Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1886-11-26
Truth is Mighty and Must Prevail.

When they send n convicted man down
10 the Pen. nowadays they call him one Of
Gov. Foraker's "rets." Thus the red hot
campaign, upon which the very dsstinies
Of the Republic hinged, furnishes specnla.
tion In thought ior future generations.
Some ten days ago we wrote to tho Post
master al Kenton, Ohio, enclosing stamp
for reply, requesting the p. o. address Of
Mr.. s. q. Weber, President Of the Konton
County Anti-BnhemiAn Oats Association,
or "John Blank" or "RichNrd Roe" or
any information that the Postmaster him.
self might give that would shed a ray Of
light, OF al least from one up TO fifty candle
power, upon the truth or fnl-ity Of the
charges of the Cincinnati Enquirer against
Secretary Robinson just before election. a II
is az silent rs the tomb. No reply md no
return OF extra postage stamp. In the
mean time John Mclean asks Allen o.
Myers TO step down and out Of the mnnag-
ing editors chair aud go into the open
field OF journalism as before, md the
Cincinnati Telegram welcomes Allen back
from his lofty position to position with
the boys in the reportoral corps.
Who knows but what the JOURNAL,
without circulation or political" influence,
was the prime cause OF the change OF edi.
tors in the Enquirer Officer "Trulh Is
mighty and must prevail" Our mother,
whose library consisted of Bible, piinci-
pally, used to quote 10 us when n boy that
the weak shall coniound the mighty"
The JOURNAL also has reason to believe
that during the past fifteen years it has
caused almost an equal number of
changes in the editorial management of
the mighty ring organ at Bowling Green.
II is in the scope of truth, however, to say
that it did not change the editorship
of the county advertising in all instances.
But the oppressive labors of the
editor made it absolutely necessary for
him to take gun and so West or South
on hunting excursion, and put on sub
who had been out long enough not to be
offensive, and to whom wond be intrust-
ed the conduct of the paper during fall
campaign, and for which the editor ()
could not be held responsible when he
returned just in the nick of time to edit
the fat jobs of November and December
advertising.
Another case of editorial change
has also occurred which is within the
p,,r,ory of tho x.ouppoo, nh,h;t,nt
away from the breast and swaddling
clothes. AS Commander of Wolford
Post last year, position we did not seek
and had not the time to attend to proper
ly, it was feared by the political huck-
sters that we might make friend or
two in that organization and to avert
this two attacks were successfully en-.
gineercd and worked up through the
Toledo Zee, the first rejecting upon us
as well AZ the Post-for conducting the
funeral of Daniel Mogle through the
streets on the Sabbath day. with drunk
en- men in the ranks-which was wholly
false 50 far as drunken men was concern.
ed-and in the second attack we were
classed as Islander for not issuing
special and general orders and other out
ward signs of grief upon the death of
General Grant. Having substantial
friends among the Soldiers of Toledo
whose friendship we prize, we made one
reply through the Toledo Post to reach
them and also one reply through the
JoURNAL-and no more. This was only
intended in self-defense, not with view
to injure but to protect ourself from in.
jury through false and malicious
misrepresentation. A few weeks
later there were two editorial changes
on the Bee-not that we wished it so.
Morale-It does not pay, at the end of
the string, to do dirty work for the poll
tical hucksterers.