Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1898-03-29
TUESDAY, MARCH 20, 1895
THE VILLAGE CAMPAIGN.

l1oAuS VIC ILLUS VI OuC CltlLcuS, lit
wishes to establish the fact that he is
editing the TRIBUNE himself, that no
one can dictate to him a line of editor.
ial utterance, and that he is acting in
good faith in the part he has taken in
the citizens reform movement. We
have deemed it necessary to make this
statement, partly owing to the Argus
false insinuations last week that DR..
Johnson wrote the editorials for the
TRIBUNE and partly owing to the false
reports which are being industriously
circulated that the meeting at the en-
gine-house was turned into a parts
one. The truth of our statements we
hope to prove by our actions.
That the TRIBUNE has been a partic-
ular pet of the present council we deny,
and we believe a glance at the item OF
''printing" in the financial statement
will satisfy anyone in that respect.
The TRIBUNE has nothing to say
personally against the gentlemen NOM
mated for aldermen last Saturday eve
ming. Their partisan enthusiasm may
have led them to become participants
in a move which they could not have
supported, had it been inaugurated
under its true name. The TRIBUNE
hopes that not any Of the odium which
is involved in the representing of an
unworthy cause may attach to these
gentlemen as individuals.
What excuse is there for a republi.
can ticket in the village election at
this time? Was it a move to inaugur.
ate any reform? No. They propose
to slide affairs along in the rut in
which they are running. The Argus
says the extra $40 month on the sal.
airy listmay bemoney "wellexpended. )"
The move was made that the oldtime
combination ight get new lease o.
life. What they could not win in a
straight fight on issues, they hope tc
win by drawing new lines.
Will it succeed? No. not if republic
cans place a higher estimation or
good citizenship than on good Darti
san-ship.
a good republican told the editor
last Saturday that the move was made
by republican otfice-holders and CO.
terie of young republicans who are
early developing an itch for politica
places and power. They are working
for spoils. Do the citizens of Will
mar want to encourage this sort of &C.
ton? Do they want village questions
decided on their own merits, or dc
they want them brd6hed aside in &
scramble for Office? They will decide
at the polls next Tuesday. If they arr
As good citizens as they are repnbll
cans. they will stamp out this attemp
so effectually that hereafter village
politics will mean village issues.
Was the meeting which resulted il
the call for the caucuses next Satur
day a partisan one? Do the resolu
tions give any evidence that it was;
What do the good temperance me1
who were there say about it? Wa.
there any attempt made to force any
thing through the meeting? The so
called republicans had hoped tina
there would be a prohibition tickle
and a populist ticket in the field, thus
giving them an easy victory. That il
is the reason they are misrepresentinf
this meeting.
Why did a temperance mass meet
ing adopt platform containing ex
pressions on other subjects than tn,
license question? Because they want
ed the votes of everybody who is i,
favor of reform. by adopting plat
form giving expression to all the is
sues before the people of the villag,
they do away with the possibility o
another citizens ticket, and secure thu
best possible advantage for the tenn
perance issue. =, =. M = F..
Is there anything wrong with these
other demands? We would like to re.
peat that question to every so-called