The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1876-01-20
THE COUNTY PRINTING.
Cheek, Hypocrisy, and Shystering
Exposed.

| out-doubtless remembering the fact that It's ed
itor and his hackers had too many vulnerable
points on this question, and had really been
hoist by their own petard. The principal points
il endeavors to make are, that its course in the
late political canvass was taken without a view
TO the disposition of the County printing; that
t was by right entitled TO at least two-fhrds OF
it /; that propositions were made for an alliance
with Mr.. Larzelere, which he rejected; that MI.
Harpster was "seen" and fixed up'-meaning
that Mr.. Harpster was corrupted, by means Of
bribes or some other improper means, TO favor
the Chief; and that Sol. Miller himself made the
order relative to Comfy printing.
An attempt will doubtless be made to have
these lies do great deal Of service in the future
and we propose TO give full expose, to show
where the ehicanery and shystering comes in.
We do it now, as all the matters are fresh. Let
the public read, and know where the deceit and
corruption belong, and how q little nest of shys-
tiers have been struck by the lightning that they
fixed up for somebody else. We may as well do
a complete job, while we are at it, which makes
it necessary to go back some little distance, and
deal with some questions moro personal than
general.
During the last Summer, the Wsthena Reporter
took every occasion to sllnde the Ckiefas Dem
ocrstic paper, from the fact that we opposed
third term, favored greenbacks, and would say
just what we thought of certain Republican pol
iticians. Everybody in Donphan County knows
that the Chief never pretended to be anything
but Republican paper, politically, or to support
any but the Republican ticket. But the Reporter
thought it would be stigma upon US to call
the Chief Democratic paper, while itself claim.
ing TO lie the only ttue blue Republican advo-
cate. 1t even travelled ont of the way often to
SUR our excellent Highland correspondent, by
alluding to him as the Democratic reporter for
the Chief. These things never hurt cur feelings
very badly for we knew own sentiments,
and if our views occasionally met the approba-
tiOn of our numerous Democratic subscribers, We
have had no occasion to regret it. But the posi-
tion the Reporter was trying to force us into,
placed itself in an unfortunate plight.
Convention and election time came, and the
Chief of course, supported the Republican tick
ct. But while doing 50, We determined to treat
the opposition ticket as honorable and honest
men, unless we positively knew to the contrary
which we did not We pursued the same
course the year before; and we shall do so in
the future, unless forced to do otherwise by the
candidates themselves. However much We may
despise Democratic measures, it is no excuse
for abusing men who may be honestly in ia.
vor of them as we are in favor of ours. But the
Reporter, fresh from denOuncing us as a Demo
crat, suddenly became the champion of party,
a majority of which was composed of Democrats
In the words of the editor himself he "preferred
to support the Republican ticket but if he took
opposite sides from the Chief, and that ticket
was elected, he would stand a better chance for |
the County printing! Here was honest princi- |
pie, with vengeance Previous to the election, |
his paper was filled to Overflowing with the vi |
lest personal abuse of the Republican candidates,
and of the Convention that nominated them-so
much so, that it disgusted the very party that
was receiving its support.
For year or two past the Reporter had been
'lurring and abusing Mr. Larzelere, without
,ause or provocation, and Larzelere was several
lines compelled to resort to the columns of the
Chief for defence. But few days before the
election, the Reporter came out strongly for Lar
.elere for Commissioner-not only nominating
him, but proceeding to elect him before election
lay, and to make him Chairman of the Board
At the same time, Larzelere's son was picked
rom the gutter, scraped off and set to writing
lbuse for the columns of the Reporter. All this
: as done without any view to the County print
ng, was it This support was obtained by Lar
elere promising, if elected the Reporter should
AVE the County printing. Those in the secret
made but little concealment of the fact. The
reporter sold itself credit and Larzeere, for
he sake of Office, made pledges to one whom he
ad delighted to call 4 puppy.
The election resulted in q mixed yictory-two ,
the Commissioners being Peoples candidates.
rom that moment the Reporter opened the slui- )
es of its filth upon us, and kept it up until the
leeting of the Board This was for purpose.
he Reporter imagined that it had the whole /,
ounty patronage in its own hands-that all the
rinting would at once flow to it. 1t was conf !,
ent that the Chief was dead, and undertook to =.
ury it in abuse and filth. 1t was at once given
lt that the Reporter would be moved TO TROY. in :.
rder to be in position to do all the printing and
le gambler and public plunderer, Smallwood. r
ho ran a swamp mud factory at waterville. >
nd who is the Reporters God Almighty, pro- :,
aimed that Capt Larzelere would put quie- :,
Is upon the Chief. That was the calculation in =
lie ring, and they hurrahed over it before they ;.
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hy We paid any attention to the insignificant :.
eature who runs the Reporter, and kept bandy- :
z words with him. They will understand it :
DIV. He was the mouth-piece put forward BY a -
ng to abuse and blackguard us out of the :
1unty. We preferred not to be disposed of in =,
Mt way, and think We have sent the whole N
ck yelping back to their kennels.
After the election, another move was made in ~
e work of closing MS out An agreement ex- y
ed between the papers TO divide the printing.
d the County Board possessed a full knowl. 70
&c of this arrangement. For months, the ed en-
II of the RepGTter had withheld his bills, al In
Dugh the Board had met a number of times Of
It at the next meeting after the election, when so
E Board and the editor of the Exporter knew it pa
$ our turn to publish the financial statement. in:
, Board quietly made an order to publish it in SUI
Reporter. Here was the secret let ont. The tla a
tor of the Exporter had kept back his bills, so th
It he could not be required to divide, and then ma
Board made the order giving him all, which
the whole pile in his hands. 1t was carry ger
ont design which he contemplated on a an an
s''ous occasion, when be said to a person that att
re was an agreement to divide, and it was :
'"'o turn to publish the tax list; Int he in
working to get the list, and rs he was hard Co
II ne did get il, he would keen IL all ~ Rpt ,h.