The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1877-12-06
Mowrr; Again.

This blathering demsgogne, whose case we
thoroughly attended to last week, is not yet sa T.
ished, but is out In the Bullet tin in another
'open Letter" to US. We plainly stated, at the
close OF the article, that he coud have the use
of these columns To explain any matter relat ing
to the Comanche County affair, or to reply to
any charges that We had made against him, but
not TO abuse men who bad had nothing to do
with our articles. He now gets up tho ples that
We have debarred him from our columns, and
challenges rs to meet him in public controversy
on the Questions contained in our articles, at
any time We may designate, between the hours
OF 10 A. II. and 4P.M
Is Mowry fool; or does he consider US one 7
"a conundrum.) The facts we published last
week, wonld convince any jury in the world.
1t was taken either from sworn statements made
in an official investgation,o or from letters written
by himself for publication. There they stand,
and cannot be rubbed ont and the public will
form its opinion of them. Now he asks to
discuss them with him, in public debate! As
all our time, from A. n. to IL P. ~, is required
to make living aud something to pay our hon.
est debts. We have none to spare, neither have
We the inclination, for public discussions upon
Mowry's character and acts. Perhaps Mowry
can spare the time. Perhaps he has ro old debts
outstanding, that were promised him, upon hon.
or, within thirty days, and therefore is not COM
pelled to do extra work to make up for the
money that he has been beaten out of.
We gave this man Mowry the use of our col
umns to defend himself, at a time when he need
cd friends, and when other paper would give
him n hparinU Ha h
stint, occupying columns that ought to have
been devoted to something better, and abused
men who had aiwas been our friends, and whose
characters are far above his as Heaven is
above Hell's water-eloset. For this space we
never charged him a cent not even for type set
ting on his columns of solid nonpariel personal
matters After we had done all this, he publish
ed letter over his own signature, proclaiming
himself scoundrel, in order to injure another
man, by showing that he was associated with
himself in a fraudulent transaction. Because
we denounced this shameless confession, he put
himself to work to defeat the ticket that the
him for the latter act, he bantered us to publish
his Kansas City Times letter, which we complied
with; and now he wants us to discuss the ques-
tion, and the one who is beaten, to sign a libel
for publication throughout the State of Kansas
We do not desire him to publish such docu-
ment. We are willing to accept his Kansas City
Times letter as filling the bill in every partic-
ular.
The thing that hurts Mowry just now is this
He had intended to take advantage of our rule
allowing all men hearing in these columns, to
abuse certain prominent Republicans of this
County, and:to publish charges against them.
We shut off his wind in this particular, and
hence his whine that he has been denied the
use of our columns. Whenever any person,
through the Chief, assails Mowry in any manner,
he shall have permission to reply through the
Chief; but hereafter he cannot use this paper to
abuse our friends, who have been guilty of no
other offence than using their best efforts to
elect the Republican ticket.