The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1876-09-23
LETTER PROn LBAvESwoRrH.
Hen. n. R.ss.ll en Gee. I. Antlssy.
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CTrop he Lawrence Journal
LRAvEBwoRTH. KAs., Sept. 18th, 1876
Ed. JouRHAL:-You have doubles
seem tine 1Smes of yesterday morning II
it, attack upon Geo. T. Anthony.
We have no paper hepe through which
to reply and reach the people Of thu
State.
First then. George 7. went to Phila
delphia the 9Th or 9th, In order to com
plete some additional exhibits ct the
Kansas Centennial building and will re
turn this week to answer before the PEG
pie any charges that may be made
against him for himself.
I'd. Il is angular proceeding for Re
publican pspers to follow the lead OF u
h. Anthony in purely personal quarrel
There is not Q man in this whole town
knowing D. B. Anthony, who does moi
also know that he would not hesitate t.
support . far worse man than he alleges
George T. to be, if to his interest 80 Il
do, or even if merely Indifferent to him.
I have carefully read the lawyers
blief referred to by d. 3. Who eveI
imagined that the stuff put into law
yer's brief is evidence against any one
And the only testimony submitted in the
case, what does il provef Simply that
Geo. T. did, in 1850 and 1861, What
thousands of the best and most upright
merchants in the land do every year,
struggle on in business, hoping to re.
trieve some past disaster and then finally
fail, failure alone preventing the reputa.
ton of shrewd, sagacious business man,
which success would have entailed. by
consent of all.
This is all that is proven and that too
by erparte evidence. Iimagine that Meth.
or in New York nor in Kansas, has bust
ness failure been decided to be morally
or legally crime, or even dishonor.
Against this failure, Geo. T. Anthony
can set ur life for eleuen years as upright
honorable and noble as that of any man
in the land. For years he edited one OF
another paper with credit to himself,
and for the public enlightenment and
pleasure. For more than eight years he
so conducted the intricate, onerous and
hazardous duties of q United States Col.
lector, as to win the praise of friend and
foe and merit the compensation from
his superiors at Washington, that he Is
the peer of the bsst collector in the ma.
tions service. When crooked whisky
ran like water in Chicago and St. Louis,
dragging in its fall the good names OF
men whose wealth should have placed
them beyond temptation to do q dishon-
est act, for gain when the same virus Of
dishonesty and corruption crept into ev.
cry collectors Office or district, not one
pint of crooked whisky could be traced
to this district, and collector Anthony's
skirts we're found clean and pure as the
snow.
Such q record, under such circumstan-
ces, is an abundant answer to inuendoes,
and ample proof that Geo. T. Anthony
is not dishonest man.
I will pass by the valuable and lasting
services Geo. T. Anthony has rendered
the State as President of the State Board
of Agriculture, for every man within the
broad bounds of Kansas, not ignorant OF
the States history. or blinded by parti-
san or personal prejudice, knows of and
delights in them.
Never has there been presented to the
people of the State man of finer ability
than Geo. T. Anthony-for the position Of
Governor, nor one whose record in our
midst, for near one-third of lifetime, is
more to his credit or with fewer flaws,
and to which do mysey bear cheerful and
unsolicited testimony.
Let the people. then, deal justly and
fairly by George T. Anthony and trust
him confidently for that which they know
he has been, for eleven long years, re.
gardless of the venom Of hate, envy and
malice which is uttered by foes, or par.
tisans seeking to walk into power, regard
less of truth, honor or merit.
Yours truly,
ED. RUSSELL.