The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1874-05-13
authority in any other" The whole state
ment, with all the inslnuations therein con-
tnincd we nronoilncc an unmitigated false

mcnt, with all the insinuations therein con-
tanned we pronounce an unmitigated false
hood, and we have reason TO believe
that II was known to be so at the time
that it was written, when it was put In
type and when 1t was published TO the
world Any one familiar with daily
newspaper knows that there must, of ne
cessity, be more than one editor, but that
there must be one and there eau be only
one. ''editor-in. chicf"-and to this we shall
presently refer But any insinuation that
that there is a want of harmony in the
editorial staff of the 1'HR GLoBE is false.
There has always been, and now is, the ut
most harmony and the warmcst personal
friendship. Wc-and when we use this
word every one knows who is meant-and
each of Our associates express their own
opinions in their proper sphere, and there
has never been and we believe there never
will bc-any want of authority any
clasl,ing of authority" or any reason for
the least suspicion thereof.
90 llluCi loI lhdl HidtttI. NOW lbI
another. bearing upon the same point. We
clip from morning paper the following
item referring 10 THE GLOBE
1t may be proper, but we doubt the adj
visibility of newspaper, owned by a joint
stock company and edited by trio of mar
ried men applying the editorial "we" to the
family relations of the editors and stock
holders. 'Our wife" frequently occurring
in the columns of such a paper raises sus-
/ picionS we don't care to indulge about our
/ neighbors. and when it is carried further
and "our boy" and ''our daughters" are
/ spoken OF we shlidder for the future Of
| children of such parentage; because we
/ do not believe that a newspaper nor joint
/ stock company can successfully assume the
parental relation and bring up children in
/ thc'way they should go.
rs for the mean. dirtg, ciie, co'caniiy in
sintation contained therein we have not a
word TO say 1t causes not IA moments I'M
easincss We believe, we know. that the
words ''our wife, ''our daughters have
never appeared in these columns, that Ia,
used hy any one OF the editors. and wo be.
/ lievc tina! any one who so states. knowing.
~ states falsehood. However, VIC should
no, hesitate 10 Use the expressions In an
editorial article If we should use the word
1--WE" "our wife, ''our daughters we
conceive that every one, except fool
would know to whom the reference was
made y daily newspaper must, as We
/ have said, have an editor in chici and as.
sociatc5 Because The GIoRE is ''owned
ny Joint stock company" it does not fol
low that it Is edited "bv joint stock com
pany The idea is too ridiculous and SILLY
to require notice. Because some of oui
contemporaries are fdited by machine pr
haps by one called the scissors" who
can tell other papers are not so edited
! Upon one occasion we referred to 9 ON
boy and everyone knew who was meant
The witty ." local of the Springfield Re
! pu5lcan thought that he saw in the allusoi
good opportunity for joke. and thus re
ferrcd to itso that If there is any wit il
the extract Il is old. stale and Joyroeced
We have said, perhaps, all that is necessary
We do not profess to be infinitely exact il
the use of words because it is mental,
impossible to be so exact in daily news
paper hut we believe, after all, that W,
make ourself under stood in tho conso w
intend. When we say I'VE" or =" our,
in an editorial, every one except idiots ant
insane persons, know to whom reference j
made. With the probable exception o
one newspaper all daily newspapers hay
two or more editors, one Of whom is recog
nized and understood to be the responsible
or chief editor. There ought to be no wan
OF harmony, no lack of authority anon
the different members of an editorial stat
49, save only in so far as is necessary TO rec
oncilc diverse views and, although it ma
sound parodoXical, to promote harmony
However it may he elsewhere, we and on
associates have no difficulty about "authoi
ity," or 'want of authority and all til
carping in the world will not disturb on
personal relations or harmony.