Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1883-04-05
THE COUNTY SEAT QUESTION

/ There are few spirits in and about
Moscow whose zeal in endeavoring t.
secure relocation of the county scat
and establishing it at Moscow is not linn
tied by truth, or respect for the honest
opinions of men in the other portions Of
the county. Among these few is thc
editor of the MIR, or, as is plainly evi
dent from his weekly trades against the
people of Lewiston. He doubtless is ell
Outraged in his course by some Others
who may perchance counsel with him. But
We opine their number is few when com
pared with the great majority Of the peo-
pie of Paradise valley, or even of Mos
COW itself We have long known the
people OF Moscow, and while some may
be liable to suffer their prejudices to
warp their judgement and induce them
to justify unwarranted assaults upon 9TH
er sections of the county, to carry point
in favor of their own section, yet such is
not the character of the people of Mos
COW or Paradise valley, but few men
among them may by their Persistent ~
ing and deceiving, beget a sentiment
wholly against the truth, as well as
against the peace of the different sections
of the county. We have never blamed
the people of Moscow for desiring to ac-
quire the county seat as means Of build
ing up their town, if it could be so done
without doing injustice to other portions
of the county. But upon principle we
have ever been opposed to the citizens of
any town, merely for the sake of enhanc-
ing the value of the property of that
town, to sacrifice the best interests of the
great majority Of the people of the county
attempting by unfair and untruthful rep
sensations Of the situation of things to Sc
cure special benefit for themselves at
the expense of the great majority of the
whole people of the county, and We have
honestly regarded the efforts of some of
the pretended friends of Moscow, as be-
ing guilty of covert and dishonest means
to accomplish a change in our county seat
and We don't 60 behind any barricade
when We charge the Mirror man as be-
ing guilty of practicing dishonest, decep-
tive and libcllous means upon other Sec
tons Of the county to secure some advant-
age in this county scat question, and
there are the strongest indications that
others claiming prominence, have been
likewise guilty. So far as relates to the
Mirror fellow, no doubt he has re-
venge to crafty, for during twenty one
years of our observation of men in Lew
iston, We never knew of young man of
education, and claiming responsibility as
a citizen, who, by his envious, slanderous,
and fraudulent conduct practised towards
those who had befriended him, so soon
made himself Kissing and by word in
this community, as did the Mirror man.
Few could be found to do him reverence
while numbers stood ready to offer to him
indignities. He left the town compara-
lively friendless and forsaken, and brought
up in Moscow, where from accident or
design he was installed editor of the Mr.
ror, the columns of which he turns upon
the people of Lewiston with evident NAL
ice and revenge, and don't hesitate to per-
vert facts and lie against the Lewiston
people in wholesale manner. We
would not degrade the people Of Moscow
so much as to suppose for one moment,
that they imbibed the revengefql views
of the Mirror in regard to Lewiston, and
the only wonder is that they do not have
the nerve to inform him that he must
cease his libels upon Lewiston, that they
are more damaging to the people of Mos
COW than they can be to Lewiston in this
county seat contest. When the character
of the Mirror man is known, both his
tongue and pen are powerless in attempt
ing Islander, but his priest-like assump-
ton Of sanctity, is sometimes such as to
mislead the stranger and the unwary,
hence the community is better protected
by his exposure.
SHARP REPLY.-The Portland Stan
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