People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1892-11-25
SOUR GRAPES,

DVOu ullli AS'
Last year this ungainly charge was
laid at the door of the Populists.
This year we are warranted IN
charging it to the other fellows. Il.
T. Simons. the fluttering, pranclng
little senatorial candidate who tried
so hard to ride into office behild the
cloud of dirt thrown by his friends al
his opponent, Mr.. Forney, hardly
Knew how badly he was hurt until
last week. The excitement having
worn off, his meditation led to an
guish, and jumping astride the edl-
torial tripod, he gives vent to his
acidity by whirling few sour SEN
tences at the ever-expOSed head Of
the editor of the VOICE. And we
might say right here that he could
not have found a better object to-
ward which to have directed his efforts
for relief; we have withstOOd the Op-
position and derisiOn of about ten
county contemporaries for over Two
wears and are considerably better
prepared and fortified to contend
with them in the future than we ever
have been in the past. Like Abra-
ham Lincoln said about his ScOlding
wife, 1T doesn't hurt me and it does
her power of good"
Under the circumstances we are JUS
titled in extending to Brother SlmonS
a good deal of charity and when he
saws of us that lit is by no means to
him a personal victory, any other
man would have received the votes
given him. we feel like saying
''amen." We are not so vain as to lay
claim to personal popularity. 1t was
the principles of the party that car
ried us all through. Perhaps if our
dear brother had laid less stress on his
own glorious, personality" as well as
that of his opponent, Mr.. FOrney, and
relied more on the principles at stake.
he would not now be swimming
around in the soup tureen with CheS-
ter |. long, ct al.
Here is another paragraph of his in
consistent bile:
THE VOICE was the only paper in
the county that miSrepreSented the
editor of the News and got down to
willful lying. The editor of the
News. who was also a candidate, re-
Trained from saying aught againt Mr..
Naugle, although much might have
been said. The editor of the VOICE
seems to be in his best element when
traducing his opponents or mislead-
ing the people. But when such
things are popular, it is reasonably
justitiable that Mr.. Naugle should ex-
press his jubilatiOn over his own
wrong doing"
In reality, we had little to say con-
cernnp this man SimOnS, and if he
will only particularize and point out
where we misrepresented or lied
about him, we shall be only too glad
to set him right before the people.
God bless you, Simy, we would not
wrong you knowingly for the wide,
wide world. Go, soak your head in
linseed oil; it may take the bad taste
out of your mouth, whetherit relieves
your stomach or not.
"The editor of the News refrained
from saying aught against Mr.. Nau-
gle, although much might have been
said" He did, eh? Well now, that
is funny! Seeing that you used two
thirds of your editorial page in your
issue about October p trying to mis-
represent Naugle TO the Democrats it
seems odd to hear you confess that
you said Taught, although much might
have been said" Strange that in all
that space you threw away, when ''sO
much might have been said that
you said "aught.' The compassion
and pity you have had upon Naugle
when 80 much might have been
said" passeth all understanding,
Gracious goodness, what an 'Oyertak.
ing" we have escaped by the charity
of true friendship. Oh. 60 put a
bandage on your jaw and bake yOul
feet, you sOur-stOmached apostle Of
defeat!
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