The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1877-05-25
OUR ANSWER.

The fact that the people of this county, and
the decision of the Court on the Jail injunction
sustain the action of the COLUMBIAN in regard
to the Jail question, has wrung from the Re
publican a cry of anguish. Too late it has dis
covered its mistake in waiting to see which
would be the winning side before committing
itself, and now, as last resort, it seeks to
ridicule the COLOMBIAN because its editors sign
ed petition to the Commissioners and pub
lshed their names among hundreds of others.
1t says the editors of this paper made themselves
''the laughing stock of the town, by publicly
claiming that they had done it themselves" If
hearty approval and personal commentator of
our action by a large number of the best Re-
publicans in the town, who at the same time
alude with contempt to the weak -kneed and
pititul imbecility of our cotemporary, make us
''laughing stock" we are willing to be called
by that name. But the Republican, ever true to
its natural characteristics, tells few falseooods.
That the petition alluded to was circulated by
the COLUMBIAN, that it set forth that the sub
scribers sustained the COLUMBIAN, that all cred
it for the result was appropriated by the editors
of this paper, that we did anything in haste,
and that Prc of Wilkes-Barre was our favor
te architect, are all false. The Republican says
all this appeared on Saturday after the decision
was rendered, whereas the last issue of this pa
per was printed on Thursday, the 18th, and
the decision was not rendered until the 10Th.
Gentlemen, if you must lie, do it with meth
cd The Republican sees no evidence which
produced in Court to satisfy the Judges unani.
mously that the contract ought to be rescinded.
In answer to the contemplate insinuation that
as counsel for the officers of the Centraa re-
gion we have advised or permitted the punder-
ing of that section, we refer our readers to the
gentlemen over there who have been watching
with sharp eyes the management of that region
for our vindcation. 1t is base attempt to in
iure us in our professional characters that we
| shall not soon forget. That we have been 81
| lent concerning any outrages in the manage
ment Of public affairs, either in Centralia or
| elsewhere in the county, is another lie. We
invite a careful comparison of the files of the
| CoLUMBIAN with those of the Republican as to
which has given the most information on "out-
reyes The fact that for the past two years the
statements of Conyngham township and Con-
yngham and Centralia poor district have been
published in the columns of our neighbor has
| been sufficient to close their mouths securely,
whatever its information may have been. That
| we were counted out in the Jail contract is
absurd We had no interest but the interest of
the people To say that we have acted from
selfish motives is equally absurd, for by our ac-
ton we have incurred the risk of losing all the
county printing which for years has been done
| By this paper. And there is just where the
milk lies in this cocoanut, A break between
| the commissioners and the COLUMBIAN will
drive the printing from this office, and therefore
| in the hope that if they throw their doors wide
open those officials Yll'walk into their parlor;
| for the sake of little fishy lucre the nteress
of the tax payers of Columbia county have been
ignored by this Post Office organ, a corrupt job
Der, and mistaken officials are endorsed, and all
for the sake of little patronage. The spectacle
is pitiful. Outupon such journalism
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