The herald., 1898-10-28
FRIDAY. OCTOBER rs. 1898.

Square if there must be fight. This applies to the prize
ring and to politics and all the interme
CONGRESSMAN date fields of strife If blows be
BARLOW given, why then it is only just that blows
be received The rule of give and take
is good any that has yet been devised by
perfect civilization doing justice the spot Hence there
are people who will crce Congressman Barlow for the
body blows which he delivered upon his antagonist at the Wig
Wednesday evening That he did most numerically
Mr. Waters and his spokesman Meserve there no
ton.
the campaign the Republican press and
stump speakers kept up perpetual fire of detracton III
nuendo directed personally at Mr.. Barlow They
have in their and abuse of the term "bsnes'
opportunities This they have twisted into thousand diff
ferent meanings always bad and they have fixed upon Mr.
Barlow of crookedness before the fact which
they assumed have been carried into the most gigantic
that the mind of could conceive Fairminded
though they might have been strongly predposed
towards Mr. Barow have grown tired of this continual fu
lade of gnobe nsnuaton They quite deous of hear
ing from the other side of the proposition and they ready
with half Justification to take up Mr. Barows
This much least the small detractors have
complisted for him.
And when Mr. Barlow did stand up to the nnuen
does of his advesaes The Herald is free to he answered
them in manly wayconessing his fault in far he
fault but exculpatng himself wrong intention evil
The fact that, when Mr. Barlow elected the repre-
of the Sixth district two years ago, he
tyro political matters He had been farmer up San Luis
Obpo county and had been struggling for years uphill
road Politically he green grass Mr. Barlow does
say but all know such to be the fact 1t his
misfortune to fall into the hands of bad adyera regular
marpot-an that he several letters which have
been published misnerpeted and used against him.
The opportunity which Barlow had in mind when
he Marion Brooks to present proofs OF
old claims against the and compensation for
holders These cams-or furnishing supplies to emonts
expedition the early days of Califonahad been passed by
congress- and necessary to furnish proofs to the depart
in order the compensation Mr. Barlow did
know that not permissible for congressman to act
attorney for anybody with claim against the government
he advised this matter he dropped it instanter
His fault of ignorance, and not of evil intent
Barlows detracor with all their hooo of detnction have
dishonest against him a congressman and
he challenges them to do
On the other hand, he knows great deal more about
political matters than he did two years ago Indeed he
has been apt pupil and his natural tact backed up by
great deal OF industry has made him the efficient rep
resentave the Sixth district las had in congress- Bar
low has accomplished his district than all of his prede-
put together With this record behind him he well
afford to defy his deactos And think the Sixth district
i'll afford TO have BRUSHED aside by miserable
insinuations and imputatons of It wrong thought.
We know that Barlow a anch supporter of the San
Pedro harbor BILL know that he opposed the reunuins
bill and the Dgey arif know he is safe silver
question.
In view of these facts, and rather than fly evils that we
Of The Herald advises every member OF the allied
parties to Charles A. Barlow congressman to sue
ceed himself