New Ulm review., 1922-05-17
Correction.

In writing up the Nonpartisan
League meeting at Springfield last
week the Reuiew inadvertently stated
that M. j. Pavlik Of the Northern
Light has said that his paper, being a
Nonpartisan League organ, would give
the Nonpartisan league candidates un-
qualified support. In making this
statement we misquoted Mr.. Pavlik.
He did not state that his newspaper
was owned by the Nonpartisan League.
What he did say was that he was the
manager and editor Of newspaper
that was supposed to have the support
and endorsement of the farmer move
ment and that he believed that the
action of the delegates would meet
with the approval of the members
and that personally he would do all
in his power to bring about the election
of the candidates selected by the dele
gates.
Ordinarily slip Of the pen like the
above would go unnoticed and the
matter Of the Nonpartisan league
meeting and the contents Of the ar
ticle published in the Reuiew had been
completely dismissed from our mind un-
til we got the last issue of the Lan,ber-
tom Star and found that our inaccuracy
in reporting Mr.. Pavlik gave Schei,
editor Of this true and only loyal Ameri-
can newspaper an opportunity to rant
and tear over his entire front page in
an effort to make out that the Nor
thern Light is in truth and in fact a
Nonpartisan League organ.
The policy of a newspaper is de
termined solely by it's editorial policy
and any statements that the, Repieae
or any one else may make can not set
the policy of any paper. In the eyes
of some people the Ne1v Ulm Reuien
may be Nonpartisan League news
paper. As matter of fact it is not
as its editorial policy will conclusively
prove. We have supported the Non
partisan League because according to
our notions it is a progressive move
ment and advocates certain measures
which are absolutely right. AS long as
they advocate progressive measures
they can count on our support but no
longer. It would be much easier from
a monetary viewpoint to publish a
newspaper that endorses and advocates
the interests of the predatory rich, be
cause the plunderbund usually pays in
the coin of the realm those who make
it possible to keep their strangle- hold
on the common people.
According to the Star we inspired
the delegates at the Non-partisan CON
vention. We did not know that we
had the ability to speak in such elo-
quent terms as to inspire our hearers.
We are almost pulled up with pride
sufficient to 60 on the stump this fall
and inspire the people Of this section
Of the state to adopt our views along
lPAOS1Cco1VC AIlCo. oOlllC VI Jul IIltIluS
at times have told us that on this or
that occasion we. made a good talk,
but we always felt that they were
f1attering us. Now that sworn enemy
rushes into print and tells the world
(and the Star reaches the world) that
we inspired those that heard us, we
cannot help but feel in the bottom of
our heart that for once the truth has
been spoken and that we have the
ability to inspire This has set us
to thinking and in the meantime we
wait with bated breath for the next
issue Of the Star to find out if it will
give as much space to our correction
as it did to the previous articles con-
tanning a misstatement of fact.