The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1889-08-23

The GRAPHIC S sense of fair play
prompts it to make no reference to its
local contemporary during the alb
sence of its editor, other than in comp
limcntaly terms, but its last issue GER
tainly Is worthy of attention and that
Immediately. The GRAPHIC has often
made the statement that not only was
the Index Republican for revenue
only, but that the whole policy Of the
paper IN all other respects was gov
erncd solely by the amount Of patron
age gained or lost in opposing or adj
vocatlng a particular thing. Last
weeks issue seems to bear out the
supposition to a remarkable degree.
The whole editorial page reeks with
it. Here Is a happy Illustration:
In other words if the nominated Repub-
licans want any support from this Re
publican paper they'll have to pay for it
like men, We are o running this pa
per for glory or for mirth-and no fac
ton has any rope on us. This is bust
ness and we mean business from this
time on. Last call.
In still another place, in another
editorial, Mr.. Thorndyke endeavors
to apologize for his lack of sympathy
with the prohibition issue by saying
in substance that lie cannot afford it;
that heretofore whenever the Index
has taken a high and lofty position,
whether IN favor Of prohibition or en-
forcing what liauor laws we have
now, it has cost him money, etc, etc,
and the prohibitionists and other
truly good people havn't come for.
ward and made up the deficiency.
While it is perfectly true in a general
way that a very large number of
people who are anxious to reform the
world are wonderfully lacking
in enthusiasm when it comes to a
question of dollars and cents, and
while it IS true that certain narrow
minded people are over anxious TIC
withdraw their patronage from any
newspaper that does not exactly jlbe
with their ideas, and while it natural
ly follows that possibly the Index
has lost 4 dollar or so in following
some particular line, yet the fact still
remains that an editor who is re-
strained by a few paltry dollars from
advocating or unfolding what he
knows to be right, through priaciple
has missed his calling. So tar as the
prohibition question is concerned il
is a matter of fact that the Index Is
ahead in dollars and cents. 1t has
had every particle of job work that
the prohlbitlonists have had to give
from time to time and all Of that OF
the M. e. church work on top of 1t
If it thinks that in addition to this
the prohibitionists ct hoe onene geuus
should come forward and make
good every dsllar lost for It's luke
warn support of their cause or thu
emnity incurred In certain quarters in
advocating the observance of munich
pal laws, its grasping greed for The
almighty dollar is greater than it!
principles.
1t it is true that the Index has los
some patronage by its prohibition
sympathies it would be natural t.
suppose that the GRAPHIC, by its con
slant opposition to prohibition, mus
have protited proportionately. Tn
fortunately, however, for the logic o.
the superstition such is not the case
1t is not many months since a saloor
proprietor-Chas. Thies-stopped hi,
copy of the GRAPHIC and gave as his
reason for SO doing that it never
helped his business and that It's edito,
never spent any money in the sa.
looms, anyway compliment tina
fully compensated for the loss. 1t i.
worthy of note, also, in this connec
ton, that when this same man CLOSED
ont his stuff at auction he got his
bills printed at the Index office. All
in all, the Index has probably re
celved more patronage from the sa
looms than the GRAPRIc-we think
S15 would cover all we have had il
nearly years, either directly O
indirectly. 1t may also here be sale
that last spring every saloon man anc
his Immediate followers helped to de
feat the editor OF the GRAPHIC fol
mayor and not satisfied with that
some of them tried to down him FOL
alderman. We merely call attention
to these things to show n contem'
temporary that had it taken al
opposite course.it might have lost q
few more dollars yet.