, 1889-10-31
SPIRIT OF THE HOME PRESS.


lAstorlun
There are newspapers, and then there
are organs called newspapers. The diff
ference between the two is as great as
that between day aud night. The
newspaper publishes the news without
any regard to the feelings which exist
between the editorial or business man
agement and the persons or things that
happen to be the subjects of honest
criticism. The opinion u newspaper has
of public official, or of the candidate
for public position is not nodded by
the patronage which comes from the
official or the office he seeks. The
newspaper recognizes the right of every
man to think, politically and otherwise,
as he sees tit, so long rs he thinks temp
erltoly and acts within the law; and
has no right to malign his motives or
abuse him for his actions. This, too,
although the editorial or business man
agement may have views directly oppo-
site. The newspaper always falls readily v
in with healthy public opinion, and
does not try to shape its course in an
opposite direction. An unhealthy pub
lie opinion is nntagonized by the news
paper. and n healthy one made of it. IT,
for instance, healthy public opinion
DEGREES that a man has not the ability to
represent the people in any capacity,
I'"oBaDti NouPt wv ipOli7Ht
as it might love the man, to attempt to
buck against that healthy public opinion.
The organ, on the other hand, will do
just the opposite aud that is the diilcr-
ence between the newspaper and the
organ.
Mrs. Goodell, says the Astorian, ha
returned from q six months residence
on her prc-omption claim. She is one
of five courageous ladies who went down
toward Seaside last spring, each taking
up l6D acres OF land AMI living on ana
complying with all the requirements for
SIX months, then committing the claims.
1t requires good deal of pluck for a
lady 10 leave the comforts of civili2a-
ton and go ON the boundary line for u
half year, but it pays in this instance.
While residing on the claimlAirs. Goodell
taught school. thus paying all her ex-
penses. and now has or soon will have
clear title TO II quarter section Of land
that is to-day worth S3OOO-a good sum
mers 8 work for woman.
The Spangle Record unkindly says;
"And now Spokane Falls 'bobs up Sc
renely' again and wants the United
States marshalship. That is General
Curry does. If there happens to be any
other Office, eniolument or position that
has escaped the drag-net OF Spokane
gall so far, we hope the city politicians
won't hesitate to fish for 1t imme-
diately.
1t is hardly necessary to explain that
the Record is supporting candidates out
side of Spokane county. In the eyes of
its editor there is no gall except In tho
home field.
Big Bend Empire: The vote in
Douglas county ON the prohibition ar
ticlc is significant, tho proposition being
defeated by only 4s and that with no
work at all done. Considering the num-
ber of bachelors and stock men who are
usually supposed to vote wet" Doug
las county might with pretty good rca-
SON be claimed by the prohibitionists.
At least the vote shows that the people
are opposed to open saloons.
According to the Corvallis Times,
wild deer ran through the agricultural
passed within twenty feet of the dormi-
tory, where iiity or moro students stood
Watching II. The Eugene Register says
that deer are coming out of the mount
aims n month earlier than usual this
year which is @ good sign of an early
winter. I,
Rosalia Rustlcr: There seems to be
no doubt that Spokane will get the scna-
tor from Eastern Washington and his
name is Hyde.
Birmingham, England, stu leads In
penmnking. Tho. weekly production is
i60COO gross. II takes sixteen to
eighteen tons of steel for these, of which
NIL but eight IL waste. They employ
$500 women and 500 men. America has
iour pen-mills, France three and Ger
many one.