The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1871-09-08

we will have no wordy fight with him.
We cannot afford it with such a man.
Our only object two weeks ago was to
brand as lies his trash published in some
Of the papers that we down this way
opposed the Chase county railroads.
We do not care how many they build.
Their railroad interests have never been
meddled with by our people. Sam is
only trying to make the people up there
believe so to gain popularity. 1t is the
dodge of demagogue. The idea that
Emporia men were trying to pledge
Toledo and Bazaar townships each for
$4,000 OF township bonds is the most
preposterous and untruthful one ever
expressed, even by that fool scribbler,
Wood. 1t seems to us he is q little in
consistent when he tells the people of
Chase county that we are trying to
build q railroad across what he terms
''the flint hills" miles away from at
least one of these townships, and at the
same time we are pledging these town.
ships for bonds. That story don't hang
tsgether well. 1t is two flimsy to tell
even to those who want to believe him.
Sam says:
"a gentleman from Augusta told us that
Stotler, In his presence, said Toledo and Ba-
zAar townships would each vote S2J, 600 to
build railroad from Emporla and would vote
against the proposition now before them"
We do not suppose any gentleman
from Augusta ever told Sam any such
thing. If he did he is as big a liar as
Sam is. We were not at Augusta or In
the Walnut valley on railroad business,
and do not remember of conversing
with q citizen of that town q single
minute about railroad matters. Meth
er did we ever tell Judge Brown that
Toledo and Bazaar townships would
vote go, 900 each for the Emporia road.
We never thought OF telling anybody
that. How could we know that they
would so vote, when we had never had
q words conversation with q citizen of
either of those townships about the
Emporia road, or ever thought OF hav-
ing such a conversation with them.
So the story about tho gentleman just
from Augusta" and Judge Brown, is a
falsehood. We have not been down the
Walnut valley on railroad business at
all, neither were any of the citizens
named, in Bazaar to wnship or any other
township for the purpose of influencing
votes on the Chase county railroad
bond question. We suppose our peo-
pie have right to visit the Walnut val
ley to confer with her people about ouI
mutual interests. Emporia has fire.
quently set upon this demagOgue and
liar like a night mare, and from the
way he has been squirming lately we
fear he is still troubled. He can con-
tinue to scribble for the papers and cal
himself Colonel Wood, swell up like g
toad and tell how sharp he has been in
frustrating other peoples plans, etc
We don't care. He has not hurt the
railroad interests of EmpOria one iota
Neither will he. There is no quarre
between Lyon and Chase counties or
railroad matters, and no need of any.
Sam Wood can't get popular in hil
efforts in this line. Let them boil
build all the railroads they can. &c
on, Samuel; you will soon play out
again and curse the people of Cotton
wood Falls, threaten to sue them al
and leave the town if they don't dc
your bidding. Go down to Texas anC
get into Jail again, and then write VI
projects to build railroads from Empo
ria to Texas, like you did before Yale
Samuel.