Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-09-05
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las. week, admitted to its editorial COL
umns, and published as its own, 4
lcagthy article upon Mr.. Page, the
Republican nominee fw Judge Of tue
Tenth Judicial District, and in gen.
era: and cva*ive way, but none the less
in fact, makes the following speci6ca-
Gons, viz: that he is dishonest, incom'
potent and ineligible.
There are two methods Of disposing
IT such an attack and the case must al.
ways determine which one shall be
employed, and VIC purpose no variatio"
from the rule in the present instance
Were the candidacy Of Mr.. Page con6n-
cd,tsrritorially, to the counties Of Mower
and Freeborn, whore the parties are
both ksown, we should stadiocsly avoid
doins anything in the premises beyond
what might be necessary to secure j"
each issue Of the REGISTER, continua-
sion Of its false statements and ISLANDERS,
and as expression Of its malignant per-
.onal spite. for this the Register
uniformly does, when an honorable
,nan y nominated for Office, and
In fact, when it expresses any
opinion whatever upon matters Of pub.
lie concern. There is, however, a
large class Of voters to whom neither
s1r. Page nor tho Hcyi*ttr is known
md they have right to call upon the
candidate to meet the charges Of those
even. who At home, have the reputation
Of being general calumniators.
In this view Of the case, justice to
voter and to candidate, alike, requires
that the statements of this human jack
al, who finds his chief delight in prey
ing upon the character and: virtues:oi
honorable mcn, should be denied square.
" and positively, and that he be re-
-quired to substantiate them, or to be
forever branded as malignant talsiier,
pr,st;tut;ng his position as publ"
journalist to the base purpose Of ex-
pressing his hatred and folly.
Honesty, in judicial oficer--as in
decd in every human character is the
first grand requisite: md without it
al other qualifications would be
gl;ttering superauities. The Rtyi.ter
has attacked Mr.. Page upon this point:
If no has been dishonest, no difficulty
vhstever vill attend the Regiaer in
stating the facts, aud We oHALLESos
MIN 70 MAKE A SINGLE. lNPEAcu.
xExr Of Mn. PAoI's INTEGRITY
The field is a wide one. His residence
here covers period Of seven years, and
his business relations have been both.
extensive and intricate. Now let the
Reg;ster chase even 4 single moral obi.
guilty into any one Of the many coraer<
of tho busy life, Of this man whom It
20 generously villi6es. Let the Regis
ter show wherein Mr.. Page has been
dishonest. The voters Of the Tenth
District demand it.
Next in order, is the consideration
Of the statement that the: candidate il
incompetent. This is statement which
is easily made, and easily denied but
ones enemies are always more indus
tr;ous than his friends, and the allega.
t;on usually outruns the denial, hence,
We shall undertake to prove the mega.
tive Of the statement, although the at:
6rmatiye is sustained by nothing except
the bare word Of men whose prejudicss
are so strong as to bus their judgment
il, indeed, their mot al depravity is moi
20 great as to induce actual falschood
Other things being equal SUCCESS Is
An EVIDENCE OF ABILITY. While tho
converse Of this proposition is not al
ways true, it is absolutely certain that
constant, unvarying and increasing sue
cess in any profession or calling, run
ming through series Of years, is indis
putat!s proof Of the ability Of the mar
whose every step is thus character
ICED. Such has been Mr.. Pages career
So much by way Of general statement
Nov for the proof At the term Of
the District Court, held at Austin, il
September, 1870, there were on tn
calender scventy-onc cases. or thes'
Mr.. Page was the attorney in forty
one.
At the March term of 1871, their
were for trial thirty.nine cases, twenty
nine of which were represented by Mr.
Puge. At the September term Of tn
same year. there were torty-threc cases
and Mr.. Page the attorney Of recort
in thirty-ive Of them. At the session
in March last, out Of forty-ninc case.
upon the calender, Mr.. Page had charge
Of roRrY.Two. This is matter O.
record, and it is proof Of competency
and it will be accepted AZ sucl
: Ly the voters Of the Tenth District
it will also prepare their minds t.
believe another statement which VI
will make. viz: The firm of Page 4
Wheeler do more collecting than al
the other attorneys in the county, and
during the two years Tor which We haye
given statement Of the court bushes.
here, there has been an average Of al
least eight attorneys residing in and
doing business At Auatin,