The Ravalli Republican. [volume] (Stevensville, Mont.) 1894-1899, 1896-10-07

Iutl dCCOiu OH SAcfv pOlnC aU ISSUE
but one, or in men who ask the suf-
frages and support Of the people as
members and representative candi.
dates Of two opposing parties at the
same time?
The sheet quoted very, enthusiasts
tical]y indorses the unnatural union
or fusion between the populis6s and
republicans Of Missoula county and
Judge Reeves condidacy and would
urge Ravalli republicans to fall in
line for Judge Reeves.
The above paragraph pointed.
shows the depth Of deprayity anG
falschood into WHICH the News has
fallen since politics has engaged tile
feeble brain OF its editor. Up to the
/ ltinlc the 1atestsissue OF the REpuB.
L1CAN previoustto; the writing Of that
paragraph had reaolled the News Of
fee, the fusion of the ,Missoula re-
publicans and popdlists on the county
ticket had not been accom- plished, or
at least, the REPUBLICAN, had seer
no account of.it, and there was NJ
mention Of it i in 1.-THE <paper yNEicl
went to press ats o'clock on the
morning following the Missoula con
jvention and before any 'mail from
Missoula had reached Ravalli county
Even the last issue Of the REpUrLI
CAN, which reached Hamilton after
the paper containing it was printed
said not IL word Of enthusiastic in
dorsement Of the fusion, and the on] !
commcndarory word Of any candidate
on the fusion ticket in Missoul;
county Which this paper printed was
in favor Of Miss Maclay, populist, tho
present very able superintendent o.
schools. The only reference tx
Judge Woody and Judge Reeves wa:
the remark that Nh. Hershey haC
declined the nomination for district
Judge, which left the race between
Judge Reeves and Judge MOODY
"With chances in favor Of the for
mcr." II the News, printed before
it saw even that sentence, can con
struc those words into an ':cnthusi
;lstic" Endorsement Of Judge Reeve:
it is welcome to lido SO. But it can.
not print barefaced lies about tht
! REPUBLICAN and talk about "prin
|ciplc" in the same breath without
being called down and exposed.
The sheet quoted On every occasion
that it's cowardly makeup will per
nit unmasks it's godbug ideas an(
insidiuusly tries to make converts ir
it's peculiar way.
"Thc sheet quotedn is a rcpubli
can paper, as its name implies. i
is supporting the entire state
and county republican tickets
and Charlie Hartman, a rcpub
lican and a silver man, for con
gross. The News is supporting pop.
ulists and democrats indiscriminatclS lS
| for state Offices, and hasn't the cour
I age, with all it's gibblc- -gabblc about
"cowardly makeup" to support any
body for congress.
Don't prate about principles: youl
methods are too raw.
Yhe last two lines close the News
article. II it is ''principle" tt
charge opposition papers with print
ing things which had never appeared
in their columns: we plead guilty tt
not having any Of that particula
brand Of "principle" which is II
favor with the News. Our method:
may be raw, but they are not, likt
those of the News, SO rotten that thu
stencil Of them taints the whole at
mosphcrc. And VIC aim always tt
continc ourselves to the truth. In
deed, the truth about democratic
methods is bad enough to disgust al
right minded men with those en-
ploycd by democratic publications.
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