Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1876-11-24

Weoucti ruistape coafEee the 0e'
crease in Republican votes At the
late election to the influence Of indie.
pendent newspspes. A Republican
contemporary co,ucides with him, OF
rather goes beyond him, and claims
the idea - originally ito own.
1t 10 too bad that independent pa.
PERI, papers whose doctrine it is to
opposs wrong wherever II may I've
found. regardless VI parties are no,
better appreciated. Political fanatics
will never appreciate them. Think.
ing men, the best frieads of the coun-
try, thcse who sink oil conside rations
Of party perpetuity in behalf Of the
public welfare, ~ill NOS only admire
such papers, but will lend them
hearty support. Wendell Phillips
and the contemporary in question
deprecate the attitude of The New
York Tribune, Herald and Post to-
ward the Administration, and rr,-
coed to arrsign them 70. doing .
great wrong in the recent campaign.
Those papers have performed great
right, their eminent censors 70 the
contrary nevertheless. Had it not
been for their impartial criticisms Of
the situstion and the check they held
on the Cincinnati Convention, We
should have had = nominee, perhaps,
who would not run near 50 we'll Us
Hayes. They warned the delegates
aud the Republican party at large OF
the demands of the country. The
Convention did not heed the warning
~ il should have done, aud the inglo-
nous victory or possible defeat taat
now stares Us in the face was 10y it
brought on.
1t may be said that the demands
Of the country here alluded to-a
change 10 the methods Of administer
ing the government-were created by
the independent press. Granted that
they WERE, and it cannot be pronounc-
cd crime, or even fault. Over Zeal
Gus Republicans, or too sincere par
tisans on either side. would have
their portion OF the press forego any
scrutiny of the party leaders, but
sensible men know that anything
that refuses investigation openly adj
mits its own error" aud that the way
to preserve our government is to
guard its purity.
II the course which the New York
papers mentioned above have pursued
has defeated the Republican party,
then the time for its defeat had ar
rived. The fact is, they contributed
more toward its perpetuity in power
than all the Others combined. II
must be remem bered that when one
party is In power for sixteen years,
when President who Was also a
leader in the field in defence of the
partys principles has held bis seat
for two terms-it must he rcmem-
bered that under those circumstances
there will naturally arise distrus.
among the people rs to the policy of
y continuance. 1t is simply human
nature. The distrust is heightened,
rather than abated, when it Is seen
that there is disposition on the par,
of those whose motives may be ques.
toned TO bolster up aud screen. The
motives OF the press are always ques-
toned. If every Democratic paper
condemned the administration and
every Republican paper defended it.
in what position would the people he
left to form . Judgement The press
has means Of information that is not
within the range Of individuals, and
the people trustingly look TO !, not
only for faithful praises and censares,
but for advice. An honest press,
~hose criticisms are not colorrd too
highly with partixan zeal, whose
utterances are dictated by considera-
tiols Of popular welfare, is more u
friend to the country than either Re-
publican or Democratic party, or
both. as parties, and is in future to
take the largest part in preserving
the best government A partisan
press, when there are no overshadow.
ing issues, and whose utterances
would conform to the idea Of Wen
del phillipl would be al injury.