Weekly Trinity journal., 1879-04-05
CHICKADEE VS.. BULL.D0sED.

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CHICKADEE VS.. BULL.D0SED.
Railroad 4! Chickadee Monopoly
Chickadee Banksmashers ChiclIsdee
Court House Rings ChicKadee Thiey-
ing County Officials Chickadee We
are almost tempted to borrow little pop
ulsr slang and exclaiin Give us a rest "
There is an element in the press Of Cali
fornia-a very small minority, thank
God (which arrogates unto itself all
I the virtue, all the Independence and all
the honesty Of the profession. For ten
years or more il has been the custom oi
this intelligent (?) minority to annually
sssail the great majority Of newspaper;
in this State as "Chickadeos, and ac'
case us Of being influenced solely by mer
eenary motives In our advocacy or oppo
sition of or to any measure of genera
importance. Judging by the utterance'
of these self.appointed custodians of the
honor Of tho press, one would naturally
suppose that Leland Stanford owned and
controlled nine-tenths Of the newspaper;
of California, and that the editors Thereof
each wore u collar marked C.P. K. X.
while engaged in welding the quill and
SCISSORS. Upon this same Old tune the
charges Lave been rung year after year
/ IL ara a lD1n a
tempted to believe there must be little
truth in the assertion so persstently
made. In fact while perusing one of the
crushers in this class Of journals we have
involuntarily. clutched at our owp indi-
vidral neck and become joyfully' disap.
pointed at not finding just such collar a:
they delight in describing. We happen
to be one Of the many who believe rail-
roading is q great enterprise, though We
may be one Of the few with courage ia
publicly proclaim the fact. We even
have the hardaood 10 say that the Cen
trail Pacific Railroad has been oRimmensc
benefit to California and the Pacific
Coast, and that Leland Stanford is enti-
tied to prom inent position among the
benefactors of this people. Now the
bull dosed press of this State-those news
papers which fear the lash Of Kearney and
his ignorant followers affect to be-
ieys that we are paid for making such
assertions but we make bold to tell them
that NE don't care what they believe, or
pretend to believe. The JOURNAL has
never opposed honest enterprise calcdla-
ted TO develop and benefit the State, with
view to being bought off. 1t has never
crnged to popular clamor, nor ceased in
its advocacy or opposition because its
views did not meet the approval of any
portion Of its readers or patrons. 1t has
never either advocated or opposed any
man or measure for any other reason than
firm Gony iction Of right and justice. 1t
has never been and is not the mouth
piece of any ring, clique, corporation or
individual ; and while it remains under
our control It will never be such an adyo-
cate. In tire pursuit of our independent
course it happened that, after carefully
weighing the matter according to the
best light 1T our command, we decided by
a large majority that the old Constitution
was infinitely bettor suited to the wants
and requirement Of California than the
cumbersome buncombe document pro.
rnulgated by the Convention. Convinced
OF this beyond the peradventdre of a
doubt, the JOURNAL took an early stand
Against the New Constitution" without
regard to what any other papers or ror-
sons had done or might do, and il cannot
be bull dosed from that position. If de-
nouncing document which we honestly
believe would be source of great injury
to every Industry and enterprise in the
State entities US to be called "Chiclla-
dee" we accept the situation and rejoice
in the, ,appellation. ii believing railroad
and other corporations have rights as well
as individuals makes us an employe OF
the Central Pacific, we are willing to don
the myth ical collar marked sc. p. Il.
r." Yes, gentlemen, we much prefer
being one of the honest little Chlckadees
Of the Pross rather than of the bull -dosed
buzzards some of our more pretentious
cotemporaries have proven themselves to
be. Such we believe is also the position
Of every California journal which opposes
the Rew Constitution, and over three
fourths of the newspapers of the State are
to be found on that ide. Whether there
is promise or hope of reward in this Con,
stitution CONTEST I'VE know not If there is
such, we think it is on the side of the ad>
yocates and not that of its opponents.
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