The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1891-08-27
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from last weeks JOURNAL, on the
County Attorney matter, the Re-
ps6iieos devotes nearly Q column
commenting Oh the same Now,
this matter has gone far enough.
TIE public are heartily sick Of the
whole thing, and We feel like apollo
gixlng 10 our readers for again REFER
Ing to it, but the Republicans article
was 20 unfair, and narrow minded,
that We do not feel like passing it By
unnoticed. The article starts out
90 follows:
The snimus Of the above II plainly
seen. This 10 the only course that
the apologists Of Mr.. Levitt have
persued In this entire controversy.
They appeal TO the public In behalf
Of bis family.
Now, the writer Of the above GER
tainly knows, II he knows anything,
that the JOURNAL IL not one Of the
Apologies" Of Mr.. Levitt. But we
do believe, with . large number Of
citizens Of Saline county, that your
continual pounding Of Mr.. Levitt
has been uncalled for, and unfair.
You have made yourself ridiculous
In the eyes Of sensible people, and
have exhibited an enormous amount
Of gall, In following up . matter,
that should have merely been laid
before the people, and left for them
TO decide. Further on the article
says:
We regret very much that Mr..
Lovitt and bis would be aPologists
persist In dragging the name Of Mrs.
Levitt into this controversy. All
agree that she IL . most estimable
lady. But because . man IL 30 for
tunste a. 20 have . pure and devoted
wife 10 no defence for his illegal Of
fetal action. There II no one that
sympathIzes with Mrs. Levitt more
than we do. IL certainly 10 very
painful to . sensitive and devoted
wife to think that such charges can
be brought against her husband.
This 10 Us has been the most painful
feature OF this controversy.
The above, coming from the same
paper that has kept up . fusilade on
Mr.. Levitt for the past two or three
weeks, 10 adding insult to injury,
and 10 not near a. painful TO the
editor ss Il should have been. Again
the Republican says:
What difference does it make ss TO
the truth Of these charges whether
the editor Of the Republican has
lived In Sallns one year or twenty,
or whether he 10 twenty years old or
seventy.
Il does not make . particle Of DIFF
ference 90 far a. the charges are con-
cerned, but the manner In which
they are made gives the public . /
splendid opportunity TO study the
makeup Of the individual that
makes them, and the verdict Of the
people In this case IL, that consider
ing the length Of time you have
been . citizen OF SalIna, your age,
and the manner In which you have
attacked Mr.. Levitt, and also the
standing Mr.. Levitt has always had |
at home, that you have made an ass
Of yourself; exhibited Q freshness
that deserves 10 be rebuked; shown
yourself TO be Q self-Infisted bigot |
that has come to the wilds Of Saline |
county 10 run things, regardless Of |
what has been, or IL to come. This |
10 what has pauseated the people In |
this controversy, and you have pro-
baby discovered Il ere this.
The following paragraph you quote |
twice, and still do not catch the
meaning Of lt:
II you have o case against him,
take IL to the courts and there settle
Il ~ all such things should be settled
IL you are making the fight purely /
from the morality standpoint.
We will explain it for you. Ifyou
were sctusted by Q spirit Of charity
In this attack, seeking only to better
the moral condition Of our local
government, purify Il, % It were,
you would have given the facts In
the case, and II they warranted .
you would have headed
\ movement leading TO . legal In
OF the case. But on the
contrary, II you saw . chance TO i'm
yourself at the expense Of
, public Officer, bring yourself into
prominence by the mistakes. or even
rhine, Of fellow being, and have
AIKEN this course, then you deserve
he censure Of every law abiding
,itlsen Of this county. In our
Judgment the latter has been the
yoal for which you have tried, and
public censure has found you out.
ED SHORT, Q desperate character
Eho wss intimately associated with
lam Wood in the Stevens county
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