The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1911-08-30

the club. 1t kept right on paying its
dues and did its part like a gentleman.
AS for the paving proposition, the
Bulletin was in favor of it so long as
it thought it would have to pay but
for twenty foot front on Main street.
The poor widows could sell their prop
erty if they did not like it. The re-
tired farmers could move to some 9TH
err town if they stood in the way of
progress. But when it was decided to
nave fremont street width of sixty
feet. which would make the Bulletin
nav a large amount more, it suddenly
saw a new light. Its ardor cooled. 1t
commenced to think more OF the rights
Of the poor people. Ashamed to make
a righl-abou,.face for the real reason,
lit had to make scape-goat OF some
kind. The handiest way out was t.
attack the proposition because the
council had not ordered all the wires
underground. This was convenient
way out. 1t is always popular to at
tack corporations and moreover, his
competitor held some stock in them.
This is the true inwardness OF the
whole business. The Bulletin was not
prepared TO pay for so much paving.
Ut was aching to find an excuse and
was asha med, after all it had said, to
acknowledge the real reason. 1t has
la childish jealousy against the Review
or anyone connected with it. 1t
thought it. could kill the paving, and,
at the same time, strike a blow at the
Review by an effort to make its owner
unpopular and represent him as a
nan who had intimidated The council
and blocked the wheels of progress,
At first the Bulletin forgot that there
were many besides the owner Of the
Review who were interested in this
matter. 1t had such an insane desire
! to injure the Review owner that it
forgot the other fellows. When it
transpired that the Review man owned
but a very small percent of the te!e'
phone stock, the batteries OF the Bull
letin were then turned upon the cleo,
trio light company, in which he is said
to own a larger percent. The animus
of all this is apparent 10 every man.
The editor OF the Bulletin signed the
petition asking the council to abandon
the paving project for the present. In
this petition the fact that the wires
had not been ordered underground was
but one of the reasons given for ask
ling that nothing be done. All sorts
of objections were raised, and it was
this petition, which the owner of the
Review did not sign, which killed the
paving plan. We do not say about
whether the reasons were sufficient or
and we do not question
the good faith of the signers, but we
do say that it is unfair to sign a peti.
lion, alleging some half dozen reasons
why no paving should be done this
year, and then try to place the re
sponsibility on someone else and or
but one of the reasons alleged III the
etition. The Bulletins course in this
whole business has been crooked be
yond description. First it raved fol
paving and would drive all the widows
and farmers out of town if they die
not like it. Later it changes its tune
when it commenced to figure on its
own bill of expense. Then it signed
u petition giving number OF reasons
why paving should not be done. Their
lit said tnat Conner killed the paving
lit then continued campaign OF
malice, asking that the public service
corporations of Denison be PIT TO an
expense greater than is asked OF them
lin any other town of like size in Iowa
When the city next approaches the
paving proposition, after having over
come some Of the other grave objec
lions which the Bulletin petitioned
the council to consider, it will be
ample time TO talk about the question
of removing the overhead wires
Should the wires be ordered removed
from the streets to be paved. We war
rant the companies Will not squirn1
one-half as much as the Bulletin did
when it thought it would have to pave
upon fremont street. the Review