Mexico weekly ledger., 1889-04-18
UNTRUTH AND DEMAGOGISM
SHOWN UP.

forty-eight hours before killing
would work on the stock raisers
and consumers, and on that day
the editor of this paper wrote an
editorial opposing the bill as it ap-
peared to him. Our always es-
teemed, but hardly ever truthful
contemporary, from some cause un-
known to us, except its propeness to
untruth and demagegism in a
lame, disjointed and ridiculous
| editorial of two columns length,
and two columns width, without
any depth at all, tries to uphold
demagoglsm and see how many un-
truths it can tell without allow
ing single fact to creep in. Let's
notice few of its excretions ; the
following, for instance, is dandy ::
"The editor of the LEDGER's sec
ond heavy editorial can see nothing
but demagoguery in the effort to
restore railroad freight charges to a
legal and equitable rate, nothing
but demagoguery in the effort to
prevent the formation of trusts,
nothing but demagoguery to strike
the hands of the moster dressed
beef combine from the throat of
the cattle market"
Anybody that knows anything
at all knows the above statements
are all untrue. The files of the
LEDGER speak for themselves. The
above statement is cheap "dema-
goguery'' without the semblance
of truth. Notice the following:
"In the interest of the masses
the LEDGER endorses the dressed
beef combine, which has done
more than all other influences COM
bined to depress the cattle mark
let"
The LEDGER does nothing of the
kind. The LEDGER is doing all In
its power to assist in breaking up
all combines and all trusts, and
that is one reason we oppose the
inspection bill and our contempor-
ary, in all of Its length and breath,
fails to take issue with us on the
bill. Read the bill and see if you
dare favor it as introduced talk
with the cattle men of Audrain
and hear what they have to say on
the matter. We are honest in our
conviction and il we are not right
we were never more mistaken in
any position we ever took. We
gave our reasons for opposing the
bill. This is a big question of
serious Importance. If we are not
right, why doesn't tour con emporary
take issue and discuss the subject
in a sober and earnest manner with
some dignity and decency? But
the following betrays its secret and
takes the bakery
.The fact is that the LEDGER and
the pitifully small men who assist
in writing its editorials are SO en-
vious of Col. Clay that they in
stantly array themselves against
everything be proposes. The re-
cord that Col. Clay is making in
the Senate and his growing popu-
larity throughout the state is wor-
rying the life out of their punched
souls and they have not sense
enough to keep from making a pub
lie display of their envy and
mallce."
In the same editorial we find
the following:
| "What miserable sycephancy
How little real manhood there is in
this begging to lick the boots OF
men in official power. "
We may be mistaken, but it
strikes us that the above extracts
rather take care of each other. In
an earnest and candid manner we
desire to say, in reference to Sena-
tor Clay, that ever since his nomin-
alton he has had the undivided
support of this paper, editor and
his friends. We have copied
copiously Of the many good Things
said of him. and have often stated
publicly and privately, that he was
doing good work for the district.
Our treatment of Clay has been
| very remarkably different from that
received by Francis at the hands
of our contemporary. We fail to
see any reason at all for dragging
Senator Clay into the discussion OF
this bill, uEless our contemporary
is anxious to open up old wounds
and create dissension in the ranks
of the local Democracy, which, no
| doubt, is the real secret of its move
| in the matter. When we wrote
our editorial referred to. we did
not know how Clay stood on the
bill and did not care. We simply
had views on the bill and express
ed them. Since Clay's name has
been lugged into the matter, we
find he is on our side as regards
the bill. It 10 true he introduced