The examiner., 1882-02-18
Our Partisan Press.

Our Partisan Press.
 If only the honest-hearted of the con- munity had sufficient conception of the true character of those men, who now seem to have the destiny of the people in their hands, what a terrible upheaval would soon take place. But no, the vast majority are yet asleep and they are pay ing very dearly for their nap. Between the politicians of the press and the politi- c1ans in office, the people are duped, flat tered, humbugged, and robbed. Every hamlet, village, town and city, abound in little rings and cliques to deceive and defraud the public, and the press is the great lever by which the people are moved. It is made to speak or be silent as the case demands.
 It is only last week that a notable in- stance of it's Sin of Silence was presoir.el, or more properly speaking, committed, for that is just what they didn't do-present it. We might have then seen in each of the daily papers of Hartford-they that watch the proceedings at the Capitol with such lynx-eyed presistency,-" the assign ments of the judiciary committee for the remainder of the week." The various matters coming before the committee, and the different days in which each would be heard were given, up to Thursday, and here the case was rested. Yet on Friday at D. m. that same committee were to sit in hearing upon 8 matter in which xt,o o&oA1 s,,4, ested. and for which many were looking namely, "The secret ballot act"
 People not versed in the ways of the artful politician of course fails to discern any significance in this omission but it is otherwise with those who know and watch their motives and their actions.
 Any movement looking to the political independence and advancement of the masses in general is always hateful to small-souled tyrants. If this movement wasn't hateful to our lawmakers and our news-makers why this conspiracy to keep knowledge of 1t from the people? Or was it 8 conspiracy2 Certainly there was present a representative of one paper at least when the hearing was granted, and a representative of one is representative oi all, as they are in the habit of dividing the work, and using each others report. We do not know whether it was through design or not, but the information was not given to the Er0nsiner, of the intended meeting until after the issue of that week had gone into the mails, therefore putting 1t out of our power to give the matter publicity. And since the meeting on Friday after noon, at which men from different parts of the state attended, these self-same papers are as "dumb as an oyster in And what think you, good people who are after the neeOs and pay for getting it, what think you of those who pretend tc give it you, and then withhold the things of the most importance to your material welfare? After you have given the matter as much consideration as we have, you will surely come to the same conclusion that these old party trumpets are designed mainly for two special objects, that ot enabling their owners to grow rich through advertising patronage, and misleading the people at the same time, so that they may more easily become the prey of designing knaves.
 But, gentleman of the press and gentle man of the egislature-thanks to 8 few brave, honest, and independent citizens oi Connecticut who have given the people al least one fearless and outspoken journal this matter will not be smothered this time as it was before, without it's death, and the causes thereof being, at least made known to the public.