The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1873-05-08
RANDOM THOUGHTS
BY THE EDITOR.


1 hurriedly looked around for something
to select, and took an article found else
where, from the Columbus Gazette. on the
lottery question. When the mail was
opened, first looked over the Columbus
Journal, las is my habit, and found this
editorial:
The editor of the Jackson STANDARD don't
like TO be called Random Thoughts, " though
tnaI y tns Ute nS alone OF All the MoIlu us q
the heading TO certain unique sketches in his
paper. We meant no disreSpect in applying
Las ~ .s nav "a D MAJ we
would say If he repeated sIander of the Gin
We should say he was a liar and a scoundreI,
and be able TO bring thousand witnesses 20
the STANDARD is an honest man, and our ,5s res
pect for him as such induces us TO notice SIAN
9a 700 aQ Ie easv i4i SATISFY iseif that
the Gazette crowd is too dirty for 6eeent man
to train with.
Then / began to inquire in my own
mind, what is this difference between old
friends all about2 Of course do not
care to be called "Old Random Thoughts"
but / did think the sneer of the journal
at nv paper, was uncalied for, and 1
thought 1 would touch up the editor of
the Journal slightly, which it seems did.
Now 1 want to have little serious,
plain talk to the editor of the Journal,
and all other city papers. They may
sneer at the country papers, but general
Iy, you will find an honesty and respect
for the law on the part of the country
papers which is unknown to the city
press.
A bill was before the Ohio Senate to
T.
1aercial urged the passage of the bill, and
charged that money had been used
among the Senators to prevent its pas
sage, thus charging bribery and perjury
upon Senators Of course this raised a
breeze, and Senator Putnam, of Ross
county, demanded committee of inves-
tigation. The committee was appointed,
and the editor of the Commercial was
summoned before said committee, and
under oath admitted that he had no
knowledge of any Senator being bribed.
He was urged, repeatedly, to say wheth-
er he had ever heard any one make such
charge, and he failed to give any author
for the report. And then the Commercial
and the JoarnGl went to abusing and car
featuring Senator Putnam, and Senator
Patrick, and everybody else who objected
to the ISLANDERS of the Commercial The
bill against lotteries should be passed
and to accuse the opponents of the bill
of being bribed, might scare and force
them to cease their opposition. And
| this is regarded by the Commercial and
the journal as legitimate journalism.
IF these journalists will examine the
Statutes of Ohio, they will find the fol
lowing act in full force:
An. Act to amend an act entitled Gan act fol
| the punishment of certain offences therein
| named" passed March Sth, 1851.
Passed March "a, 1851. 40 col. stat. 1861
Qn.) SEC. l. Be 1t enacted By the General 4S
sen1bly Of the State Of Ohio, That if any person
publish an account of any lottery or scheme
of chance, of any kind or description, by what
nominated or known, stating when and where
the same is to be drawn, or the prizes therein
therein or where aEy ticket may be obtained
or in any way aiding assisting in the same
or scheme of Glance, shall be deemed guilty o
m1Iis6emeafnor, 6 fll, and on CONVICTION thereof
hundred dollars at the discretion of the court
This act shall take effect and be in force from
and after its passage.
The journal publishes both the Onlahs
Lottery and the Louisville Lottery, tive
of the grossest swintfes ever concoctec
4 ilas fiiaIs country, and in direct violation O
the above Statute. The Commercial, an
told, publishes the Louisville swindle
The Journal of Saturday, in referring t.
the article in the Gazette says:
tisement in the State Journal. We don't edi
the advertisements. There are some very baC
Journal, and we always draw our salary an
fee from them as Lot and his interesting family
to keep its eye on these business men. They
will advertise for anybody.
notice that Comfy & Smith are th'
publishers and proprietors of the Journal
and James NJ. Comfy editor. 1t appears
to me that the editor, in the above ad
vice to the public to keep an eye upor
the men connected with his paper who
violate the law, substantially invites the
Prosecuting Attorney of Franklin county
to bring the matter before the Crane
Jury.
The question might here arise, why
are the city papers SO furious for Law
against lotteries, when they constantly
violate the excellent law above quoted
Ny theory is, that they know the coun
try press will very generally obey the
law, while the city papers will impudent
ly violate it, and thus get monopoly o.
this kind of advertising. Often when
return lottery advertisements to agents
they appear to be astonished, and reply
that the leading papers in Cleveland
Columbus, Cincinnati, &c, never refuse
them.
The people are not fools. They are
pretty shrewd. When they see paper
in its editorials clamoring for laws which
in the same paper they are openly vic
lating, they are pretty apt to place the
proper estimate upon the entire charac
ter of such papers.