The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-11-25
4 CAPITAL FALSEHOOD.

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he "Capitar' yesterday broke an other
wise peaceful Sabbath morning by its old
cry of 'giar" at the JOURNAL
The morning organ is 50 sore over its
own recent failure and SO jealous of the
success of the JOURNAL, which has
passed it in the newspaper race. that
it snarls and yelps while just getting its
head above the financial quagmire about
it.
Manager Crawford. despite the Sun
~ denial of his apparent organ, the
Capital" did threaten to withdraw the
Capitals" tickets and local advertise
ments, and the editor of this paper per-
sonally knows it to be a fact. and the
Capital" admits it.
After a long debate at the "Capitar'
office, Crawford withdrew with his
threats, instead of with the tickets. The
next morning the 'CapitaP completely
changed its tone These are truths be-
yond controversy.
| The "CapitaI" the very same ar
ticIe charging the JOURNAL with false
| hood-admits the truth of our statement,
that such threat was made. by saying
"Mr. Crawford was Informed that the
! Capital proposed to give criticism where
| it was deserved, without reference to the
contract with the business office" That
was a manly reply to Crawford's threats,
but is utterly inconsistent with the Gap
ital's" contemptible effort in the same
| editorial to deny threat which II thus
admits was made.
| Promptly with the threats the JOUR :
NAL handed over its tickets to Mr., Craw-
ford. We have often given twenty dol
lars worth of advertising for half doz
en- tickets; and truthful advertisement
of a poor show to this extent is calami-
| tous to the box office receipts. That's
the fault of the show, not the advertis
ing.
But in the ''Capital's" case Crawford
| let it GO at threat and did not demand
the tickets We were satisfied that he
| did not demand them and visit to the
Capital" Office the next day-after the
JOURNAL had fully decided to pursue its
established course-confrmed the sus-
picion that Crawford had not carried out
the terrible threat which would Pr owe
disastrous to long standing recompense
for the morning reporters.
The "Capital." which, few days be-
| fore, declared "the dramatic situation is
desperate" that morning was fulsome in
| its praise for coming shows and con-
tanned an apology for the Pauline Hall
| failure
Now it meekly says: "The Capital
does not believe Topeka receives the
| class of entertainments that it is entitled
to, and holds Mr.. Crawford responsible"
| What stuff Mr.. Crawford himself does
not deny his responsibility. Nobody de-
MES that Meanwhile all the JOURNAL
has said is strictly true, and the public,
Mr.. Crawford and the Capital know it.
If we get better entertainments the
JOURNALS mission along these lines will
be accomplished. We all knew the re-
sponsibility. That's where the remedy
must be applied.
Editor Mulvane, as we'll as the editor
of the STATE JOURNAL can well afford to
pay for theater tickets and keep up the
remark in the terss ante bellum Ian
guage of the "Capital:" "The dramatic
situation in Topeka is desperate"
Even now Mr.. Crawford announces he
will yet get Pauline Hall. Nothing like
little agitation and plain unbiased mer-
tied criticism.