The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1891-06-25
WHICH is MOST UNJUsTe

The Redwood Falls Gazette seems
to think that we have been trying to
influence the country editors to oppose
Mr.. Davis because he does not pay
them for support. This is a very un-
fair and unjust view to take of the ar
ticles that have appeared in The News.
We have not been trying to influence
the editors of the State to do ANYTHING.
We are not in the advising business.
They edit their own papers, and know,
doubtless, what they want to write for
their columns; and after what we have
said, we are surprised that a paper
which is usually as fair as the Gazette
should place false construction upon
what this paper has printed. We edit
the News with a view of giving facts
as we understand them, and while we
should be very glad to have others
share our opinions, we shall in no way
feel hurt if they do not. We try to ed
it the News honestly and frankly, and
we will deserve to be severely criticised
when we begin to misrepresent broth
er editors, or place a wicked construc
ton on anything they may say
Mortified News.
We submit to Brother Heatwole that
the editor of an influential paper like
the News is Just as deserving of severe
criticism when it shows personal or po-
litical bias as is Senator Davis for in
stance, or even the Pioneer Press, which
has grown great largely by the de-
nunciations of the country press. We
have re-read the News paragraph which
we criticised, and we fail to see where
our comments placed a false or even
strained construction upon it. Here
is the original News paragraph again,
and we might add that it is only rep
etition of other expressions in the
News of similar import, showing dis
position on the part of the News editor
to disparage Senator Davis as a candi-
date, on grounds that appear to us
far-fetched and unfair:
The paper that characterized the
country editors as "pap-fed parasites"
has been chosen to lead them in fight
for Twin City politicians. If Mr.. Davis
has so much affection for the country
newspaper why does he want the Pr
oneer Press to lead his fight. If he
had gone to the Rock County Herald,
Princeton Union, or any other repre-
sentative country newspaper, there
would have boon evidence of sincerity.
What evidence has the News that
Senator Davis has chosen the P. P. to
"lead his fight" Our senior senator
is no fool, and it may be assumed that
he knows the attitude of the Pioneer
Press toward the Republican press of
the state we'll enough to refrain from
retaining the great political newspaper
"hoodoo" of the state as his organ.
The P. P. was VIGOROUSLY the organ
of Gov. Merriam-a conspicuous "Twin
City politician but that did not de-
ter the News man from working in sea-
son and out of season for the nomina-
ton and election of Merriam. Why
should not the P. P. advocate Davis
reelection, the latter being the idol of
St. Paul as we'll as the favorite of the
country editors7 What we object to
is that the News should assume that
It was the bounden duty of Senator
Davis to Ego to- prominent country
editor or city editor either, and ask
him to lead his Davis) fight" The
very idea is undignifed and absurd,
as applied to a man of Senator
Davis position, and we are quite will
ing to leave it to the judgment of our
brethren of the press, as we'll as to the
general reader, whether the News or
the Gazette has been most unfair and
uniuSt