The teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1876-1878, 1878-02-09
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and yet testy manner, deals a heavy
blow at the Standard as partizan or
gan. But it is very doubtful whether
or not the moral obliquity of the Stan
dard will suffer it to profit by the les
son impaired. We quote as follows:
"Journals which are merely organs
are panied continually to observe that
the Oregonian has habit of criti cising
persons and things. Our esteemed
contemporary, the Standard, makes
this fact subject for long and Ia
bored lamentation. It's advice to us,
which is rendered with an JUNCTION that
is most touching, is to tie up to some
body or something, become an organ,
and abide in peace. This doubtless, is
good advice, considering the source
from which it emanates but is declined
with thanks. There are, it strikes us,
just about organs and organists enough
already. Besides, the field is becoming
more and more narrow for those now in
it, Every organ must subsist at some
body's expense; and the supply is often
slow in coming and short in quantity
Atrophy ensues. The organist works
hard for his clique or faction, redoubt-
less his efforts to publish paper for
the benefit Of the party, and makes
great promises that he will surely
achieve success, if only the friends of
the party will come once more to his
relief. Yet in nine cases out of ten it
is found out at last that the only avenue
of relief is through the portal that leads
to the limbo Of things that we're; where,
among other lumber, no end Of organic
remains, the wreck of journals that
tried to live by being organs, attest the
fatality of these undertakings. But
apart from all this, there is an absolute
luxury in publishing an Independent
newspaper, of which the organ has no
conception. Such journal can ex-
anime every subject for itself, and speak
the plain truth about it. 1t is not OBJ.
liged to praise everything done by this
party, nor condemn everything dore by
that. When any dclusion is in the air,
or any humbug is before the country,
as for instance, financial fallacies or alb
surd railway propositions, it can pro-
nounca upon them without caring for
their relation to the political fortunes of
individua!s or parties. And when an
effort is made to cut off unconstitutional
salaries of officers and reduce the gener-
al expenses of government, such indie
pendent journal, having no interest in
office, present or prospective, and not
moved by appeals to the necessities of
party, is in position to urge the pub
lie interest, with utter indifference to
the result upon the interests of persons,
parties or politics. There are those
who don't like it, of course. But the
great body of the people approve a jour
nal of this kind, and know they can
look only to papers of its class for an
presentation Of all that is said
on every side of all subjects. They get
in such paper all phases of news and
all phases of comments upon it. Such
q journal gets circulation and keeps it.
10 our esteemed contemporary, the
Standard, We have no advice to offer.
1t will judge for itself what course to
pursue 1t is merely our present pur.
pose to decline as courteously as posi-
Die its advice to us. We really are en-
joying ourselves very WE'LL
JOSEPH AND HIS BAND.-An ex.
change says: "The Nez Perces. num-