The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1903-07-17
conclusions and in accepting as Cos

conclusions and in accepting as gos-
pei truth what some whispering Will
lie tells him in order to make use OF
his narrow prejudices in striking
cowardly blow from ambush. 10 OPP
pose the corrupt machine that for
wears has sought TO debauch the voters
of this county and state is certainly
not an assault upon childish innocence
and trusting virtue.
Spasm No. 2:
That a good man can be dragged
down by the blighting influence of a
journalistic leper has been shown in
this campaign. Mayor Hunt is one of
the most honorable, public-spirited
men in the Pacific Northwest, yet the
combined influence of all his friends
could not counteract the suspicion
which was thrown out by a paper
which is as low down in the newspa-
per world as a newspaper can posi-
h11, no IT is SimpIy a
brutal thug and it will hit any one,
no matter who. as long as anyone will
pay it the price. Some people call
this courage" and "fearlessness," but
it is the kind that takes possession OF
men and women when they realize
that they have forever forfeited the
respect of society. Hav-
ing fought the high school at every
turn. it now seeks to undermine the
usefulness of Whitman college by at
lacking its president
The Statesman attacked the private
character Of no man during the re-
cent campaign. and all it said in crit
icism of the official record of Mayor
Hunt and of the other machine candi-
dates it proved beyond question. The
pulpits of the city Joined with the
Statesman in criticising the admins
tration of Mayor Hunt and all the best
residence districts Of the city voted
overwhelmingly against him. The
Statesman has no apologies TO make
for the kind of campaign which it con-
ducted and it will leave it for the
public to judge whether it was not far
more honorable than that conducted
by the Evening Caterpillar with its
cowardly insinuatiOns and base in
uendoes.
AS to the alleged attack upon the
president of Whitman college, the
Statesman said nothing about him ex
cept that he was the only minister in
the city who supported the wide-open
administration Of Mayor Hunt and that
his influence aided in carrying Steptoe
precinct for Hunt If that is saying
anything against the able and worthy
college president. the editor of the
Buzzard should make it clear to the
public The Statesman had not gone
so far as to say that because a man
voted for Hunt it is any aspersion
upon the voters character.
Spasm No. 3:
The Mcbride faction would be
quite proud these days, but for its en-
forced association with the evening
skunk. The Mcbride followers are
ashamed of their present organ, yet
they dare not turn on it, both because
they are afraid of the abuse that would
follow and. and also because they
have no other paper which they could
depend on"
The Statesman will say in reply TO
this refined criticism by the good
brother who has talked so much and
so piousIy about "brotherly love- and
"Christian forbearance' that from
time immemoriaI it has been custom
airy for ants and f1eas. flies and fools
scOundrels and scalawags. Januses,
iackasses and Judases, lizards, leeches
and lice to assail mankind in general
and their superiOrs in particular. The
editor Of the weekly organ is allowing
his envy and rage to consume him,
and before he gets out another issue
it would be well for him to soak his
head in his 6Uck DOnd on Mill creek