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Show , TO THE PUBLIC. ''' This paper has been beforo you ton f years, and whilo not In all respects ' overythlnc that eould he rioslrod, has i nevertheless been as' Rood as clrcum- f- htnncos sometimes actually oppres sive would reriplt. It ))3B steadily and nil nlnni; bon tho Inlijntlon or tlio present proprietors to moro than keep X pace with the onward march cf ad- , Mocemer.t, pnd at this time they are ' perfecting plana looking to The Miner' j ji ?rer-ut In every uej.ai . ?nt, Iml no particularly tu tits editorial do-i do-i main. In a abort t'me Ibis will all ma- lo.-bl'- t cr.J t1) n on- readers will have ! u pare' In H iejJC3t worthy their i.ttcntlon r-d jatrrr?g'. MTJ.itlme, while) ctrufialing again. t adverse cir-ciinistancos, cir-ciinistancos, the inker's loyHlty to Its c-B'tttucnta can actrcoly he (.mp-tl-jnl. In hSRsou and out o saaeon. It Ii-k hid the welfare of Mercur and all Its peoule aUndfiitly In view and I there a with b:i eye slpslo to loesl and kaneral programs end development. ''Mi tuch n rl-owlnR H 1 Tarcely necessary to make an at ray of prowl-I prowl-I .'mi to whut the lu'uro of tbla pub- Haitian will b' but llb Int-remed fa-' fa-' cllltles and a.ided Improvements. Its , j i.ower for Rood will be so much great- ( than hitherto that former effoils HiBount to but an Indication, not a no-, no-, lut' n The Mlatr wue purdiakcd from Its then-'twiier four yenra r,. One of thw i larms of the transfer was that 1 woe not aguln to eng"K in tht hne or : umlneta here. Whll tbla arrment ha been violated, It would not be so Md If. In the violation, something- In the ivs) of a commendable entet prise had 'r-.ulted eomethlp, looking to t the a;ritt fro fqrho JargMt num- I her pu! the W'ire of tb,ooaunUy, without rctereiice to nnrrow pnrllsan strife or tho building up of n (pn'stlnti-able (pn'stlnti-able cntcrprlfo by npenls to the pas slons nnd prejudices of tho pi-opl' Such,. ho ever, Is not the cftse. In1 fuct, the nowcomerlpCKnn Its existence nn a kl'ker' hihI proposes to continue Rfcl.liiK nftcr falling signally to nccom-PUkIi nccom-PUkIi Its Immt'dlnto purpose. In other words, Its entrance into the Meld mih for tho inirixne of defeating a set ol men who were candidates for the local oltlces; and the range nnd powbV of Itx efforts would bo discouraging 'to" tfa owner If he possessed In reasonable degree the (uallty of tenslllvenu(n, for every naino on the opposed ticket w.ih carried through triumphantly. Falling so signally In that "publlc-sprrlled" scheme. It Is now piopoved to continue tho publication ns a measure of opposition oppo-sition to the Incoming city government. govern-ment. What a truly broad, beneficent, high-minded policy, to bo sure'' lint will the people here, those who desire less antagonism nnd more growth, stand for It? Wo think not As nil along, The Miner will give the city officers, old and new, Its most cordial support, only criticising when something occurs to demand it, which, so far, has been very fculdom Indeed. We ask those business men, all of them respectable and all, no doiihi, Inter In-ter t upon doing tho best that ran he for all hnnils, to consider tho light In which advert Ihlug or other patronage for nn avowed knocker nnd obstructionist obstruction-ist places them, nnd adopt Bomt other line of action, Let tm'll stand up for Mercur llirt, other iilngs after. |
