Osage County Volksblatt. (Westphalia, Mo.) 1896-1917, 1915-07-29
PRO AND CON.


In the volksblatt OF July 18th. there
appeared IN article under the caption
Yet no vindIcaticn," This article be-
Ing . reply TO an article ably written by
the editor Of the Usage County Enter
prise In defense Of Judge Schauwecker.
This paper taking hrin stand In the
right direction and defends just cause.
But the editor Of tile Yoiksblatt can or
win not see 1t In that light. He accuses
the Enterprise and the ''man from
freeburg" IS but dwelling on but the
one subject-the Observation-Disclosures
bridge. The reason why we clinge to
this subject Is because the editor Of the
volksblalt does not sufficiently prove:
ist.-why Judge Schauwecker has turn
ed down the kliethermes bridge and
how be could SO do being but one Of
three members constituting the County
Court. Was not that sufficient causei
sond. Why did not the editor Of the
yolksblatt come out In the open at the
time the petition was circulated and ex-
plain both places fully. The public
then would have known where ani TO
what bridge to donate and then matters
would have adjusted themselves without
accusing the County Cour for ,his
bridge site. Srd. We were not asking
the editor Of the Noikshlati 10 solve the
bridge question nor To accuse Judge
Schauwecker but merely were given
the Judge and the Hon. County Court 4
boost for the good roadsork they had
accomplished here at freeburg and this
the editor has TO admit fully as the gem
llemen Of the Hon. County Court are to
well known ms men of high ability and
good character and of sound judgement
and il looks like the editor Of the Volks-
blatt would uphold such men and not
sling mud at either one Of that honor
able body Of Court, but instead boost
and lend hand in pushing the wheel
Of progress ahead by building good
roads and bridges.
A. II. Balkenbush.
That our friend from freeburg wishes
and with him, we dare say, all citizens
of the district who Judge Schauwecker
represents on the bench Of the County
Court do In all sincerity wish that lie in
whom all trusted, to whom all conuded
as serving them and their Interests in
the most honest, unselhsh, impartial
and honorable manner possible be exon
Grated from all discreditable aud dis
honorable acts such as are charged A.
gainsl him by the VolkshIat,, are noble
and worthy Of christian. When we
say the volkshlatt 1t means that We It,
editor as M individual, would not re-
veal any mans bad character in public;
W. ~ individual do not want Ia be look
ed upon as one using these meats
newspaper publicity a. medium lof r.
vcnging personal grievance, We for
give him and will forge, the insults we
hy him have suffered as also sll harm
unju,tiy by him inflicted upon our
pocketbcok considering ii rash and
lnconsiderate act for which the judge :
uncomfortable high temper combined
with lack Of refined culture may be ar-
countable. As for the other incrcditahle
deeds Of the Judge they are oconceiVe-
able selfish, 10 couceivcable a betrayal
OF the public and to conceivable unwor-
thy servant Of the public as that the
press. also a public servant, should to
such wroncs he silent and not repudiaic
them.
Answering the questions OF the author
of above article can not serve Ia Nindi-
cate Judge Schatwecket- to the ooh-
trary II must more clearly disclose his