The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1880-07-30

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pears an, article that for cowardly and
foolish lying has seldom been equaled
even by the person who wrote it Ii
replying. to this article we shall. aim
to. give a partial history of the &C.
tons; of. this sneak during the past
year, leaving for. some future period
the facts connected with. his shining
record since his sojOurn. here.
The groundwork of this sneak,'s as
saults upon the editOr of the REGISTERS
are based upon disagreementa, of years
past, as well as those of. more recent
date. But the more recentevents which
have eliminated in this assault, are
as follows:
Early in the spring he began set
ting his stakes for Mayor, but the
formidable and almost solid OppO-
sitiop of the. business men of the
town including many who had been
temperance men for q life time,
and he was forced to descend from
his high aspirations. Unfortunately
for the temperance cause, or for the
ticket, he was given place as candi-
date for councilman. So soon as this
nomination was made we left that
''people's movement" and stated pub
licly that he would be defeated. Basing
our judgment upon the fact that
his character and standing in this
community were such that he could
not and ought not to be elected to any
office within. the gift of the people.
Our Judgment was correct and he was
ignominiously defeated. Perhaps it
was bad Judgment that in defeating
him the balance of the. ticket suffered
defeat. That is an open question and
one we do not wish to discuss. His
defeat ,Das necessary. And so long as
he heads or occupies any prominent
position on any ticket, so long will the
people of lola, who know his every
foul way, repudiate him.
Smarting. with the sting of disap-
pointment, his hatred first found vent
in petty insults, carefully started lies
and generallsystem of coarse abuse.
Yes, man, Ss<known bN the company
he keeps andTest assured that no man
can dislike his company more than
we do. Butat the same time We do not
hold the temperance cause resp9n-
sible for his utter lack Of principle, and
do not propose to forego any "rights,
lights and benefits" that may have
accrued to us by. the association with
our many good people
To-day the cause Of temperance is
hurt more by his connection, with it
in representative capacity than by
all other causes combined. He is. a
liar by nature, a coward by. training
and a bully by avocation. He never
embarked in q movement he did not
attempt to rule or ruin. To-day. he
sneaks beninda nom de plume to attack
the temperance character. of a man
who did not descend Keeling into the
gutter with him. Kicked out of the
Democratic party spurned from, the
door Of the Republican party, he pro-
fesses temperance because he knows it
will win. But again he will fail, while
the cause will go OHs to victory. BY
what right does an anonymous sneak
tell the temperancep people what course
to pursue? What friends to punish
and what ones to reward? And of
what benefit has this man been to the
community? Where has he been on
all questions of public importance?
Where was his aid on all church ,ques-
tions? Where did he stand in. regard
to the town hall?. Where does he
stand on the railroad question, THAT
s4uib last week stirred up some AMI.
maI and where has he stood on. all
questions that concern, the vital ia-
terests of the town itself?. He can
not rule, hence he would ruin. On
but this one question of temperance
has he ever taken the right; side; and
let him fail to rule that lodge for a
single month, and he would quit, the
movement in disgust. The political
part of his article will be answered
next week.
l. J. Perry has purchased the Re-
publican and now Paola will have a
first class Republican paper. The
PARTY in that. county vas hpoo,oinp