Show OUR STAND WELL KNOWN except for the filet fact that hat we were consumed con cousin suied cd somewhat b a particular friend filand ot of ours within the ranks of tile the xe republican publican party we should pay no attention to the matter it lias has to do with tho the utterances ot of tile the demo democratic cralle platform and campaign waiters affecting the que question ceton ot of tion of school districts no lie thought wo we ought to have commented editorially to tile hie effect that we are favorable to the present consolidation and the democratic party wr for referring to it as they did we showed him how inconsistent that would be and we believe lie he now takes i different affer nt view of the matter for the he sake however of others of our friends who may take ills his bew we I 1 will just state that it would he DO wrong of us to assume the privilege of lie ilc 1 trading ficia the effect of an all advertisement ti rn e n t which w aich wo we had invited in common on J mon with matter from any other political patty through our announcement I 1 last may that our columns wore open to the parties par lies it is a common thing among merchants to assert in space for which they pay our price that they undersell every other merchant in the ho county it would be wrong as well as poor business for us to say editorially that th a t the statement was incorrect it would not do even though wo we were positive that it was not true it if another merchant thought JL it untrue lie would have the privilege of buying space and in saying so perhaps that is enough to make plain our position now on oil consolidation we have gone on oil record in column after column in this paper favoring the move V wrote and we tallied talked consolida consolita 1 I 1 11 A evely avery occo soll ani it M iaia no secret ot of our stand we coin mended the action in a double l front page article when it we went nt tb through rough and we havo defended it on oil every hand since that time we were thoroughly convinced ot of the advantages bf f to begin with and the excellent results fo following t lie adoption ot of tile lie law wherever it lias has been effected only cannim us in in the belief that we shall always oppose a return to the old conditions to those who know us best the reiteration of the fact is unnecessary but there are people very good people too on oil the whole who must have a 1 truth stated and restated re stated in older to retain its full effect 1 |