The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1879-12-25

and exaggerated puns OF quar- |
ities which they do not possess. But II
pewspspers publish untruthful accounts of
the merits of . public speaker or actor,
ssor pay, for free tickets, or because they do
not want to displease him, they become
parties to the fraud that he il practisiDg
upon the public, and furniah hin with i'd
ditional means of deoeiving the public at
the next place he visits. An excellent
illustration of the matter in question il
farnished by the following extract from
the Topeka correspondents Of the Kansas
City Times: =
The audience that listened to the Patti
concert last night, the attention and appre-
citation manifested py the repeated encoring
was handsome vindication of the brutal
and unwarranted charges that appeared re-
| Gently in the press, relating to Nine. PATHS
concert at Leavenworth, and prove that To-
| peka is as fully sble to comprehend and ap-
| rreciaie good mueic as Lesvenworth Is Of the
quality and effect OF lager beer and sherry
cobblers. Never was An audience 20 desiI Gus,
ho~ever, of being Pleased.
J. G. PAneborn is the Topeka corres-
POI dent Of the Kansas City paper, and is q
man VINO publicly boasts of his utter disre-
gard for the truth. His only object, a. be
has been heard to say hundreds of times, il
to make sensation" without any regard
to whether his statements are true or false
He Was PATHS manager in Topeka, and the
proceeds Of the concert, after his share and
Pstti's were taken out, were to be sppro
: priated to buying . church organ. Thu
! Commonwealth also uses language similar Il
3 PaDgborn's. Both it and Psug. know tina
they utte- fslsehood when they speak O
: the treatment of Patti at Leavenworth be
= ing brutal and unwarrsnted," becaus'
they knoD from the number and charscte
of the witnesses We have named that wha
t We said was true. They know they ute
E an untruth when they say the audience q
o Topeka was satisfied and delighted viii
: the Patti entertainment, because there ar
e many people at Topeka who are competeu
}. Judges of good music, and every one sue
:. present at the concert referred to know
that he did not hear the 6rst-class singin
that he paid to hear. All good musician
who have heard Patti of late know that be
voice has materially changed for the wors'
y and that she is no lorger able, drunk {
q sober, to sing in frst-clsss manner.
% Patti, and indeed nearly her whole trour
q while in this city, before, during, and ate
o the concert, were unquestionably under Ii
influence of liquor. Proof has been ful
nisbed us BY eye witnesses who saw tnel
e drinking. Their rude behavior, that evsl
ing and the next morning, caused all decel
" people to detest the vulgarity and rudene
of some Of the company. Hundreds
y witnesses who were present at the conce
= will testify that in their opinion, Patti, h
" husband, De Munck, and Ketten, were a
under the influence Of liquor during Il
performances.
81 We have in tiis city mlny good mu-
II cal critics who heard the three person
: named-Patti, DeMunck and Ketten pc
Is form, and they all, without exception, 81
u the singing and playing were not eve
q passibly good.
q With this state Of facts existing her
% with all this evidence to prove what b,
e been ssid-it is plain that Psns born an
the Commonue hh are both doing q di
reputable work in denouncing the pre-
Il ard the people of this city who have bee
'e cheated las admitted by PATHS secretaz
u and msnsger) out of an evenings ente
q. tsinment, for which they had paid the
o. dollar and half each.
II All this slobbering and fslsifyipg is ju
e tilted on the ground that part If the pr
D. ceeds went to the church, But can Il
PEI church hope to prosper upon falrehood
Ii Can the Lord be expected 70 bless an
y Or, sper that church which shares the frui
of fraud, and profits by the malicious falls
hood. of an INSCRIPTIONS newspaper, ar
> less scrupulous correspondent? Can Il
- vhisky and the fraud be excused for Il
le sake Of the cause3