Weekly graphic. [volume] (Kirksville, Adair Co., Missouri) 1880-1949, 1882-11-17
4 cHafTER ON "oRGAxs"

Iot uHSouHu. uouptlSSS oStStS WaHy
y tinid and often needy publisher from
J; !, rebelling outright against the imposl
tiop. Texas SifNngs takes up tn
2 subject and treats it in its characteristic
t and inicsive manner. Itsays.
), "But when it comes to paying TIL
; editor of the campaign organ, the par
!, y managers hold up their hands il
= horror, and are SO profoundly shocked
at the idea of subsidizlng the press tina
: they, the party managers, need stimu
, lants and medical attention to restore
then: to their senses"
Some of the Sitnngs illustrations o.
the absurdity as we'll as unfairness o.
this custom are as pointed as porcu
pine or chestnut burr. For instance
| When the Democrats hold public
meeting, they usually procure the ser.
vices OF a carpenter to erect the plat
form from which the candidates are to
howl at the intelligent suffragans. Now
this carpenter is usually Democrat.
He has always voted the straight Dem
ocratic ticket and will keep on voting
i, as early and as often as he can with
safety. He believes that when he dies
he will 60 straight to a reserved seat in
Jeferson's bosom, in strictly Demo-
cratic heaven. However, notwithstand-
ing that this Democrat is overfiowing
with party zeal, he does not propose
to build that platform unless he is
paid for 1t. He will not drive nail
unless he knows that.tne material, and
his time, are not going to be charged
to Profit and Loss, and he is perfectly
right. Sentiment is one thing and
business is another, and putting up
platforms for the silver tongued orators
to speak from is legitimate campaign
expense. And on the other
hand if the Republicans delres
the services of brass band
in order to hold an harmonious rally,
the leader of the band, although he
may have fought "mit Slegel," and
be republican, does not propose to
toot for nothing. If any such ridlcu-
lous proposition is made to him
promptly lays it on the table and says
"pishness is pishness.'
The editor ofthe party organ is ex-
pected not only to make platform OIL
OF his paper for the convenience of
candidates, affording them an oppor-
tunity to address a ten times larger
audience than they can ever expect to
meet an the stump. But he must make
a regular trumbone of himself and
blow blow his own brains into a gen.
era] collapse IN their interest and fur
nlsh Ink, paper, composition and post
age out of his own pocket. He hurls
so many large diatribes at the opposi-
ton that halt the time he goes about
with his arm In sling from a spramed
wrist. By his rabid political and per-
sonal utterances in behalf cf the party
he alienates paying subscribers and
just about the time the election is over
the sheriff is ready to take charge of
the Office for him. And all for what
The glorious privilege of being rated,
as Sound on the goose" This is one
of the cases in which it may be said
there is more "sound" than scents"
1t Is the editor nine cases out of ten
that has the worst end of the bargain.
True he has the ge-lorious satisfaction
Of having saved the country ! and work.
ed for the party but its lucky thing !
he isn't called on to do it oftener Our
wise and bene6cent constitution has
kindly placed four years between ma
'ional campaigns during which he may
BY close economy manage to repair his
shattered business and regain his
friends on the other side, that
duty" compelled him to bespatter and
lbuse-for the good of the party.
Understand us. The GRAPHIC
ioes'nt come under this category. We
lave been there in times past-and
earned some sense. No thank you
Gentlemen. We have nothing to COM
lain of this year.
That the editor of the Sith;ngs has !,
'een through the mill also is evident =
or he concludes his highly edifying :,
rtlcle as.tollows:
If the party editors candidate is ell
cted, the candidate may ask the e6i- $,
or to accept cheap cigar that he is -
fraid to offer to anybody else. Ifthe y y
andidate goes to Congress and wants .
, be reelected he will reward his edl- el
'rlal friend by sending HIM public la
ocuments that are size and halt III
20 big to fit the sanctum stove, if the 81
dltor owns one at all. That is all the OF
.ward the editor receives in nine cases