Show POLITICAL discussion the NEWS columns today contain two contributed articles articled on the bame subject the silver situation from as I 1 many residents of this city who how ever have different political anclin inge one to Is by judge J E cochran formerly on the district bench in ne braska who is or was a republican though he now seems to incline to populist liet doctrines the other by lion hon hadley D johnson Jo huson a ge gentleman who needs no introduction personally or politically the former to is for free coinage as an indeed the latter igo also is but while the one makes make that the paramount issue and would merge all parin ism into it the other sounds a call unto the faithful in dem to remain in th their air tente until called forth by those who are author sod laed and qualified to do that business both gentlemen are experienced in ila the political field both wield a trenchant quill and we can well afford to let their writing be its ite own representative at this thin juncture we may take occasion again to say that the cohin columns ang of this paper are ever open to the publication of properly expressed views at reasonable length upon any current topic of general interest more than this we are glad to receive such but it does not follow that we always either endorse or condemn the arguments made or the conclusions reached by the writers tere the policy of the NEWS has bag not changed in this respect that while iree free from the fetters of any political organization and yielding no support to either as such we still recognize that a great many of lo 10 be simO classified politically our ino readers prefer to ol ua sn to ol eq be pus nad it of ia a pleasure have a 9 which they seq the otil means by hearing |