The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1889-01-11
Orthodoxy is illogical, 1t teaches that

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Orthodoxy is illogical, 1t teaches that
the Lord creates all human beng s. 1t
also teaches that the Lord never made a
mistake. But it fails to explain how the
two statements can be SO %reconcilcd rs to
account for the existence of some people
We see abou: us-our rattle-headed CON
temporary over the way, for instance.
who is allied with such a surfeit of knowl.
edge over this postoflee business that
his brain aches and has become frayed
around the edges in his futile attempts
to discover some evidence to bolster up
his lie-that the editor of the GRAru1cis
a disappointed applicant for this post
office. We quote from his last issue:
Mr. G. Il. Tinan's application for appointment
to the position of postmaster was sent by him to
Washington about tho time of or iuet after the
democratic inauguration and for some time lay
under the noses of the officials there. This is
the truth, and we have written to Washington to
personal friends for u copy of the document
if it has not been recalled by our disappointed
contemporary Again-A lotter is in this town
and has been seen by US, from a man of terrific
tial democratic fame. who, perhaps. would not
ike to DO brought into this mess, wherein he
says in substance thnt Il feel that | am IN duty
bound to do all l can for Mr.. rinan ms postmas.
ter, he being DESTROYS of the position-until l
find that he is not the man.
This is a sample of a long editorial
last week which is, in its main points
and deductions, a tissue of lies from be-
ginning to end. One is lost which to adj
mire most, the cupidity with which he
has accepted as facts the idle talk of one
OF two individuals who are working"
him for all he is worth, or the stupen-
dous gall exhibited in trying to make
somebody belisye that he has personal
friends in Washington. II is to be
regretted that he hasn't some personal
friends in Washington, in that they
might discover this imaginary p%eti,ion-a
document wo would give worlds TO look
upon.
We defy our contemporary to produce
any letter from a man of territorial
democratic fame" which says that c. r
Tinan was DESTROYS of the Klmhall POST
office. He has never seen any snch letter.
lie has evidently heard of a letter refer
ring to the postotfice, and has sufficient
inkling of its contents to fix up ome
thing to suit his purpose. This letter is
in the possession of Mr.. B. F. Ochsner,
where it may be seen by anyone not too
disgusted with this controversy to take
iptaroct IN tho ,rotte,. pa1n,, ,,a ~-l.
fish every word of the letter referring to
the Kimball post Office, rer6diim, ommit-
ing only the name of the party addressed.
which We have, however, permission to
use;
Washington, D. c. October 6. 1885.
Your favor of the list received.
| am partially committed to Than on
the postoilice matter at kimball. lam
not sure that he wU De an applicant. if
he is not will take great pleasure In
supporting your friend Mr.. Ochsner. |
have the pleasure of his acquaintance
and like him very much y ~ ' 3 With
lind regards to yourself md family, l
am, rs ever, years,
Al. H. Day.
The italics are ours. That Mr.. Oehsnel
found 6 clear field, no one knows better
than himself and Mr.. Day. Here is a
letter written six months nfter g. r.
Tinan's petition is alleged to have been
filed at Washington, by the very man OF
all men who would have been the one 10
have filed such a petition bad there been
IL filed. the man who practically con
trolled the appointment in question. and
nc says II am not sure that he will be en-
applicant If this is not enough In
itself, it is plainly apparent to every per.
son of intelligence that if G. Il. Tinar
had been an applicant for the postothee
same one would have seen his applisa
ton and would have been asked to sigr
it. Did such men as j. II. Hoover. chair
man or the county central committee, OF
Edwin Green, chairman of the district
committee, and other prominent demo
Gratis, ever see such a petition or hcnr oil
it? We will make Mr.. Thorndyke g
present of 800 for every man he can pro.
duce in this county or any where else
who will swear that they ever signed 8
petition of g. II. Tinan's for tue Kim.
ball p~ostoiico or We're ever asked to sigs
such a petition. Wind and talk are
cheap; we want some facts
Ills not enough to say in such a bush
There lies a thief-in such Il cave 4 beast
sou must SHOW him"
"All newspaper men lie says our con.
temporary. Thank God they are not all
pusillanimous liars; none but such would
be guilty of saying, The Vets whom
the GRAPHIC has censured, abused and
sighted up to the time the Index man
came out for office" Incidentally. the
GRAPHIC never sighted the old soldiers
by asking that they be set one side tina.
we young men may gobble all the
fat offices. This is what the Index now
openly advocates. No newspaper on
Gods green earth holds the old s%oliiers
in more cherished regard than the GRAPH-
&c and its editor. Every one of them
will say that. Deprived of its ability to be
q liar and a sneak, the Index would be in
much the same position as would a pole
cat without the peculiar means of de-
fensc bestowed by nature. Its strength
lies entirely in its bestial otfensivsness.
The physical and mental malformations
of the one who has charge of its edi.
torial columns have retlectively DESTROYED
whatever slight sense of decency, or
moral sensibiiity, they may originally
have possessed The result is an affinity
for that vicious falsehood und literary
slime which is the marked characteristic
of its columns. But even t~onguc-tled
liars and those who nre mentally and
morally deformed are not without their
uses They serve as warnings through
the pitiful contrasts they present with
the better aud mere respectable portion.
o. humanity.