The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1910-06-23
Independents at Zion Give
Out Statement of Conten-
tion in FightWith Voliya
WOULD PRESERVE RIGHTS
Declare That They Have No Inten-
ton of Injuring Zion City or
Interfering With the Rights of
Any Citizen.

Independents of Zion City in theil
new paper, the Independent, in semi
editorial outline their position as fol
lows as regards the possible future OF
the city:
"'Let our readers know that it is not
the intrinsic value of Zion City that is
keeping her back Of the Go Forward
movement along the north shore,
says the Zion Independent.
cit is the deep-seated, long planned
scheme to monopolize all the lands
houses, businesses, religious tenents
and authorities within her area that
has kept her back.
"The Independents stand for indi
vidual business rights and accord ia
their Voliva competitors the same
right; but they emphatically will not
be driven out of town; sacrificing all
they have to their common enemy.
"Let the Independents stand togeth-
er and the world will realize that we
are in the right in resisting the mono
polistic principles of commerce, the ar
rogant spiritual (?) dictation, the re-
ligious coercion that SO frequently
crushed the confidence out of the oc-
cupants of our once lovely and loving
city.
cit is nice to advocate putting the
arm of love around those who disagree
with us, especially when we can keep
the other arm free for emergencies.
E'This city has great number of
lovely and loving Christian people in
every one of its religious followings,
and not few here also who do not
stand with any faction or body afilia-
ton, who, if their own dear personal
friends are assaulted from the plat
form, would not dare vote their sincere
convictions should a rising vote be TAX
en-; for, to disagree with those who
have the rule over you, has been,
through lions history, sufficient cause
for tossing tyou into the lake. or ex-
posing your real faults Of life, or sup.
posed ones, if real ones will not fill
the bill. This condition is what gave
rise to the Independent party now
numbering more than half the actual
voters residing bona fde within the
city of Zion together with their fami-
lies. (The last city election may we'll
be recognized as general election, as
voters were called here from Califor-
mia, Michigan and Ohio-owners of
houses and lands and voters in those
states-and from many other states
to cast their ballot for the Theocratic
ticket, an actual canvass of the num-
Der of the city's bona fde residents as
we ordinarily consider such, gives the
Independents an undisputed majority
over all the rest of the voters
in the city.
"Let us say in concluding that with
all these difficulties, we love Zion City
better than anywhere else we have
ever been. For educational purposes
our site is ideal the lake refreshing
the summer breezes and beautifyinp
the scenery, the beautiful parks afford
ing ideal rest and instruction in nature
the beautiful wide streets and avenues
with all of the houses set back to the
frontage line, the beautiful shade trees
lining our streets, avenues and boule.
wards, cooling the summers and check.
ing the force Of the wind in the winter
and spring.
"No saloons, no gambling dens, nc
bowling alleys, no houses of prostitu-
ton, no tobacco smoking, no drugs
lowest death rate for any city of its
size we know Of.
"We believe that when our original
principles promised us by DIR. Dowie
when he first planned and laid out the
city, and which the Independents have
had the courage to stand for SO sturdi-
'ly, are again re-established, and more
clean factories are brought here to EN-.
ploy our people so that they will not
spend so much time and money
on their way to and from neigh
boring towns to get employment
but can help personally to train
up their children as God demands
every Christian to do, our city will
have a chance to redeem herself from
the stigma cast upon her by those who
have had such an Unsuitable lust for
power