Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-02-28
Somewhat Personal.

personal abuse of the editor Of the
HERALD. Not content with that he
sent US some insulting dogereI through
the postoffice last week by letter,
which he claims was mailed to him by
a man at Marvin to forward to US,
but we seriously doubt his statement
We believe it was a part of matured
plan to SANDER us. For some time
we have known that there was a sort
Of systematic effort being made on
the part of a few to destroy the in
fuence of the HERALD by OBTAINING
its editor. We have been called in
these newspapers alluded to, ''hy-
pocrite," an '.infdel," a ''mugwump,"
an anarchist" a fool" a ''jackass,"
and dozens of other like names, and
pictures of dOnkeys and apes have been
printed under which our name has
been placed. We have complacently
pursued the even tenor of our way
printing our honest sentiments on all
questions which might properly be
discussed in these columns, and, aside
from few harmless jokes, have care
fully avoided saying unklnd things
about our contemporaries or those who
might differ from us. Our guiding
star has been in all our discussions,
not what does the party say, not what
does this, that or the other political
ring or clique demand, not what does
policy dictate, not what will please or
displease this or that man, but what
IS right and what would be for the
best interests of the people We may
be the ''hypocrite" and the 'jackass"
that Montgomery & Co. call us, and
yet be unconscious Of the fact. From
the constant deluge of epithets fired
at us, and the oft repeated assertions
that we are an idiot. and a knave, we
might be inclined to not dispute the
charge, had not other editors equally
as honest and able as Montgomery q
Co. expressed a different opinion. As
we are not yet an old settler in Phil
lips county, and as many know moth
ing of our past, and as Montgomery
& Co. have for the past year or two
been persistently telling the public
what an imbecile and demagogue we
are, we think our readers will pardon
US for quoting four newspapers out
of about fifty which mentioned our
removal from Osceola, Iowa, where
we edited and published a newspa-
per about fifteen years.
Senator LATE Young, editor of the
Daily Atlantic Telegraph, said:
'It is with regret that we have seen
it announced that Hon. r. A Dague,
the able Senator from Clark county,
in the 18th and 18th general assem-
bhes, has concluded to remove from
Iowa The writer hereof never had
friend he thought more of than he
does Of Senator Dague He is an
honest man, an able legislator. and a
pointed newspaper writer. In the
Senate he was hOnOred with positions
on the leading committees, and was
highly respected by his associates.
We regret that he found it necessary
! to leave Iowa, but hope, in his new
home, he will find health. happiness
and many ducats."
Hon. J. j. Steadman, editor Of the
Daily Council Bluffs NonparjeI said:
Hon. R. A. Dague, for many years
editor Of the OsceOla Sentinel, and
/ for number of years one Of the edi-
| tors of the CrestOn Gazette, twice state
! senator and twice q member of the
! state central committee, has purchas-
ed an interest in the Phillipsburg
/ Kan Herald, and will shortly re-
move his family to that growing town.
| Senator Dague is a Republican Of the
| best type, and a man Of large ability.
and an editor hard to beat We re-
/ greet to lose him from the rank of Iowa
! journalism and from our citizenship.
! He is d man of unblemished charac-
ter, both personal and political. and
| leaves hosts of friends behind him
who will wish him the best possible
success in his new field"
Hon. A. G. Lucas, editor of the
Bedford Republican. said:
Here where Senator Dague has
been so long and favorabIy known we
need say but little in commentator
of his character and ability. Speak
! ing of him as we have found him
however, we unhesitatingly pronounce
HIM a man of strictest integrity anC
of execution aIOlv narOost ,,CDvioEiCns
and honesty of purpose. We are con
vinced that he viii always deal with
/ the questions of the day In an honor
able and conscientious manner anC
will be guided by pure and patriotic
motives. The readers Of any. paper
with which he is connected may res