Lincoln County record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1900-1905, 1900-12-14
A DIG AT LINCOLN COUNTY
OFFICERS.

1t is said that Hannah is keeping
his eye upon the Lincoln county
commissioners for use in 1904. As
a returning board they give cards
and spades to the honest gentlemen
who made Fraud Hayes our Presi-
dent in lS76.-Virginia Report
The above article was called to
our attention as published in the
Virginia Report, aud while similar
artices of this THAT SAVIOR more of
blackmail than anything else), have
come to our notice periodically dur
ing the last campaign, and they hav-
ing tendency to initiate against the
County Officers of Lincoln County
generally, and especially the
Editor and owner of the RECORD, we
now deem it necessary to reply La
the first place, the action of the
Board OF County Commissioners aud
their legal advisor, in the recent
election contest have been shown by
the recent decision of our District
Court to have been lawful and honest,
Notwithstanding the scurrillious
article above, published by the pin
head, blackmailing Editor of the
Virginia Report, whose only ability
in any form of manner is to plblish
scurrillious articles about officers
throughout the State, who by their
records have shown to be faithful
servants, and to have the confidence
and esteem of their respective com
munities. This, 1T, Considine, that
from his avoirdupois, is not shown
to be otherwise, has evidently been
taking lessons from the blackmailing
Local Messenger while it was under
the Dooley management, and he
should take care; for if he lived in
this community he would probably
come to the same sad end as the Mes
senger, and its boosters. While we
do not believe that it will serve any
useful pu' pose to cite the following
to the egoistical numbslull, who
attempts to edit the Virginia Report;
with motives of true christian char
ity, we call his attention to the fol-
lowing taken from the Salt Le e
Ti;bune, and ask him if not for the
benefit of the community for his
own future welfare, to take reed,
and digest the following.
"Spanish Fly Journalism-In every
drug store there is substance which
physicians prescribe when an irrit-
ant is needed on the surface of the
body, 1t has no healing qualities;
it is intended merely to produce a
blister. In nearly every town of a
few thousand people there is a some
thing called newspaper which seem
created for the same purpose. Its
mission is merely to make sore places
1t has not one healing attribute; its
purpose is to poison and infame. 1t
is generally started by people who,
through hate of self, grow to hate
all the world, aud who have become
soperverted that they can experience
no pleasure except in giving pain to
Others. Like the ol1-time torturers
they have thnmb-screws for some;
cages lined with spikes, for others;
bone breaEing attachments for others
the bastinado for others, and the
rack for those they especially wish
to punish They are prone to as
sumo for themselves high characters
sure to stimulate great interest in
welfare of others, and often, when
they desire to be especially mean
and degraded, tearfully explain how
they would be glad to avoid their
character assassination, if they were
not irresisitibly driven on by their
sense of duty to society. They last
as a rule, for few months until the
people recoil from them in utter
loathing, when they retire and their
work is picked up and carried on by