Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1895-04-03
ADEPRAVEDEDITOR

If there is one decent or half way
respectable trait about the average
republican paper of this state we
would like to know where it is to be
found. The Kingman Leader Courier
OF last week came out in a lengthy edi-
tOrial charging Jerry Simpson with
having sold his quota of seeds given
him by the agricultural department for
distribution among the drouth stricken
people of this district, and that he ap-
prOprlated the proceeds of such sales
TO his own private use. The man who
penned that article is willful and I'M
principled liar and would not hesitate
TO stoOp 10 the very lowest depth of
infamy for little transient political
nOtoriety. The facts in the case are
these: Jerry received and distributed
his quota of seeds, which was 1000
packages, among the people of the
Seventh district but after having ex-
hausted his supply he found that there
were many more needy people in the
district that he was unable to reach
with the first allowance. Accordingly he
went To Secretary Morton aud obtained
an additional supply of q, 900 packages
which he also distributed. During all
this time that he was distributing
these seeds he employed two clerks
and paid them out of his own pocket.
This was all gratis work and he went
To tie expense because he knew that
many of the people of the drouth strick-
Ell regions were unable to buy the seed.
The Leader Curriers' statement is an
INFAMOUS lie and Albaugh knew it
when he published it; but he is holding
fat office under the republican ad-
mlnistratlon and the more virtriOlic
Vomit he can throw on an honest
faithful servant of the people the bet
ter he IS Ia the sight of his masters.
The Leader Courier also states that
Simpson was accustomed to selling
public documents to dealers and pro-
ceeds. This is aGother glaring false
hood and is only signal mark of
political depravity. We know where
of we speak when we say these charges
are false; VIC are authorized by Mr.
Simpson to say that these statements
are wholesale fabrication and with
out the least Semblance of truth. We
challenge Albaugh or any other MAI
TO prove the charges made in last week.
Leader-Courier; bring on your evidence
or admit that you have wiIfully and ma
Iiciously lied. Albaugh tries TO make
it appear that Mrs. Simpson drew tn,
entire CLERK hire allowance; this is al
so false, Simpson employed other clerk,
during NEST OF the time he was in of
flee. About the stationery allowance
the Leader-Courier is very ignorant
The allowance of Sl25 is for statiouer,
and postage and every one knows tina
a man in Simpsons position, doing a
much work as he has done. would NOR
than consume this allowance. Tn
republican papers all over this stat
are trying TO find crookedness in Jerr
simpsons record but always get foil
ed in the attempt. Morton Albaug
won't accept our challenge 10 produc
proof in support of his unmanIy ar
calumnious assertions; lie won't dar
assay the task, he is typical republi
can editor and Office holder ana think
when he has bitterly maligned hon
est men his whole duty Is performed
oh for a time when decency and trntl
shall prevail in journalism and sue
disreputable aud pusillanimous wretch
es as Albaugh shall be relegated to tn
regions where liars and bIasphemer
belong.