The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1875-03-26
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EDITOR NEWS: am cad tu re-
that Mr.. Cla'k. of agnes City. Il
The lasi News. disOwus some of thu
most concentrated Iies credited Z,
him in the Denison Times. Ii i
quite q relief TO thibk that there i
come doubt, be it never so little
that Lyon county has produced thu
most immessurable fsIsiher of al
who have been thrown to the top b,
the grasshopper raid; anG
for the credit of the county, hope
Mr.. Clark can prove by the editor
Of the Times that he did not tel
those big yarns as reported. Now
if Mr.. Clark had simply denied tbs
Times story and, however severe
his structures on myself, confined
himself TO the truth, there would
have been some FEASIBILITY in his
assertion that his reputation 70,
veracity was an average with that
of his associates. AS it is now, IL
he is not an exception, it looks rath.
er cloudy for his neighbors.
would not ask for more space
in THE News, but Mr.. CLARK, in his
reply, has made some personal allu-
sions which, in Justice to myself, /
ought 20 say word about. In
these illusions lie has tried to right
himself by wronging me, and in so
doing he takes to misrepresentation
so easily and naturally that my faith
in his word, that he did not lie in
the first place, is as unstable as that
of certain colored individual in
regard 10 miracles recorded in the
bible, who, when told of the whale
swallowing Jonah, said he had faith
to believe it was SO, but afterwards
when told of the three worthless
coming from the frey furnace un-
scathed, said he didn't believe that
nor the fish story either.
As downright misrepresentation
has proved unpleasant in its con-
sequences he proceeds more eau
tiously this time, and insinuates
what he dare not assert, that is, that
my motives were selfish, and he
asks the public to consider my mo-
tiyes. If the public are willing /
am, and will state them more plain
ly. My business is stock raising,
and IA | never owned foot of land
or building in Kansas or else
where, and never had an agency to
buy, sell, or beg one, and did not
and do not intend to make a per-
manent residence in the state, |
presume Mr.. Clark will admit that
am not interested TO any great ex-
tent in the real estate business, and
that a good name for Kansas at
home as well as abroad would affect
me but little in q financial point of
view.
l object to this indiscriminatc
begging because it is unnecessary,
and from that fact disgracefuI. 1t
is trne there are men in the county,
and Mr.. Clark will not have TO go
far from home TO find them, who
claim that they will bs driven to
desperation by hunger if not helped.
This sounds very pathetic, of course,
but the ragged side of this picture
is that these men never get desperate
enough TO go to scorG. There is
work enough in the county for meu
wkO will work. have earned my
living this winter chopping cord
wood ct seventy-flve cents a cord
and boarding myself. besides taking
care of my stock. If these men
have property which they are
obliged TO stay at home to take care
of, let them give the county or
township lien on it and they can
get aid. But this is not what they
want. They want to get something
for nothing. An honest man would
rather borrow when he has oppor-
tunity and fair prospect of being
able to repay, but the action Of
these applicants for aid shows that
they do not want anything if there
is prospect that they will have to
pay for it. l don't think Mr.. Clark
himself will say that this is fair,
honest. man-like way of doing bus
iness.
When going to Emporia last Sat-
urday, l overlook a woman taking
a load of coal to market. She has
been mentioned before in THE
News. This woman has draYn
coal enough to market this winter
to supply her family with groceries
and provisions and to buy a number
of needed articles including a stove
and sulky rake. How does her
grit compare with that of the men.
who put in their time holding
down counters and chairs in stores
and shrieking for aid. Why there
is more business in this one woman
than in all the sid shrieking milk
sops that. could be crowded on 10 a
quarter section.
Mr.. Clsrk's allusion to slime feel
ings" is quite refreshing. This fine
haired gentleman, who shamelessly
ISLANDERS and beIittles his communi-
ty, and when arraigned for it throws
the responsibility Oh one who, if in
the least to blame, has Mr.. Clark to
thank for it-who when lying Is at a
discount, resorts to more sneaking
method of accomplishing the same
object, and who openly advocates
begging instead of borrowing, a
proposition any man of principle
or spirit would resent as he would
an insult-this man talks of fine
feelings, delicate sense of honor, SC.
But then consistency is a jewel and
jewels were not given to swine.
In conclusion l wish to say that
while l object to the aid business as
a general thing, as q means of earn
ing an honest living, 1 am in favor
of helping the not very small class
who really need aid, and am willing