Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1880-08-18
Didn't We Tell You SO.


tent among the Pageites for these many
months with the political course Of our
genial and agree ,ble friend, Major W. A.
Hotchkiss. They could stand his lying, his
indiscriminate abuse of anti Page men, but
not his independence. They wanted him
for a tool, that they could manipu-
late at will. One boss is all the Paycites
have use for. The Greenback dodge was
all right for time; but when it failed,
and they wanted the Major to desert it,
and he told :hem he couldn't turn, in one
short month, from crazy Greenbacker to
Republican, but must have one years
time, the boss, who 'imagines he is born
to command and run things generally"
goes to neighboripg town aud brings in
another newspaper establishment to stamp
out the NATIONAL Republican. The
idea that National paper with big NJ
could be stamped out! But, as we have
said before, it was very ungrateful thing
for Page to attempt to do. 1t is heart
rending to think of 1.-THE amount of
"tooting'' which the Majsr has done for
Page! Dollars and cents could never
pay the bill. 1t was gratitude Hotchkiss
wanted, and gratitude he was entitled to-
The Major IS plucky, however, and says
they can't scare him. He proposes to
stick by the Greenback,-which is a
good thing to stick by. He says his par
ty will carry Mower county this fall.
We cannot resist the temptation to advise
the old gent to stick, and to run his regular
ticket. DO not allow the Shylocks "to
crush out the Greenbackers" and rob the
poor" The Page Republicans are no
better tLan the Ants. They are world
lings, and Hotch says they are the "own-
ers of money and lands in great quaint.
ties" and have their "gnp upon the lands
OF the farmers" They are also in favor
of paying the old "swindling railroad
bonds" and undeserving the support OF
the "honest yeomanry." The Greenback
party is their only haven of safety. Into
its peaceful harbor they should steer their
craft. We would also implore the Green
hackers of Mower county to rise up and
resent the insults heaped upon the de-
voted head of their honored champion
by the new simon'pure Page organ OF
Mower county. Such treatment is shame
full. The talk IS ten times dirtier than
anything the TRANSCRIPT or Register
have ever published about "Old Hotc h. "
1t makes ones blood fairly boil to
read such abuse of . noble martyr
to principle. Greenbackers, stand by
your party, your "organ," the National
organ. Don't allow Page to trample il
into the dust. Here ia the article. Read
it slowly, that you may be able TO take
it all IN. 1t is clear go-back or
'Old Hotch" by the Page party,-ant
didn't we tell you 40! ..
For low bred cussedness we are of tn,
opinion that Major Hotchkiss excels. Fol-
out-spoken manliness the editor is mo-
a success-the TRUTHS not in him. Instead
of speaking out like q man he resorts t,
inuendo and inslnuation--a, practice
resorted to by low.bred towards. Now i
we should simply insinuate that the edit
or of the Republican, was an old, putritl
political dead beat-a curse to any part,
that he may attach himself-we shouli
feel ashamed of making any such insin
uat,on. No, we will do no mean act O
that kind, for it is fact notorious, kno WI
to the public. And further, they know
that he is one of the first-class Of sancti
monious old hypocrltes full of high prom
Uses, like many Of his kind, who bewal
the hardships and trials of taxpayers
when, in fact, they DO not pay = cent % =
ence than q Pottawattamie Indian. Oh
Hetchkiss, drop such hypocracy and ma,
frow-minded selfishness, and, like the III
tie States of the old world, come out an,
declare your Independence.