The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1879-01-30

too de9d duck ID ee resarrcc:ed. In short, he
discosefed that Ne could only exist through di-
vision and discofd, plotting and betray ing,
and that as long rs harmony prevailed in the
party, and Id the community, he was nonenti
| ty; for 1t Ras . notable fact, that from the mo-
ment be entered business that Withdrew him
from the community, peace and good feeling
| reigned, as IL had not for years. This state of
affairs must be changed, and he began to take
in hand The material to accomplish it.
Some four years ago, certain minister in this
town, in order to boost himself into notoriety,
and bring himself from the back ground into
which be had been thrown by the revival efforts
| of the minister of another church, made an un-
| called for aud causeless attack upon the Chief
from his pulpit, and followed it up by calling
public meeting, to be held in another minister's
church, for the purpose of taking public action
to induce men to stop pstrouizing the Chig.
We have observed time honored custom not
to allow preacher or any other man to meddle
in our business, without giving him his belly
full. We let him have it, on this occasion and,
to add to his discontinue, the other church that
he tried to drag into his crusa de, ingloriously
snubbed him. The result was, that himself and
three or four of his lick-spits went of with
chronic sore head, with determination in their
Christian hearts to watch aud wait for rev enge.
While in this happy mood, the Devil appeared
unto them, in the shape Of Mr.. Bridges, offering
them sweet revenge. He promised them, that
| if they would pull the chestnuts out of the fire
with their paws, he would eat them right before
our eyes, and let us have "nary s:one." In other
words, he had chance to buy the Watheua Re
porter Office, and if they would furnish the back
ing, he would bring it to Troy, aud they would
have paper to defend them against the sttac, !,
of the Chief and, in fact, it world run the Chief
out. They bit. The preacher set up the fearful
plea that his enemies were trying to break him
down, and now they had chance to secure an
able defender. So the preacher went in, an d
several Of his members went in, and the Ballefis
was born. He thought the Chief was in q tight
place financially, aud he would proceed to crush
Fit out.
| The editor of the Balleia went very secretly
about this work, and imagined that We knew
nothing of it, His paper was to be Republican,
and strong for Hayes policy. He was already
concocting q ticket to dereat the Republican
ticket in the next election, and confdentially as
| sured his friends that he would have the County
printing after that. We waited until the week
before his first issue, (being still in ignorance Of
his plans, as he supposedly when we came out
in red hot article in favor Of Hayes policy. 1t
SO completely smashed his thunder that his en-
tire plans were upset, and he never recovered
from the effects of it. As Hayes paper, the
Bulletin was thencefoward a failure, and we took
the earliest opportunity to shake the dust Of
Hayesism from our feet. But the editor of the
Bulletin had other resources. Matters that We
had told him in the confidence of friendship,
relative to business and politics, he unscrupu-
lously made use Of against us. He had former
| ly boosted how he had stuck it TO the public on
advertising, job work, and election tickets. Our
regular prices were less than one-half what he
had charged, but he said we might double our
| prices, as well as not. But had maintained
our regular prices, which were figures that gave
us fair profit. But now he put down his prices
| to the lowest notch, doing work for less than it
cost to do it, and taking any price that be could
get, in order TO make the public believe that the
Chief was extorting from them. He offered to
do the County printing for one fifth the regular
price. 1t would not bave paid him for the type
setting; but if he could take it from the Chief
|
safely offer to work for nothing, as long other
men were paying his debts He importuned and
begged every man he met to subscribe for the
Bulletin, and give him his job work. If be could
not get one price, he would take less-in fact,
he had no hope of making permanent thing of
the Bulletin, aud used every effort to get what
money he could for the time being, and to iDjsre
the Chief. Heeven coaxed and pleaded with men
to discontinue the Chief aud influenced q few
to do SO. His preacher friend and most of his
church members took this plan, but few who
had back bones of their own, declined to follow
suit. He turned against and foully abused men
who had been his friends, because they would
| not, at his first hint, abandon the Chief, and
throw their patronage to buid him up. He was
utterly INSCRIPTIONS When he could not bleed,
he would abnse. For the past few years, Doni-
| phan County has had, for her Commissioners,
| farmers aud business men who are known as
men Of the highest integrity, strictly honorable
in their business transactions, and have never
been suspected of dishonesty. They are identi-
| fed with the best interests of the County, and
could not wrong the public without wrongiug
themselves. They have been lessening the tax
es year after year, aud reducing the expenses of
carrying on the County Government Yet, as
every reader knows, the Balletin kept up con-
slant assault upon them, charging that they
were plundering and robbing the taxpayers,
and proclaiming that the editor of the BalIetin
| was the only man who had the honesty and
courage to speak the truth, aud stand up for the
interests of the people. His charges, insinua-
tions, inuendoes, hints, aud sneers have reached
all parts of the County, and have stirred up dis
trust and llfeeing, politically, socially, and in
business relations, wherever they could pene-
trate. All this has been done, that he might
| pick up here and there pittance at the expense
of IN embroiled community. When he suddenly
turned his political coat, aud deserted the Re-
publican ranks, be still set mp claims to Repub
lican support; aud he had hot been pretending
Democracy two weeks, until be began impeach-
| ing the party loyalty of men who bad been
swerving Democrats all their lives, and accusing
them of party treaehery, because they would
not come to him with hats off begging for his
political wisdom and guidance. Is it any won-
der be has failed Did he deserve any other fate
As to the Chief aud ourself personally, his col
umns have always open to any shyster, scalawag,
or sneak who saw proper to abuse us. His edi-
torial columns have been surrendered, week af.
ter week, to this diverting species of literature