The Labor enquirer., 1886-09-11
A PROsTITUTED PRESS.
The One Man Plan of Conducting Daily
Papers a Death-Blow to
Truth and Justice.


Papers a Death-Blow to
Truth and Justice.
For The Enquirer.
DENVER. Sept. At is all a farce tc
say that the daily newspaper of to-day
is a reflection of the opinions of the peo'
pie as it ought to be, There is net 6
daily paper in the city of Denver, or
elsew here, that has been started to rep
resent the people and to obtain their
best thoughts upon any subject, in order
to promote and foster the intellectual
industrial and Social growth of the com
munity, and the advancement of the
nation.
In the daily papers we only get the
opinions of one man who sits at the helm
as censor, ana whatever )es not accord
with his srnLll aud shallow ideas has no
chance to get before the pu lie, 80 as to
get an interchange of the pest tn olghts
of the people upon every subject. Why
not let the people speak for themselves
without being subject to the dctatiOn of
a censor as editor? Then there would
besome hope of a government of the
people. by the people and for the peo-
pie. Is there no business mao of
wealth and advanced opinions in this
city who is prepared to try the expert
ment of the people of Madrid, whose
popular newspaper has no managing
editor2 A dozen reporters secure e
news and drop their manuscripts into a
bag, where they stay until the foreman
wants copy, who pulls out indiscrimi-
nately enough to fill up, and with the
matter fixed in the most convenient
wav the paper goes to press. Surely,
twelve minds would be better than one
but why not throw it onen to thu public
at large and permit the people to write
over their own names and address, and
thus let1the light shine upon all ques-
tlons, and then our law. makers could
mbodv such measures as ma! be found
necessary, after being we'll ventilated
pro aud con, by the people through the
press, without any hindrance by an H.
tor or one man power?
One-half the material furnished by
the associated press is both unreliable
and unnecessary to the Community in
which we live, and vet it must be pub
lished in every newspaper iu the cOun
try. True, the plan here suggested may
be death blow to capitalism, as but
few of the measures reported and put
forward by their agents and paid attor
neys would stand the light of public
opinion rightly formed. The people
would ventilate their hollow sham5 and
turn the lamps upon their dark deeds
and subtle ways. Who is interested
enough in the welfare of our country
and the progress of its people to try the
experiment of free for all daily news
paper, where each man and woman
could contribute their best ideas for the
benefit of the commonwealth ?
This plan carried out would educate
the people in all the duties Of citizen
Ship and would be safety valve bV
which the people would throw off their
surplus pressure. 1t would abolish the
necessity for secret societies where
scheming politicians seek to advance
their plans to subvert the will of the
peopIe. The nation would become edu-
Gated and make rapid strides in tru'
liberty and learn to practice equity IL
all the walks of life.
Saws John H. Burke, of SAu Francisco
ex. editor of the Bulletin: TO sucu
depths of depravity have tue daily
papers Of our CO untrY descended. rs t.
render it almost impossible to credit th'
truth or sincerity of any state nent they
make; whll4 it Is fact that they deVot
the greater portion of their columns L
misleading their readers or conceailus
and condoning crime. Nearly every
leading paper is now owned by one OF
more or working in the interest OF th'
wealthy criminal elements that have
become 80 powerful for evil al over ou
iand-that the thinking man of tn
present day can get no clear or true &C
count of the rottenness Of our bod
polite. This city to day is reeking wit
corruption and crime, vet no daily pape
here will say word on the subject"
From John Swinton's Pa ,er: "Joul
nalists p said the old man Smith tn
other day. There are plenty of joul
: nalists in the city, but not in Park Row
, They are showmen. The daily paper
of to day must 60. There are NJ hon
= esty or truth In them, and the peopl
will find it out sooner or later. Tber
will come highor life for newspapers a
, for men, and it is approaching"
With such paper issued every day /
the year, we will have a bulwark for tn
building up of civil and religious hbert
!, the like of which has never yet bee
established. THOMAS YOU'VE.