Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1884-10-01
DOUBLE HANDED SLAVERY.

The Democrat who edits the Austin Re
gister and who to obtain IL post office col
lar deserted his party so far at least as to
support the little republican boss who APP
pointed him to place, with impudcnt pre-
sumption assumes to crack his master
whip ut the republican papers that refuse
to crawtish and invent sycophantic praises
of the seven by nine statesman who CON
stitutes the vacancy from this district in
the lower house of congress. The slave
who edits the Rcgister seems never to have
realized the first CLEAN of freedom, or to
have tasted, in his course as q political
hondman, of the inspiring virtues and en-
nobling benefits of the well of the oasis
of Independence, and hence is unable to
appreciate the position Oft man who has,
and who continues to enjoy these luXurics
and hopes for more of the same sort. He
submits rather to be led by a halter and is
not particular who jerks him along with it
provided it leads to stall duly supplied
with political pap. If he thinks such a
spectacle is more pleasing to the people
than. left handed support of the party
candidate, good or bad, genuine or sham,
as he may happen to be, or even more
pleasing and admirable than no support
he has only the most stupid conception
of the intelligence and manhood of {, free
people. He and all othcrm men of his meas
ure and motives have yet to learn that the
people most respect and applaud the man
who kicks when he honestly feels like it,
and especially when there IS need of it,
and they are in favor of his being allowed
to kick and will give HIM plenty of room
and encouragement to do 1t on all proper
occasions. Stalwart fcalty to party is
essential to party success; but absolute,
slavish and dishonorable fcalty is disgrace
fnl and leads to party disaster. What
constitutes just, proper and honorable
fealty, every fearless, free and. frecthink-
ing man must and of right ought to deter
mine for himsclf.-AlJert Leu Standard.
The above is rather severe ION our cs-
teemed friend, II. O. Basford. But then,
perhaps he deserves it. No newspaper
man in the entire Congressional district
is so politically shallow and frail as this
same Basford. The PCT should never Call
the kettle black. We will look at Basford' s
record for the past six years: He support
ed Hancock at the last presidential cleo
ton, and has supported every Democratic
candidate for Congress for six years
except at the last election when he tlattcr-
ed White. How much work did he do for
Gov. Hubbard last fall, when the danger
was apparent to all? Never one word did
he say in his Register for or about Gov.
Hubbard, until after election when he
brought forth the following one-line of ed
itorial ridicule: "Old mother Hubbard
got to the cupboard" Not word against
Biermann then, who answered his purpose
first rate. Talk about left handed sup.
port. No editor in Minnesota has ever
given more of that kind of support than
our respected friend II. 0. Basford. Now
no doubt that Basford has right to run
milk and water paper if he wants to and
it is nobody business but his own-unlcss
he commences CRITICS ing us for doing the
same thing. Then it becomes our right
to show up his record. We have only
limited at it yet. If he wants more, we
can go into details. We acknowledy e we
are little sensitive Of criticism from
this source.