
“The Temperance Crusade is still in progress, and prayers are now being held this Friday afternoon, as we write, at Geo. Davis & Co.’s feed store. So far no wholesale or retail dealers have succumbed.”
“In this connection we might mention that some very officious persons have said that we have sold out to the liquor dealers and anti-temperance persons for $10,000, to keep silent on the temperance crusade. There is no ground for the rumor. We do not talk with two tongues. We have not chronicled the surrender of a single saloon because there have been no surrenders. We publish a newspaper, and confine ourselves to facts.”
“We recognize the spirit of devotion that animates the ladies. They have always been fairly treated in our columns; and until such time as they may find themselves misrepresented by us will we believe that they would listen to, much less believe, the harmless rumor alluded to above.”
“Then again, the idea of offering us $10,000 to keep silent, is ridiculous, when another editor has been found to keep silent during a campaign for a hundred dollars.”1