The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1885-07-16
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When q man goes back on his written
agreement what Is his word worth {!
News please answer.
When q man IL bankrupt and deiiber-
ately violates his written contract, what
Is he WORTH News please answer.
The News had the cheek to charge
the Good Templars for q notice Of their
social. The lodge by formal vote agreed
TO pay II In pennies-after several mem
beTs had expressed their contempt for q
paper that was 90 mean and narrow
minded. A paper that Is mean enough
y 90 back on Its written contract will
do anything mean.-EmpOria RepubII-
can, June 0.
Inasmuch as the editor of our morn
Ing contemporary on Tuesday morning
accused the writer In person of q viola
tlon Of an agreement, which accusation
We emphatically asserted 70 be false, it
is 70 be supposed that the above para
graphs are meant TO refer 70 this same
matter. It Is 90 well known TO the peo-
pie Of this community that the above
named sheet has persistently from its In
ceptiOn maligned this paper and its con-
ductors and uttered the most atrocious
falsehoOds about THE News and those
herewith connected, that Whatever they
may say about Us or THE NEWS can
have no weight with fair-minded PEG
pie. Many OF the statements made by
our contemporary have been SO palpablV
untrue and childish that It has been the
laughing stock of Its readers. We do not
consider that our character depends upon
IFS statements or is to be established by q
denial Of them. The written agreement
IN question Is Verv plain, is no secret,
and reads as follows.
EAPoRIA, j ne IS, 1885.
Ii is hereby agreed between THE
News and the Republican, that the for
mer will not compete for the city print
ing to-day, and will put In no bid at the
council meeting tonight, the RepublI-
can agreeing that II 1t Is declared the
official paper Of the city IL will do the
said printing for legal rates. including
the council proceedings, and pay to THE
News COMPANY So per cent of the szid
legal rates whenever the orders are is
sued on the treasurer for the same. THE
NEWS agreeing TO insert all the city ad.
vertIsing and PRINT the council proceed
ings In THE DAILY News, the Republi.
can TO allow the use Of its type contain
ing said matter, IL desired by THE
NEWS, provided the same does not in
terfere with its publication in the Re-
publican. @. V. EsKRIDGE,
News Co., MAcLENNAN.
This bound THE NEWS to put IN no
bid for the printing on June 10, and we
did not. After that date, as specifically
stated. the agreement was of. The
proposition was not at all satisfactory to
The News, but was finally agreed to,
70 be good for that date. the Republican
Intimating that it would again offer to
do the work for nothing as a "bulldozer''
to us, Mr.. J. II. McCowu, who
was a witness, understands the
matter thoroughly. Following the
meeting OF June Is, the chairman of the
committee on printing came to THH
NEWS and said that the Republican pos
itively refused to do the advertising un.
less the proceedings as we'll as the ad-
vertIsements were paid for at legal rates
The chairman then wished to
know what we would do. The
only offer that had been made
to the committee was the Re
publican's bid. We SIMPLY said that
We were not in the field to do the city
advertising for nothing, that we would
take 1t for legal rates and print the pro
ceedings without charge. The chairman
afterward came TO US for written mem
Orandum of what we would do. We
gave it to him. We stated to hin
that while our offer was for legal rates
he might be sure the Republican
would be on hand with gratuItOus bIC
again. Meanwhile the editor of the Re
publican favored this office with hIl
first call and wished US to agree not II
publish the council proceedings with
out charge, which we would no
agree to do, there being no law to com
pei the council to have them printed
On the night of the last council meet
ing no one from this Office went over Il
the CO uncIl chamber, we believe. WI
went to hear Prentis and did not bothe
ourselves about the council, supposing
however, that the aldermen
and the governor must b
having q regular "picnic." We wer
surprised afterwards to learn that u rep
resentative of our contemporary was no
on hand sin the saddle" and could onl,
account for It on the grounds that on
contemporary was unaware that q regu
lar council meeting was Of
the boards that evening.
is not unusual, however
we know, ioI our somewhat belAted con
temporary to get left on very importan
meetings. u knowledge of which it FIRE
, quently gains only through THE DAHL
News, which publishes the news twelv
hours In advance of all other papers i
this locality 1t is indeed a truly pitlab.
3 spectacle TO see our neighor poo hooinl
. We beg our readers pardon for thi
5 space, which was reserved for turtle
particulars about tho "Red Devils, "or IL
| murder of men. women and children i