The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1906-10-19
THE EIGHT ron CONGRESS.

THE FIGHT FOR CONGRESS-
We dislike the way the fight for
congress is degenerating In this dis
trict,
Personally on friendly terms with
zach candidate we have refused to
print any of the articles from the
boiling papers, for the reason, that
the fact that these same papers are
supporting Norris Brown, Searlc and
Eaton would indicate that they are
not boiling Judge Boyd on account of
his railroad connections but rather
from personal motives.
On the other hand the republican
congressional committee who are try.
ing to put Judge Graves In the same
class with Judge Boyd are sure To
cause a political abortion.
This district Is normally twelve hun
dred republican. That the republicans
are not willing to fight this battle AS
they have In the past on the question
of who put down the war and also
saved the country from going to de-
struction in 1896 shows that they are
frightened.
A word of caution to Judge Boyd:
Call in your mud singers. The dem
ocrats have naught to lose by cam
paign of aggression and all bluffs Will
be called Creighton Liberal.
TO read the above article from the
Creighton independent newspaper, 1t
would appear to one not versod in the
situation that the republicans had
thrown mud In this campaign and that
the fusionists, In their efforts to elect
Judge Graves, had refrained from any
such methods. The Creighton paper
speaks word of caution to Judge
Boyd giving the Judge tip as to how
he can best be elected, insinuating
that there are mudslingers working
for Boyd 1t mentions the methods OF
the republican congressional central
committee.
Now as a matter of plain truth. the
democrats In this campaign have done
the only mudthrowing that has been
done.
The democratic congressional cen
trail committee has sent broadcast an
article from the Fender Republic, a
maverick sheet which no party cares
to brand, denouncing Judge Boyd as
hypocrite. 1t matters not whether
an individual democratic paper here
or there refuses to print such trash
the fact remains that the democratic
congressional committee at Fremont
has sent the stuff out with the hope
of injuring Judge Boyd and the matter
is up to the democratic party as mud
throwing of that organization.
The republicans in this campaign
are not throwing mud. They are wag
ing fairer fight against Graves thar
the democrats are waging against
Boyd. We don't blame any paper fol
disliking the way the fight for con
gress Is degenerating In this district
The democratic committee has sem
out rot In an attempt to stain Judge
Boyd's character--and we are grad tt
see the method censured by papers II
Judge Graves own party,
Judge Boyd will he elected in this
campaign In spite of the mud that Is
being hurled at him. He will be elect
ed because the voters of the district
know him for a man, fair and square
outspoken and honorable, and In ne
sense misrepresentation of facts
He will be elected because he is II
harmony with President Roosevelt
while his opponent is pledged to an
tagonize Roosevelt. He will be chos
en- because the republican party has
given prosperous conditions to this
country and no revolutionary legtsla
tion such as Is promised by the dem
ocratic congressional candidate, II
wanted by the people of this country
Prices are good for all farm pro
! ducts. Wages are high, There Il
work for all, and more.
Judge Boyd can stand firmly on TIT
republican principles of the day ant
be elected. He does not need to throw
mud. He has not, nor have hi
friends. He will win in spite of tn
mud from the democratic camp. w
} are glad such methods find little ia
vor, even among democratic papers.
OVERCONFlDENCE DANGER.
Rut three weeks more remain befor