, 1879-11-27
PERTINENT QUERY.

or utTcNl III An way Whatever
If he has ever entertained any
such intentions, he certainly has not
indicated the fact hy his actions late
ly. He has evidently deemed 1t nee
essary to attack our public and pri
vate character in the most venumous
style, in order to build up his own
business. This, we have not thought
it necessary to protest against, for
various reasons: first, because W.
were once taught a very impressive
lesson in the anecdote of the lion
that met certain small animal OF
exceedingly unsavory obOr, aud
turned out of his way to avoid con.
tact with so offensive an object; sec
ondly, we have no desire whatever
to engage in personal controvers,
with ANY one; thirdly, because Oul
readers and the public generally de
not care q fig for the personal griev
ances of those through whose agen
cy they receive their news; fourthIy.
because the course of the "Press,
in attacking US SO violently, is one
which will rebound disastrously up
on the business of any man who IL
base enough to use such unfair ad
vantages in attempting to compete
with another; filthy, because those
who have known US for years-ol
whom there are many on Puget
Sound--would not for a moment
credit any Of the. slanderous charge,
against US; and sixthly, because our
hest friends, men of mature judg
ment, have advised US to pay no At
tsntion whatever to this tempest in
a teapot.
But the spirit Of hatred toward us,
on the part of the part of the press
editor, has led him to carry his oppo
sition into un looked for extrsmities.
For instance, he sees fit, nowadays.
to drag us before the public, through
the columns Of his paper, in about
every issue of the same-and every
item so published contains a false
hood. SOME, if not all, of thes,
preyarications have been wILLFULLY
made. In order to give out the idea
that we were not prospecting in busi
ness, he published the report that
we were going to remove to Port
land-although he had been pre-.
viously informed, authoritatively,
that said rumor was untrue. He stat.
ed that he "was informed" that we
supported Mr.. Tucker for Represent
ative, last fall, in preference to a
straight republican. Any one who
road the ARGUS during the last local
campaign in this county knows bet
ter than to believe such a statement,
and if Myers desires to look over
our files we can convince him in
few minutes that his informant, if
such he had, was in error; but we
have no reason to believe that he
WAS so informed. Again he says
that the motion to invite US to ad.
dress the Legislature was "voted
down by both sides." It was q case
Of extending courtesy, by q deliber.
ative body, and required unanimous
consent; Mr.. White, knowing this,
and realizing his advantage if he
could prevent further discussion in
favor Of the bill, interposed an alb,
rupt, 81 object. -as his attorney
tactics had taught him-so, OF course,
the motion, was not put. Mr.. Myers
MAY try to say that he did not WILL.
FULLY falsify in this instance, but
the rule is that wherever one makes
a POSITIVE assertion it is his business
to KNOW that he is correct, and, if
he is not, we have a right to charge
him with willful falsehood. Then
there was the brief .morsel in las,
weeks "Press," as follows:
"Fhc p. 8. Iron Company succeeded IN
getting all their bills through the Legisla-
tare Notwithstanding the opposition Of tile
editor OF the Argus"
This referred, doubtless, to the
act confsrring authority upon that
company to construct wharf at the
head Of Port Townsend Bay, as we
did not hear Of other legislation in
which they were interested. We
said but little in regard to the meas.
ars, as we had enough to do other.
wise, but what we DID say was in its
FAVOR. The editor of the "Press"
no doubt thought that because we
were not on the best Of terms, per.