The Leavenworth weekly times., 1878-03-28
SQUARE Fuor THE srroULpEH.

st. Joe Gaze te, 2j.
I'D. Z. Anthony of Leavenwurth, IS one of
the most remarkable men in the West He
has hosts of bitter enemies al home who kill
him every day or two, but with more lives
than q cat, he springs TO his feet again and
goes at his enemies. He fights square from
the shoulder, asking no quarter and giving
none as long as his opposers show fight, and
almost invariably wins. a year or two ago
he was universally denounced and execrated
by the Democrats of Leayenworth, who ap-
peared to regard him as the representative OF
all political and social evil, but they now
seem TO be his staunch friends and are the
most hearty in congratulating him on his tn
umphs over his enemies. he publishes the
| most independent Republican paper in the
West and exercises more influence In Repub-
Iicau ranks in Kansas, than any other man.
| After a most determined opposition he was
lately re-nominaied for postmaster at Leav-
enworih, and against the combined opposi-
sltion of half of the Republican politicians of
the State he was confirmed. Libel suits have
| become his daily meat and he never feels
really nappy unless he has one to take with
his morning coffee. There is something re-
markable in this Anthony blood, and what
ever may be his sins, and i. one-tenth that is
said about him is true, they are many, the
Leavenworth postmaster deserves and re-
ceives that admiration generally accorded by
| the public to a bold and fearless man."
We are grateful TO our St. Joseph con-
temporary for the foregoing handsome and
fattering notice, but il contains one or two
errors that ought not to pass uncorrected:
Col. Anthony was not denounced and exc
Grated by the Democrats OF Leavenworth, a
year or two ago." The men who compose
the rank and file of the Democratic party
in this city have been very friendly to him
for the last eight or nine years, and he has
during that time, been more than once
elected to Office by the aid of their votes
And the statement that there was "a deter
mined opposition to him" embracing hal
the Republican politicians OF the State, /:
! a very great mistake. No Republican pol
itician," that we are aware OF, opposed
him, and no man Of any standing In ethel
party, SO lar as We know, made any hgh'
1 against his confirmation. 1t is true
that an attempt was made tt
get up a fight on him, by hal
dozen scalawags, who have no more posi-
ton or standing politically than they
: have socially, and whose combined assets
social, moral, political, and financial, would
not satisfy five-dollar judgment-but thi:
, was all. A lot of trumped up charges pre-
S fererd by these fellows induced the post
Office department to order an investigation
: which resulted in a report to the effect
that there was no truth whatever in any ol
the charges, and that the affairs OF the Office
v we're in admirable condition. That he re-
4 garded the opposition" as amounting tC
S nothing is best shown by the fact that hi
e didn't think it worth while to 60 TO Wash
v ington to work for either his nomination O.
y confirmation, but remained quietly at hi
: Office, all the time, attending to his busi
# ness; and the result shows that he took tn,
: measure OF the opposition pretty accurate
Ily.