The true northerner., 1900-04-25
A Singer of Mud.

A Singer OF Mud.
AS singer of mud, if in no other re-
spect, the Courier easily leads the press
of Van Buren, county.
Last week in long and dirty editorial
appeared the following paragraph:
simultaneously with the visit of this
shrewd politician STANLEY w. Turner to
Paw Paw, the True Northerner comes
out and editorially endorses the candi-
dacy of Dexter M. Ferry for the nomina
tion for governor on the republican
ticket We presume it is the Northern
er's boasted stalwart republicanism,
coupled with the platitudes, etc. of the
shrewd politician, that has induced to
select Mr.. Ferry for its champion and in
whose behalf it will hereafter throw its
immense editorial influence"
The Northerner would not trouble itself
to give any yinformationin the matter for
the benefit of the Courier. Even if that
paper knew the truth, it would pre-
fer falsehood, if it answered its pur-
poses better. But there are are
a few people whose opinion the
Northerner prizes highly, who may
not thoroughly understand the character
istic scurrility of the Courier, and for
their information only does the Northern
er take any notice whatever of the insin-
nations of its contemporary. The North
erner did state that Stanley w. Turner,
one of the shrewdest politicians of the
state, was in Paw Paw. 1t also stated
that he was here in the interest of his can
didacy for the chairmanship of the re-
publican state central committee, and In
that statement the Northerner told the
exact truth. Mr.. Turner's call at the
the Northerner Office was a very brief
one. He sat in the business office per
haps three minutes, and in that time the
governorship was not mentioned, except
that Mr.. Turner stated distinctly that
he was not in this part of the state in
the interest of Mr.. Ferry or any other
candidate: that he was here solely in the
interest of his candidacy for the state
craftsmanship.
Mr.. Turner never asked the Northern.
er to support Mr.. Ferry.
Mr.. Turner never asked the Northern
er whether it was going to support Mr.
Ferry or not.
Mr.. Turner did not know when he was
here, nor afterwards until he saw this pa
per, that the Northerner was among Mr.
Ferry's supporters. The fact is that the
editorial announcement of Mr.. Ferry haC
been in type in the Northerner office fol
number of days prior to Mr.. Turner:
visit to this place, and his visit to Paw
Paw had no connection whatever with it
The Northerner does base its support
of Mr.. Ferry largely on its stalwart re
publicanism. We support Mr.. Ferry be
cause we believe him to be magnifcen
type of Michigan republicanism and o
sterling manhood. We believe him to b,
a man of unquestioned integrity. We
believe him to be man who cannot bt
assailed except by falsehoods and insinu
ations, mud Singing and misrepresenta
tions, which is the principal stock il
trade of the Courier, and which will max,
many votes in Van Buren, county for Mr.
Ferry, should he be the republican nom
inee.
Another reason why we support Mr.
Ferry, is because he has expressed a will
lingness to permit the republican part!
OF Michigan to make its own platform
The republican party has had some ex
perience in the policy of permitting
candidate to write his own platform, anC
that experience has been far from salts
factory. While it is an unquestioned fac
that the present republican state admin
istration is in power by virtue of demo
cratic votes, yet the republican party o
course cannot entirely escape the respon
sibility for its actions. However tha
may be, the past is past, and it is to the
future that the people of the state o
Michigan must look. What may have hap
pened in state affairs is not the question
now before the people. What will hap
pen during the next two years, is tn,
problem for solution. 1t is so absolutel,
certain that the next governor of Michi