The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1895-03-30

Steele Ozone: The Washhurn LEADER
man stems I" lie worried over some more
of the Ozonts editorials, and eayr, con.
corning the ole on Sunday law making,
that we have moral spasms." Without
replying te this remark by accusative
antitt!esis. we will ex press a sincere re.
greet that ths valued estimatlOn with which
Bro. Taylor once seemed to SO highly
favcs crr humble self, appears to have
undergone IL great change since this paper
veutured to say a pleasant word for the
candidate for the Legislature from tho 29ti..
district Major Murphy. 1t is painful to
be repeatedly reminded that, in order to
meet the approval of some one whom we
have no reason to regard "a other than
fairly disposed toward US, we mus: avoid
having friendly relations with any whom
that one doesn't approves; must refrSin
from saying q word favorable to lhcln;
md must ntcdieusly conform our utter
anccs to what We think tE:at one would
stamp with the seal of his approval.
Failing III this observance, We must be
subject to small criticism OH some of our
dearest fa:lings: must have our attempts
to be decent made light of; must be called
u Jekyl!-Hyde: and in short, must DO
found all wrong in everything because We
presume to differ with another merely
human mind in one thing.
We publish tho above from the Ozone
to give Editor Woods ''say'' all the pub.
lioity that tas LEADER can extend to his
inky musings. The LEADER only pleads
for consistency. We kick on the Good
Lord, Good Devil kind of irrsverencs, es-
pecia!ly when it is uttered in one breath.
We kick when We see an editor attempt
Ing 10 set himself right before the public
and trying to direct public thought on
pu5lis questions. only that he might con-
use BY first confusing himself. We
would censurs that style of conducting a
newspaper whom its editorial columns are
found s1tolling the labor leader Dsbs; the
rights of labor, purity in politics and
morals. Sc, in ons paragrals, while in
another editorial paragraph in the "a me
issue he finds space to justify his political
friend or masters bad. breaks g an In
dian agent, whom the helpless were plum
dored for Christ's and Mammon's sakss.
oras a Legislator, his every sot or vote was
IN corporation interests and NOT ONE
VOTE FOB THE FARMER's INTER.
ESTs o. the small s~toeknlan, tho artizan.
or the laborsr. But what could have been
expected from a man who 10 almost con
%t'nuously riding over the railroads of tho
stats on FREE PASSES. furnished BY
these corporations. They had been trust
ful and patient With the deadhsad until he
got = job as member of the legislature,
whom they would e1pest their pay, and to
Aurphy's credit be it said in all fairnes.
they were we'll repaid as far as his efforts
went in his ''bull in the china shop"
methods. His stulifcation to the big eat
tie corporation interests we're exoussable.
DC owns . bunch. He vas under no
obligations to .hs farmers aud small
stoekmsn OF this district. They did not
vote for him.. His election figures were
stacked up by the "God forgive "a" judges
OF Hinot. But for the life Of % W can't
sse how or what the noralizing or dc.
moralizing Ozone editor can expect to
gain by atssm pting to befsddle his read
srs intsl!ects with this Good Lord, Good
Devil-Aurphy shrisks with which he ~.
gales sh'm II spasmodic splurgss.