Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1877-04-07

4 Ill tuc dVScitcW SA' DWWI, MI. JUS
ti"e Sutton takes the editorial manage
mcnt of the Free Press. Mr. Brown has
been absent this week. This week the
old charges that the TRIBUNE has attack
Ell the character of our best cifizens and
slandered them because they were DEM
o rats. are again revived. and in such a
manner as to show every intelligent per
son that Mr. Sutton has been the author
OF all the articles of this tenor appearing
in the Free Press. 1t is fine opportunity
Mr.. sutton has OF skulking b h nj the cd.
itprial 1--WE" of anoth,-r person anl make
charges aud assinuations which he does
not possess the manhood to make over
his own signature. Once again we will
say that the TRIBUNE has never slapder
ed the .'best citizens" because they were
Democrats. and no Democrat can point
out whele we have. Mr.. Sutton knew
the statement was false when he made
it. We denied this once before, ami de-
msnded the proof. There is no proof
forthcoming. but simply reiteratiOn of
the charge. The nearest we ever came
to saying anything which by the most
forced construction cculd be brought in
rs evidence i'm the support of such a
charge was when we exposed the official
fall, and if that is slan,iering the best
citizens" we hive very little hope tor the
future of the Democratic party Of this
county. Mr.. Sutton cannot make u
martyr of himself by any such tactics as
these. The best citizens i'm the tie DEM
ocraiic party scorn Mr.. SuttOn'S mrnncr
Of Icing his official business as well as
his preten,ions. and his attempts to
shield himself behind their regulations.
His evident con rol Of the editorial col
umns of the Free Press, and his using
them TO max. the "best citizens" Of the
Dt'Ino' rattle party responsible for. and
defend his Off iai action, has lost that
paper the respect OF every thinking in-
telligeDt m:.n la the place. regardless of
his politics. Mr.. Sutton cannot draw
public attention away from the charges
we have made against him, and which he
does not deny, by making counter
charges which the public know are false.
Ii i'll bchOveS man whom the best citi
zeils Of his own party refuse to support
to make such charges as those: Mr..
Sutton SAYS behind the editorial 1--WE" OIL
NJ. Brown. that the charge that there
was ring formed to secure the Increase
of certain officials salaries is malicious
ly false. We nnticr. however. that /, 0
denial o; tn S charge was ever maize nu.
t e schemes Of the ring" 10 ~ecure coi.-
troll the Board of Supervisors in that in
terest had failed. Now, when there is
no hope OF securing an increase, it is per-
fectly safe to deny ii. and besides 1t must
be- quite pleasing to the anti-ring men m
his Own party. VIII" have labored hard
and defeated the scheme, TO know that
none of the officers ever thought Of want
ing their salaries raised, and that they
were simply fighting a scare-crow.
We are glad that Mr.. Brown has been
away from home this week. The people
will now know what has generally been
believed. that the power behind the
throne i'm the efforts Of the Free Press
70 bring odium upon the TRIBUNE for
something which was never done, to
make the best citizens Of the Democratic
party believe they had been abused by
the TRIBUNE be,.aiis. it saw fit to expos
the miss. e:ds of Mr.. Sutton. is none
other than Mr. Justice Sutton himself.
Does Not Want His Salary Increased.
Mr.. County Clerk Mrtivier has Il letter