matter
should be referred back to the commit
tee on streets and alleys, to report at
an adjourned meeting, which would be
ample time to bring the suit up for the
March term. These aldermen all
agreed with me that if street was
there, properly laid out it would be an
easy case for the city and as they all
stated that the city was a little hasty
in commencing suit, without trying to
effect some settlement with the railroad
company, especially as the attorney
stated that he was asked to call on
them-the railroad company in regard
to this matter If he did not want to
go, he should at least answered them,
and told them to call on him, or, if the
company paid his expenses and trouble
he would come down to Chicago. Has
that ever been done? No. AS Aid.
Jacobs stated Wednesday evening that
if the matter had been properly handled
he believed it could have been settled
in different way. He is as much, if
not more interested to have the street
opened than you or Culley, but he has
the interest of the city at heart. What
have youg Nothing; except to help
some one get two hundred and fifty
dollars.
I also told Aid. Jacobs and some of
the other mem bers that would pledge
myself il there was street there, to
do all Icas and if it would cost the
value of the street to have it opened.
The trouble with you, Culley, is just
this: You have always had it in for
me ever since you got the printing