Sacramento daily record-union., 1884-06-17
CRITICISING BOLTERS.

The Chicago Times hopes that the bolt of
the New York Times will he so effective as
to compel the proprietor to bounce his
bohemian foreign editors, who, it asserts,
are un-American throughout, and have no
sympathy with anything outside Of Eng
land. ApropoS of this bit of bitterness,
the Argona7a thinks it is not remarkable
that certain papers assail Mr.. Blaine. The
New York Times, it says, is owned by
George Jones, an Enghshman. It's tone
has never been thoroughly American. It
has catered to the silly Anglomania which
pervadeS some of our Eastern cities. Geo.
Jones is not American, and George Jones
does not like Blaine. The New York Post
is edited by an Englishman-E. L. Godkin.
This gentleman also controls the Nation,
and the two papers may be regarded as
identical. The Nation has been chronic
sorehead. Mr.. Godkin is an Englishman,
and Mr. Godkin does not like Blaine Puck
is published by McssrS Keppler & Schwarz-
mann, two very worthy Germans. Mcssrs
Keppler & SchwarZnann, some years ago,
started a German comic paper, and as they
found that its colorcd cartoons made it sell,
they determined to get out an English cdi-
ton of this German comic paper. They
have been doing so ever since. MessrS.
Kcpper & Schwarzmann have no earthly
interest in American politics beyond that
of making money out of them. If they
can make more money by maligning Blaine
than by malgning some one else, they will
do so. Hence, they will probably malign
Blaine
As 10 the Harpers' publications they are,
says our contemporary, being pushed in
England, and much of the matter is dis
tinctively English to give them favor there
But while the original Harper, controlled
their publications, the employees now direct
them
While there is in these remarks consider
able of the cutting quality, yet it is, after
all, the least defenSible of political criticism.
Outside Of politics it is not even cxcusabe
and scarcely that within political bounds
The papers named if they supported Mr
be no word Of objection from his friends
to the nationality of their editorial corps
In exposing an untcnablc position there
are times when the personality of the
publisher or author may be considered as
throwing light upon the motive. but these
are rare occasions. The truth is. that what
ever the boiling andoppoSition papers have
TO say must stand upon the merit of the
saving and the force of what is said We
believe their assaults upon Mr.. Blaine are
unworthy of them; that they deserve and
will receive rebuke at the hands the voters
suspend over the ballot boxes in November;
that they are uneXcusably and willfully
seeking to wound the Republican party,
of which alone they can have hope; that
they entertain and express views concern
ing the character of our civilization and
the limit of the privileges TO incoming
foreigners that are vicious and destructive
of the American principle. But they must
be answered upoH the ground of reason,
and the plane upon which they advance.
If matters very little who own or edit or
control the journals. The questions are,
is what they say dcfensible? Are their
positions strong? Are the papers in ques-
ton fortified by reason? Unless Repubh-
can Journals of the country can answer
their assailants and sore heads andabolters
and caricaturists on the plane of reason,
then Mr.. Blaines cause is weak. We be
lieve the objecting papers and kid-gloVe
Journals that sneer at James &. Blaine in
suit the choice of the people; wrongfully
oppose the party of intelligence and pro-
gress; obstruct the best opportunity af-
forded the nation for many years to have
a settled and espect-commanding foreign
policy; contemn man eminenty fitted Tor