The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1899-01-19

HOW COUNTY BOARDS ACTION is
REGARDED TN PLEASANT PRAIRIE
UPHOLD THEIR SUPERVISOR.
And are Proud of the Action OF Mr.. Rob-
inson in Voting to Accept the
Gift of Mr.. Simmons.-A
Proposed Remedy.

Mr.. EditOr-Pleasan Prairie may
we'll thank her representative on the
county board that he used little bit
of common sense and business ability,
to say the least, in voting kfor the
appropriation to pay half of the value
of the Fisk property, and thus secure
the other half as gift. Yet, when one
comes to consider the other part of the
most generous offer of Hon. z. G.. Sim
mons which would follow the purchase
of the property, we don't see how he
could have done different and be a
Pleasant Prairie supervisor.
Mr. Robinson deserves the thanks of
all the voters of Pleasant Prairie in
displaying his good judgment. But
leaving out the business part of the
transaction, where and how can the
patriotism of those seven supervisors
be, when for a mere pittance, they sell
it. We were told that it was matter
of forty cents on $1,000 worth of taxa
BILE property. 1t was for this amount
that these seven men, who were elected
to do the county's business and look
after it's interests, refused to accept
one half of the value of property worth
fully $4,000, and a 100000 monu
ment to be erected to the memory of
the brave boys who gave their lives for
their country, and the grounds to be
artistically laid out with shrubbery and
plants. All this they refused because
the taxes would be increased.
Right here we would advise these
seven supervisors to look up the
amount of mileage which has been
charged up to the county. Is this
economical? But think of it! A mon
ument to be erected to the memory of
dead heroes who gave their lives for
their country. A life, my dear reader,
is a very precious thing; so precious
that money cannot buy it or restore it.
And life given so freely and nobly, as
were the lives of our brave soldiers,
truly was precious. The memory of
those heroic lives ought to be to each
citizen of this sgrand, free Republic
something more than mere dollars and
cents. It deserves the everlasting
gratitude Of each boy and girl, man
and woman. The liberties and pros
perity these same seven supervisors
enjoy has been madespossible by very
great sacrifice, the value Of which can
only be estimated by noble human
lives. Why then cannot the memory
of those lives beg kept before the chill
dren and people of today, when it can
be done so easily? We Americans do
not appreciate this grand, free Repub
lie in which we live. We would suggest
that each of the several towns call
meeting and let their sentiments be
known, if their.supervisor does not eX-
press it in his vote; and at the next
election elect Americans who can see
good business deal. and most of all,
who can appreciate the value of such a
noble, generous gift to the patriotism
of our country and the honor of the
brave boys who sacrificed all of this
life that we might live in the liberty
and prosperity we now enjoy. How an
old soldier could have voted against
the appropriation is more than we can
understand, but such was the case. He
certainly couldn't have seen much
fighting while he was a soldier.
We are sorry for the action of these
supervisors; %for each is to blame, as
any one of them could have turned the
vote, only one more vote being neces-
sary. The monument would have been
credit to the county and State, and
we believe the people would have had
it that way could the vote have been
direct.
The result of the proceedings of the
Kenosha County Board of Supervisors
no doubt will be published far and near
and will bring blush of shame to
every true citizen.
A CITIZEN AND TAX PAYER