The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1879-04-26
EDITOR
AN ASS . 'rUrE POLITICIAN.

Boyle, the rcputed publisher and editor Of
the "PATENT" organ at Mauch ChuRk, for
the past week or two has been casting udium,
not only upon Mr.. T. D. Clauss in his mis-
fortunes, but asserted in connection there
with that Mr.. Clauss was a leading member
of the Lutheran church-for what object we
leave him to explain-turns round last week
aud charges us with being "riug orgun,"
aud with trying TO "bring the Lutheran
church into polite" There was 10 paper
in the county to mention any church in this
connection until Boyle in his issue Of the
4th instant published the following:
"Mr. Clnuss has always been regarded as
man Of the strictest probity has long been
one Of the most prominent business men of
Lehighton, aud is leading member of the
Lutheran church,"
We called attention to this, and asked
Mr.. Boyle what the fact Of Mr. CLAUS be-
longing TO the Lutheran church had to
do with his failure. To which that very
sstute and courteous gentleman(? p responded
in the following ,oiyaiy and deliberately
lying paragraph:
"The Lehghton ring organ is not only
defending the deiaulting County Treasurer,
but it is trying its best TO bring the Lutheran
church of that borough into politics. This
is n very dirty piece Of business. If there is
anything that should be sacred from the
contaminating touch of artistic liars like
Harrington, it is the Church Of God. We
are surprised at Mr. Morthimcr's allowing
his columns to be so used"
In the first place, this paper, the CARBON
ADVOCATE, is not the organ of any party or
clique, and the Gazette man is well aware of
that fact; and, consequently, we dot Lie
No. l.
Next, he says we are trying our "bcst to
bring the Lutheran church of this borough
into politics" He was the first to into luce
the Lutheran church into this matter, as
the extract above quoted fully proves, but
finding that he had placed himself into an
olious position by his slur at the Lutheran
church in his first article, he turns around
and in order to try to place himself right,
accuses us of trying to bring the church into
politics. His own paper proves this to be
Lie No. ..
"This is a very dity piece of business"
says Boyle; and that is true, and shows that
he Is, or ought to be, ashamed Of himself
for condcmning fcllowman in misfortune
for being Democrat and "A "leading member
of the Lutheran church" We defy the
editor Of the Gazette to point to a solitary
case where we have referred to a man 5 poll
tics or religion when he has proven recreant
or unfortunate in his financial affairs. Let
him look at the case Of \. G. Dollenmaycr
who disappeared from here in September
1915 in that case IA more fragrant case than
this one), we neither mentioned his politics
or the church he attended. We deemed
it unimportant. We gave the facts then as
we have in the Clauss matter. If Mr..
Boyle wishes to do justice in the Dollen-
meyer affair, he can look around, and per-
haps he may in that case be able to "smell
a mouse"
In speaking OF an employee, who assists in
the mechanical department of the ADvOoATE
and when occasion requires, as local re-
porter, Mr.. Boyle calls him an "artistic
liar" What Harrington has to do with
the case we are at loss to know. We hold
ourself alone rnsrnns'l'ln fnr what orrao"s in
our columns, and when Mr.. Boyle insinu.
ates or asserts otherwise, then we fling back
in his teeth the same epitht he throws al
Hanington-"artistic Lis. !"
When member of any political party
or religious sect or church does that which
is not right and proper in the sight of the
people, and the editor of a newspaper tries
to make capital out of it for his own party OIL
church by holding that party or church W
TO public odum and contempt, then that
editor can with proprierty write hmsel
down "an ass -
We now drop this subject, and leave Mr..
Boyle to wallow in his own mire.