Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1876-10-27
DExOCRACY AND rnH PRESS.

| There are % many reasons VII.
Intelligent men should not suppor
the Democrasic party that it is din
cult to select the most potent from
among them. This one. however
| rill strike all honest, observing per
sons A. Of itself quite sufficient: i
Is we'll known that the Democratic
party is opposed to intellectual I'D
vancsmsnt. Consequently it 10 oP'
posed to granting to the prsss thai
frssdom under which alone 1t car
exist. The actisn of the CALIFORNIA;
Legislature Last winter ~ against the
newspapers Of the State proves this
assertion. That Legislature wss
Democratic, and It tried to psss .
Law more onerous in ito provisions
than any that vss ever framed BY
the Legislative power Of ssy country,
except perhaps, that Of Turkey. 1t
sss intended to cripple the prsss.
An Act Of that kind would be In full
accord with Dsnocratic sentiment
II failed to psss the sensss. not bs-
cau.e that body thought il unjust.
bu, s1psdiepey asd view to future
party success. demanded its defeat.
A. another evidence that the
Democratic party is oppossd 70 the
pres (evidenee somewhst extrsns-
ous, to be sure) it may be noted that
in communities strongly tingsd with
the party no superior paper can thrive.
It would be pc, ,insn, to inquire Why
no Democratic paper hAs ever notably
succeeded ON this coast, while 80
many of the opposite politics have
risen 80 great distinction. The Cause
will he found IN the fact that Demo-
ors,s form NO profitable constitu-
escy 10 .he press, and are actually
opposed 70 its success. Why. during
the vears when We bad . Democratic
Governor in shis State aud rnixed
Legislatsre, didnt some Demo
cratic paper and . profitable 6sid
hsrsi There must surely have bssn
. constituency suficiens 20 form =
good subscription list. The Virginia
Chronicle 10 the best Democratic
paper on the coast. Is large circu.
!a.:on 10 sc: due u Gil to its politics.
In fac, if i,s politics were different
ito circulation would 10 greater. II
has to pull against the stream Of
opposition TO she press which 1t mests
in il own party. II il relied CO.
,irsly upoa Democrats it would not
be half the paper that ii is.
The rank and file Of the Demo
cratic party are not Of that standard
Of intelligence which deuAnds . gu
ps,ior character Of newspapers, if.
Indeed. they demand Any ne~spspeS
., ali. 4 certain element among the
leaders, although themselves cul.
,ured, are opposed to the pre.s from
policy. They recognise ~ once r,s
power - . levelsr, and ,hss See II
. glance that it renders uSasory
their efforts to lead and direc, their
Interiors. We alluds, Of course, to
the ultrsmontAne elemen, of the
party. That that elemen, is directly
opposed TO the press. no one will
deny.
Itis useless TO show the benefit OF
ns~sp~pers. That is now perfectly
we'll Understood. With press
granted the liberty 10 criticize IN.
restrainedly in high and low stations.
there 10 not much danger Of great
abuses being tolerated OF oae class
being permitted to tread down an
other clsss. Reversion, too, to past
darkness ssd degrsdat,oa 10 With the
press rendered impossible. ttis the
great civiliIer. The Democratic
party 10 opposed 70 that eivilizer,
asd when . vote 10 east for the nomi-
asss Of that party . vote is cast
againss light and for darkness. This
cannot be disputed. In,ei.igen,
voters who NAV have Democratic
lsAnings should consider thiA. Voters
who have little intelligence them
selves and care little for II In Others
will. Of course, vote the Democratic
s:~k>s