Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1880-06-18

Lake II. w Olford .................. Collar
The 'Teller," its Correspondents sns
the Pebble.
1t cannot be successfully gainsaid
that the policy heretofore pursued BY
the publishers of the TELLER has beer
to be among the foremost. to advocate
through its columns whatever seemed
to promise the greatest good to the
greatest number of its readers. 1t has
generally been in the vanguard of all
the public enterprises that have been
accomplished, and has advocated many
more which have not yet been accom-
plished. It has not only counseled
such improvements, but has contribut-
ed both time and money to secure
these, in several instances far beyond
its comparative pscuniary circumstan.
ces, and never since its exis.ance know
ingly placed any obstacle in the way
of the achievement of any one of these
public enterprises that promised gen.
eral good to the public however weak
that promise. In this respect, then,
We do not fault ourselves, nor do we
think the public have any just cause to
fault vs.. It is for the conscience of
each citizen in this community to de-
termine whether his pecuniary support
given to the TELLER has been common.
surate with the good it has accom-
plished or with the good it has earn
estly attempted to accomplish. OF one
thing we are sure, that had our pecu-
mary support been greater We would
have been in . far better position to
have made the TELLER both larger and
better ~ . local newspaper. We could
have been able in many cases to have
commanded the labor of experienced
and reliable correspondents from diff
ferent localities whose productions, no
doubt would have made the TELLER
more interesting on some occasions.
As matters have been, the contribu.
lions Of correspondents to the TELLER
have been wholly voluntary, and, as
we have good reason to believe, were
the reflex of their own views and the
views Of those in whose interest they
wrote, and generally, so far as we
could determine, have been free from
personal spite and spleen. We have
thrown into the waste basket MANY a
concentration without publishing
whore ve detected personal motives in
tho wster to simply vent his own
spleen or that Of his neighbors. If
We have not in all cases been sufficient
y guarded in this respect, it has. been
owing to our press Of engagements in
other directions and inadvertence to-
wards the fact that .their communica-
tions were not legitimate matter of
discussion in . local newspaper We
have aimed to give each and every
class Of our readers q fair hearing
upon every question Of public import
ance a. he evinced desire to be heard
through our columns. Although we
could not fully endorse all his views
and opinions expressed in his commu.
nications and our own general views
being 50 frequently expressed through
our editorial columns We have not
deemed it necessary that we should
interfere . special disclaimer to the
sentiments expressed in each and ev
cry correspondence which we publish
1t would be unfair to the correspond
emit, but We leave the reader to Judge
for himself the correctness of the
opinions OF our contributors as CORE
spondsnts. We think it comes with
bad grace for any citizen to allese that
the TELLER, which admits into its col
nn''s articles that do not tally with
ms Own peculiar views is thereby do
sng an injury to the country. His aim
and that OF he whole readers of the
TsLAsR should sther be to take issue
~itA the views thuA expressed and re.
sPona b showing thas'sey we,. f.ll..
GaA By discussions como ,.t,,a IN ~.
manner aaaeestsd the true r>,;cx c.n
better - attaiaed in theory and s,oD..
ed and enforced in practice.