Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1898-02-24
The People Should Nominate.

attrlbuting to his brother Republican editors
OF this district no motive for their choice as to
congressional candidates except their desire
for postofice appointments, is claiming low
standard for the profession to which he, him.
self, belongs, One who so freely makes such
charges should not object to being measured
by the same standard by which he measures
Others"
The chief remark we wish to make in con-
nection with the foregoing item, from the Au-
dubon Republican, is that it is wholly false and
entirely unfounded. The only Republican
editor which THE EXPRESS has criticised in
the manner intimated in the article quoted was
one who already had his postofnce and whose
gratitude was being expressed in loud demands
for the denomination of his patron. In this
case we merely suggested that party so stu
ated certainly had no claim to be considered
as unprejudiced patriot who should dictate
nomination. At least three classes of our fell
low citizens are in this same predicament First,
the fellow who has what he wants; second, the
fellow who failed to get what he wanted, and
third, the fellow who is still wanting something
The first is too likely to he for his patron re-
CARELESS Of merits, the second just as apt to be
feminist" the man he fancies to have wrOnged
him, and the third is effectually muzzled, and
to this latter class we presume our Audubon
brother belongs. THE EMPRESS belongs to
none OF these classes. Ninety-nine per cent of
the people of this district belong to none of
them. They, and not the small coterie of "pie
EATERS" sore-head and place seekers, should
nominate the man who is to represent the
Ninth district in cOngreSs.-Red Oak Express.
We do not desire to misrepresent the
position of the Express in the least,
but we doubt If that worthy paper
really comprehends its position. We
think it is doing what it says it is not
doing. 1t says the only editor it has
c,itcised in the manner we intimated
was one who already had his post office.
We understood the Express criticisms
to be general AMI against those papers
that flavor Mr.. Hager, claiming they
favor him because of political reward.
II is possible we are mistaken, and that
the Express only meant one particular
paper. However, we still half think
the Express desired to include all the
republican newspapers of the district
who favor Mr.. llager as being inhu-
enced 10y sordid motives, for later IN
the article we quote above it presumes
the editor of tlfis paper belongs to that
third class which is muzzled because it
is wanting something. Now all we
charged against the Red Oak brother
was that he is claiming Il low standard
for the profession to which he belongs.
This he hotly disclaims, but in the next
breath continues to write down editors
who think differently from him as be-
ing influenced only by an Office they
have or one they hope to have.
Now it is evident the editor of the
Express is opposed to Mr.. Hager. If
we treated him in the same ungener-
GUS way he treats us we would say we
presume he is opposed to Mr.. lager
because he has failed to get what he
wanted. We hope better for him. We
think surely that newspaper men
have some principles which actuate
them. We know some of them are
narrow and selfish and only advocate
men for Office for reward, but we think
they are in the small minority. We
hope our Red Oak brother belongs to
the large majority who have convic.
tions which riS A, above narrow selfish
ness. We would also be glad if he
would credit us with the same lber.
ality we desire to extend to him. TO
say those who differ from you in opin-
ion are influenced by selfshness and
that you are not smacks slightly of
intolerance.
AS to our reasons for favoring Mr..
Hager we have to say that he appears
to us to be the best material in the
race. We may be wrong, but if so it is
ourjudgment that is wrong. We think
Audubon county republicans mostly
favor him. We know their motives
are good, fully as good as those of the
brother from Red Oak. AS to motives,
we have none to conceal. We ex
pect no favors and desire none. We
desire to run a republican paper in
Audubon county and we aspire to
voice republican sentiment I here as
well as our own.
We would suggest that personal
thrusts against MIR. Hager be not made
Some may be left in better position to
advocate his election after convention
if they do not talk too freely before
hand.