Daily Republican., 1880-04-20
,raper raupers.

pay for 1t decently. They are O spe
cies Of creation entirely distinct from
any other created human species. They
are rio yet poor because they canno
afford to pay 70: paper educated
yet ignor mt, because they are behind
in the news of the day, and they TAXI
no paper unless at somebody else's ex
pense. They are generally oracles o
wisdom whose opinions in their es
tim tion should be sought after
and they always know exactly what
kind of articles should be published tc
make a paper sell-indeed without
them it would ! Q useless to try to pub
lish q paper thSt in their estimation
would lie worth any thing. These
newspaper paupers who always want a
free paper are divided into several
classes and they bslcng to all kinds Of
trades and professions. They are as q
general thing the least numerous among
.hs farmers, and it is only amongst the
very highly educated class Of tillers
If the soil, who !ollow what Is called
''hook !atmipg,' that newspaper pau
pers are to be found. The very genteel
and educated farmer who knows
all about The science of raising crops
ard the chemical analysis Of grain and
manures wants free paper because his
dry ethics or mica, silica and albumep,
which he is willing should be published
in pay for Lis paper would make most
interesting and spicy reading in thu
family circle. |. would be grievous
offence TO intimate that such a highly
educated farmer should subscribe fJr q
paper and pay for it honestly like other
people. This kind Of educated paper
panp3rs is tounl to be very abundant
in the literary world. To them news
acidents are common place affairs
which do not make pay interesting.
Give Us philosophy, something about
he geological formation of the earth 10
see how old ihS world is; something on
th8 inventive faculty o. man, the ethics
Of religion theological discourses CT the
inward deprav)ty Of the human heart,
thele ere the subjects that literary "a.
Per paupers think must mske a paper
20 and EDITORS are bo ell day after day |
10 pubiish such Gss .ys, lee mes, SER
uon3 AID dissertations, which will !
be freely pryyited for free
paper. Editors waste baskets are
full Of sIch refuse stuff
such mater and such subscribers are
It e decided discount in the news paper
world. Tkey do no. help to pay f1
ype, for white paper and for presses.
they don't pan out we'll when editors,
exporters, compositors and carrier boys
IRE to be paid, But there is another
,lass of paper paupers to which We have
40: referred yet and which is more pes.
.tterous than any Of the species. We
allude to the political and c1tice hold
ns paper paupcr. The newspaper if
t be political one mus. be used to
'ltct Mr. A, B or C to Office because he
j good fellow and belongs to the par
y. The paper is expected even to
loss over his imperfections and his
aults and instead of deserved censure
ulsoms 1lattery must be resorted to be-
,aus9 "you know he is on the ticket, /,
nd the party must not suffer dsfeat.'
'hus persons are hois:ed into Office
where they get bigger salaries than
bey ever got before only to become
,aper paupers. Scarcely do some such
PERSONS &c. warm in their Official seats
Until they become sullen, morose and
gloomy if they do not get free paper,
md the very paper perhaps that bsd
o make considerable sacrifce of its in
!ependerce and its own ideas of the ft-
less Of things 10 elect such men to Office.
)nlike the literary men, the political
fice holding papcr psuper may not
AVE the ability to formulate
Il idea of his own, but he
nay have little advertising patron
ge, which will be sure to be given to
he paper that is sent free to his Office, {
hough he may be under the deepest
bligations to another paper for sup
orting him for election ana had to ego
blind" whils raising him. That we
nay not be thought lersonal, we would
ay that these ofit e-holding paper pau
ers al ound in sh the cities, and un- !
ess the press Of the country takes a
rm stand in opposition they will be-
ONE necessary evil. To be serious
n the matter, there is no good reason
'hy a per'on wi o while engaged in
ONE laborious bat honorable calling
t low wages was able to subscribe
for paper and pay for it,
hould rot do the same when he is
lected or appointed to an ofi;a which
'ays him twice as much as what he got
Fhen laborer.