Western cyclone., 1886-08-05

Az TIC ADEll uGCtlllS Vi Cuc bOdlO
of county commissioners the Mill
brook Herald aud Hill City Raville,
put in a bid to do the county printing
for 200 a year but the board rejected
the bids and awarded the printing 10
the Times at one-half legal rates and
now the papers up there are beginning
to quarrel about it.
While we can approve Of the method
Of warfare adopted ~ some Of "our
brethern Up the creek, tie above does /
look a little peculiar how t1o Times can 4
get the county printing one ha'f legal
rates when Others olor 10 do It for
nothing. Ofcourso we don't blame
Graves. but we do blame the county
commissioners for not saving this ex
pense to the county, nor would we
| approve Of the commissioners awarding
the printing to the herald when it IS
democratic paper for We believe in
tie old saying"t0 the victor belongs the
sp0lls." but when W. Il. Iliil who is as
/ true 2 republican IS there is in Granam
county, made & proposition to DO this
work for fifty cents, that Graves gets
| $122.00 for we say that unless the
Times would have agreed 10 do the
work for the :ame amount or less, the
county printing should have been
awarded to TIE Reyiilo and saved this
extra $121 80 to the county. 1t is
the sworn duty Of the commissioners
to look after the bcst interest Of the
county regardless ofau local striies,
but here. as in other things we see that
cursed county seat strife bobbing up
serenely as il were and fighting in this
. little transaction TO the credit Of our
commissioners. Mr. hickman. he voted
with the people, on this question.
' We despi.e to hear men talk about
this candidate or that being in favor OF
i, any particular point for coua.y seat
and refuse to support him or them for
+ the sole reason that he differs with him
5 on that pcnC alone, il makes us feel
5 hungry to hear them talE
! How long are the republicans of this
t county going to let these petty >triIes
enter in.o tneir politics and rather lhan
to conccde TIE opposing town 9 siuglo
: point see the Offices pass owe into the
y hands Of tie democrats Only just
( the other day we heard promiuoJ re
i publican ramark that he WolId bolt 3
; certain candidate should he be n0mi
mated, and support q democrat or any
Il man who favored bis town toi
II county seat. ana this same man Ii
o threatened to holt WAS good, honest
Il competent man his only excuse wa.
I "he don't support my town for county
q seat
G We consider thc principles q th,
republican party, the party that ave
:. this union OF to great importance thai
:. to let them enter into any llltlr loca
e strife that may arise It is all wrong
d and the newspapers Ofthis county tha
d have previously sancti0nedthia moth"C
1t should be severlv rehukcd for it. v.
d don't care, ifhe is a good loyal rcPub
n lican, what side Of the river he comes
from, or what town he tayors for th'
/, county seat we will support him to th'
= hest Of durability. The CYCLONE b0lu
: no man when he GETS the nomination
u fair and honorable, we shall suppor
" :, men from principal and not on county
= seat matters, and we believe that 81
= loyal republicans will agree that on
course would be proper.
= = We repeat that the principals Of th'
- grand old republican party i'll Graham
- county are too sacred to surrender TO
- - any local discoTl that may arise, anC
: let us*go to work and nominate candi
- dates thatarc republicans regardless Q
their choice for county seat, wha
At church they belong to, Or which va,
ID they voted the last school election, aut
le, then we will roll up such birrePub
Sc, lican majority that our dom0crati
N brethren viii get disgustedand disband
is Moie harmony in the rcpublica1
le ranks, in Graham county, is what "
y. want to see and just now is the pTope
le time for it to appear on the sutiacl
as Let our first and last aim be 70 rails
Sc republican principles above ail locs
ss strife and Go all in our power to pel
rs petuate those principles that broke h
in shcllels from four million slaves ac
oe them at Liberty and saved this Nal,o
IS from ruin, These are the kind pin
ciples the CYChoNE viii advocate an
we belive we viii then only voice th
sentiments of the loyal element Of IL