Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1875-03-23
THE EVENING NEWS
GOLF. NIL TUESDAY. xAloz .. is7s
QUESTION or INDEPENDENCE.

A QUESTION or INDEPENDENCE.
The Piochs Record. In . recent issue.
in advocating the non-afhliaion Of .
with . political party. or.
In other words. In sPologizing for the
smasoalaisd style Of journalism some
What prevalent nowadays gives utter
sncs 10 some remarkable. and 10 may Be
untrue expressions. II says:
"Dirsctiy . paper OF person joins or
afaliatss with any particular sss. eoterie.
clique or party. Il or they cease 10 be
Independent; and have 70 oct with
others and Be controlled. abide BY and
support their action. evsnh undoubted-
ly erroneous"
This IL neither true nor logical. Par
ties are but organizations for the main
tsnanos Of certain political principles.
In this country thsre are certain cardinal
doctrines relative to government held BY
every intelligent voter. Issues are con-
stantly arixing upon which tho public
judsinon' IN ui.,aea "'
suit ID the formation Of political parties
py adnerents 70 ano oens'sr' N u
and oftsn opposite usvs. fno reason
Why there ID not room for three parties
IL that 70 such questions thsrs arc gen.
orally bat two sides. The kepuoh-
can and Democratic parties to-day
while agreeing upon many minor
questions. and being divided among
themselves on Others. diner 1 certain
cardinal doctrines OF government. Al
least IL Is assumed by members oil ach
that such Il the . Now We contend
that because . journal afhliaies with the
Republican party. deemins IL correct or
o nearly so upon certain Saaonai
and general issnes than Its moor
opponent IL need NOT nor does u 'o"o"
that such journal must support every
measure or praise every prominent oct
Of that party. for example, mo sys'em
Of q protective hrin 10 q hepaolcAn ~
we'll a. q Democratic doctrine. Thai Is
tho system has been In vogue under
both Democratic and hsPuoiiean admin'
trations. fss the kscora whi nos con-
tend that because such has been and Ii
tho case, party journals In AL senons
have fan tAsmssivss compelled TO sup
port or have Advocated . tarin iof pro.
lection. Again "hen INC queu'u "
an increase OF the currency N"s f.0eh1!
as'efsd' ootn hePaon0an anu Ds
cratic journals were FOUND on oo'n s'uss'
The press Of the Eas'' OIL III Pafues
(~including tho hyorids) were uhani'
nous against further imitation OF tho
currency. while ut the West. many jour-
nails Of both parties las also the ny
bridsl wore in favor OF such a course.
There was no hesitation on The part OF
Republican journals IN expressing an
opinion on tho question ct issue. and
some Of tho severest criticisms OF party
lssden ve remember 70 va road. aP-
psared In Republican journals.
The idoa that . Journal lose" iss free-
dom TO eriticiso, or, In other words, Its
independence. by afnhanng with q Po-
htical party. u the vsriest m~oonshine'
On the contrary. Its criueisms OF men
and measures gain strength and In
fiusncs by the very fact that in 10 doing
IL Il hnding fault with an organization
which In general Il supports. Inde-
pendent journals have less influence
than others. from the fact that they =
expected 10 find fault. II Is their
b~usins.s. their sustenance. They
assume the role OF censor and set
themselves up as infallible. The
hnt wrong opinion they advance
destroys this assumption and the infiu-
snce IL welded. The Coin Hull NEws
10 . Republican journal. IL supports
that party because 10 believes IL osstsr
than its Democratic opponent. In the
main % mas supported inc aa"'n's.is-
non' IL Will doso IN every aeuoh Snisn
IL deems correct. In worn. " IL MOI