White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1867-07-11
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which is lt?
What ia the matter with the editors Of
the Ws,hens Reporter Is it lack Of
common sense, or an excess Of smsrtness?
It must be one or the other; and We sus.
pect il is the latter. When we really
thought We were showing them as much
favor o. We could. and more than onr
i,kso wIedgs Of facts justified. We are treat
ed. in resurn. to elsng. II it were fresh
batch of slang. we would not mind it 20
much-bot il is the very same that the
Rspor..r has been treating its readers to.
for the last six weeks or more.
During the County Seat canvass. we
published every line that was offered us
on the subject. no matter what town it
favored-it being our rule to debsr no
person or party from hearing. If pre-
sentsd in proper manner. All the
while, che Reporter. giving only It's own
side, wss accusing us of having sold out
-beeu bribed. Two weeks sgo. an aft !.
dsvit wss sent rs for publication. charg-
ing the editors Of the Reporter with hav-
ing bribsd persons TO vote. Illegally. for
Wstbens. That the afidsvit itself was
s'genuins document. we could not doubt.
whatever we may have thought OF the
truth of its statements. 1t was sent us.
as . matter Of public interest. 1t was
impossible for Us to know whether the
allegations were true o. false. but it was
by no means impossible that such things
could have been done and we had no
right. not knowing the persons. to pro-
nounce their sworn statements false
Notwithstanding oil this. we emphatical-
ly stated. from the occupation Of the afi-
ants, and other circumstances, that their
story looked bogus. and that We would
not like to believe such men under oath.
We venture to say. that every reader OF
the Chief construed our remarks to mean,
that those men ewore to falsehood. by
way of retaliation for the Reporters ex.
posure of them. Furthermore. we last
week published the reply Of one Of the
Reporter editors, in his own words, with
ont comment.
Now. what course does the Reporter
pursue in the matter? Without waiting
for the reply Of its editor to appear in the
Chief, it goes of in huff: says if those
fellows had sent it an affidavit against
the Chief. it would have denounced it as
false. and refused to publish it-snd in
the very same sentence, reiterates it's as
sertion that we sold ont. 1t is useless
for the Reporter to tell what it ,oould
have done. in view Of what it has done.
and is doing. 1t has distinctly charged
that we sold out on two occasions. and
stated the amounts received by US. and
has insinusted that We sold at another
time. bot we have no idea what It refers
to-. Every one of these charges is as
false as the affidavit of.tbs show men pos
sibly can be; yet the Reporter takes them
up and repeats them. upon the mere as
sertion or insinuation of political enc.
mics, without even so much as having
affidavits to the charges. Here is some
thing for the Reporter to exercise its
magnanimity upon. without telling what
it would do. if some strolling showmen
should make an affidavit against US.
As to the Chief entertaining jealousy
of. or petty malice against the Reporter.
ever since it has been under its present
management. it is simply delusion--
only this, and nothing more" We
beg of them to dissbuse their minds ol
the idea that we are in the least jealous
Of them. As to malice-why. we have
not yet forgotten that the principal editor
of the Reporter once wanted TO whip the
puissant Csptain Heed for Us; and that
while be wss in the Army Of the From
tier. be used to swear BY the Chief. He
would do so still. had he not got little
cross.grsined. But he does the next
thing to the swears at the Chief.
Let MS state few facts. and see il we
can't place the matter 10 q new light be.
fore you. When the Court House was
burned. and the question of removal be.
gan to be Immediately sgitated. it was
proposed to make White Cloud candi-
date. We stated to all with whom We
conversed. that we had no idea We could
sncceed, bet would advocate the claims
of our town. ss long Is there was pros
psct Of receiving q respectable vote: bot
declared distinctly. to oil our friends.
that il there wss no such prospect. We
should go for Tsoy. At thst time. the
Reporter was pnblishsd ct Troy. and
was not only advocating her claims. but
also contended that the provisions Of the
County Seat law did not apply to this
County-wbich. latter proposition We
disssuted from. Suddenly the Reporter
Office was removed to ,Wa,bens. where
the paper, not satisfied with advocating