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Show A PERSONAL EXPLANATION EX-PLANATION i.i -1 , In tho heat of a poltlcal campaign a great many things aro salil on tho spur of thq momont that causo feol-Ings, feol-Ings, and too often do Injustice tn thosewild havo hitherto beon friends It not Infrequently happens, too, that tho editor of a paper Is made tho scapo goat In tho mutter, .when as a matter of fact thoro la a divided responsibility, re-sponsibility, that is tho publicity of a campaign Is handled by a publicity committee whoro tho matter Is assembled as-sembled and turned ovor to tho editor ed-itor and assistants, to put into form. Legally tho editor or publlBhor Is of course responsible for that which appears ap-pears In the columns of a paper, and In tho course of an editor's, career, If ho would ho could bo perpetually pulling the chestnuts of tho other fellow out of tho tire. In tho campaign cam-paign Just closed wo are frank to say Bomo things havo been 'said, that hail bettor boon loft unsaid, porhaps not on the account of tho Intent but tho way thoy havo beon taken. For lnstanco a reference was mado In this paper to Mr. Frederick P. Champ, puroly Intended In n Jocular mood, but was taken, otherwise and' i Apparently conveyed another mean-ling, mean-ling, and to which Mr. Champ took exception. Now wo want to say that as far an this paper Is concerned It has no deslro or Intention to do In-Justlco In-Justlco to this good and promising young man. As a neighbor tho editor ed-itor of this paper la familiar with his boyhood and has always held him and his parents In the highest; cr.teem. Tho editor has taken 6cca;J B slon to say that his fathor filled a! position In tho growth, nnd develop- ' H ment of this vnlloy that can hardly , bo overestimated, and cherishes tho. lB hopo that his son will prove, It pns- S stblo, even n moro valualo citizen. B If anything that has been said has , S done Injustice, or offended In hjj,vviML 'mm particular w aro extremely sorry F jSj and trust this explanation nnd npql- ' A ogy will bo taken In the spirit In f iwM i which It Is given. Tho Editor ' ' JB |
