The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1873-05-29
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the Herald, to have 1t generally under
stood by this community that he has not
the capacity to write for his own paper,
but must employ tho services of every
scrub that lands in tho city to gil up his
columns. 1t must also be humiliating to
him that after all bis pretensicns that he
was manager of a high-toned paper-al-
ways free of abuse and personalism-he
should succumb At last to the importuni-
ties of q scavenger, who filed that sheet,
with just the stuff Hanna had protested
to look upon with contempt. OF thu
999 individuals who have taken = hand
in running the Herald, last Saturdays
importation is the most curious tontrlv-
ance of them all. We have laid ont one
Modoc now let's look after this one.
Several weeks ago, there came an airy
blonde, who parxded with affectation
up and down the street, claiming that he
was correspondent of tho New York
Tribune and otherwise imprcssing pco-
pie that a higher order OF journalistic
ability had doomed up in Kansas. By
a mctamorphosis rivaIling those strange
feats Of mythology, Or any recorded in
the Arabian Nights, the blonde issues
out of the Tribune chrysalis cores
pondent according to his telD of the
New York Times. When cornercd in
that quarter, he is said to have taken an
other shoot. The next performance Of
the blonde is TO say Of the editors of the
city papers in this wise: One is fool,
and the other don't know anytthing."
Hanna and ourselves will have to toss
n!caels to see (which is which, Upon
the strength of the mediocre talent in
Salina journalism, this Agamcmnon Of
the press, with impcrturbable gravity,
gave the world to understand and be in
formed that it was his deliberate intsn-
ton to start a daily paper at this place,
the stock IN the enterprise to be not hess
than $4,000. This enterprise, Cor some
reason, soon changed into prospective
weekly, the Office to be worth $4,000.
1t was 70 be State paper, independent
in politics, aud all that. This scintilia-
ton from New York (probably the
Tombs) then with flourish of bugles
commenced securing around after pat
ronagc, although he had repeatedly de-
cIarcd that he cared little for the support
Salina could give him, as the town was
not large enough in which to waste his
commanding talents, and that he would
build up State paper, such as was new
or seen before, while advertisements and
subscriptions would flow to him with q
steady stream not only from all parts Of
Kansas but from every state in the I'm
ion. When asked why he did not seek
u larger place, aud more central loca-
ton for his grand enterprise, he replied,
al had just as lief start my paper in the
woods; location is nothing; my paper
will take front rank on its merit pure
w." However, he commenced circulat-
ing about for Salina patronage, at which
he succeeded poorly most Of our business
men claiming that just such . fellow
would DO quite likely to turn up missing
with his washing and board bills unpaid.
In the course Of a few days our squib up
on Mr.. Grant appeared. Here was .
chance for tho vclvet-coated chap. He
saw that the JOURNAL had scores Of
friends, that most of the people were
perfectly satisfied with the paper they al
ready had, and that they did not pro-
pose to, encourage newspaper adver-
turer and quite likely an imposter. Al
though protesting fricndlincss to us, he
Ecommenced getting up . Juror over the
aSsvc mentioned article, believing that
he could quickly break down this paper,
and Il us get chance by some hook or
crookito land in our newspaporial shoes.
lie KEPT the ball rolling IN town and
scDxa lot OF stale items TO the Topeka
Commonwealth, among which appeared
puffs for his hackers, . puff for himself
and, of course, a statement in regard to
the Grant articlc-resolutions Jones' let
ter and all. With disappointment and
rage he witnessed his feeble weapons do
no damage. His stabs at US in the dark
availcd him nothing. He saw that all
were not fools in this country, as he had
supposed that the people had seen just
such New York frauds rs him before.
To bring forth his wonderful capabilities
as journalist prominently into notice,
and to get chance TO vent his spleen,
he chartered the Herald Of last week and
made of it sample copy Of his weekly
Ito be. How he did strut and put on
airs after that wordy vomik He csi1s
the Joup~AHrcaFFion sheet We confess
that there is tincture Of cArrion about
our paper when We arc compelled to
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