The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1895-09-27
EDMUND o. DEWEY. EDITOR.

Lower into the mire of dishonesty and
Misrepresentation sinks the editor OF the
Argus, as by Justification and Islander he at
tempts to excuse his upholding of the crime
of incendiarism, his breaking of contract
made upon his honor, and his attempt to
shoulder the results of his ignorance upon
men whom he called upon for favors. An
editor who thus breaks faith with outsiders
whom he calls upon. will find himself, as
we believe Mr.. Campbell is doing, dropped
from the confidence of the best people
of the community. In regard to his attempt
to justify his insult to the citizens OF this
CITY. in his statement that scarcely anyone
was sorry to see the flames spreading" he
refers to his editorial. His duplicity be-
comes only the more prominent in this way.
II there were any who were glad that the
house was burned he was willing to pander
to them. At the same time he knew that
people in general did not justify the act and
he desired to satisfy them.
In his attempt to sneak out Of the position
in which he placed himself in the matter of
the souvenir he descends to deliberate and
contemplate fabrication and then tries to
lay that upon someone else. He says:
"Charles w. Parker informed us last night
that no one had made the offer to pay i've
dollars for change of cover" Mr.. Parker
instructs us to say that he is misquoted;
that he heard Rollin Pond say he would
give IS. rather than have his ad. sent out in
the way it was printed; that MIR. Pond
turned to Mr.. Campbell and asked him how
many were printed and found out that there
were some not yet out. The conversation
continued but he did not hear the rest. Mr..
Pond makes the following statement, which
he desires us to print:
81 desire to state that in the presence of
George Campbell l offered SIS if the covers
on the Labor Day souvenir were removed
and others printed and put on. l further
desire to state that Mr.. Campbell agreed to
put my ad. in the middle of the book, which
he failed to do, and that he openly insulted
me when l attempted to make my position
known in the matter"
RoLLIN POND.
Others, including prominent visitor at
the meeting, state that this conversation
took place and they are prepared to swear
to it. Thus does this man, who posed as
a Christian instructor, show his true char
acter.
For the second time in the same article
the Argus editor proves himself capable OF
descending to any level to squeeze out of a
hole. He states that, 'Mr. Dewey endeav-
ored to sell us half interest in The TINES"
This is the worst yet. A prominent officer
In one Of the manufacturing concerns of the
city, who, at that time thought Mr.. Camp
bell an honest gentleman came to the editor
of The TIMES and asked him to sell an in
terest to Mr.. Campbell. This the gentle
man will at any time confirm. We refused
to sell. not once, but several times and final
ly the gentleman went to see If he could not
get Mr.. Campbell an interest In The Owosso
Press.
AS to "retrograding," etc., everyone in
Owosso knows that the Argus has been
getting poorer and poorer, locally. ever
since it came under the present manage
ment, and expressions of this feeling are
heard on every hand.
TIE TIMES has been gratified during the
week East to receive hundreds of congratu-
lations from the professional, business and
working men of this city, and not few
ladies, too, on its article "Upholding In
cendarism." The publication of some of
these utterances would not be at all credita-
BILE to the Argus management. Suffice it to
say we know we are right in the position
taken. and that the almost unanimous senti-
ment of Owosso citizens endorses every
word contained in the article.