Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-07-31
A Re-statement OF the Herald's
Position.


newspaper" But it Is not republic
can enough to support the republican
nominee for congress and Is not IN
dependent enough to state ITS posi-
zion IN this matter.-RSrJUj1l Cb5ef.
You are entirely wrong Mr.. Chief
You should have said that the HER
AID is too independent to defend the
-four delegate scheme" by which the
MCGomery, Montnay & Company
ring carried this. county last spring
against John Bissell and secured
the delegates to the Colby Conven-
ton through fraud, and too indepen-
dent to apologize for the manner IN
which 3. J. Turner was beaten at Col
by. Then you might have truthfulIy
added that the HERALD is Republican
enough to editorialIy say a dozen times
since the Colby convention, and be-
fore It that we had no personal OBJ
jeetlons to Webb 1cNall-that he is
man of industry, ability and pluck,
and is running for congress on a good
progressive, anti-monopoly, temper
ance platform.
Phe HERALD could not and would
not condone nor apologies for, the I'M
republican methods resorted to by
the MoNay & Company ring here
and at Colby
Thus far the HERALD, while a Re
publican paper, has had warm side
for the Farmers Alliance, and has
opened wide It's columns to them for
the discussion of all subjects proper
to be discussed IN these columns, and
we have editOrially declared ourself
to be in favor of the principal de-
mands made by the Alliance, while
we have all the time treated the or
der with the utmost fairness and re-
spect, We repeat what we have fire.
quently stated before, that this is not
a year for cracking the party whip
and raising the partisan war-whoOp,
but time when voters want to hear
all sides and come to an intelligent
conclusion as to their duty at the
! polls next fall, The writer has not
yet stated to any one how we expect
ed to vote at the November election.
Indeed that is none of the Kirwin
Chiefs business nor the business Of
any one. The position Of the HER
AID as a newspaper, owned as it is by
two individuals, It's policy more or
less modified by compromise Of
rights and beliefs, has repeatedly been
defined as favoring the fullest and
freest discussion of all the issues Of
the day. We have said it is a long
time yet to election; there is ample
time in which to discuss and hear
discussed the political issues OF the
times. Why pledge to this or that
candidate till you see them and hear
their arguments. "Come, let us reas-
on together and then decide" We
are frank to say that we are in sym
Pathy with many of the leading doc
trInes Of the Farmers, Alliance, and
are favOrably impressed with Mr..
Baker, the Alliance candidate, but
there are some things about the Al
lance we cannot endorse, and Mr..
Baker in his Phillipsburg speech did
not go far enough to satisfy Us. One
thing we Will mention. The plat
form on which he is a candidate
is silent on the great saloon ques-
tion", and Mr.. Baker is reported as
evading a square RyowaI of his posi-
ton on Prohibition with a view to Sc
curing the endorsement Of the Dem
Ocrats in their Colby Convention.
September Odd. Now the HERALD is
a radical Prohibition paper, and
could not support any candidate for
Congress or for the Legislature who
favors re-sUbmission, or who would
in any manner give aid or encour-
agement to the saloon buslness-the
most colossal evil Of modern times
| To the credit of the Republicans in
this district, let it be said that their
platform on the Prohibition question
/ is sound, and Webb ATcNal is not
only a temperate man, but an ardent
prohibitionist.
Let all the light be shed on the sit
uation that can be obtained. Let
the records Of the candidates for
high and responsible official positions
be thoroughly sifted. and let the best
and most efficient men be chosen to
4 represent us in the highest Iaw=mak-
ing body Of the land. We hope that
( it may yet be shown that Mr.. Baker
! is q reliable Prohibitionist and m