Weekly graphic. [volume] (Kirksville, Adair Co., Missouri) 1880-1949, 1890-01-10
The oFFENSE EXPLAINED.

journal editors pretended piety
seems to have had much the same
effect on him AS did his defeat for
the post-office. That is to say, it
not only made him angry, but, for
the time, seems to have unseated
his intellect and made him an OBJ
ject of open ri5icule on the streets.
His only excuse for insulting the
public, is the statement that an
opera house manager is liable to
be imposed upon. This is certain
ly a humiliating statement for one,
who expects wisdom to die with
himself. But it becomes the more
humiliating if he will only stop to
consider that the show bills which
he exposed In his window, were
enough to inform any one of the
character of the show. If his
sense of decency was SO obtuse
that the pictures had no effect up
on him, the fact that other busi-
ness men tore them from their
windows and threw them into the
street, or would not suffer them to
be put up, should have aroused
this astute and alert guardian of
the public morals to sense of
the situation. But if all these
failed the discussion of the show
on the streets should have caused
him to stop and consider the step
he was taking. Instead of doing
this he had posters distributed
over town, stating over his own
signature, that the.show was entire
ly worthy the patronage ofladies.
But the ladies had been better in
formed by those who had more re-
spect for them than the pious
editor of the Journal, and, not
withstanding his appeal, they fail
ed to attend his reputable (?)
show.
But criticising his show is not
the most grievous offense the
GRAPHIC has committed. Because
the Graphic exposed the frauds
that we1e going on in the
County Clerks Office, it committed
an objectionable offense, and the
editor of the journal, with an air
of injured innocence, claims that
the GRAPHIC has repeatedly insult
ed S. S. Mclaughlin. We do not
doubt that he has been insulted.
Ihe ilrst thing every man does,
when caught in like Situation.
is to vociferously claim that he
has been insulted. But the
GRAPHIC simply stated the truth,
and it were better to insult one or
two by telling the truth than to in
suit hundreds by withholding it.
Then to cover up the fraud the
editor of the journal seizes the
weak defense of glaring faIsehood,
and claims that a certain grand
jury of which G. NJ. Mcclure was
the foreman, exonerated Mr.. Nc
Laughlin from any unofficial con-
duct. Since the publication of
that declaration in the journal,
Mr.. Mcclure has stated more than
once that neither he nor the grand
jury of which he was the foreman,
had anything to do with the work
done by the prosecuting attorney
or county court, in making the in
vestigetion of the records. Thus
does Mr.. Heihy stand convicted of
faisehood, and out of the mouth
of the very man whom he was
trying to hold between the public
and his own infamy.
But how has the GRAPHIC so re-
peatedly insulted Mr.. Mclaughlin
and dragged itself across the path
way of the Journal editor9 Read
carefully, for these grievous of.
-ences are about to be repeated.
But before repeating them it will
De necessary to explain to our
'eaders something that but few of
hem understand. Its not gener-
ally known that Mr.. Heiny and
Mr.. Mclaughlin are partners in
he publication of the paper known
IS the hirksville Journal. Such,
however, is the fact. Mr.. Heiny
S supposed to furnish the lack of
'rains and Mr.. Mclaughlin the
money for the institution. Hence,
t will be seen how necessary it is
or the paper to cry out, Insult!
whenever the shortcomings of eth