Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1892-11-24
The Sour Old Hypocrit.

The Sour Old Hypocrit.
If the readers of the DEMOCRAT en-
dOrse the sacreligiOus utterances that
are always conspicuous in its columns,
the moral tone of the county is worse
than it's political heresies. That paper
is never quite SO happy as when ridicul-
ing the bible and maligning the char
acter of church members. In it's jubilee
issue it selected the Lords prayer for
blasphemy and ridicule, and church
member to accuse of political corrup
ton. The editor of that Bohemian
sheet was never known to criticise any
of the evils that exist in this cOmmu-
nifty. He can parade the public streets
with men who live by daily violating
the laws, and can even attune his voice
to sing peans over the late fusion vic
tory, in company with all the jOintists
and blear eyed sots in the community.
In his eye such men can do no wrong.
But to belong to a church is crime
unpardOnable.-G
The poor, decrepit old accident who
ekes out a precarious living through
the charity Of hundred of our town
people who patronize the guttersnipe
must be hit awful hard when he per-
mits himself to write such falsehood
and vituperation as vent of his spleen.
AS to anything sacreligious appear
ing in the columns of this paper, we
leave our reader to judge whether or not
we have ever done anything to warrant
the old granny in making the charge as
above. They know that we have never
ridiculed the bible nor blasphemed the
Lords prayer, and they also know that
we have never hesitated to show up a
hypocrit and a fraud wherever the
public good demanded that such fellows
be shown up.
What Townsley terms 1.-THE political
heresies" of the people of Barton county
is their opposition to the republican
party. In his disappointed mind it is
] a crime for people, intelligent and en-
I lightened, to assume to think or vote
any way but according to republican
doctrines. Whenever we have accused
anyone of political corruption, whether
he be church member or not, we are
prepared to prove our accusations.
AS to criticising the lewis that exist
in this community" we beg to call the
old blatherskite's attention to- the fact
that "this community" is a republican
community; that if evils exist land no
one denies that they do) the republicans
of Great Bend are responsible for the
continuance of such evils-and not the
democrats.
| We have, at various times criticised
the actions of hollow mockeries and
sanctimonious frauds of the ToWnsley
stripe, and will continue to show up
their shortcomings so long as we are in
the business of publishing a paper in
this county. That is just what hurts
the old hayrack-he don't want THAT
kind of lewis" criticised.
The most contemplate part of the
article above quoted was that in refer
ence to the editor of this paper "attun-
ing his voice to sing peans over the late
fusion victory, in company with all the
jointists and blear-eyed sots in the
community
The gentlemen with whom we 'tattun-
ed our voice" on the occasion he hints
at, are Messrs. Fred Zutavern, S. J.
Day, John Zoeller, Fred Miller, D. T.
Armstrong of the Beacon, II. II. Field.
kamp, Chas. Beye, D. G. Glissman and
Al Johnson, and if they are ''jointists
and blear-eyed sots" We have never
found it out.
\ These gentlemen, not willing to rest
under the insult given, called upor
Townsley Tuesday morning. He
squirmed about and tried to explain
, that he did not have reference to the
, men in the singing club, but to the mer
who led and made up the procession
and when pushed to name the men b.
did have reference to, he named W. E
, Chaffee and Tom Ely.
, After apologizing to the gentlemen
, he said he would write an article in tn,
, guttersnipe of Tuesday, explainin,
what he DID mean, and here is tn,
maniyt2l way in which he did it:
II We were visited by the editor of tn,
DEMOCRAT and the members of tn,
: Concoruia club this afternoon for al
! explanation of the article in YESTERDAY,
: News which criticised the DEMoCRA,