The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1896-08-06

LAKE MILLS, Wis, July &c, 90.

LAKE MILLS, Wis, July 26, '96.
To the Editor OF the AvaIanche:-
In bundle of mail just received note
that the Herald has devoted to me a
considerable space in its editorial COLI
umns.
Will you kindly allow me opportunity
over my own signature to pay my res
poets to this compliment Of which am
the somewhat unappreciatiye recipient.
It il an honor. which. az Lord Bacon
would have said, is thrust upon me.
The other two gentlemen alluded to
in this editorial, will take care Of them
selves. Upon the Question now before
them, at wellas upon those which shall
interest them in the future, Ibelieve they
will come toIthcir own honest convic-
.ions nor will the little patroniziug tap
on the back from the Sank Centre Her
aid influence them one way or the other.
II the object of the article in question
attended as it 10 by personalities. which.
to sag, the least are a little out Of place,
were one OF merriment only, should
certsinlv, unhesitatinaly endorse it. II
thereis any real tun about it. I believe
am willing to be a contented victim,
provided shall be granted the privilege
! in nav own waye OF getting back at the
other fellows"
And the wellknown proclivities Of the
noble editor OF the Herald, Ohye gods,
what capital sport body could make
of them! But one must not forever be
! unkind
So dropping the accidental coupling
, of nay name with cause in which am
a deyout believer, Ishall refer to the
mis-statements made, by simply saying
that the editor of the herald well knew
that weeks" were not spent in "per-
| sistent personal canvass" that no one
| was Solicited" OF even allowed the
opportunity. to join the free silver club,
| who did uot believe in the re establish
mcnt OF silver as money metal; and
that the list upon the night OF organiza-
tion contained about a hundred names,
He will also have occasion to realize
before the day of election that the gold
| (?l city OF Sank Centre contains at
least two hundred voters who did not
believe in the further continuance OF this
cruel financial experiment, under which
the worlds workers are having their
burdens unjustly increased.
Our editorial friend wonders il these
! men will "stick." That word is a tell
citious expression OF his thought. For
to him who looks upon ordinary voters
only as so many flies buzzing about his
glue.pot, the question whether they
shall ''stick" or not is one of supreme
concern.
However, to relieve him of turther sus-
Iense we will saw TO him that these men,
being simply men,, and not cockleburss
barnacles or gnats will not stick ,
Bait the Herald might perhaps convert
many OF them to it's belief
How? By throwing aside its wea-
pons of personal abuse, misrepresenta-
ton OF facts, and other cheap clap-trap.
and filling its columns with good so md
arg0nents which shall effectually sup.
I.port It's canse, and strongly appeal to
that sense OF Justice residing in the
heart of each one Of it's readers. The
Herald's editor might plead that this
| worJd he task too Herculean. Well,
perhaps that is trui IA. Do Bas.
The doctor. as usual mistakes the
issue, Irhe personal peculiarities OF the
edit0r.ofthe HERALD is in no way IN
| vOise6. y Had the HERALD said one
word sslative to the TRIBES, exoentr,ci-
ties or lpeculiarities Of the doctor-if,
indeed he have any then the above
would have been more to the point.
1t is, however. a notorious tact that he
spent some time-weeks is the language
affected 20, and perhaps soiidly corr
sidered that is an exageration, but .dur-
ing weeks, advocating the free coinage
OF silver, and solicited signatures for
free silver cIub membership. So tar as
''stie king" is concerned, it isn't neoes-
sary that glue or molasses be used in
the prooess-prejudice and mis,nforms-
ton are.auite as effective as cohesive
Observation-Disclosures, and just as .destruc-
tive. So far as gold CD Sank Centre is
concerned. that s.a matter OF 8opsnson
only to be answered at the polls, and
the HERALD is confident that there will
be larger majority for the gold stand
lard next November chan was ever yet
recorded ON any political issue.
The report OF the county convention
printed elsewhere in this paper. isclipped
from the Journal Press, and carries a
wrong impression in one particular. B.
w. How had no such difficult, with
Il n n ". =. s-.I.-.-1 q me.