The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1882-01-21


Our n0ll-partisan, antisjlvef cOtempo-
: nary having discovered that it, opPoet-
tion to silver b unpalstabIe to it, read
en-, in seeking for an object upon which
. to vent it, animosity, singles sut the
MINER, instead of calling it's readers
fDols and imbeciles for not agreeing with
it in regard to the integrity and value
: of silver ~ q circulating medium and
; rebnkes this journal for ITS warmth in
; defending the interests Of this camp.
Now, this question in regard to the
right Of journal to advocate public or
private interests happens to'be among
the res aej~dicatac. The San Francisco
Chronicle recently charged that other
journals in the city had been bought up
By the Central Pacific railroad compss-
nv, and u libel suit was brought on this
allegation. The court decided: Talent
!. is rs much the capital Of the advocate,
| the lawyer, and editor as merchandise |
, H. Of the merchant; he a. much right to |
sell his talents ~ the merchant his nler-
cIlandisc. The lawyer, the minister,
the parliamentary advocate, the lectur-
er, the autl,Or. sells his talent. and he is
not the less respected for SO doing. The
greater his learning, industry, elC-
ai,,rilcc, and the esteem in which he Is
held. the greater his l,ecuniary cs'n,pcl-
satinl,. 1t seems to me that it is no more
liInlol,s to accuse one Of selling for gain
the support and advocacy If his news
paper than it would Ir IL accuse. the
merchant Of selling far gain his nrr-
cl,an.list'."
A. proposition Of law the above de- /
ci~ion is uE',ut'sti"nably correct; as
question Of ethics it is Innmiit~tly wrong. I
There is tacit contract between pub =
Usher ami his patrons that only whole |
sOlle and honest measures shall receive I
journalistic endorsement; although 4
these patrons have no remedy ut law for 4
he enforcement Of such implied com Il
ract. Our non-partisan contemporary D
tarted out ~ Republican journal, and a
obtained sub.cribers under that pre- =,
ense. These Subscribers cannot now $,
'btaim y naIM!amus to force that journal 81
. continue in the Republican ranks. s;
their only remedy IL tn stop taking it, al
t il tl,kS not suit them. 1t is not libel u,
',s to charge that the aforesaid anti
liver journal is under the influence Of 81
tc London Ex'hange. 1t would not N
c lilc!ois even tO charge that it was Il,
ought with British gold tn fight a,
liver in opposition to the interests Of II,
his community, or that President Tay- Il,
" secretly owned that newspaper. and IF,
l'tailtsl for the conversion Of this region ri
I"rn'"n representatives Of that peculiar Ia.
,stitutiO,I. -.
While there is an implied agreement "a,
tween II publisher AMI his Subscribers III
ut newspaper shall not a.lv.n:,tc that til,
l'ernici'','s, there is also presumption tn;
at il will strive to advance the in tl,,
rest; I" its immediate patrons. \ tn:
'wslMlnr in an agricultural country art
ut would lend itself to speculators in ow
position to farmers in Il stock cOl,n- IN
Y that would play into the hands &c In,
alters by charging that the cattle were to
f"t"' with piurs'-l'ncun,o,,i:.. Or the an,
~ will, trirlin" ar hos. ,.lloIcr, or III M.
liver producing country that would an,
:'rgc that the pr.alun't Of the industry Mr.
which the people were engaged made. Of
'l'>> coins ar light weight dollars. t..rt
'Il'l IT, voted iiiGtir. Ifam editor has Int
s''r,ll'l. about she lr"pri- III,
-: the business in which the people mo-,
rounding him ar, engaged. it is his sem
h:H'-' duty (" seek u,or: ,r.,,y..nial any
"iy. The London ExriG,,,.c ami u.,.
I'll street have their organs. They his
l''l not b. ia, r"niz.,i il they ,lil not ,,S.,
'":str local interest. The editor in a ,ur,
ar country vii" has London notion. Of
hi I" return to London or disguise. ~r.,
""i''''''an'r convictions. ag:,i