Show TIE Y PUP P tile the local loal republican publican Ke organ of tuesday contained a spiteful screed in in which certain men were named as special objects of its wrath rhese rhee men are innocent of what the nation charges them hut but either is fully capable of taking care of himself neither is is any more ip ie for what this paper says titan than joe A smith orson smith or james T iram mond is responsible for what appears in tho nation and when the republican character cliar acter assassin attempts to carry out its threat w against innocent stockholders ot of till publishing 0 co it may get tile tho t gentlemen we have named into trouble so far as the question of responsibility lity is concerned tur THE JOURNAL is legally liable and morally accountable for its conduct the nation is not tim THE JOUR JOURNAL NAr has the names or of responsible men at its licad head the nation lias has not one such name till is solvent the nation is not and it seems that the question of responsibility is the very very last question the republican organ should raise covered as it is with judgments in various various courts dating 0 back into harrisons administration there is a distinction in journalistic warfare which the republican organ never seems able to draw it is the diu dif farence arence between criticizing the public utterances of public inn and attacking the personal character of tho those efroin from whom it differs THE JOURNAL criticized lion ilon jos F smith for making a political talk in sunday jaectin meeting M at smithfield ieli 1 and compared tile the relative ability tibi lit of chairman knowles and smith the nation in re reply p v threatens a personal attack upon some stockholder or director in the journal publishing co it makes little difference diu arence what tho the character assassin does but in the language of the lie poet we would siy to local republicans tie up your canine casaine orl or ook look out for turpentine i |