The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1892-10-28
MANKATo FREE PRESS.
FRIDAY. OCTOBER %, 1892.
A SILLY ATTACK.

For some reason or other the ReuieaU
has for years borne deep grudge
against Alderman Hubbard and it has
seldom missed an opportunity to
strike at him and his interests III
Mankato. This is the real animus, as
most of our citizens know, of the silly
and untruthful attack which that
paper made in its Saturdays issue up
on the FREE PRESS, but which was
intended as an indirect thrust at Mr..
Hubbard The cowardly nature of
that sheet was never better illustrate
ed than in this action.
When the matter first came before
the council the Revieac, in keeping
with it's after policy, did not publish
the full and manly sworn statements
of Mr.. Hubbard and Mr.. Palmer, but
mutilated them into very small
space and then hid the matter in the
center of it's account Of the council
proceedings. This was in sharp con-
trast with the course of the FREE
PRESS, which gave the full text Of all
the papers and gave the matter such
prominence as the Importance of Mr..
Hubbard'S open statement demanded.
Nor was the amount of water taken
from the mains, as estimated by
members of the Board of Public
Works, concealed from the public,
and the report of the council commit
tee which was instructed to investi-
gate and report the amount of water
used was given equal prominence.
Pursuing it's policy of giving it's read
ers all legitimate news IA thing which
the sleepy Reuieao fails to do it inter-
viewed Mr. Hubbard upon the subject
of the committees report and pub
lished the substance of his statements,
which it, in common with all our pa
triotic and progressive business men,
believes should be given due weight
in making the final decision as to the
amount which he is to pay. The Re
UielU is SO angered because Mr.. Hub
bard does not go down in his pocket
and pay out $4,000 to the city, thing
which that paper would gloat over,
but which no one has ever asked Mr..
Hubbard to do, that it makes Wis
cious attack upon Mr.. Hubbard and
the FREE PRESS. 1t throws off all
the restraints which good sense, if not
honesty, would dictate and descends
to falsehOod and mud Singing in its
endeavor 10 have the council charge
Mr.. Hubbard $4,000 for what water he
did not want and did not know his
mill was using.
In the course of it's envious harangue,
which would as i'll become a reSpecta-
bic journal as it is characteristic of
the ReCicaC, that paper accuses the
EIEE PRESS of seeking ito throw dis
Credit upon the report Of the council
committee OF Investigation and to
generally create the impression that
it doesn't amount to much" To show
quote the sentence which is evident
referred to, as 1t is the only comment
which has ever appeared in these col
umnS upon the report Of the commit
tee. After reviewing some of the rea
sons Why IL would be unjust TO charge
Mr.. Hubbard at water rates. we said:
Under all these circumstances, the
committee to which the matter was
referred back should endeavOr to
make settlement which shall be fair
to Mr.. Hubbard aS well as the city.
We believe that an amicable agree
ment is possible without resorting to
the courts"
Does this mild statement warrant
the following from the Revie,o, which
would be expected from a coward or
bully who was bent on hiding his own
miserable plot?
ut is not necessary to the misrepre
sent the committee or falSify the
facts, and against SO doing the ReuieaU
enters its protest. We believe asset
Element can and will be reached be-
tween Mr.. Hubbard and the council
that will be satisfactory, but it, can
not be facilitated by newspaper bull
dosing.
So anxious is the Revieao to have'the
council charge Mr.. Hubbard $4,000,
even if it involves the city in the in
evitable costly lawsuit that would fol-
low such an attempt, that it is will
ing to sacrifice the little honor that
it's personal friends have been willing
to cOncede it, and resort to the prac-
tices of the ward heller and blackleg.
Not satisfied with abusing its bet
tiers, in it's attempt to strike at Mr.
Hubbard it urges the city togo to
the expense of purchasing another
pump in addition to the magnificent
one which the city now possesses. and
for what reason? Simply because
that in the very remote chance that
that the city's double pump should
become disabled on both sides at one
time for a few DAYS Mr. Hubbard's
pump might be called upon to pump
the city water while repairs were be-
ing made! In it's personal fight upon
Mr.. Hubbard the Revielo would spare