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Show THAT INTERVIEW. "Xo rascal ever saw tho halter draw, with go-id opinion of tho law." Tho ring organ cannot be expected to have a (pod opinion of the instrument of its torture, The Times. For years past l'al Lnnnau's Own conducted itself in a manner as if it owned the Libera! party of I.' tali. Thosu of -tho party who demurred de-murred tothisasHiimption were promptly prompt-ly squelched. There was no redress, no appeal from the dictum of the stern Patrick. Mortgaged his sheet may be, but no man could aspire to prominence promi-nence in the party council unless un-less he lirst morlg.iged his soul to tho self constituted boss. Some day Titk Timks may deal at greater length with the arrogant nuto-crat nuto-crat of the ring organ. Opposition naturally arose to his rule, and self-respecting self-respecting men rebelled against the authority au-thority of an upstart who was not restricted re-stricted even by the line.- sensibilities pertaining to a gentleman to treat them civilly. Kt ill, no organized rllort to dethrone him could succeed since bis reign of terror backed by Mat-key's ducats overawed all attempts in that direction. It is different now, however. The in-lluenca in-lluenca of Lanuan's O.vn is waning beforo the towering competition of Thk Timks. The ring organ is not paying any dividends. J t s tono of insolence is sometimes tempered with the voice of cajolement,. Mormon baiting is getting stale, flat and unprofitable. unprofit-able. Oi hello's occupation is gone. The. Liberal party has an organ in Tub TiMts that is fair, candid and fearless at the same time, and Editor-in-Chief l'at Eannan is accordingly sail at heart, and depressed In spirit. He is also lying sometimes jn his heart and in his Hi It 1 1 Yesterday eri interview appeared in Tiik Timk.s with M. C. Phillips, showing show-ing the true animus of Jjunuiui's Own in persecuting Ueeordor llyams. Tho ring sheet rose In virtuous wrath to smite him hip nud thigh if he didn't acknowledge the boss and forswear Tiik Timks. If he did, ho might return and all would be forgiven. Fiven defalcation, defal-cation, if it had occurred, would not stand in the way of absolution and silence, si-lence, so long as the greater sin of de-lianco de-lianco of the boss was appeased. No influence whatever.savo that of justice, meantime swayed The Timks. In Latman's Own this morning appears ap-pears tho following: Am evening paper last niu'it containod a purported pur-ported Interview with Kalher In-liiiv Phillip rciwdln the action of the Tribune In the Hyanis matter. Wither Mr. Phillips was vi 11 -fully misrepresented or sulci what Is untrue as reKarta the irnrl conclusion, with the etiancpn In fat or of Hie forun-i-si.itu of uri.rs. Mr. I'h lllpi kmiHs tin" i iuv -1 -alioa t o we'l to mi.ka :iny such nUtcmenl, tvh'ch Is a f.iHe-hood f.iHe-hood en the f:ice of It. This dental is made, not because of the paper In which thmilisunlity absurdly appears, lint because the n itno of an old timer, who, In time past, has been entitled en-titled to respect. Is made respoimlhiH for It. The interview referred to was genuine, gen-uine, authentic, true. Lanuan's Own knows it, and shirks tho consequences in its usual dastardly and cowardly way by relegating tho denial to a local scribe. It will never do,, however. The business end of the paper appreciates that already, and it is thus that l'at rick's tough conscience can be touched to the quick, |