The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1908-08-28
De Witt {. Britt and His feid

The editor q this paper stated II
The pzs.-io1r years ago, and again
TWO years agg-thzt IL would support
The nominees q the republican party
Ior Office provided they were qualified
and had : clean record Upon the
faith q uch men Is Frank Keller.
Dixie Lenz-d. z T Lznh2m and
John D. Dill I've could name others
equally Is prominent z1d responsibility
We decided thzt NJ. ". Z. Field was
not the kind q mzn sc could con
scientiously sapDor IL any Office
Whatever in the present campaign, and
We migh; Is vel STATE right here,
should he receive the nomination io-
congress. which IS Al extremely re-
mote possibility, this paper would do
all in It's power 70 bring about his
defeat.
Before NJ. Field announced his
candidacy. bit zier he introduced that
resolution in the county couventin in
Nay las.. IL which he opposed the
Roosevelt public land policy and said
he advocated putting the public lands
in the hands o. Z commission, We
stated frankly thzt We did not agree
with NJ. Field Later, when he an
nounced his candidacy We gave our
reasons ior opposing his ambitions. and
added that he lacked the qualifications
Of Z congessmza-Thich in plain
english means ina, he did not in our
opinion have sense enough 10 go TO
congress.
The De Britt c. Wiit-less, editor of
the Chelzn Leader, who by the way
would be in jail if ignorance we're a
crime. supports the candidacy Of NJ.
Field. Last week he intinated that
the editor Of this paper was Influenced
in his opposition to NJ. Field By dol
lars. This conclusion vas evolved out
Of the Shiny consciousness OF his own
pu.rid soul. Whether his support Of
NJ. Field was brought about by the
use Of money We neither know nor
care, but his quick conclusion that
others are influenced by dollars shows
his familiarity with that kind Of methods
and raises a suspicion. If the editor
Of The Leader were not a man with a
mean little soul he would not so
promptly jump 10 the conclusion that
the editor Of the Ecoo was influenced
by money. This paper has not re-
ceiyed one penny, nor has it been
promised 50 much as a penny to either
support OF oppose any man for
Office. No man who IS a candidate
for Congress is even a subscriber to
the Echo. Instead Of receiving money
from either of the candidates, the
editor Of this paper contributed IS to
one congressional candidates. cam
paign fund, though the candidate
doesn't know II.
Lacking the wit TO express himself
in plain English he resorts TO the
pusilanimous method Of DeWitt-less
ass 70 convey meaning. After reading
the following DeBntt c. Witt-less
mental Incubation you will agree with
US that ne needs to be tapped for the
simples.
The Leayenworth Echo OF last
week went out Of its way to hand Hon.
NJ. z. Field, Chelan county's candi-
date for the republican congressional
nomination, lemon, though just why
it Should do 50 unless there was Some
inducement used that could not be
observed on the Surface, does not APP
pear, because there Seems to be no
Sane reason apparent why any Chelan
county newspaper and more espec-
tally, any republican Should do So.
Outside OF few vague insinuations-
which were simply mean without be-
ing argumentative-The Echo gave
not a single reason against Mr.. Fields
candidacy, unless it was the assertion
that Mr.. Field believes in reversal of
the Roosevelt public land policy.
And that was false as the insinuations
were puerile. Does the Echo really
imagine that should Mr.. Fields be
elected-the prospect for which is
very brigh-that Leavenworth would