The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1874-05-12
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too, some OF which we, Of our own
knowledge, know tobe false,
we to-day, ss "a matter Of Justice to
all CONCERNED, publish the report of
the Beard and with this mako our
fairwell t.say" on the subjects:
We did At one time indulge the
hope Of being able to secure the pub.
lie printing. It was in The line OF
our profession. and we saw no reason
why We should not mike an effort
to that end. We went 10 Austin
and had conversation with the Cow
ernor upon the subject. He dis
tinouy stated that the action Of the
Board would be dictated alone by
the true interest Of the State, and wi h
NO view TO personal favorllism that
they were hunting for the best work
at the least price, and whoever OBJ
tained the contract must do so after
fair Comretition, and upon proposal
% 40 the work cheaper than any one
else, nor did we ever ask or expect it
upon any other terms Hearing that
NJ. Ri0haEdsen, intended TO make
bid, and that bis 6rm entertained
some idea Of starting a paper at AUS
tin, and, regarding the field as an in.
viting one for q good, sound Gemo--
cratic papeEis We did seek an
interview. with him, for the
purpose of endeavoring to ef.
feet . business arrangement or part
nership, believing that if this could
b.seFested, jointly. we could afford
to offer q better bid than other par
tief, MIR. Richardson has given a
version to that conversation which
approaches the sublimity of false>
hood. We never intimated to him in
any Eanner that we could obtain the
public prinsiBg otherwise than by
fair competition, and his card to a
different effect is bat the emanation
Of worn out brain, and as for mis- in.
timation shat We approached him
with oyertures from Gov Coke, we
DISTINCTLY diselaimed that very thing,
at the time and his foul aspersion
10 the contrary 10 ON a par with his
coinsident bribery of q poor clerk.
% Eaikng to agree on terms, We put
IN . bid on onr ewn hook and lost
We have NO complaint to make about
Is, DO We know we were beaten fairly
aaa hsnsrsbly. ,ds h tal "a
h has keen said that we are inter,
essea With Osl. Elicit in this printing
matter. This 10 not so. We have
nssAlas 10 DO with the public printing
h any shape nor % We expect to
have. $50 iia
- We are the friend Of the adminis-
-ssatos, and don \ propose to turn in
AhA sbsss il because we tailed to get
the printing. We leavethat sort ei
wsrk 70 sthers, and shall continue to
give . zsalsls support to our Gov
sTnsr, became We know HIM to be
Aithful 70 his srast IN every particu-
hy, snd believe that his foar years
ssrn will end, leaving Texas the
NEST prosperous, oias well as the
'hsst governed State in the Union
Our brethren a tho press can publish
this sr Hst,s they please. Thoss who,
frsseitisg their impressions from the
dalvssssA News, in its dark designs
and Asrsulsaa efforts to east upon
others the shame that justly belongs
TO itself alone, have, thongh with a
aIfsrsat motive, expressed themselves
sseordidglY, will agree With us, ne
doubt. that the other side is entitled
20 AsarinE. We purpose, hereafter,
to devste the eOlumns Of our paper to
matters Of more interest TO our
readers than This personal quarrel
between newspaper men, who, in their
scramble for spoils, and howls Of dis
appointmsnt after failure, have not,
in a greas measure, advanced pubic
confidence III the purity of journalism
or the patriotism Of it's followers.
The Age pokes fun at the officers
appointed to command the battalion
Of Frontier Defenders.
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