Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1905-04-21

to show mp the oyster vote in the Sem
ate aud the other erroneous state
ments you had made. The OrTIzEN's
editor disdained reply, and had
nothing to say for two issues except
to call attention to the studied aim
of the News to misquote us; to which
conduct no answer was deserving.
And now, in its last issue, without
the slightest proyocation in any of
our editorial lines the News man.
agement flies from Aunty Spec and
begins-to heap personal abuse upon
this editor. Were it not so silly and
the authorship so complex one might
incline to choler, but the production
is the most humorous thing we have
seen of late. Great Falstaff, we have
put up with your attack on our
Washington correspondence; your
buttin' in as to Lancaster politics
and your flourish of Willard to carry
our county; with the SWEET" enthu-
siasm you imbibed while here on
court-day and emitted in your next
issue; with the unbridled misquot-
ing, distorting and attempt to make
an impression that we had owned up
to things never thought of, and
now with your high and holy
dudgeon because our editor SO far
ignored you and because he let cor
respondent take fall out of you
in return for your unprovoked at
tack upon him we are told that
the "News does not ask from the
CITIZEN or its editor, Mr.. w. Nc
Donald Lee, or any of its stool
pigeons, any favofs"! The Devil
(excusing the ever sersiceable slang)
has "another laugh coming to him."
a ha-ha loud enough to be heard
throughout Lancaster county in
particular, the Northern Neck and
isappahannock Valley in general and
the world at large"-for the CITIZEN
is circulating this peevishness. Well,
"weally," We are sorry that we are
not to "favor" you further. We
have been trying to nurse you and
help you along ever since we found
you little six-column sheet pirout-
ing on Washington hand-press. We
thought we would set you a good
example, help you to a larger size,
incite you to get move-out on that
baby press and move-in of decent
one, and then to reduce the prohibi-
tive price of subscription from $3.50
to $l.o0 per year so that you might
enlarge your subscription list. But,
alack, alas /! for all our good example,
and our ever Willingness to be neigh
borly and lend when needing (matters
we never take moment of and to
compliment when deserving, we have
lad nothing but bitter words and
poorly-concealed envy for a public
spirited rival, cropping outin bilious
attacks and bad names whenever
campaign came on and gave excuse.
We were never entirely convinced
till now that the launching of the CIT
IzEN was SO CALLING to the News. But
We must make some allowance for the
present TRADE; while supporting and
praying for Wizards success the
News has additional bitterness in it's
cup-because the CITIZEN will not
come out in the support of Mann,
thereby detracting from Swanson's
strength and helping the Willard
crowd here to carry the county. We
are not quite so gullable; but we are
fair, as mark this-the CITIZEN
published without charge long card
from Mr.. Curlett in behalf of Judge
Mann; the CITIZEN has published
the address to voters of all three
candidates-Mann, Swanson and
Willard. The News has published
but two of them, and the only thing
from Mr.. Curlett was one breathing
scandal against one of the candidates,
and which We turned down. In
the News statement that we have
damned the chief exponent MANN
of that temperance cause" it again
comes the "Pelion upon Ossa" act in
telling untruths aud making mis-
statements about us. If any man
will find a word in our columns
derogatory of Judge Mann, any time
within its history, we will burn a
whole edition of this paper. Now,
come up; you have been talking and
casing and slandering, but you
haven't once attempted to substanti-
ate even few of your loose state
ments-because you can't. So far
is this true you cannot today swear
We are not supporting Mann. Listen
again, your own words-"The News
owes public duty to its clientele to
expose falsehood. correct misstste-
ments, and advocate whatever is of
good report" Oh the little squirm.
ing fishesl Why don't you start
out, mend your ways and begin at
home? Then you might regain a
little of the respect that was once
held for you. To call dealing in
tittle-tattle and thinking ill, of
searching for low small rnntiveo and