The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1903-01-22


second-class mail matter
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WITH BECOMING SERIOUSNESS.
Mr.. Caswell complains rather bitter
ly thatswe do not take him with enough
of seriousness We will admit that MIR
Casmell is no joke. There is a vast diff
ference between that which is humor
GUS and that which is simply ridiculous.
Looked upon in this light MI Caswell
while something to be lauhged at, is
certainly no joke.
Mr.. Caswell, recognizing with all the
rest of the community, the superiority
of the Every Other Daily, wishes sim
cerely and honestly, that he might do
something which would prevent us
from giving the time necessary to the
maintenance of the REVIEWS excel
lence. He also wishes to divert public
attention from the county printing
question, concerning which he realizes
that the REVIEW has entirely the best
of the argument and that the facts
which it has presented have appealed
a, with force to the thinking people Of the
community. With these objects plain
ly in view, the Bulletins recent course
becomes easily explainable, and the
natural one for a man of Mr. Caswells
limited intelligence. We believe now
Sat we have treated the Bulletins
'sarges (?) with all the seriousness they
1serve, and with fully as much seri
sness as they are considered by any
1tion of the community.
y have no excuses to offer for the
tsa7l facilities Denison now
oVeo eve they appreciated
1ys' W. illness man in Denison. We
every ousld to be driven from the
&c not ih'elield, and shall continue to
newspaper p..EvIEW Denison's foremost
make inc u do not intend to be driven
paper. w Eng close scrutiny Of county
from keepip;he interest of the tax payers
analfs ~ e may fnd-and that shortly
ne peopI, vigilance of the REVIEW is
a.ata thpq ag them in many ways.
nj, svIEW was instrumental few
,aor. io in preventing an unwarranted
az he salary of the county attor-
49, ~ Taving Of almost $1,000 to the
80, & 81 the ronney up 20 this time. 1t
public OPINION aroused by the
w, which brought the bridge
10 a business basis and which
- Sedly saved the county several
dollars Iasty year, and the prec
which will mean saving of
many ! - : 4
REVIEW now seeks to place other
5ments of the county's expense en-
fitness basis. 1t is opposed by the
ns,Ifetin, just as it was opposed by it in
t,matter of the county attorneys
b and in the bridge contract matter.
~ sre are other matters besides the
Funty printing which are at lose ends
"a county affairs. The REVIEW is in
Possession Of the facts and will present
chem at the proper time, The usual
ycourse when the REVIEW has attempted
Z any reform in county affairs has been
for the Bulletin to blackguard and indi-
yiduals to bully. We are used to it.
We have never allowed either the one
or the other to swerve us from our
course.
One great remedy proposed for the
trust evil by leaders of both parties is
publicity This is exactly what the
Review gives to county affairs. The
Bulletin will not do it, it's mouth is
closed by partsanship and the sop of
the county job work thrown it by the
board. If publicity isa wise check
upon official extravagance and we be-
lieveitis, the people Of the county can
we'll afford to have the Review in the
field. ever alert to guard their interests.
The opposition made by the Bulletin
is particularly virulent now because the
matter under consideration of
putting the purchase Of supplies, print
ing and stationary on business basis
is an Infringement upon what it con-
siders its sacred privilege of charging
fancy prices for county work. The at
tempts of that paper to divert attention
from this matter are crude and clumsy
and in reality worthy only of the jocose
treatment accorded them-by the genial
.Cblonel
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