The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1873-05-22
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..

An apprentice in tie editorial room, who
is DESTROYS of gaining the respect of news
paper men AMI The emf ieEoe OF the COM
munity in which he works, should never
garbIe the articles OF a c)ntem porary, with
a view o! misleading The pnbi:c mtn
with the right sense OF honor, and with
intelligence enough to know that 1t Is
wrong, will not do ii. Now, if We bore
malice towards the editor of the Com mercial,
and desired 10 iniure him in the es,in,s-
ton of the Kansss pIb.ic, W. won!d re-
publish his ediioria! articles, properly
credited, and without alteration or com.
ment. II We had a special desire 10 IL
aic. pain upon any man Of our acquaint'
ance in the community, We should endeavor
to get a COPY of the Commercial and make him
read il. Bot as The TIMES is conducted
with malice towards none, We are not seek
ing instruments Of injury or torture. Still
We desire to show wherein the Commercial :
editor garbled an extract from this paper
q nd fDlsfefreseDteu US.
Last Friday We published an article con-
corning tie fault, Of the railroad policy OF
this State, which We expected would be
criticised and perhaps censured. The
Commercial made mention Of it in the
following style:
We see St. Louis is looking TO the building
of the Psoia, Garnet & Fall River railroad.
This il a very important roid 10 the coun-
ties of Miami. Anderson, Woodson and the
Southwest. We wonder if any one will sug-
gest that the counties along the line Of this
road should be prevented by law from voting
bonds to aid this road. See The TIMES OF
Yesterday morning. That j, a bright idea.
The people of Kansas are sapnns"d =" he
their own masters, and the ia; - ! :....-
worth suggesting that any p. .,n OF the
State should be prevented "by law" from do
ing Whatever they may deem to be to their
Interest, for fear Leaveaworth may he in
iured, will mt, in our opinion, work we'll.
Oar cotemporary misrep:esents us in the
foregoing. What We did say is contained in
this paragraph:
The right of Kansas City to build a rail-
road to any point she chooses, cannot be de-
MED. That il something that concerns her
own people If the taxpayers of that town
want to expend a million of cellars in &C.
curing a connection with the AtchisoD,
Topeks & Santa Fe Railroad, no one outside
will object. We do hold, however, that
counti.s in Kansas should be prevented, by
law, il necessary, from bearing the burden
of expense, while a city oa'side of the State
reaps all the gain.
We do hold that counties should be pre-
vented by legislation, il they cannot lie pre-
vented in any other manner, from hearing
all the binding expense of roads projected
with a view of bnilding up towns in another
State. To expires. it perhaps more Clearly
would be to say that We ohjec, to Kansas
counties bearing The whole burden of build
ing roads into Kan-a. City. Mo, while all
the gains go to enrich that town.
Some Of The most progressive men
in Kansas have already asked for legisla.
ton to prevent the further subsldizing OF
railroads with county bonds. 1t is a
subject tina; will further engage the attention
of thoughtful men.
The State can protect its interests without
prescribing tie Liberties Of the people.
Townships now are limited in the voting Of
bonds, and i, often happens that they are no.
privileged to give the railroad companies as
much as their enthusiasm over new lines
suggests, but ever, one must concede that it
is a wise provision that limits the amount to
be voted. However, We apprehend that no
law will be needed to prevent the extrava'
CANT donation of bonds. The press Can
arouse the pnblic mind TO q realization OF
the danger that threatens.