The Greeley tribune., 1907-04-04
LOYAL SUPPORT
TO CITY COUNCIL
Continued from page i

SACuSG bNl "ilaN SNNN''c
at is it is disgusting TO have in
uenios publicly made against
man whom we respect like we do MI,
Wilson. think the object OF this
meeting is not to have Mr.. Wilson S
denial; | do not think 1t was in the
mind OF anybody--it was simply to
condemn the methods that have been
used in the newspaper to hurt man
like Mr.. Wilson: that is what l
feel is the spirit of the men l have
met that were coming here today
MIR. Townsend Il supposed that
would be the spirit, from the per-
sonnel -
Mr. Petrikin: I'VE wanted an
explanation. Mr. Wilson could not
reply through the channel through
which it came, it being the last
issue before election. "
Mr.. Townsend: Where is your
point if Mr.. Wilson says he has not
done these things and we have parties
to prove he has done them?"
Mr.. Wilson: Bring them up"
Mr.. Townsend: THAT is my way
OF asking it"
B. D. Sanborn: Couldn't you
give any of it today?"
Townsend: II didn't come up to
make any explanation. l am not
here to make any statements. l
will make my statements through
tho nj, -
Al. PARK: II WOULD LIKE
lTO OFFER A RESOLUTION,
THAT WE HAVE ABSOLUTE
CONFIDENCE IN OUR BOARD
OF ALDERMEN AND COMMON
COUNCIL AS TO THEIR INTEG-
RITY AND HONESTY IN THIS
NATTER ="
MR.. GRANGER: II WOULD
LIKE TO SECOND THAT AND
ADD THAT WE CONDEMN THE
METHODS USED BY THE WELD
COUNTY REPUBLICAN IN MAX
ING A PERSONAL FIGHT
AGAINST INDIVIDUAL MEN,
BERS OF THE COUNCIL AS AP-
PEARED IN THE LAST ISSUE. :"
R. T. Steele: II second the mo-
tion."
The Chairman: Are there any
remarks?"
Mr.. Townsend: 1 want to re-
mark you probably will carry that
resolution through, and no doubt you
have picked your men to carry it
through"
! Mr.. Park: This matter never
came up before; l brought it up
without consulting anybody.
Mr.. Granger: 81 challenge Mr..
Townsend to bring one word of evil
dence to support his statements. 1
do not know the name Of the gentle
man who offered the resolution and
never mentioned the subject to him
or to any other man in this town or
outside; 1t is not a cut-and- dried
proposition.
After securing copy of the edi-
torial, and reading as he spoke,
Judge j. E. Garrigues said:
To my mind the worst part of
this article is contained in the first
question that is asked. 1t does not
directly accuse Mr.. Wilson of moral
turpitude but there is an ineundo
running through 1t which does accuse
him of corruption in office and unless
1T is true am of the opinion that
the article is libelous, and if the
paper Is to come out again before
election either retraction should be
published or else the facts ought to
be given, one or the other, that Mr..
Wilson is entitled either to retrac-
tion of the inuendo, or, II it is true,
the paper ought to say so and Say
that it is ready to prove it.
"A newspaper man ought to have
the same senses of propriety anyone
else has. Surely it is wrong to make
a charge against a person Of that
kind unless it is true, and it is
wrong to make it in round. about
way unless you are willing to make
it directly.
DO l understand, Mr.. Wilson,
that you sold Bade all his groc-
eries?"
Mr.. Wilson: II sold some OF
them; not all. +"
Judge Garrigues: II think you
have as much right to as anybody
else"
J Mr.. Wilson: II would like to ask
the councilmen present if l was
biased against Mr.. Bade at any
time In regard to this contract?''
Mayor Green: II want to say
that am responsible for placing Mr..
Wilson on the water works commit
tee. l made him chairman, and l
want to say to Mr.. Townsend that If