The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1883-04-12

A statement to the Public by Col II. c.
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whitley.
EDIroas OF THE NEWS: Now that
the battle is over and the smoke of the
closely contested city election fairly set
tied away, desire to say few words
through the medium Of the News If
you Will kindly permit nae to do so.
which, if stripped of all verbosity Of
language and written in an entirely dis
passionate manner, Is in substance this:
The statements made by you and con
veyed to the public mind is in intent
and effect, as I interpret 1t, an effort to
convince the people Of This city that I
belong to syndicate or clique and that
for this reason you have made wer
upon me. While you may be
acting honestly you are certain
ly doing so without one particle
of real evidence. Your charge has no
foundation in truth nor justice. be-
lieve it to be q mere chimerical creation
OF distorted Imagination, or derived from
e source which is as false as il is unjust;
possibly puerile fancy, emanating from
germ SO destitute OF size and strength
as to make it discernable to the eye of
the mind only by the aid of a powerful
magnifying glass. Yet it has served
purpose, and it is also plain 10 my mind
that there are some one or more persons
that the editors of The NEWS do not ex-
actly fancy. Judging by what has been
said repeatedly by you. am merely the
shadow of the substance that you are
casting stones at. This l believe, from
the standpoint OF common sense. Yet I
can not understand why you do not
come 70 the front and strike
down your real enemies if you
have any, or does it serve your purpose
best to knife those who chance to be as
sociated with them? The fact is. you
are slightly of your base in this matter
and the syndicate business amounts to
this and nothing more: A mere associa.
ton of business in one thing and that
only, /. O., the ownership of the Whitley
opera house. The gentleman whom !
understand you are really at war with
are those who own an interest with me
in the building named above. I think
the management Of this business enter.
prise has been conducted on strictly bus
mess principles and so far as the news.
papers of this city are concerned your
paper has received dollar for dollar. with
the odds, if any, in your favor. 1 desire
to say this much publicly, not only te
satisfy those who have been misled by
the statements put forth bu
Ito satisfy myself that you
are willing to give me the benefit OF
your columns to put myself in a truth
full position and to say that l am labor.
ing in no mans interests nor in the in.
terests of any set of men except so fal
as it benefits myself in straight and
open business way. Ia conclusion
Messrs. Editors permit me to say thai
l offer this communication in no spiri
of i'll will towards you but with feel
elevated position as fully recognize til,
fact that editors sit upon their roost!
high above the reach Of the common
people, and from which point they cal
shoot their shafts of vengeance withou
mercy upon the heads of their unfortu
nate victims who possess no long Tom
of sufficient calibre to send back ho
shot at so high range For one L an
at peace with all the world, and l trus
the day is not far distant when editor
who shoot their windy shafts from tn
J housetops will meet "sub rosa" an
"shake" friendly hand.
Very Respectfully,
II. G. WHITLEY.