Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1899-02-03
HIS LATEST BELLY-AOHE.

eyen the few friends whom he has
heretofore had about him are regret
ting that they bolstered him up and
gave him start in the newspaper
business, for they see that he is 30
horribly janndiced with mental abher.
ations that he attacks friends and
foes alike
His latest theme over which to
bellyache and buster, TO threaten and
misrepresent, is the matter Of county
printing. He heads q half column
editorial last week, as follows:
The county commissioners made
another attempt to let the county
printing last week, but the result was
the same as before Matt Dick, stood
by the DEMOCRAT. Theodore Griffith
for the Register, and Jacob thinner
for the Beacon. According to the
fusion agreement this is the year for
the Beacon to get the printing, but
the democrat part of this board sees
fit to sit down on all such agreements
and will not vote for the Beacon. 1t
looks very much like realization of
the idea expressed by Mr. Stoke a
few years ago when he said "The
democrats got the offices, and the pops
got the fuse"
We ask the pardon of our readers
for giving his whining, uncalled for,
impolitic and untruthful comment so
much attention, but we fell that the
public should know just what is the
spirit that really actuates this man
who pretends to hold a monopoly o of
pure motives, honest intentions and
fair dealing.
He says according to the fusion
agreement, this is the year for the
Beacon to get the printing" What
fusion agreement, pray you? And by
whom? And why? We had supposed
the dem ocratic and populist forces of
Barton county were united for the
sake of carrying out principles each
element were contending for-not that
there was a uniting of those forces for
the expressed purpose of giving either
the DEMOCRAT or Beacon the county
printing If other motives actuated
you, you have no right to falsely in.
sinuate that there was such an ':agree.
ment." Take the odium of purely
mercenary politics to yourself. and dc
not try to smirch others with its slime.
There was not such an agreement
30 far as the editor of the DEMOCRAT
knows anything about; and we firmly
believe it has an existence only in
your erratic brain.
You say "the democrat part of" tht
board sees fit to sit down on all suci
agreements" As "such agreements
only exist in the editor of the Beacon
the democrat member" is most GER
tainly justified in "s'tting down on
them, and sitting down hard. Mat
Dick is man who will stand by an.
pledge he makes, aud one who would
be last to forget any matter in which
his honor was at stake.
In the campaign of last fall he, a
citizen, saw fit to disagree with the
policy of the democratic and populis
forces in the manner of their uniting
on q ticket. He was not in the cam
paign, was not delegate in the con
ventions, and had right to expires
his private opinions as be saw fit.
Yet, the Beacon, at various times
at every opportunity, took occasion t.
make personal attacks upon him in
mean, uncalled for manner, and b
so doing drove votes away from th
ticket which it's editor pretended to b
supporting. Is it likely thato Com
missioner Dick would refuse to ISL
down upon" the fellow who treate
him that way? Hardly.
The last part of the comment quote
above, where the Beacon refers
what the editor of the DEMoCRA
said "a few years ago." shows tt
real, stinking, littleness of its editor
the narrow, prejudiced auimus of th
man. While pretending. year afte
year, to supper. a principle; leadin
his readers to believe that he, Lis
themselves, was honest in his desil
= to unite all people in one commo
cause of bi tsllism, he now de