Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1881-10-29


Democrat over the prostitution of
the JOURNAL to the political welfare
of its editor.
The coincidence does not lie in the
appearance of these articles'the same
day 20 much as in the fact that each
chose the organ of the opposing party
through which to make himself heard.
Here the coincidence ceases. Mr..
Stewart signed his name like man.
"A Democrat" did not.
IT is a delightful circumstance to
be nominee. 1t is SO pleasant to
receive unfriendly reports brought in;
discouraging intelligence by mail
how our opponents, erstwhile such
good friends socially and personally,
are moving heaven and earth to break
US down and how this and that lie
is being circulated to cur injury, o,
it's splendid-over the left
Then we take up the newspapers
the Valley Times for instance-and
find that we are really not good
man. Then the Ne,Us, editorially
generous, aoiU publish letters assailing
our management Of our paper, the au-
thors forgetting that come Of the
great coal corporations have done the
same thing by US for standing by the
miners. However, we must let many
censors pass-giving them credit for
good Intentions
But this one; well, we cannot quite dis
cover
Just what tn indefinite writer does in
tend;
He's quite too frankly-cordial for lover,
And much too critic-like for just friend.
For paper professedly neutral in poll
tics the FRosTBURG JOURNAL of this
week presents peculiar appearance.
Either the JOURNAL must abandon its
neutrality or else plead guilty" to having
sunk the impersonality of the editor in the
interest Of the politician. When an editor
ola non-politlcal paper enters the political
arena he is not supposed to carry with
him into the fight the right to use his
paper for political ends, unless he means
to make it partisan in all its efforts. The
JOURNAL is supported by republican pa
tronago and whilst its republican support
ers have no objection to its editor becom.
ing a politician, they will be slow to for
give the use of the paper for the further
ance of his personal political ambitions.
The JOURNAL is not "professedly
neutral in politics, J." and all logic based
upon this premise leads newt ably to
wrong conclusions.
The JOURNAL is an Independent
paper-from its beginning until now
1t has always reserved the right to
take whatever course upon whatever
issue that the inclination or discre-
tion of its editor dictated. The editor
alone is and has been the arbiter in all
cases wherefit has or has, mot assumed
an attitude.
1t has no neutrality" to abandon"
and no guilt" TO plead" nor has it
in any odious sense whatever "sunk
the impersonslity of the editor in the
interest of the politician" He is not
publishing a paper for fun, but for a
livelihood for himself and his family.
If that livelihood involves desi re for
advancement in any laudable direc-
tion-in'' property or politics-he has
an undoubted right to so use the only
lever in his possession honorably to
that end. In pursuance OF this course
he has never used its force to the det-
riment Of ito patrons, politically or
otherwise. He never sunk the i'm
personality of the editor in the inter-
est of the" miners when he stood alone
on several occasions for 65 cents per
ton, even though he knew if his pa
irons prospered he would share in it.
All, and when those days were upon
us the Times and its protegeS would
not have dared make such charge
The superstition that we cannot
carry this paper into fight for cur
own olitical advancement is far
fetched and childish. The same n.y.
pothesis would exclude us from using
the paper toward any and all other
personal progression.
Hence, we do not at all believe our
republican supporters" will either
find fault or "be slow to forgive the
use of the (this) PAPER for the fur
therance of his (our) political ambi-
TONS" 1t does them more credit 10
believe that they will say
No, Mr.. Times, as the editor of the
JOURNAL stood by us in our fights,