The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1884-09-25

HI answer 50 tho anxious rlery of
the Glrlwoul NJ ss,ng*r. We take
this o.portMsiAy 20 state tliat THE
SCN editor has neither had the CON-
mon COOL fortune of country editors
Of striking ssvein of WITT nor has
1t deliberately attempted to ridicnle
n very estimihle gentleman. Our in-
formation rs to Il steam launch winch
arrived in Norris was gained from 4
gentleman Who, We thought, shoukt
know If it belonged to Mr.. Foss, but
Who, like Ourselves. was mistakeE.
Ii the NJ, ssenger will undertake to
bear up unier this great error Of ours
We are ss.re Mr.. Fuss can.
Owing: To, the disappointing defec-
tion-d fecti.ms appear to be the cor.
rect tip nowadsys-of that portion Of
the recently announced republican
district committee represented by.
the Browns Valley Rs.p,rtsr, it be-
came necessary to hfe Frasier, and
replace Kim with more reliable
party nag. Mainly with this parpose
IN view, the committee met List Fri.
HAY in Norris, and placed Mr.. III. II.
Howe, of Traverse county, in that
honorable p sition. Notwithstand-
ing any report TO the colts,ry, it was
unanimously agreed that every thing
booked lovely for the ticket, and its
friends, and adjournment alone put
an end to the self-gratulations Of this
now harmonious body.
The pueriie fort Of our esteemed
| contemporary 10 make inyidions
comparison between ''the prosperous
times of low taxes" under what is
styled republican management, and
the present honest and capable adj
| ministratiOn of county affairs, will
excite quite us much mirth as the ex-
crIciatingiv funny "devil ON roller
/ SAdtcS uHu tuc HOSCl anu vi IL ildi
s.stove.pipe' articles did among his
admirers. 1t is only necessary to re-
member the difference between the
affails of an undeveloped frontier
county and our present complete and
| economical system which will COM
pare favorahly with that OF a"y
county in the state in order to dis
| perse the false ideas he would in
sinuate. 1t is not our intention to
give the editor of the Tribune the
only prominence he ever attains and
| which he assidEously courts Ivy his
inconscqnent and Insignificant filings,
mentioni in the columns of The Sun,
| but an unwarranted assault upon
honest and capable officials could not
| he passed hy in silence.
The democratic county committee
| meeting on Friday last was attended
by Messrs. Whitcley, chairman,
Tsise y and Walker. and the vacancies
on the ticket left by the county con-
vention were filled, in pursuance of
u resolution to that. effect adopted
thereat, by he committee as follows:
| For county attorney, c. l.. Brown;
for county surveyor. D. T. Wheaton;
for commissioner, Fifth district, r.
NJ. -Richardson. The placing of two
republicans on or county ticket is
simon-pure instance of the magnani-
nifty of the democracy OF the county,
anu is not due, as some one remarked
Of the office of county superintendent.
of schools year or two ago, to there
being no one i'll the party educated
up to the ability TO hold the posi-
tions. This is an imputatiun which
We reject with scorn. OF the nomi-
nation Of Col. Richardson for the
comlnissionership of the Fifth dis
trict, the village OF Norris, we be-
| lieve that democrats would honor
themselves by electing him to that
important position. They could Sc
| lect ITO more honest and capable a
representative on the county board,
| nor one whose integrity of purpose
would be more prolific of good to the
county.