The record-union., 1897-03-22

All through his communication Mr.
Weinstock tries to make it appear that
he has commenced this suit in the line
OF a public duty; that he is willing to
render himself up sacrifice in order
that others may be saved from the at
lacks of the Bee; that he expects to
be fampooned, abused and villified; but
that, like another Arnold Won Winkel-
ried, he will thrust himself a martyr on
the poisoned pixies of the Austrians, in
order that freedom from the assaults of
the press may come to his fellow
men y y
Mr. Weinstock concludes this portion
of his letter as follows:
Many of my friends have urged me
| to submit in silence to the outrage
which l have been subjected at the
| hands of the Bee rather than to at
| tempt to bring to justice a newspaper
with the spirit shown ito be possessed
| by that journal. They have warned me
that I would henceforth be subjected
at the hands of that paper to the most
constant, cruel and outrageous abuse;
| that every act of mine would hence
| forth be distorted, every public utter
ance of mine ridiculed; that every effort
would be made ON their part to injure
my business and to hurt the feelings of
my family"
Now, that is utter rot, and Mr.. Vein
stock knew it was utter rot when he
| wrote it. If the managers of the Bee"
were such men as he tries to make out,
they have had ample provocation to
| have shown it long before now. That
they have never, at any time nor under
any circumstances, ridiculed or abused
! Mr.. Weinstock, or endeavored to injure
his business, is ample prof tohat he
knew the utter and shameless injustice
| Of what he wrote when he wrote it.
And when he brings in his family he
plays the part of pitiable pettifOgger.
We have no hesitation in declaring that
We do not believe any man or woman
ever said anything of the kind to Mr..
| Weinstock
That gentleman in his communication
gives what he is pleased to term facts,
which he numbers up to nine. They are
inconsistent with some of his own
statements and with the open declara-
lions of those who claim to know and
| to have spoken for him. 1t would not
many glaring errors therein But this
communication is already too long, and
besides, if Mr.. Weinstock wants these
facts proved in court it would not be
policy for US to reveal what we know at
the present time.
And policy, we will admit Mr.. Vein
stock, is sometimes necessary in deal
ing with some Anniversaries in court Of
law.
After all that we have done in this
community to bring public malefactors
to justice and to purge the body polite
of its corruption, it is somewhat dis
couraging to be hampered in the prose-
cution of public duty by a merchant of
the wealth, the standing. and the public
influence of H. Wenstock-a merchant
who should have been expected, if one
might correctly judge by his public ut
terances. to have become a champion Of
those engaged in such q public duty,
and not a stumbling block in the way
y
We entered upon this work with hon
est hearts and with clean hands We
shall pursue the good work to the end
let that end lead where it will All the
libel suits that can crowd the dockets
of our courts will not sway us one
hairs breadth from our purpose, nor
can threats of bankruptcy swerve US
from the course which we have mapped
out in the interest of the people and of
honest local government.
V. S. McCLATCHY,
c. K. McCLATCHY.
Sacramento March 81 1897