The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1878-02-07
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Tho Frankfort Record SAYS that the last
New Years edition Of the Atchison Champion,
which consisted OF eleven thousand copies,
was the largest edition ever issued in the
state. The New Years edition of the Topeka
Commonwealth, two years ago, was sixteen
thousand--Juncfion Guy Union.
Hold that mule, Look a leedle oudt, NJ
Prouty. The Parsons Suss issued OF its holi-
day edition two years ago $3.50 copies. There
have been more copies Of the Sun issued,
though II is among the comparatively young
er paper, than OF any other weekly in the
state. or the weekly issue OF any daily in the
state since the morning stars FIRST sang togeth-
er. Put that in your pipe Mr.. Prouty and
smoke II !-FurSons Sun.
Hold your own mule! THE TIMES during
the last gubernatOr1al campaign, issued an
edition of seventy bundles OF paper-being
nearly sixty-eight thousand copies-and they
were not given to merchants, by armfuls, 10
be used for wrapping paper, but were mailed
from THE TIMES Office. Put that i'm yeur pipe,
Mr.. Kicking Bird, and See how it smokes
LEAvENwoRIH TINES
The mule stops and considers Eight IS
more than seven, is II not? All Office holders
know that it is. By careful mathematical
computation We arrive at the result that
ts,VO Is more than 25UUO. But then we print
ed an extra edition each month OF from 1--WE
to eight Thousand for six months. The paper
was not wholly political either IL was main
ly devoted 10 writing up Kansas, and instead
| OF being circulated in Kansas for political
purposes, every copy was circulated in the
| eastern states 10 draw emigration TO the fer
Il Tic htlus anu VI
and blooming kansas.-I'USoHs Sun.
We have not raised any question in rela-
ton to the last two or three allegations in
the plaintiffs petition, neither do We intend
to raise any. Our only point was in regard
to the particular edition Of 25,0O0-wheih-
er or not that was the largest ever issued in
the State-and having settled that point to
the satisfaction of all parties, with our 6S,-
600, defendant rests. Beyond this we are
willing to concede all; We have no DISPOSE
ton to deny the well-known fact that the
Sun shines brightly for Kansas, and that its
genial ways are doing a valuable work in
drawing emigration to our fertile fields and
and productive valleys. And if the cour,
will not rule it ont as incompetent and
irrelevant" We should like TO remark in thif
connection that the same can be justly said
OF nearly all the other weeklies in Kansas
No other influence is doing so much
to settle up and develop the State
as the weekly press, and M
other is so little appreciated and so pOorl,
paid. Let some lawyer, or doctor, OIL
preacher, by special effort, do half al
much for the benefit of the State as tn,
country editor is doing all the time-fre
quently on half rations,-and Immediately
his grateful fellow-citizens will reward hi
labors with seat in the governors chair
or in congress; but OF the country editol
the people expect it as matter of course
and half the time, when they pay him /:
1.-THE of what his labor is worth, they &C
as.though they were contributing so mucf
to the support Of a pauper. These be un
pleasant words, brethren, but they are pain
fully true, not only in Kansas but elsewhere
as well, and one of the revivals most urg
entity needed in this fair land OF ours, a
the present time, is an awakening OF thu
public conscience and the public purse TO :
realizing of the saving grace of printers
| ink