The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1900-05-31
FAKE ENTERPRISE.
Milwaukee Journal and Kenosha Ga
zette Break Promises With Dis
tinguished Speakers.
ACTION IS DENOUNCED BY ALL
Papers Containing Speeches Were Issued
Before the Speeches We're Deliv-
ered-Great Indignation.

The Milwaukee Journal and the
Kenosha Daily Gazette have earned
the disfayor of all people connected
with the dedication of the Soldiers
monument by their breach of all news
paper etiquette by the issuing of a
paper yesterday afternoon containing
the speeches of the men who took part
IN the dedication of the monument be-
fore the speeches were delivered. Such
despicab1e action can not be de-
nounced in too strong language. For
the Kenosna paper there may be some
excuse but for the Journal there is
none. When the Gazette was issued
the editor thought that the speeches
were over but the Journal issued their
paper and offered it for sale on trains
coming to Kenosha and carrying the
last of the crowd coming here to attend
the dedication. To newspaper men
the action of the Journal will be
an outrage,ssto the old soldiers of Keno
sha and the committee in charge and
the distinguished speakers ii is an in
suit. When the fact was discovered
the members of the committee as we'll
as the speakers lost no time in denounc-
ing the action of the Journal. The
secretary of the committee, Mr.
Lyman, was seen this morning and
stated that he considered the affair
absolutely rotten.''
"We furnished the papers, said Mr..
Lyman, "copies of the speeches as far
as we could but only after all of them
had given their sacred pledge that they
should not appear in Kenosha until
after the exercises were over. can
not see how any paper having any
standing could violate so sacred a
pledge. wish you would see that the
disapprova1 of the committee to this
action of the Journal is expressed in
such a manner in Chicago and Mil
waukee papers that the people of the
whole country will know of the shame
less way in which that paper has
abused our confidence"
Commander Of the Post George Hale
was seen and said that it was impossi-
bic for him to voice the indignatio of
the comrades of the Post on account of
the despicab1e action. ''Itis too great
a breach of sacred confidence" said
Mr.. Hale, ''for us to express our disap-
prevail at this time. l don't know
whether or not the Post will take any
official action in regard to the matter,
but it certainly should. Please say to
the people that we all denounce the
despicab1e trick in the most bitter
terms. You can't make it too strong
and you can sign the name of the head
of the committee to it,"
Mr.. Cavanagh, one of the speakers,
said: "We11, consider it very poor
policy, but the Journal is sort of a
snide paper and you couldn't expect
anything else"
When told of the action of the Jour
nal and the Gazette Mr.. Simmons was
highly indignant. He said: st is out
rageous, it amounts tc. nothing more or
less than stealing. The speeches were
not the property of the papers at the
time they were offered for sale. They
were furnished to all alike on a solemn
promise that they would not be issued
until after they were delivered, and for
such action I can only say that it was
an outrage to the speakers and to all
concerned
Frank S1osson, one of the members
of the committee, was Disguised when
told of the action of the papers and
said: 1T is contemplate.