The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1862-07-26
MORE ABOUT LITTLE HOVEY.

Little Hovey Lowman, of the Lawrence
Journal. has had another attack of the cac-
oethes scri6endi. and the subject is THE
EMPoRIA NEWS. We are annihilatei-com-
pletely "chawed up and spit out" We
confess we hardly expected such fate from
one whom we have always considered a
friend. This is another evidence of the in
humanity of an unscrupulous political scrib-
bier. Hovey, you ought not to have done
so to us. Hereafter, we claim immunity
from your whitening. sarcastic, bitter, elo-
quent-and last, but not least, by any
means-your lying pen. Don't write about
US, we pray you. Let us alone. Don't
eli two columns of your paper, every week,
in trying to make this out Lane paper,
and in abusing us because you have no
proof for your assertions.
In your first attack upon this paper, you
made two charges-one was that We were
trying to beat Sleeper, and the other was
that we had lately been seized with what you
facetiously termed the ''Lane-phobia." We
denied these charges, and established the
fact that they were merely the fancies of
your own brain. and that you had no
foundation for making such statements. In
your last issue, you admit that your state
ments were lies, by dropping them and com
pletely lodging the question, and going off
in another strain.
The principal part of the Journals last
effort is an extremely severe grammatical
analysis of one or two of our carelessly
constructed sentences, in which /" little
Hovey," by twisting. misconstruing and
perverting our language, proves to his own
entire satisfaction that we are "miserable
pettifogger, 'toady," ''crawler." etc.
Now, dear little How, if it is any gratifca-
ton to you to think we are that kind of
character, we are the last person in the
world that will interrupt your enjoyment,
by trying to convince you that we are 9TH
erwise.
Lowman sets himself up as an embodi-
ment of what a journalist should be in po-
litical honesty. All his pirate about purity
of motives and freedom from demagogism,
falls to the ground, however, when the truth
is known in regard to his political action.
We will state his case: His brother, Ed
Lowmau-than whom we don't know bet
ter fellow in the State-is a candidate for
Supreme Judge-tbat is, if he thinks there
is possibility of success. Little Hovey,
of course, wants to help him, and don't
scruple at the means to be used. Lyon
county has three delegates in the State
Convention. Hovey wants 'em. He hears
that Judge Bailey, of this county, has as
pirations for the place he (HOvey) thinks
his brother ought to have. He also hears
that Mr. Sleeper is a candidate for Seere-
tary ofState. Hovey tries to get up sympathy
for Sleeper, in order to beat Judge Bailey
in this county, and thus get him out of his
brothers. way, and get Mr.. Sleeper's indu-
ence in the State Convention. It is all a
happily conceived plan, and shows great
sagacity. We should not wonder a bit,
should the little ass promise Douglas coun
" to Sleeper: Isn't that disinterested, self
sacrificing purity for you? Amt you
ashamed, Hovey, to compel US, by your
brazen gable about high journalism,
and about pettifogging. to publish this ex-
emphfcation of your loud professions ?
Hovey. you amt as sharp as you ought to
be. You can't control big things. Your
forte is in obeyiug-not planning. Let Rob.
tell you what to do. and then you do it. If
your brother has any strength in the State,
for the position he wants, he had better get