Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1897-11-02
OFFICE IN TRIBUNE BUILDING.
TUESDAY. NOV. 2ND, 1897.
OUR CRITICS.

OOH CRJ JCS.
Every now and then when some OF
our republican editorial brethren in
these parts get a spell of bilious collie,
and feel that they must jump onto
somebody, the doctor of the Willmar
TRIBUNE is Of course the devoted vic.
tim.
We have not taken the trouble to
notice these little mean stabs at US for
some time, but now our good neigh
bors, Poland of the Benson Times and
Crosby of the Gazette, grown coura-
geous, no doubt, by our silence for a
time, charge us a La Mancha as
if to annihilate us at one sweep with
their united onslaught. Hence we have
to give them brisk jurge to get the
bile out of them.
Bro. Poland, of the Benson Times,
imagines that he finds some CONTRA
diction in the fact that we blamed
those who voted for Bryan and not also
for Lommen, and on the other hand
now and then commends and even re-
commends a good man for Office even
though the latter is a republican.
But Bro. Poland forgets that cir
cumstances alters cases even in poll
tics. Mr.. Bryan as the presidential
candidate, and Mr.. Lommen as the
congressional candidate, were before
the voters of this district last fall
as the national representatives of
the silver side of the money, question.
Provided Mr.. Lommen was a fair and
personally unobjectionable candidate,
which we contend he was, every man
that voted for Bryan to be consistent
and actuated by principle ought also
to have voted for Lommen.
But in state and local politics this
rule does not apply, or if it is a gen.
eral rule the exceptions to it are num-
erous. For instance, what has the
the governor, the legislature, when no
senators are elected, the various state,
judicial, county and town officers to
do with solving the money question:
Only Indirectly in building up a ma
tional party And more than that, a
,partisanship that ignores home af-
fairs, neighborly compliments, and
friendship is unworthy Ola rational
and civilized citizen. twenty-five
thousand republicans of Minnesota
voted for Mckinley, the republican
congressman and John Lind for gov
ernor last fall Were these republi-
cans destitute of partisan principles:
We wait for Bro. Crosby and Bro.
Poland to answer this conundrum be-
fore they charge us with inconsistency
for advocating man for Judge of the
district court, although q republican.
OF course it is the judgeship that
sticks in the crop of Bro. Poland.
We advocated Mr.. Qvale for the posi-.
ton because we knew him to be well
qualified for the position and also be-
cause he is orr own townsman AND
neighbor. Some of the populists, will
more zeal than Judgment, didn't like
that we supported Qvale. Simply be.
cause Qvale is republican. Now
comes Bro. Poland and pours watel
on the mill of our critics, and Bro
Crosby comes with his little dipper ii
this wise, to REINFORCE Bro. Poland
"If you knew the Doctor real we'll
Bro. Poland, you would not be sur
prised at such q break as the above
The fact Of the matter IS, the Doctol
writes 50 much that he forgets from
week to week what the types have mad
him say ia preyio Issues, and Il con
sequently notorious for getting sadl,
mixed up. As 70 party 10y atty i, *
one down this way ever { accused hin