The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1891-11-06

that mot until the next day was it
ascertained. the information coming
from French himself, that he com
pleteIy demolished. knocked the stuff
ting out of and annihiiated his OpPO-
nents,' - lie knew that he lied. French
never made any such stateaents-
never referred TO the speeches of his
opponents ia any but a complimentary
manner, and hal too much regard for
the prnpri- ties of el,e occasion to use
the columns Of his paper to belittie
the arguments Of his opponents or to
magnify his own achievements. He
was content tu let the audience form
their own opinions as to tile merits of
the arguments advanced ly either
side, without sounding the praises of
his own performance through 't1e- col
umns Of his paper. We do not care to
reply to the criticism of the Mercury
upon The character of our Arguments
further than to give him the eBlighten-
meIt he asks for. He says I'VE stated
that WaHamaker vas going to intro
duce a bill authorizing the govern
ment tn purchase the telegraph lines
of this country to the end that they
might BE operated in connection with
the postoffice department, and that we
fniled to enligliten the audience as to
just how, or where or in wlnt manner
MIR. Wanamrkers wouid or could l.:trO-
duce bill of any Sort In the first
place we made no such statement.
" e did say that Mr.. WanamakeU was
ia favor OF postal telegraphy and had
prepared a bill for the incorpOra-
ton Of telegraph department with
the pnstofire department, and we
will state further for the gentleman
information that all bills That are i'll
trOduced in congress to regulate pos
tai affairs are either drafted in the
pnstofhce department, or submitted to
the department for examination be-
fuIe they are introduced.
The same is true as to all the de-
partments of the government. It is
part OF the duty of the heads of the
various departments, to suggest what
ever amendments to the laws they
may deem expedipnt, and those sug-
gestiOns are embodied III their reports
and submitted to congress along
with the president message Mr..
Wanamaker has not only proposed a
bill to provide for postal telegraphy
but he has also drafted a law to pro
vide flee delivery of mail to farmers,
and also Il bill to establish postal saw
ings banks. We supposed that even
Hebron knew that much, or we would
have gone into details and explained
many matters that it is presumed ev-I
man attempts in its usual bungIing
manner to be sarcastic and no doubt
thinks that by the use of chestnut
expressions such as Necessity he ex-
hibits remarkable powers as a humor-
list. Hebron should confine himself
to the rich ana racy paragraphs reek-
ing with obscenity that so frequently
appear ia his paper, and entitle the
Meretsrg to be considered fit compeer
Of The Standby Slai, the Police Gazette
and other papers of that ilk. That
style of writing is more commensurate
with his powers and congenial TO his
tastes than the dry discussion of finaIi-
ciai questions of which he confesses
himself ignorant. 1t is easy to see
the animus of the personal attacks of
Hebron upon the editor of this paper.
Before We assumed the management
Of this paper. we were all right, lie
brcn even Invited us to write articles
for his paper. But the moment we
tuok charge of the GRAPHIC his whole
demeanOr and attitude changed aud
we became the target FOR his mud
batteries. He announced in one of
his drunken sprees that his windows
were all broken out, and he was there
fore in good position to throw mud at
other people. Men who have 10y their
Infamous acts made themselves uotO-
rious and who know that they have
reached the lowest depths of degrade
ton, are always ready with ghoulish
hands To besmirch the reputation OF
respectability with hatred and jeal-
s,isy. Besides Hebron at one time
cherished the hope that his paper would
become the organ OF the people and
when he found that his plans miscsr-
ried, wrath and chagrin suppIanted
pence and friendship. And from that
time on lie primed and trained his
batteries Of Islander and biliiugsgate-
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