Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1882-01-25
rnr reader doubtless h.sxecollection that


Juniafa Iribs.e had assumed the attitude
Of Q boss shouter and defsmer, to cover
mp tracks, and hide himself, 80 that be may
not be seen in his true place, - . severely
bossed man, . mere puppet, Q man worked
into shape and sction under the dictation Of
another mind. Unwittingly, unexpectedly
the bossed editor uncovered himself last
week, and revealed himself to the public in
the attitude OF an editor SO completely ua-
der the lash Of his master that he did not
dare TO publish . communication on the
celebrated question between the Prcsbyte-
rian congregations of Miffiintown and Lost
Creek. If the communication had been
one abusing Republicans that would not
vote for such people IS the bossed editor of
the Tribune and his master wanted them TO
vote for, the communication would have
been accepted. The boss shouter OF the
Tribune is OF the stop-thief quality. To
use homely figure, the fgure-head ed
itor is no more his own master than aro
Kennedy l. Doty's mules. How nicely he
gave himself away, when he refused to pub
lish the church communication. IF he
knows anything above a cunning trick he
should know that an editor is not consider
ed as responsible for theories, doctrines, or
declarations advanced by correspondents
How aesthetic In him to say that the good
of the church forbade him the publishing Of
the communication; it was purely Wildeish
to say it in that way. 1t sounded smoother,
and hoodwinked the public more com
pletely than to tell it plainly that " my boss
ha. forbidden the publication of the COM
municaiion, and if dare to publish it there
will be q row in the editorial room and I'll
be kicked out" When men are employed
To do york, it is their highest duty to do
as their employers desire them to do. All
good men thus perform their duty. But the
figure head editor did not take it in that
way. He has the past few years done his
utmost to create the impression that no
boss stands back of him, and derisively, time
after time, cast up TO scores Of much better
people than he, that they are boss-ridden,
and then all at once he is stripped of his
self imposed glory and steps back bossed
man, under the crack of the lash Of his
master. The church communications
stripped him.
Who will say that the church trouble is not
productive Of good The tight has reveal
ed how boss-ridden paper the TritHne is,
and when paper that proposes TO be free of
all boss rule is shown up through . church
light TO be a masked paper, screening boss,
the church fight may be q source Of CON-
graduation in revealing q hypocriricsl jour
nal. The true spirit of the Protestant
Church is in opposition to bossism. In
middle-aSe times the lower order OF vas
sails had each . collar placed around his
neck, with The name of the owner en-
graved on it. The engraving would
read, for example: "Gurih, owned by
-" The vassal Gar-man should
have q collar Put On his neck, and his mas
ter should have engraved on it chairman.
| owned by Ezra ID. Parker" II Gar-man's
master would not allow him to publish the
church communication he should have had
| the grace 10 have remained silent on the
question, and not abused the Altoona Tn
bune and the Sentinel and Reps6licaa Tor
opening their columns to gentlemen that
desire to write on questions of Church and
State. If bis master would not permit him
to publish the communication, he should
| have observed the rule that is observed
among journalists of character, which is,
that when Q communication has been re-
jected, no editorial comments are made in
regard to it further than TO state that it has
not been accepted for publication. When
a communication is rendered IN person by
the writer, an editorial notice in regard
thereto is entirely out of place. But the
Tr,baue man and his boss are not that fal
on in the ways of genil-manly journalism
they must needs display their bourishLes:
BY abusing the communication that they
did not publish, and by abusing th'
writer of il, aud by abuse Of othe. journal
lists that did publish it.
Doubtless Parker allows Garman &
good deal of latitude, but when he doe.
stamp his foot at his collared subject ht
should instruct the vassai not to denounce
neIghbor editors for giving to citizens th,
freedom Of the press through which to stat,
their grievances. IL is presumed that thei
aspect of the case is to be just as il is, tt
show what q miserable pretender the figure
head editor is, in this, that all the while tha
he has been figuring as editor Of the Tribun
he claimed TO be the freest of the free, ant
time after time invited communication
from the people, and then when brought Il
=: test on one of the great questions that in
terests all Huntingdon Presbytery, he fails
and demonstrates to the satisfaction Of al
that he is the wors.. OF boss-ridden men
and the Tribune, after all IL: bluster, boss
ridden journal.