Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-01-17

The FhuHpsburg Herald Receives
Rebuke.
Under this heading the Long Is
land Inter Ocean proceeds to rebuke
us, and charge Us with having SLAM
dered the majority Of the people Of
Long Island; and under the leader
ship Of some one, (RIontgomery prob
ably certain citizens proceed to de
clare in a card that what the HERALD
said about the burning Of the Long
Island Leader Office, and the alleged
threats made against ReY. Tenant
and j. IL. FIgley, was said by Us for
the purpose Of working up sentiment
/ against Druggist Lindley, who is
charged with having violated the pro
hibitory law. The card proceeds to
say:
eve further believe that the article
was instigated, written and printed
purely for the purpose of gaining
! sentiment and influence in a certain
prosecution now pending against DR.
/ Lindley, which said prosecution is, in
our opinion, nothing less than perse-
cutiOn.
The HERALD denies having any
such a purpose. We never saw DIR.
Lindley; we have no prejudice what
ever toward him; we know nothing as
to the particular charges against himt
we had not heard except in a general
way that he had a case pending in
the district court. Even if we had
known it, our sense of honor and fair
ness is such that we would not know
ingly do an unjust thing against Mr.
Lindley or any other person. We
know this is easily said, and our ex
/ asperated friends at Long Island whl
seem to be under the influence of the
Inter Ocean, which paper seems de
termined to hate the HERALD, vii
probably not believe our statement
but those who know us best will be
lieve us.
What the HERALD said editOrially
was based on the generally accepted
theory, that the destruction of tn,
Leader Office by fire, was the work o
an incendiary because of that paper
position on the liquor question, anC
the personal statements of Rev. Ten
nant, pastor of the NJ. E. church, anC
j. M. Figley. a leading business maj
of Long Island. 1t is we'll know
that the HERALD is a jealous temper
ance newspaper, containing some
z thing nearly every week on that sub
iect In commenting on the state
ments of the two gentlemen alluded
to, that threats had been made agains
them, and on the destruction of tn
Leader Office we remarked. in sub
stance, that the law abiding people o
our sister town should bring swift
punishment to any man who attempt
! to iniure the property or person o
another because of his views on TEN
perance, and we closed our remark
by saying:
That the great majority Of citizen
\ of our sister town are among the mos
g moral and orderly that can be fOun
e in the State, and that but very few c
her citizens indeed would approve {
any unlawful acts, and that we di
> not doubt but that every good citize
u Of Long Island will be Jealous !
g maintaining law and order.
/ Now how fagrantly unjust appear
d the charge of the inter Ocean editC
a and his hackers, in their publishe
S. card that ''the Phillipsburg Herai
10 has slandered a majority Of the PEI
q pie of Long Island"
n We have now briefly but fair.
If stated the case, and we leave 1t to OF
l. honest. candid readers to say if OF
Il language will bear the constructic
10 put upon it by the Inter Ocean al
se the gentlemen whose names are a
pended to the card referred to. v
feel, and we believe that all fai
10 minded, appropriated, disinterestt
IN persons who have read both side
ye will feel that Montgomery and b
is two dozen hackers, ought to apol
at gize to US for their gross misrepr
Y sentatlon Of the HERALD rather thu
re that the HERALD should apologize
" them.
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NJ. j. StOner has made a Dissolve