The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1882-04-07

tenuating circumstances in the position
assumed by Mr.. Webb, either in the
above letter or that published in the
Rerie,o. AS Chairman of the Alliance,
and gentleman possessed of at least
ordinary intelligence, he knew very well
that Mr.. Harlan's motion was intended
to take the place of the resolution which
has been given such unwarranted publ
city, and had he no ak to grind, no
favors to curry and no pets to flatter, he
would not SO pcrsistently hide behind Il
waning shadow, and deny to the papers
of Blue Earth county that credit which
they received by body of unprcjudiced
men who could see naught but partisan
ship of the most ultra sort in the EN-.
bodiment of such a positively incon-
sistent resolution as that commenting
the course Of paper which is nothing
if not everything of a pickering nature.
Now right here We desire to refresh Mr..
Webb's memory, not SO much for him.
self as the information of the public,
that the Rerieao resolution was pre-
arranged document. drafted with the
view of selecting majority Of the COM
mittee on resolutions who were opposed
to THE FREE PRESS, either politically
or personally, and in like degree
favorable to the Reviep. Dare Mr..
Webb deny this Dare he insult the
intelligence of a positive majority of
the farmers assembled at Good Thun-
der by asserting that the course OF the
Rerie,o in defending the interests of the
farmers is more commendable than that
of THE FREE PRESS And dare he
impugn the motive Of Mr.. Robert Har-
Ian, Mr.. Childs, Mr.. Finley, and Others,
with tho brazen effrontery of declaring
that the resolution commencing the
course of all the papers Of the County
was not intended, honestly and unquali-
fiedly, to supersede that sickly plaster
pasted on the back of the Reriew, bar
ring any technicality of parliamentary
ethics The committee which brought
the resolutions before the convention was
of nine members-tive of
whom were uncompromising in their
determination to report this soft-soap
commentator Of the Reuis,c, and four
were decidedly against it. 1t was I'M
derstood pretty well how the committee
stood on the resolution-in fact was
selected with this very thing in view.
We reiterate, that the resolution was
pure and unauthorized craftsmanship.
Mr.. Webb claims to be a Republican.
We will not dispute his word, but his
actions lead us to the conclusion that he
is of that negative makeup which
places policy above party, and self pre-
eminently in the fore. Such Republi-
cans never sacrifice very much for prin-
cipal but are ever ready to undergo an
immense amount of hardship for self
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT. Such Republicans are
to be found in the rear in times OF party |
peril, but when everything betokens
success and opposition is too weak to
encounter the forces of triumphant vic.
tory, they strut forth with all the
pompousness of a crowned head and ore
first to remark. ~ told you So" Such
Republicans can be found in almost |
every community, but their true nature
soon reveals itself and then flop"
follows, always more or less disastrous
to the side upon which they fall. The
party as whole has no use
for such lukewarm members.
Upon what grounds, we would ask, is
the Reuisp entitled to special credit by
the Alliance 2 Is it because the editor
of that paper "fixed" two or three of
gentlemen previous to the convention,
and because be is vacillating to that ex-
tent bordering on the ridiculous, ready
at all times to move one way and the
other in an endeavor to keep on the side
Of public favor It is certainly not be-
cause that paper has more ardsntly or