The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1899-12-20

purpose Of nominating the best men
possible. Most Of these men had never
been seen in primary They were
complete strangers to the politicians
but they had evidently profited by the
politicians methods and were able by
organized and united effort to nominate
the entire ticket
''As soon as it became plain that the
primary was out of their control the
regular ring withdrew in disgust and
nominated another ticket The News
simply calls the attention of all decent
citizens TO the fact that this last ticket
contains the names of whisky men, and
the line is distinctly and sharply drawn
between the machine and corrupt city
government. such as we have known
for years. and clean. honest. capable.
businesslike city administration, such
as every good citizen ought to want
1t is not necessary to remind the people
of Raymond that the question of local
option comes up at the election. That
will be the most important question
on the ticket The crisis of our city
affairs has been reached The issue
is squarely before us Shall we con-
tinue the rule Of rum and Doodle and
shameless incompetency. or shall we,
as President Marsh said in his noble
speech. rise as good citizens and be-
gin new order of things. cleansing
our city of the worst enemy known TO
municipal honesty and doing what lies
in our power to do with the ballot-to
purify our civic lifeH
The News is positively and without
reservation on the side of the new
movement We shall henceforth do all
in our power to drive out the saloon
and destroy its political strength. We
shall advocate the election of men nom
mated by the majority of citizens met
in the first primary, and we call upon
all Christians church members and low
ers of right. purity. temperance and
home to stand by President Marsh and
the rest of the citizens who have thus
begun a long needed reform in our
city
President Marsh read this editorial
and thanked God for Edward Norman
AT the same time he understood well
enough that every other paper in Ray
mond was on the other side He did not
misunderstood the importance and seri-
business of the fight which was only just
begun. 1t was no secret that The News
had lost enormously since it had been
governed by the standard of "What
would Jesus dor" The question now
was. Would the Christian people of
Raymond stand by IT, Would they
make it possible for Norman TO conduct
a daily Christian paper, or would their
desire for what is called ''news in
the way of crime, scandal political
partisanship Of the regular sort and
dislike to champion so remarkable re-
form in journalism, influence them TO
drop the paper and refuse to give it
their financial support? That was, in
fact. the question Edward Norman was
asking even while he wrote the Satur-
day editorial. He knew well enough
that his action expressed in that edi
torial would cost him very dearly from
the hands of many business men of
Raymond. and still as he drove his pen
over the paper he asked another ques
llOD. w Hat NOulu JESUS uO l. lldI
question had become part of his life
now. 1t was greater than any other.
But for the first time in its history
Raymond had seen the professional
men. the teachers. the college profess
sors. the doctors, the ministers, take
political action and put themselves
definitely and sharply in antagonism to
the evil forces that had SO long con-
trolled the machine of the municipal
government The fact itself was aston
ishing President Marsh acknowledged
TO himself with feeling of humilia-
tion. that never before had he known
what civic righteousness could accom-
plish From that Friday nights work
he dated for himself and his college a
new definition of the worn phrase, 1.-The
scholar in politics. Education for him
and those who were under his influence
ever after meant some element of suf-
fering Sacrifice must now enter into
the factor of development.
Continued next week