The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1886-01-19
MIR. HEARD'S LETTER.

ward whom a newspaper manager hat
been friendly for fifteen years, and on
all and every occasion been true TO hi:
interests, both private and public,
without reward or hope of reward.
In the campaign of 1884, the
BAzoo was the only journal IN Sedalis
that advocated Mr.. Heard's interests
and of course was an important factor
in securing his nomination, for il is
hardly possible for him to have re-
eeived the endorsement at the hands
of that memorable convention had the
BAzoo and Democrat, two of the most
widely circulated and influential pa
pers in the Sixth district, been oppos-
ing his preferment.
The manager of this paper asked
nothing at his hands for that aid
freely and cheerfully rendered, only
fair and honest treatment. He sought
no appointment. He asked for no
endorsement.
Mr.. Heard in bis letter commences
by saying that last summer ''prOba-
bly," did state Ell would not recon-
mend Mr.. Russell, for at that time he
was my enemy Further along be
says: al believe that Mr.. Russell is
the choice of a majority of the Semo-
Gratis in the conduct of the Office. l"
Still further on he says: "No repre-
sentative aside from his duty to serve
the majority, as he iuterprets its ex-
preston, can afford, as a matter of
policy to array himself with the mi
nority against the more popular side"
LAST summer" while "RGssell was
my enemy" the majority was to be
IGNORED, but as soon as "a card' was
published, then the majority, as he
interpreted it." was to be respected.
ats all in the interpretation"
All things looked in a new light after
"a card" appeared. Before the
"card" he did not propose to respect
the majority. After the "card" the
representative must respect the will of
the majority.
This is before and after taking.
All of this is very gauzy subter-
fuge on the part of Mr.. Heard for an
excuse to betray those who assisted
materially to nominate and elect him.
Mr.. Heard, in his talk "last sum-
mer," did not propose to respect the
peoples expression as far as Russell
was concerned, even if he did or did
not have a majority. All at once
Russell has the strongest endorsement,
after McNees, Offeld and Montgomery
had been led to believe that they each
bad fair chances of success.
The congressman says: 81 am as
good friend to my party and to the
public as you can claim to be. l
must, therefore, decline to permit you
to direct my course in this matter"
The BAzoo does not desire to direct |
Mr.. Heard's course, but it certainly |
does desire, and has a right to
expect him. to live up to
his declarations made times with
out number, since his election,
to the manager of this paper that he
would under no circumstances endorse
Russell for postmaster at Ssdalia. He
made this declaration to a number of
others also, and to applicants for the
place, which led them to make an ef-
fort to get the endorsement at his
hands, not for a moment supposing
that the man who had been elected to
the high and honorable position of a
representative in congress could or
would faIsify his position or betray his
friends in order that enemies might be
eonciliated for the next term, upon
the threshold of which he now stands.
Mr.. Heard says "per6dy is a 'slang
epithet" and sat long range is coward
ly and contemplate" The BAzoo de-
sires to call acts by their right name
of the Grange" and while
we shall not 60 outside of the record