White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1857-12-17
Aa Wr Exrrcrrp.-Ths article

As WE ExPEcrED.-The article in
relEtion to the school house, in last weeks
paper. gave mortal offence to some, Just
q we anticipated; because we know the
nature of some people so well, that we
look for them to get angry at articles,
oven il they have to pervert their mean
ing, to render them offensive. When
persons are determined to get offended at
something in pan they viii do SO,
whether there is any tzuse for it or not.
And we have become so used to having
people rip and roar at articles in our pa
per, that we feel there is something wrong
when an issue appears that does not milf
some one.
Some persons accuse US of charging
them with misapplying the. funds sub
scribed for the house, lin other words,
stealing them, together with other dis
honorable acts. We did no such thing
and it requires the grossest misconstruc-
ton of our language, to give it any such
meaning. Yet such msiconstruction has
been put upon it; and men whose calling
II should be to promote peace and good
feeling, not being able to do all the raving
themselves. have undertaken to implicate
others in the imaginary charge of dishon-
csty. Not succeeding at FIRST, they have
read and re-read our article TO them, pla-
cling a particular stress and emphasis
upon certain portions of it, until they
have led these persons to believe that we
have slandered them, and consequently,
inccnsed them against US, If they call
this an honorable business, will they
please give us their definition Of dishon-
orable?
Now, the truth of the matter is, We
believed these persons to be honest, and
that they had made the funds collected
reach as far as they could. We knew
that the subscriptions reached some three
or four hundred dollars, but we did not
know how much had been collected.
But as those touchy persons have under
taken to say that certain statements in
our article were manufactured for the oc-
casion, we will again allude to several
items. Just before he started East, Mr..
Markham was employed by the carpenter
TO file lien on the house, which was
done, and those interested in the matter,
can find the lien on record, in the Office
Of the County Clerk, at Troy-but we
cannot see that this is a charge of dis
honesty against those who managed the
building. And we have heard much dis
satisfaction expressed, on account of the
report that the house was being built
principally for a church, but that they
would permit school to be held in it.
Every one knows that house built for
church purposes is not convenient for &
school. 1t does not help the matter, to
say that those who grumblc the most, no
doubt paid the least. If man pays no
more than five cents, he has q right to
see that it is applied to the purpose for
which he intended it. We also remark
ed, that we understood it required but
very little additional funds to complete
the house, and advised the citizens to
look to it.
And this is what has aroused the ire OF
some, who imagine that we have charged
them with dishonesty, and viii not be
convinced otherwise. 1t does look a
little suspicious, TO see men fly mp so
savagely at a fancied accusation. But
they know best-if they are so fond Of
hugging fast to the charge, let them hsve
it so. Let any one read the article, with
ont the intention of p1rverting its mean
ing, and see If he can discover any scan
dalous accusation in it. When people
subscribe money for any object, they
have right to know how the work pro-
crosses; and we have yet to learn any
good reason why. because men are honest,
nobody has right to know what they
are doing. A threat has been made, to
publish q fun statement Of all the opera
tons ofthe managers of the house. Let
It be done-it will hurt nobody, and may
satisfy many. Since so much fuss has
been made about the matter, we think il
would be good plan to make an exhibit
of the whole thing-the amount subscri-
bed !. the receipts and expenditures; how
much was received in cash, how much in
lumber. and how much in work; the
amount paid out for work, lumber, haul.
ing; and all other items concerning the
building.
KANSAS NEwsPAPERs.-The Geary City
Era has again been received. 1t had
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