| Show l I i iI I i J If S INDEPENDENT IS Im r j nUT HUT NOT S S Sp I p it j An Independent public Journal tak tok taking tokI I f f 1 ing no nu side sl e In tn Politics Is la not I 1 S ne of the tho neuter gender I 1 Neither is III i it required to IX be dumb on f any An question of principle or policy lIo af at affecting atI I the tha general l g welfare H It i Is 15 free fre freto freeS r S to o crIticize the th acts of or public officials official t I 1 i a whatever ha Y be their t Party arly I r It is bROl not to be 00 by any an F I dique or faction Ion Th The Despot New Nt cw i S has had bad to la both beth and 1 ine In ta their public J wIthout the l regard to the tt tr trI 4 I i 1 l I f fact ct prod fc d pe OH ti extreme partisans partisan i I 1 I on oa eIther her 4 e It ft expects to net and an 4 f S k and andS k S eI r I mv b be d j j 1 JI t tf 1 f r r r 4 1 a t i II J l t tt t p t 1 t 1 r t 1 1 t I j j ji i 1 TC L I i n or pr offended Orr IJ I At the jho seine SAme tin It does docs not 11 p to o favor or find lault t with person or t on tin It Wit Will be that when tho hows NO commends amonde c a proposition n or a u e of tork by an officer op body bod of ot one ri j political party extreme e mo par titans o Jho opposing bod ate nto Worked up II Into ft IH t of or anger and ami charge c alse the tho Nev With Ith being partisan If fault Is IB nd matter mailer how ho wel deserved the p J I tf tu which tho the oitI I l or of or officials hut criticised belong feels that th l lIt It 18 lal tt and a protest ac accordingly acco cordingly co A little calm cairn would dissipate these absurd and an impartial Investigation of our out e would show clearly cleMy that this paper I 0 has taken an unhinged corsi ant devoted d Itself to 10 tho the public interest of any allY party con i Tho Tim public has been n con considerably exercised over the th tb nonen t of certain city ordinances e A movement wag Inaugurated some Borne time ago tt to t J the tile executive o depart department department part partIn ment In nt of i tho municipality to perform Its Us duty duty In this matter The Tho promoters of ot thIs were not partisans they W l of different shades of ut political belief klet the Hit lio t News Nowa voiced plainly II their united sentiments An Is now made to attach par partisan significance to tho ho utterances inn Cs of ot this paper r on n this vital subject ct Wo We ha do no reference to any a party part or Its Us policy p In connection with the tat lat latter tatter hatter ter terCan Cannot Can t those rabid partisans who try tr to make It appear that our remarks Af rf Affect teet their political party se sc see that they are only doing damage to It They are smiting tt lt t In tho face and giving It a n ablack Ablack black c cO 6 themselves them Is III It ft partisan to ask for tor the tho enforcement of of laws l ws that have hn been leen J een on tim statute books for ma arid and that haL no riO one seriously thinks can nn be repeated repealed Is ha It not fatu fau Itous It us I d B wehl ellos as silly sill ta t 1 meet facts that are ara patent nt and arguments argument that are I Irrefutable with the th stupid assertion that they reflect on a II politico political party Cannot the weak minds and nid n d feebler pens that take toke up such a warfare afO per pcr perceive that they are ore only doing damage damno to their Own cause The pUblio public need only to read N r d what the has said In ha regard to tu the respective powers power and duties of t tho the ex cx executive X and legislative departments of ot otur our bur ur to discover di over that wo we have hove touched lou hed simply on a matter amater of plain phila principle and explained that wt hat Is of or moment to every eV r citizen without the slightest allusion to any party or Its policy lIcy or Its professions prot It If hotheaded partisans and rash writers so lio blinded with on zeal that they the cannot calinor distinguish between 1 straight reasoning lessoning J and aid political bias rush tor for forward ward and distort our remarks an on a I sim aim simple simple pie question qu of bf fact and truth tr th Into a reflection n upon themselves or their party they alone will wll be bo responsible ft f the effects of their folly tolly upon the gen general genor eral erdl or l public Meanwhile we rest rett In the assurance that our position Is correct because Jt It can only be ho e assailed by such suck Intemperate and Dud Illogical assumptions as us those that are Indulged In by our j I |
