The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1876-11-02
George +. Anthony vindio.tsd at Home.


George +. Anthony vindieatsd at Home.
The fight being made upon Captain
Anthony by Dan. Anthony, the editor
of the Leavenworth Times, has been
alluded to before in the EAGLE, and
the statement made several times that
all the charges published have been
gotten up by this same party. After
Captain Anthony had refuted every
thing, the editor Of the Times went
back to Captain Anthony's old home
in New York, where he got er parte
statements from certain parties de-
rogatory to the Captains good repu-
tation. Returning home he called a
meeting, inviting Captain Anthony to
be present and reply. Captain An
thony went hundred miles out ofhis
road to be there, but he was not per-
mitted to reply to the charges. The
next day the Leavenworth Times and
the Kansas City Times both contained
long string of resolutions which de-
nounced our nominee for Governor
and which they claimed were passed
by public meeting in Leavenworth,
and that too in the face Of several
special reports of the meeting made to
the daily papers Of the State. This
aroused the Indignation of the promi-
net men Of Leavenworth, several hun
dred of whom issued the following ad.
dress to the people of Kansas. We
cannot publish the list Of names, the
number being too great, but it con-
tains the name Of very many promi.
nent man in Leavenworth.
The address squelches the game Of
not only d. r. Anthony, but of the
Kansas City Times as well:
LEAvENwoRTH. KANSAS,
October %, 1876.
To the Republicans OF The State OF
Kansas:
We, the undersigned, citizens of the
county of Leavenworth, deem it oul
duty to make the following statement
ia relation to the meeting held a.
Laing's Hall last night. at which d. r
Anthony made speech. ID. r. An
thony entertains feelings of great bit
terness against George L. Anthony
The reasons for which, ID. r. says 81;
no mans business"
The meeting was advertised as &
at oh N II
| annonced he would "discuss the polit
ical issues of the day." and added tina,
he ''would give his reasons for moi
supporting George Z. Anthony fol
Governor, and prove every statement
which had been made in the Times
against him" George T. Anthony
and closed with an invitation to Geo
I. to be present and answer the
charges.
Surprising that d. r. would act fair
ly and honorably, and believing thai
it was due the party as well as George
I. Anthony, that all accusations should
be met on the spot, George L. was tel
egraphed to come here and make an
swer, as the editor of the Times had
requested. George T. Anthony came
and having gathered an idea from the
office of the Times what was in store
for him, went to the meeting prepared
10 defend himself against all charges
with documents to prove all he should
say. and show that ID. Il. was prompt
ed by malice of the most poisonous
nature, in his attack upon him and
the party. Being apprised that ID. r
had been at work to pack the hall
with the Democratic party Of our city,
the Republicans met and agreed to go
to the meeting and listen with respect
ful silence to whatever ID. Il. might
have to say. They did so, and listened
to the most abusive speech ever nj
tered in our city. We listened to the
unhesitatingly say, that though all &c
parte, it proves nothing only that ID.
r. has stamped his personal malice on
all. 1t had the appearance of having
been gotten up under his supervision
and the word malice should be writ
ten at the close of every sentence.
At the close of ID. RS speech Geo.
I. came forward to answer the charges
in accordance with the invitation in
the Times. But D. II. refused to ex-
tend to him that courtesy. George L.
handed him the Times and asked that
the invitation might be read. ID. r.
read it and then said that he %. r
had hired aud warmed the hall; that
he had advertised this meeting: he
had paid for the board bills; he had
paid for the band of music; and that
George L. should not make a speech,
but might defend himself only by al
lowing him Cd. r. to ask questions,
and George L. to answer ''yes" or
mo" And while ID. II. was making
his terms-terms too, that would have
rendered it impossible for any defense
to have been made, the gas was turned
off and left the room in darkness.
d. r. Anthony, several times during
the evening, asked tor vote and
called for the affirmative, but never
once asked for or permitted the mega
tive to be taken. The resolutions
which were published in the Times
of this morning were never passed by
that meeting, aud in no wise express
the sentiments of this people, much
less the Republicans.
We can assure the Republicans of
the State that the record of this county
to be made on the 9TH of November
next will be perfectly satisfactory to
the party in the State.
The Times of this city is not the or
gan of the Republican party here, nor
can it be elsewhere.
We take pleasure in commencing
George L. Anthony to the Republicans
of the State. and from our knowledge
of HIM for the past eleven years as a
citizen of our city, we unhesitatingly
say that his integrity is not questioned
or his character marred by single
blot, and we believe the interest of the
people could fall in no safer hands
than George I. Anthony's.
The Dmocratic Candidate for County Attorney.