The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1909-07-02
B|LL|AM WRITES AGAIN
POINTS OUT THAT the FRAN.
CHISE," NOT INDIVIDUALS
IS THE QUESTION hT
ISSUE
To the Editor of the COURIER

4 Y 40 IIC IIioiC lilsili Jt&Ep CihtbO L
should offer you my humble apol-
Ogy for the attacks made upon you
because OF my letter last week. The
fact that | wrote under a nom de
plume'' seems to have affected
some of our local friends with that
latest of human maladies, brain
. storm" | sincerely believe that |
did not transgress my privileges,
nor did you accord me other than
every editor accords to it's subscrib-
ers, in every community in which
| have before lived. | am confident
this is evident to all who are famil-
lar with newspaper controversy and
correspondence. You, however.
have been the object of direct at
tack, which by Mr.. Emmons is bit
terly personal. | would advise you
to publish his communication as
handed to you. 1t will, without
doubt, make you friends-it can
not assist him any in his attack.
The editorial on bilious Bill
liam" in the Reporter amuses me.
Somehow 1 like the Reporter, and
the editor, but if the latter will just
calm his indignant self and re-read
my last paragraph in my letter last
week which offends him so decided
ly he may discover that the violence
of the so-called violent presump-
tom is due to the heated condi-
ton of his thinking apparatus.
The actual presumption is that
such thing might occur, that it
was not without the range of the
possible-for with such important
citizens as the petitioners, and as
we supposed the Reporter sanction
ed, with no dissent expressed, how,
naturally, would a council be dis
posed to act? The fact that our
council frequently has call meetings
that even one of councilmen has
been heard to complain that he did
not always get notification of such
meeting, whose fault it is we do not
know, led me in my innocence to
presume. The fact that such action
would not be legal is another mat
ter. OF that, l was not az the time
aware.
| My purpose, Mr.. Editor, is nei-
ther to slur nor antagonlze any in
terest that means the good of Ken
newick. For that l stand, and with
you, give loyal support to every
move, which is for the upbuilding
of permanent benefits. The fact
that parties often act from selfish
motives, and cliques are formed
for personal aggrandizemcnt that
progress is often retarded by mis-.
representations, should make every
loyal citizen of every community
alert. In this instance | do no,
believe there is any necessity o.
slurring anyone. There may be a
necessity of antagon!zing, but no
with bitter personal attacks. Facts
; are all we want, and full investiga
ton of all details is all we request.
1t pleases me and doubtless viii
others that Mr.. Emmons has enter
ed into the discussion thru you
columns. It would have been more
to his credit t) have corrected my
mistakes and made more explana
ton rather than working off Sc
much bile for your personal benefit
To note the FACTS presented by
him is all that is necessary. HI
believes a majority of our citizens
favor the granting of the franchis,
as it is. Very well, submit it to ;
popular vote. He magnifies tn
: possible advantages, advantages
, which are patent to everyone, tina
8 is in the course of future develop
e ment.
, The worthlessness of a franchis
= as it might now be, is conceded s.
= far as present dividends are con
y cerned, but so far as speculativ
value is concerned, the said fran