Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1888-02-10

Impressed with what we thought was
an honest anti-monoPOly tone of the
Independent. Old citizens then eau
toned us to beware, that the Independ-
ent editor was q man who sailed under
false colors-a man who preached one
thing and practiced another. We have
been told that he was a man, who,
while denOuncing the Spectator in
'' tax-titles, ." had made a snug fortune
IN dealing in them while cOndemning
the usurer was a usurer himself; while
charging the Republican commission
ers with robbing the county by letting
the public printing at less than hall
the legal rates, he pooled with other
publishers in years when the Board was
not Republican, and pockeIed his share
of fees for printing at full legal rates
or 500 Der square that while he could
get $500 for publishing final proof no
tees, he did not even hint that the fees
were too high, but when Register
YOnge sent them to another publisher.
he hOwled like a coyote, and claimed
that a charge of So 90 for such service
was robbery; that while making loud
prstensions OF favoring the laboring
men, and denOuncing the clOse-fsted
employer, ne has been a hard '.bOss''
and has seldom paid printers in his en-
plOY what their services were really
worth. In short he has been represent
ed to US as a bogus refOrmer, d double
dealer, blatant and unreliable politi
Cal leader and a persistent defamer OF
political opponents. Even members Of
the Union Labor party have informed
US, that that political organization had
been injured incidentally in this county
by reason Of the notorious fact that the
Independent editor 4" did not practice
what he breaches" We have been a
resident Of Phillips county less than
year, and old cilizens can decide bet
ter than we, whether our Kirwin con
temporary has or has not been correct
ly represented 20 us. AL along we
have been inclined 10 believe that the
Independent-mau had been misrepre-
scented, and that his advocacy of anti
monopoly and other reforms Of the day,
was prompted by good and honest mo-
tiVess and that he is not the political
charlatan and blatant dsmagogue he is
said TO be; but late observations of The
course the independent has pursued,
its persistent fight on the commission
ers and its bitter abuse OF the HERALD q,
has awakened our suspicious that the
manufacture OF political thunder IS
more the object Of our contemporary
than TO really and TRULY serve The peo-
pie.
The present editorial man agement OF
the HERALD, has from the day it took
control of the paper, spoken none but
kindly words Of The Union Labor party.
Indeed we printed u most respe, tful
notice Of their county convention and
the platform they adopted; We reported
quite fully without cOloriHg the teach
ings Of Henry George and the speech Of
Jesse Harper and others. Moreover no
words Of bitterness or misrepresenta-
ton or even sarcasm, have found a
place in the HERALD columns against
either Union LIbOrIJes or Democrats
as such, but IN ali cases we have dis
cussed all questions on their merits IN IL
candid and lair manner. There Is no
political party free from faults, aud
none but that contains patriotic, able
men and none which do not declare in
their platform wholesome aud sound
doctrines. Fully recognizing TINS TACT,
the HERALD has commended the good
IN ali parties and denounced he Uad
We have proceeded On the theory that
1t is the duty OF the press OI each party,
and all OF tAe parties. 70 never misreu-
resent an opponent. and 10 Constantly
urge its own political associates " 90
forward in every good Work aud need
ed reform. We have as remOrseIessly
condemned the wrongful acts o; The
Republican party as those OF any other,
and We did So on the theory thar .'it IS
our best friend who tells US of our
faults" Has the Independent, that
claims so much for itself and 50 htue
for others pursued so fair, so reforna
tory a courseP No, No. With a Phar-
isaical spirit easily discernable to the
most casual reader, it has set itself Up
as a great political Pope ana Boss and
each week il teens with editorials
which it Is no exaggerationt TO say clear
ly convey the idea that the editor of
that paper regards himself and his
party as infallible, as righteous altogeth-
er IN whom there as no imperfection
and the members OF all other political
parties as Williams, thieves, robbers or
fools-that no man can affiliate witA
the Democratic or Republican parties
unless he IS a traitor to his country. a
hypocrite or william whose chief object
in life is TO first rob and then enslave
his fellow man and rs soon as possible
destroy this Republican, government.
In conclusioRwe venture 70 suggest TO
our kirWin CO. temporary that there Is
bare possibility that there may be
some honest well meaning people who
do not affiliate with his party. We ad-