The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1876-09-21
PAR MOBILE FRAT. RUN.

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Ed. Russell OF Lesyenworth, Tu9hes lh'o
print, through the columns OF ih, La ien0'
.H,,,y-,gl in defense Of George i. Aniaon!.
We copv his efFnsiou in iull. But 20 prop
eriv Judge the value Of testimony | Is It2'-
os..-v to know something CT the c.la'astsT
If the witness; then let Us inquire, VINO Is
Ed. Russell, in whose eyes swindiIng IL no
crime? He is secretary OF the bankrupt
"K ansss Insurance Company ;" less thah
two years ago, he was State Commissioner
of Insurance, and certified under his oath
of Office that this bankrupt coEcern was =
sound and solvent Insurance Company,
while he knew that il was at that
very time hopelessly bankrupt; he was
forced to leave the office Of Commissioner
of Insurance because the .Leavenwonh
TrMEs exposed his official "crookedness,
and compelled him to disgorge eight thous-
and dollars of the States money. He is
bosom friend of George T. Anthony, and
expects, if Anthony is elected, TO get back
into the Office which public sentiment has
once forced him to leave. These are merely
some Of the prominent points in his history.
and the people will concede, that, having
made oath to the solvency Of a concern
which he knew to be bankrupt, he is very
proper person TO give certificate OF charac'
ter to a map who stands convicted by the
Judgment OF the court with having solicited
consignments of goods from innocent par
ties, when he knew himself to be bankrupt,
and knew tina; the men who placed theli
goods in his hands would never receive 8
dollar in return. "A fellow feeling make:
US wondrous kind" ard there IS an eminent
degree Of fitness in Ed Russell trying to
! whitewash George T., Anthony. He ia q
man who is in full sympathy with George
I. Anthony's csnempt fer lasofins men
and for the debtor class; he is the cham
, pion in Leavenworih County OF the land
grabbers and the tax-title sharks; he was
.he author and father ofthe odious fifty per
cent. penalty for delinquent taxes, and
| when he ran for the Legislature, in the
strongest Republican distric. in the State
| the Third Ward Of Leavenwurth-he wa,
beaten more than two 10 one by the Demo
| cratic candidate, who was brought out only
two days before The election. That
will serve to illustrate the estimation in
which this man is held by his Eeighbors,
who know him best. 30 much for the
as TO his testimony.
First The assertion that this is purely
personal quarrel" is purely falsehood
Not one word of "pureIy personal" nature
has appeared in these columns about George
| T. Anthony since his nomination we
have Published merely the court records
| certified BY the clerk, and have given only
facts, of public character, which stand
uncontradicted.
Second: His attempt to create the i'm
preston that The case against George I
Anthony rests upon lawyers brief" is an
attempt to make the people believe lie,
The charge against him is set forth in the
plaintiffs petition and is proved by the un,
contradicted deposition of the witness Hal
laday, which we have given to the public
| in full.
I Third His assertion that Geo. 7. did
in 1860 and 1861, what thousands CT the
best and most upright merchants in the land
do every year. is libel en- every honest
merchant in the land, and is equivalent to a
charge against all of them Of being willing
to obtain goods or money through false rep,
reservations.
Fourth Mr. Russell's eloquent remarks
about Mr.. Anthony being innocent OF all
connection with crooked whisky. when &c
many good men were dabbling in it, are
shorn Of their grandiloquence when it is
remembered that the man who came out OF
the whisky ordeal with his skirts as clean
and pure as the snow" has not single
whisky still in the district of which he is
collector. There never was but one small
disiillery in the district, and with that Geo.
T. Anthony name is connected in a very
unsavory manner.
Fifth: The amusing feature of the testi-
mony, is found in the fact that NJ. Russell
bears, in italics, i" cheerful and unsolicited
testimony to the good character of George
I. Anthony! This point will be enjoyed by
the people of Leavenworth, who are ac-
quainted with tins witness, and especially
10y the scores of laboring men whose little
homes he has gobbled up through the ma
chinery of building associations"