The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1886-01-14
THE PRESIDENT AND THE PAPERS.
a Criticism of CleveIand's Criticism Of
Certain Leading Newspapers.
(hr0m the Chdrl0tte Obserrer>

a Criticism of CleveIand's Criticism OF
Certain Leading Newspapers.
(hrom the Charlotte O6SerUer.)
a few days ago the President wrote
n letter to Mr.. Keppler, one of the
editors Of the New York Puck, in
which he took occasion to say that the
newspaper of the present day was
wiliully meudacious.
The Genial Of the assertion is beino.
hurled back into Mr.. Clcveland's teeth
from thousand presses, from Maine
to Mexico.
1t was an unfortunate expression for
the President to use if he really meant
| it.
Wayland, in his Moral Philosophy,
asserts that there is much more truth
in the world than falschood.
In the everyday newspaper there are
thousand truths, where there is one
misstatement.
Indeed, as rule, editors, correspon-
dents and reporters emdcavor to get
facts and publish truths.
A newspaper writer who wonld do
anything else ought to be, and would
be, kicked out of the editorial room of
any respectable newspaper.
We do not know what Mr.. Kcpplcr
dld, nor do we care, that called forth
the cauStic letter from Mr.. Cleveland,
we only know that Mr.. Cleveland
mas gone out of his way to assail the
whole press Of the United States.
lie is the last man in the country
who ought to do anything of the kind
The newspapers made him Governor
Of New York, aud
The newspapers made him President
OF the United States.
The cartoons, of even Puck, were
largely instrumental in determining
the final result which placed Mr..
Cleveland in the White House.
An election always is, or ought TO
DC, an expression of popular SOW
erclgnty, and popular sovereignty in
America is but All expression of pop
ular opinion.
a political election in this country is
therefore, when successful, regis
tered majority Of the voters who have
deliberately come to conclusions as to
men and principles, as they are pre-
scnted by the press.
we well remember when nearly two
years ago the managing editor Of the
C0Sercer wrote down the names of
about fifteen gentlemen who were at
that time regarded as probable cundi.
dates of the Democratic party tor the
Presidency,
The merits and dcmcrits of each
name waa discussed and name after
name WAS scratched from the list
The name Of Grover Cleveland re-
NAMED.
ne was unknown to the public.
lie had been sheriff of Eric county.
ne had been mayor Of Buffalo, and
lie was the Governor of New York.
There are three thousand shcrifls il,
the United States.
There arc several thousand more
mayors, and
There are thirty-cight Governors of
States in this country, and there was
llltle better reason for NOMINATING
Grover Cleveland. because he had
been sheriff, aud mayor and was tllcu
siillhg Governor, per- Sc, than any of
the SIX Thousand. other officials TO
which we have referred.
But the Democratic ncwsDoDcrs
thought we could win with cleveland
at the head of the ticket, and they
went to work and put him there.
The politicians fought and kicked,
Dut the press won, as it always does.
MI. Cleveland was nominated, and
Mr.. Cleveland was elected
lio was made a candidate bv the
newspapers, and
lie was made President by the news
papers.
When Mr.. Cleveland goes to sling
ing his canStic irony around he ought
to remember that "whOm the gods
would destroy they would first make
madc," and that under tho new dis
pensalion while the old Roman myth
ology has been rclcgatcd to the shapes
OF the past, the newspapers of the
United States are even more powerful
than the "destroying" gods two thou
sand years ago. .