Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1883-03-10
THROUGH GREEN GLASSES.
The Explanation OF the Cards and the
kpeck Editorials.

ibid you see the lnte!ligencer this
morning" enquired one gentleman OF an
other. yesterday morning.
ayes; Why"
"Did you see that card signed Alex.
ous?"
"Oh yes well?'
"Why does the lntelligencer continue
that petty picking at the REGISTER? ! can
understand paper crticising, in digni.
fled way, the utterances of contemporary,
but in this style of picking, it strikes me
there is something behind-some animus
inspiring it all. Very often, in those little
fy-speck editorials in the IntellIgencer, /
see petty illusions to the REGISTER. Why
is it?'
II can explain it very easily" said the
gentleman, who is staunch friend OF the
REGISTER. lone word would do it, in fact
jealousy. The Intelligencer is jealous Of
the REGISTER and takes advantage Of every
pretext to belit.le it. You see, the Intel
ligencer is an old paper, the REGISTER COM
paratively new. The Intelligencer got int
rut, long ago. and will never get out Of it.
Ii has certain established clientele, which
expects certain kinds of news and wants
nothing else. From long habit it furnishes
this, and very little more. The REGISTER
con es in as young man and brings all the
energy and resources OF youth. 1t has kept
going right ahead and has left tue
IntelligeHcer standing still. 1t is larger
paper contains more news. matter and dis
FLAPS more enterprise, and all OF this the
intelligencer can neither forgive nor for.
get Worse than gall and NORWOOD to it
are the praises you see 10 the State press OF
the REGIsTER's enterprise. It's a case OF
fogy ism versus enterprising youth rnd the
jealousy is naturally consequent
But allowing that what you say is true,
how about this charge 'Alexious' makes,
that the REGISTER is given to publishing
scandals, which the Inlelligencer rules
out?'
'All CANNON. The Intelligencer put on
a great many Pecksnif airs, and tries to
make capital out of nothing | have read
in the Intelligencer as many articles OF that
kind as in any other paper. That case Of
outrage at Martins Ferry Is O good eX.
ample. The REGISTER got the frat news Of
il, and the Intelligencer came in afterWard
and under double headlines, gave the ex-
animation OF the suspected darkey. A pa
per publishes news, and when the wires
bring that kind it goes in with the rest.
have noticed that when the REGISTER
handles that kind Of news its reporters
avoid all nasty names and use the best of
language. The Intelligencer, as | say,
makes capital OF the cleanliness OF its
columns, but its all nonsense, and IL dom
do it,"
b After little further discussion Of the
mission OF the press, without specifying
any journals, the speaker continued:
The REGISTER does one thing the Intel.
ligencer does not, and that is that il makes
a speciality OF interesting all classes without
discrimination. 1t publishes matters Of
special interest to the working people and
has thus gained great hold upon their
affections It's reporters 20 among the
workers and gather news items that please
and interest them. This the Intelligencer
reporters do not seem to do. Perhaps they
are too elegant TO go among the mills and
shops-perhaps elegance is their speciality,
gencer never did seem to affiliate much
with the poorer people, its a rich
mans paper, il you please. The impair
tiality Of the REGISTER has made Il i'm
mensely popular, and the Intelligencer
views its increasing circulation with envy
and disgust These feelings crop out In
the petty editorials and questionable com.
munications you see. You may make up
your mind to one thing-whenever you see
q paper pecking at another in that style,
the pecking paper is being worsted, in some
$ay. ] read both papers every day, and
am proud Of both. but / do deprecate that
picsyune policy which can but be the drip
ping over of q cup full Of envy"
We'll" rejoined the first speaker, "your
explanation certainly does throw some
light on ii, though could hardly believe
. paper could be 30 petty"