The daily sentinel., 1906-05-22
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The gentlemen who were compelled
10 prove to the other paper that II
had deliberately lied. in its attempt
/ TO embrolI the ladies of the W. C. T.
T.. and Mr. Phidela Rice. knew that
i they had a nasty job on their hands.
but they performed their task with
as much decency and regard for
I themselves as the occasion permitted.
They realized that they had caught
| the evasive. apologize hypocrite and
that he would resort to almost any
subterfuge to shift his responsibility
but hardly expected that he would at
/ tempt to place IL on the shoulders
Of another paper. especially after he
had told several that he had known
of conditions a week before.
His attempt to besmirch this paper
charging that a member Of Its stan
was responsible for his endeavor to
create a sensation and to charge Ill
terror motives for the non appearance
OF Mr.. Rice. is entirely in accord with
his manner of doing things and for
which he has had his chops stamped
several times.
Being caught without the posi-
blity of escape the creature, crawled
and squlrmed and as final resource
thought 1t would be possible to shift
the burden OF his nasty contratemps
to the shoulders of an innocent party
the reporter on this paper. But the
gentlemen would not and did not lis
ten to his weak defense and pilloried
him in such manner that he awak
ened their scorn. by his servile plead
ing.
Last night his hired genio hailing
from the boneyard Of literary ven
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tempt the dirty act, which he well ac-
compliahed, showing his neithe- parts
more effectually than he has yet done,
in any of his nauseous Nominations.
cheap wit and nasty blackguardism
and which he carts about the streets
calling attention to those who would
not otherwise discover, what a III
of thing he is anyway. The editor
permitted that paper to be taken
down into foul cess pool. sufficient
ly sinking to shame even the old
devil himself. The editor was hardly
responsible for the Grass thing that
was placed In print, for which ignor-
ance he possibly should have some
credit but he fathered It for the time.
but 1t is well TO yet expect a repudia-
ton of IL, along with hundreds OF
other apologies that have come from
him
We are not responsible. however. II
that sheet turns over Its columns to
a graduate of some river front ken
of ShacksemaNon street variety dive.
that is his business. but II speaks Ill
for that only one pure and indebted
christian daily to abuse its columns
in that style. The only hypothesis
upon which the editor could have per-
mitted such dissertation is perhaps
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transient and unclean birds that line
their nest to their own befoulment.
Had we that pair of extra appendag-
es that was suggested by the FIRE
cracker gentry of the other publca-
ton. we would use them perhaps
much as he would use his simian tail
were he gentleman true
in getting away from the malodor-
Gus vicinity of publication that has
no honor. that has been convicted
lime and time again of misrepresentn-
ton and has ever hid behind and at
tempted fine decency of condition and
much Wanted christian honor, But
we do not require the essential Writ
ues of manhood and geniallty to be
taught us by some bench-legged flce.
spawned in n school where the ques-
tion of honor or decency was a for
eign as the discussion OF the realms
OF heaven in Digger Indian dive
The friends of Mr.. Rice or himself
have never for an instapt doubted
the correctness of the statements APP
pearing in this paper. Their indigna-
ton ut the questionable attitude they
were placed in have been entirely
justified nor will any soldering
syeophantic paragraphs in adulation
of MIR. Rice, now being generously
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sidercd the amende honorable.
But more despicable than the lies
and their vituperative blllingsgate. has
been the underhand attempt to hide
the real question or fact as to Mr.
Rice. behind an attack upon the Sen
tinel's editor. Nor will he farm out
his answer to another in the matter.
He is yet sufficiently vigorous men
tally to make his SHE at peddlers. poll
ticians and bellyaching unbaked
christians and hopes to continue
same. as long as he lives. discus
sion of the editor of this paper was
not german to the subject-Mr. Rice
and tho attempt 10 hoodwink the pub
lie made by the other paper. That
paper has been convicted time and
time again of dirty misdceds. But IL
is and always has been true to the
Inheritance of its dishonored news
paper forbears. whose stock in trade
was ever insinuation. lies and deceit
and an attempt to thrive on the break
ing down Of this papers independ-
ence.
No delicacy Is quite so toothsome
to that publication as to be discussed
in the columns of this paper. for
which notice II has time and time
plead. but IL our readers will forgive
us this one time. in what must be
TO them embarrassing and nauseous.
but necessary criticism we win prom
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