Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-01-17
The Herald Is Not Guilty Of MIS-
representing Long Island.

LLEaEElsA LNOG AL44AG4 u
representing Long Island.
Two weeks ago Rev. 6. L. Tenant,
pastor OF the NJ q. church Of Long
Island, and j. Nj. Figloy, Appointment I
citizen Of the same place, called at
this Office and made certain statements
to us the substance of which were that
the Long Island Leader had been de-
stroyed by fire, which was generally |
believed to be the work Of an incen-
diary because of its work IN the tenn
peranee cause, and that Rev. Tenant
and Mr.. Figley felt uneasy as they
had heard that threats had been made
against them for their zeal in tenn
perance work. In commenting on
the statements of those gentlemen we
remarked as follows:
IF Long Island wishes TO maintain
its good name, It's citizens must stand
for law and order and bring to swift
punishment any man or set OF men
who would assassin like unlaWfully
iniure the person or property of 9th
ers. That the great majority Of citl-
zens of our sister town are among the
most moral and orderly that can be
found in the State and that those who
would justify another in doing that
dastardly act are very few indeed, Is
very certain. We do not doubt but
that every good citizen OF Long Is
land will be Jealous in maintaining
law and order.
This very temperate editorial COM
ment was not received by certain citi-
zens of Long Island IN the spirit in
which 1t was written, but about two
dozen of them united in publishing a
card IN which they accuse the HER
AID of ''villifying Long island in an
unjust manner" and they express the
belief that what appeared in the HER
AID was intended to influence the
pending suit of the State VS. one DR..
Lindley, who was charged with YiOlat-
ing the prOhibitory law. What may
have been the motive of Rev. Ten
nant and Mr.. Figley we know not,
but we emphatically deny that we
had any intent to influence said suit.
We further assert that we had no de-
sign whatever to injure the good
name of Long Island, and our Ian
! guage will not bear the construction
put upon it by those uniting in pub
llshing the card mentioned.
We distinctly stated, as may be
seen above, that the great majority
of the citizens Of our sister town are
/ among the most moral and orderly
| that can be found in the State, and
that those who would justify another
/ in doing a dastardly act are very few
indeed
No fair-mnded man who carefully
read our remarks. and gave our words
due consideration could have, for one
moment believed that the HERALD
"villifed Long Island'' as a commun-
ity. We were not surprised that
Montgomery of the Inter Ocean
should turn his smut mill on the HER
AID, but we were surprised to see the
names appended to the published
card, heretofore alluded to, of some
citizens of our neighborlng town. W.
know that the HERALD has a few en-
emies in Long Island, and 1t turns
out as we had expected it would, tina
these active foes by misconstruins
and misrepresenting the HERALD's ed
itorial remarks, and by hook AM
! crook, secured the signatures of
dozen or two citizens censuring us
We shall not attempt to reply to tn
billingsgate of Montgomery of tn
Inter Ocean. The HERALD neve
shrinks from an honorable and fai
discussion of questions of public in
terest with a contemporary who Wi
treat us with respect, but we are n
blackguard and do not care to engag
in a newspaper squabble with one.