The representative., 1901-04-25
HAMLTK ". po.oRE
Mr.. OrmsdOrM AmSy:ered.

| Mr.. OrnsdOr6 AnSy:ered.
| COrmOrant, Becks Co., Mimi, April 15
E. A. Twitchell Editor Representative.
! Dear Sir: see that Mfr. Al. P. Orns-
dorff, Of Parkers Prairie. don't like my
private advice to you how to run news
/ paper. or idea of a reform paper. 1t
seems to me that he is trying to draw
me into a newspaper controversy about
the past, but he shall fail in that.
! AS for Donnelly, I. for one, shall let
| him rest in peace. He has gone to his
| reward.
Now, Mr.. Ornsdorff, when I penned
| that advice to Mr.. Twitehe1l, I hadn't
thought about Donne1ly; I simply
stated my idea of true reform paper
AS Mr.. Twitchell was starting in anew
| with the paper, he had perfect right to
accept or reject it, But you say in
that case my advice was wholly super
f!ous and meaningless, but as you say.
per Sc, how sensible would it have been
to- tell Twitchell to reform the old files
OF the Representative. No, Mr. Orns-
dorff, I did not look backwards, as you
pretend to construe my honest advice
Let the dead past bury its dead. But we
| can do a lot of good for the living by
SC directing our lives that we can do the
| most good to our fellow beings.
You say that you could not allow it
(the advice) to pass as genuine. Why
you read the Fergus Globe, and have l
stepped too hard on your toes sometime
through that paperA If so, am sorry
Now in regard to the past history of
thought so much of it; but you must
know that all men don't think alike.
Still, they may have perfect right to
their own belief, just as you have; and
the editor, in his comments on yours,
conveys my idea in part Mr.. Donnelly
was a great man, and tried all his life
to uplift mankind. Nevertheless, he
had his faults, as he many time said
himself, and so have we all our faults.
No editor can please all his readers,
but neither can he run it in his own in
terest and do justice to his readers-or
even to himself.
Now in regard to your query, when
the Representative got unpopular; I
leave the readers to judge. never said
it was uninteresting or unpopular, but
IL the editor will permit will give you
some facts. l have repeatedly during
the last two or three years tried to get
some subscribers to the paper-a good
many were subscribers at first-but the
general answer was that they had no
time for it. 1t was too personal and
not interesting enough, and even they
who stuck to the Representative to the
end told me again and again that they
would stop the paper, and good many
did here and in Southern Minnesota,
where we used to live But since Twitch-
ell took hold Of it again | have heard
number say that the paper was i'm
proving quite lot. Now, don't say
that this was the editors OF the papers
fault, but nevertheless. they are facts,
and If you come and see me will prove
it to you. Now this is all will ever
use the valuable space in the paper in
regard to the past history Of the paper.
If you want any further answer you can
apply to me personally by letter-but
don't apply without you have good
stomach for digestion.
Yours,
L. SENN, SR.
p. 81 hope the editor will pardon
me for this epistle and give me space.
If the questions were not so direct to me
l would not have answered them
U. SENN, SR