Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1875-09-30
Editorial Dcniag0sucry - IL
Makes N difference.
From the Monroe Mirror

Makes ~ ulheEenCe.
From the Monroe Mirror
Tt makes all the difference imag-
Unable as 10 which party is in power
whether such and such things are
termed extravaganza in office.
What Is fearfully corrupt under the
rule of one party, often, strange to
say, becomes perfectly legitimate,
right and proper under the adminis-
| tration of the opposition party. 1t
makes much ofa change when the
outs get in. This trick occurs too
often among editors of papers In
Iowa for the good name that Iowa
journalists, In general, bear, and so
often has IL been resorted to that 1t
has entirely lost its effect. We do
not say that when this inconsistent
position Is taken that IL Is always by
our Democratic friends. We have
known ii 10 occur q. few times with
Republican journalists, but oftener
with the opposition. The last case of
this Inconsistent and unsuccessful
mode OF political warfare brought to
our attention Il over In Marion
county. The Knoxville JOURNAL
thus forcibly mentions II under the
heading of "taxes, taxes, taxes:
"For a number Of years when this
county had n Republican Treasurer,
the above words greeted the eyes III
the readers Of the Marion County
Democrat upon the appearance of the
annual delinquent tax list, which
was pointed to by the editor rs evil
dence of Republican extravaganza
and oppression. The Farmers"
and "p,,or men" were told that they
were being ground into the dust by
Republican tax gatherers; and "1hr-
es! TAxEs!! TAXES!!!" was
the howl of the Opposition In every
campaign. Farmers were warned
that they "must march up to the
Captains Office and settle, or their
farms would be sold TO satisfy Re-
publican greed" J"
Two years now we have had
county Treasurer who owes no allie
glance to the Republican party, and
vet the inevitable tax list appears, In
| n Democratic paper, each year, ana
Mr.. Faris. the Treasurer, notifies un-
fortunate delinquents that he "will
offer for sale at Public Auction"
"the following described
real estate, or so fnuch thereof MS VIII
satisfy the amount Of 1dres Interest
and C0st," which (cost) will he ~
cents for each description n publish
rd-due ON the same etc. Here
follow nine long columns Of tax list,
just as In other days. Ana thls -
all right. The officer only doe- his
duty, 40 the law prcscribes, Just as
did the Republican Treasurer; but
now the Democratic editor says not
a word about "1hres! TAxiS!!
TAXES!!! Next month when the
Board OF Supervisor. meet he VIII
present his bill for publication, and
IL will be paid, at twenty cents per
line, and his hundreds OF dollars,
paid by the 'poor farmers" fo save
their homesteads, the aforesaid rdi-
tor will complacently stun into his
capacious pockets, while he laughs nc
the poor farmers, and that will salts
fy lis conscieBce; and the farmers
will paw. or the "blosted monopo-
Iists' and erich men" will pay the
.'taxes, interest and cost aud take
the "pOor farmers homes"
There Is no use OF these glarinR
Inconsistencies and mlsrepresenfa-
tiops, IL makes no difference from
, which party they come. If political
newspapers Of the day would In gen
eraI have more candor about them
the people would appreciate them
more. In too many instances the
reader cannot tell, In reading OF
sou,e accusation against politlcal
opponent Of the paper In which me
| accusation appears, whether 1t - all
! true or not. There Is often not
pa,ticie Of truth In It, but on the
| contrary, like the cry above referred
To. and like articles often appearing
| in the Newton Independent, are only
assertions. There often is some
ground for the accusation, but the
| inclination to magnify Is 80 great IN
the American mind, that, without
due guard, there is danger Of over
drawing the picture. These incon-
sistencies. or over-drawn pictures, as
the case may he, almost always app
! near IN newspapers whose party -
out Of power. This II not manly,
honest course and papers that resort
to IL oftener loose confidence ana IN.
fiuence than gain them. It's all
right and eminentlyproper 10 fr
corruption in Office; this g
ways be done regardt
party; but In de-
the side of
rnpt