The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1888-03-08
A LETTER FROM STOKES.
MORE CONCERNING THE DANBU-
RY REPORTER AND IT'S POLICY.

Own Good, as Friend"
EDITOR SENTINEL Our recent ar
tlcle in The SENTINEL concerning
the political course of the Danbury
Reporters editor, seems to have raised
the dan 1ruff on his head and provoked
very amusing reply. He erroneous
ly accuses us of Throwing dirt, NOT
knowing whom or what we are throw
ing at" Our communication was
perfectly civil and contained no "dirt.
We merely took him to task for his
undemocratic and imprudent course,
and characterized it as inexpedient
and inconsistent with pure Denocra-
cy. He claims the right to criticise
men and measures and should accord
others the same privilege. At all
events, he should not lose his temper
so early in the discussion.
The gist Of our piece was that his
editorials were undemocratic and cal
culated to do no good, either to the
party or towards removing the inter
nal revenue. This he lodges and gets
around in very funny way. He JUS
titles his course by telling us that ma
ny of the best papers, in and out of
the State, frequently quote from the
Reporter That is no answer at all,
nor is it any justification of his anti
Democratic conduct Neither the
" ilmington Star nor any of the other
papers mentioned by him, we venture
to say, ever quoted single line of his
"infernal'' revenue fapdoodle or high
tariff whangdoodle. The Wilmington
Star, Ca paper he credits with ability
and high standing) recently used this
language concerning his argument !:
"The Danbury Reporter has long
article relative to internal taxation.
We do not think itrequires any an
swer. 1t is exceedingly thin, vapid,
pointless. Whoever a0rote 1t k,aooos but
little about the merits Of the discussion. :"
Indeed that is really about the size of
it.
To say the Reporter is quoted by its
exchanges is irrelevant and does not
answer our charges. 1t is courtesy
in journalism to copy from each other,
and should not so easily excite the
conceit Of the Reporter man. But
have these papers quoted any of his
revenue or tariff articles? 1t is. well
known that there is another quill dri-
yer on the Reporter whose writings
bear the stamp of intelligence and are
worthy Of reproduction. Our "infer
nal". revenue reformer should not bor-
row another mans thunder to shield
his "mugglewumpy."
Our delectable editor intimates
that we paid The SENTINEL for the
space our communication occupied.
In Justice to TIE SENTINEL we will
state that it is supported by the Dem
ocratic party and charges nothing for
publishing Democratic news. Such
an intimation is characteristic of the
Reporter man. He is measuring THE
SENTINEL's Democracy by his own
bushel. He requires "boodle" before
he will say anything in favor of Dem
ccracy. Anyway, the Democratic
candidates, these several years, have
been required to "put the sugar to his
lip" Has he always acted in good
faith toward some of them after recei
wing their lucre? Our ''reformer'
also seeks to counteract our charges
by insinuating that we are a borrower
and not subscriber of the Reporter
We are neither a subscriber nor q
borrower of his paper. Nevertheless
we will say, in this connection, that il
he will write less about his cabbage
patch, Camaca, Alum Springs and the
Imaginary mineral wealth he controls
and will say more of the burning
questions and vital issues OF the day
then he may put us down as regular
subscriber and can have the cash be-
fore hand.
We saw the articles we noticed il
the Winston Republican and othel
papers of its ilk, and they were made
the foundation of long-winded edito
rials against the Democratic party
| We never saw any of them quoted il
Democratic newspapers. Nor hav'
we heard of a single Democrat who
approved them. Our "infernaP' gy
ascutis reformer claims that the lead
ing Democratic journals, in and ou
of the State, reproduce from the Re
porter, either without comment or will
open endorsement of what 1t says
Then in the next sentence it says
"True, the Reporter differs with SOM
of its able contemporaries on taril
and internal revenue" Ii its position
ON the paramount questions before tn
public is in direct antagenism to tn
leading Democratic papers, what the
has become of its real Democracy /
must have gone in hole with th
ground hog, and if SO the ground ho
is not much crowded.
Our "reformer' says he will Gel
sure fraud and corruption, in sithe
party, and will not help unworth
men to places of honor and trust, eve
if we do call him mugwump. w
heartily endorse that, but we sal
nothing about "fraud and corruption
: or unworthy men," We simpl
: maintained that his utterances wei
: undemocratic and inexpedient. Ths
: is the issue between us. But we be
4 to say that we do not regard him as
t mugwump. A mugwump has bee
}. defined to be "a Republican WI
votes the Democratic ticket" Or
editor is Democrat that preach
, Republican gospel. Judging fro
his queer and incohelent efusio1
4 we should term him an "inferna
revenue wump or a high tariff ma