The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1878-10-18

DuJ WndJ Ill lIllS 10 the DGO-
pie? What matters it what Maxson,
Stotler, the writer of the 9th, or any
one else has done so far as the princi-
pies forming the issues of the present
great political parties are concerned ?
Jake, Maxson & Co. might pass in their
checks or go to the penitentiary for a
term of years, that would not create a
ripple or stay the onward march of the
people one second, but if it is thought
that personal attacks on one another is
interesting reading, shall offer no OBJ
jections.-P. B. MaxsOn, in last Green.
hacker.
1t matters this much, Mr.. MaXson,
you are candidate for responsible
and important Office. The people have
a right to know all about you. If, as
a public officer, you have taken a bride
or acted corruptly they want to know it.
There is some difference between our
relation to the public just now, as you
are a candidate. The attack made is not
ours. We did not invent it. 1t is the
record of government officer. Charges
were made against you. You were in
vestigated by Mr.. Smith, sent by the
government for that purpose. He prov.
ed that you and the receiver of the office
took 81 900 paid you by the people of In.
dependence. He says he has your re
ceipt for the money You do not deny
it. In fact, you acknowledge you got
$500 of the money. Why did Independ
ence pay you $500? Why did they agree
to pay you and the receiver $S,4OOp Il
was to get you to use your influence tc
locate the land Office there, and you
boldly say that you would take it again
if you had the same chance. This il
what the people do not like about this
matter. just now. You talk about the
land Office on wheels. If you did mo-
want 1t on wheels, why did you recon
mend its removal? You say there wal
no secret about the bribery. Drum
mond says you urged the removal of the
land Office from Neodesha to Independ
ence, and that you recited to him all the
inducements held out by independence
except the payment to you of the sun
of money you received. Now, we charg'
you with corrupt action. What RICH
had you to that 5000 If you wer,
bound to take it why did you not turf
it over to the government. You tall
about the issues of the great politica
parties" and by inference say your dis
honest action has nothing to do with yot
as a leader in one of these parties. You
go about telling that the Republican
party is corrupt, and advise honest mel
to leave it. Who made the Republican
party corrupt Did you and your swee
scented coadjutor in reform, the notori
GUS Sam Wood, have anything TO d.
with Republican cOrruptiOnH You ar
a nice pair to talk about corruption, un
less we are greatly misinformed. Hav
ing committed no penitentiary offense
that we are aware of, that institution ha
no terrors for us. Has it for your VIVA
is the meaning of your allusion? You
assertion that you worked for nothing il
the independence land Office is entirely
too thin. We don't believe a word of il
and your wordy and unintelligible de
Tense would have sounded better ha,
you admitted you got little pay from
the government We did not make tn
expose of the 9th ult. because we desir
ed to. 1t was disagreeable to us. Sucl
work always is, but duty has its de
mands, and if the hypocrisy of you
howl about honesty is proven by you
own record as public officer, we ar
not to blame.