Smyrna times., 1890-06-04
The Milford Post 0fice-,9Snat0r Hig-
gins Defended

gins Defended.
To THE EDITOR: Of "n..
AS almost a lifelong freud Of. your;
and certainly as lifelong friend al
your paper, | feel called on Aud iusti
fled in protesting against yout position
of hostility to Senator Higgihs. In q
letter to me yOu, for acceptable and
cheerfully accepted reasons get forth
that your paper was not IL party
organ. l freely give you credit OF
being found on the side of progress and
right in the past, and hope that you
will maintain your position in the
ranks. If you maintain your prestige
you will have to withhold your aid
and endorsement of such of the State
press as profess to be organs of the
Republican party and who, at the
same time, are doing more etfectual
work to cOntravene the success of the
party than the combined efforts of the
Democratic press of the whole State.
No set of men in a party who. fail
ing to push their own choice into
office, take the position of caviers and
disOrganizers and disrUptionists. should
have any comfort and endorsement.
taCit or otherwise, in your usually
clean editorial space and columns. |
! confess my surprise and chagrin on
the reception of your last two numbers
at your hostile position to Mr.. Higgins:
hastily taken, think, by &c parte ties.
timOny or almost wholly so.
My peculiar relation to Mr. Andrew
T. Thomas, being for long time as
his family physician, enables me to
testify to his worth as an unfiinching
and patriotic Republican. He stood
almost alone and battled for the prin-
ciples OF his party when it tried mems
souls and endangered their lives to de
clare for the union of the States. He
lived then IN section where men of
ike sentiments were As scarce as the
objects for which Diogines was found
searching with Il lantern in the dav.
time, in the city OF Athens.
Some of these men who are usinp
Mr.. Thomas as dynamite to disrupt
the party, duty and good conscience
would teach them to strive to cement in
closer bonds, were scarcely out of their
sWadllng clothes when he was battling
for his country.
The little cuttle-f5h editor threw
his muddy ink before he was pursued
Whether his bag Of muddy secretion
Will he exhausted soon or not. the
electric light Of truth will penetrate its
lnkltst shadows and photograph his
little character to the gaze Of the pub
llc eye unless mercy stays the hand of
justice. -
nave kept out of this fight believ-
ing 1t best not too stir too mucb tho
first election of the slime of slander
knowing something of the subtle
power that always backs lie. Some
one said wisely. 'tha' a f4lsehood runs
mile while truth i putting on her
boots" In the light of this trite
maxim we see the difficulty of staving
the march of charge political or
otherwise founded on false data. I
want to say further that am in a DO
sltion to know the claims and weight
OF the backing of the late candidates
Tor the Milford post office and am
ready to conCode that they were all
strong candidates strongly backed.
AT the same time the fact is patent
to all close observers that so much
Ieeling entered into the contest he
tween two OF them and their friends.
that II was wise in the appointing
powers to select Mr. Thomas in The
interest OF harmony and as reward
for long, patriotic service.
It Is almost always inevitable that
some one must be disappointed polit-
really in the dispensanon of party
tavors. and the wise will make the
best of the situation and endeavor to
strengthen their claims for the future.
AN OLD SUBSCRIBER.