St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-01-23
THE GLOBE Is A NEWSPAPER.

The st. Paul GLOBE poses as a Democratic
paper, but it is liable TO lose that reputation
If it permits many times the glaring inconsis-
tency between its news and editorial columns
which it did yesterday morning. In yester-
days issue there was q long dispatch from
Washington which did not speak of the presi-
dent and his views in a very warmly partisan
manner. In fact, the dispatch called him
everything that was not Democratic. and
spoke Of him in a tone which was almost sur
fcient TO excuse his thoughtless remarks
about the American press. IL finally closed
by stating that ''the power of spoils alone
gives him (the president) the only support he
has" In contrast 10 this we find an editorial
ON an inside page of the same issue. defend
ing CLEVELAND warmly in his arrogance and
impertinence TO the senate. For the sake of
the GLOBES reputation with the Democracy
of the Northwest. we think it would be well
for the editor TO INSTRUCT the Washington cor
respondent 10 give his news warmer Demo
cratic tone and TO stop roasting the head oil
the party. We do not offer this in manner OF
harsh criticism, but offer the suggestion
simply as a gratuitous bit of neighborly ad-
Enthusiastically Minneapolis Tribune.
We regret to see that our Minneapolis
neighbor is so slow TO catch on to a fact that
the people of the Northwest know and APP
preciate that the GLOBE is a NEWSPAPER.
The business of the GLOBE is to collect and
publish the news. So far from instructing
our correspondents to tinge their news com
munications, our instructions are specific
and emphatic TO give the news without
colOring The GLOBE is 10 hide-bound
| organ to impose upon its readers by dress
ing its news columns to the cut Of its parti-
san prejudices and sympathes. Nor does
| it adopt the practice of some so-called
newspapers of manufacturing grapevine
dispatches and specials in its back office,
but gives bona fide news as obtained from
reliable sources in all parts of the world.
The GLOBES news columns contain plain,
unvarnished statement of facts just as they
are occurring each day. We are not re-
sponsibIe for the occurrence of events, but
we would be remiss in our duty as a news
paper if we failed to publish them just as
they occur. Hence it is that the people of
the Northwest have learned to rely on the
GLOBE as an accurate and impartial NEWS
PAPER.
The GLOBE reserves to itself the right
enjoyed by the individual citizen-that of
having and expressing its opinions. In its
editorial columns it aims to give fair and
independent discussion of all matters of
public interest. 1t does not permit its
views to be warped by partisan considera-
tons, nor to be disturbed or prejudiced by
current events. And whatever it does is
done without fear, favor or affection. The
GLOBE is Democratic in politics because
it believes that Democratic tenets are the
soundest for the administration of a repub-
lican government, and that Democratic
principles are the safest foundation for the
superstructure Of free institutions to rest
upon. But we do not believe that our party
! relations commit us to the Endorsement of
everything that is said or done by the party
leaders On the contrary, the GLOBE will
criticise the mistakes of its own party's adj
mlnistration of the government just as
freely as it would those of the opposition.