The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1861-11-09
THE TOPEKA RECORD.

| We deal as little. perhaps, as any paper
in the State. in personalities, or editorial
quarrels with our cotemporaries. Such
things, in most instances. are unin teresting
and disgusting to the newspaper reader
But occasionally it is necessary to depart
from this rule. A batch of falsehoods was
published In the last Topeka Record, in re-
gard TO the course The News saw fit to take
on the Capital question, which We deem it
our duty to deny. and (although the Ian
guage is somewhat harsh hurl back into
the teeth of the author, whether il be Ed.
Ross. or some one else. and pronounce him
lying scoundrel. That paper was filed
with personal SANDERS against the integrity
and honesty of the editor of this sheet. Now
We profess to have small share of honor
left, notwithstanding our occasional contact
for few years past, with such contamina-
ting characters as Ross, and what we say
here is in defense of our character. These
charges were first printed in the form of
an extra, and circulated over this portion
of the country, on the eve of election, for
| the purpose of making votes for Topeka
The editor of the Record must have high
opinion of the people in this region to think
their votes would be Influenced By such
sneaking, contemplate thing as that extra.
We are glad to know that Topeka lost votes
by it. We have never regarded Ross as
bright particular STAR" although he puts
on Tribune airs" with dignity and self
surance enough to make an ape laugh, bat
we had given him credit for being high
minded gentleman with ordinary horse
sense, who would spurn such an act as the
issuing of an extra to vilify private charac-
ter to make votes on the Capital question.
In this we were mistaken. What we said
in favor of Lawrence, was said because we
believed it was true, and we did not get
vexed at persons who differed with US
If the Record editor had met our arguments
in decent. gentlemanly manner, we would
not have said word. Even the friends of
Topeka pronounced these falsehoods ridicu-
lous on election day, when they saw the ex-
tras alluded to,
Below is one of the articles published by
the Record. 1t is about in keeping with
a dozen others:
''THE MILK IN THE COCOA NUT
j. +. Cummings, Esq, of the Tribune,
was appointed by Gov. Robinson Quarter
master of the Home Guard Regiment. An
appointment which met with the general
acceptance of our people, it being the only
Al, L.
to our locality.
E. P. Bancroft of Emporia wanted the
same appointment, and, in order to obtain
it, told Robinson that unless the appoint
ment was given to him the Emporia News
would oppose Lawrence and support Tope-
ka, on the Capital question. This threat
had the desired effect. Bancroft was ap-
pointed Quartermaster, and the Emporia
NeaOs, according TO contract, is out in favor
of Lawrence for the Capital
The above will readily account for ssthe
milk in the cocoa nut" Well did Shak-
speare exclaim,
10 what base uses may we come at last"
Let nobody be deceived by this last spas
modic effort of the NeWs to sustain the
sinking fortunes of Robinson and of Law
renee. Let everybody understand that the
support of the Ne,0s in favor of Lawrence
is simply the price paid for the treachery
of Robinson upon the Quartermaster-ship
And while such treachery may secure the
votes of Bancroft and few others of the
Lawrence clique in Emporia, it will drive
the votes of hundreds of honest men from
Lawrence.
Let the honest voters of the State con-
denim this double dealing. Let them vote
against Robinson & Lawrence, and vote for
Topeka for the Capital.
We are willing to be qualified before any
magistrate that we never passed three sem
fences with Mr.. Bancroft on the subject of
the location of the Capital, and the charge
that he used this paper to obtain his appnint-
ment is too absurd to need denial. 1t could
only come from one himself corrupt and
dishonest.
Our readers will recollect that THE NEWS
advocated Lawrence for the Capital last
spring, during the session of the Legisla-
ture, before Mr.. Bancroft, Gov Robinson
or any one else. had ever thought of The
Quartermastership of the First Regiment
of Home Guards. This fact alone
gives the lie to the statement that the APP
pontment of Quartermaster was given to
Mr.. B., and in payment therefor this paper
come out for Lawrence. Ross says we
are trying ''to sustain the sinking for
tunes of Robinson aud of Lawrence" We
sustained Lawrence because we thought it |
was to the interests of this section of coun-
try to have the Capital at that point in pref
erence to Topeka. and because when our
people have asked help on any local question
Lawrence has been with us-Topeka has
not. So far as sustaining the Governor is
concerned, we can inform Ross that this is |
as far from being Robinson paper as the de-
lectable, aceokly, milk-snd water Topeka
Record. When Robinson has done any
thing which we have considered worthy of