The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1889-02-21
THE ooNFHsHIoN OF THE RHPosI-
TORY,

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THE COMPRESSION OF THE RHPosI
TORY,
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II we are right IN our Interpretation
OF the editorial Ia last evenings liepoa
itQry no denial Is attempted OF thl
charges, made By the Hon John u
M0nn0t on the floor OF tho Ohio House
thar that paper has sold its influence
for money 10 tbs school book ring
Their editorial amounts 10 a confession
OF Judgment, with mild plea IN mltlga
ton, They confess virtually that they
print communications, on matters Of
public concern, for money and they ap
pear 10 make no exception Ia editorial
matter,
Let ua see what they say on this vital
topic, We quote two paragraphs FROM
tho depository editorials
"Ihe price Tor reading notices la the
llepOaltOfy, ana acceptable c0mmunlca
ll0na OF 4 business nature, or for prollt,
ia from ton 10 forty cents u line, Aud
all acceptable customers are promptly
served,
"The editorial utteranoes Of a news
paper may or may not agree with the
expressions OF those who communicated
their Ideas 10 H. That IL u matter the
paper decides i0r itself, Aud II the
principles II advocates or the policy II
pufRuea, h oOmplimented by lta adyer'
sarleh ~ have contributed 10 the defeat
OF a pet measure, and theleat there IN u
NNllV glTaVantllNa a ln IA HnlVlI
Of charity the newspaper can only 70
gfet that every mans Ideas cannot win,
f0t politics arc not bGllt that way"
What does all this meanY Letm try
ana understand, The Repository Keeps
standing NJ the head Of ita editorial
columns a notice, HB follows
"Ihe Repository rates for special adr
yertialng are; Cards OF thanks, 90
centsi local reOdlug notices on lfht,
fourth and nth pages, sOCenta per llnei
eighth page. 10 cents pel line, each IN
aeftlOn,'
II viii bo seen from tho above that
the Repository has no forty cent per
line rate for any kind Of notices,
In lta editorial N states ita rates are
from 10 10 ~ cents per liue, As ita
local rendIug notes are ~ cents, W6 pre-
sumo the ~ cent rate W for editorials
II this 10 So why make u 20 cent rate
for the Ohio school book ring N can
be on uOOlhcr ground than the fact that
they proposed 90 do u large business
with the Repository which they seem TO
be doing,
The Repository excuses the sale Of Us
influence 10 the book ring on the ground
that nearly oil newspapers sell their cd
lt0rIal opinions, ThNy state that Mr.
llalsteid, at tho recent Editorial Aas0'
citation In Wisconsin, made the state
ment that nearly all papers sold their
editorial opinions, aud lntmatea that
Mr. llalalcRd does so In his Cincinnati
Commercial Gazette,
II the editor OF tho Repository has
read the address Of Mr. llalatead before
tho Wisconsin Editorial Association, he
knows that Mr. llalstead referred 10
advertising notices, aud matters Of prl'
y0te business, and that he hOd no
reference whatever tOedltorlal opinions,
on public questions, There is not au
editor In The State Of Ohio, or any
other state, outside Of the Repository
office, who will state openly In his col,
umns that his opinion on public quea'
tl0ns, or on matters Of pending legiala'
tlOn, are for sale What Mr., llalatead
referred 20 IN his address was ady0rts.
ing notices that appear ~ reading
matter, or really rs editorial matter,
for instance;
Buy your dry goods of one Price
Clothing Co."
"Tho best shoes in town at John d,
Franks"
Buy Salvation Oh, II cures every.
body"
These are specimen notices Of the
kind referred 10 by Mr.. Hastead In his
address. They are really editorial
notices, or at least appear as such, but
they are understood by the public,
Now the efforts of the Repository TO
Justify the sale Of their editorial col
umns TO the school book ring, on the
ground that all editors are for sale, ana
that Mr., llalsteOd has said 80, Is an in'
famous lnsinuation against tho whole
editorial fraterni,"
II is an attempt to Justify crime by
charging that oil editors are criminals,
On the question Of selling editorial
influence at 80 much per line, the Re-
pository contract speaks only Of the
infamy Of one COnCern-the parties TO
the contract, On behalf of the balance
of the editorial fraternity we enter o
solemn and earnest protest that they
shall not be degraded by any such classI.
ilcntion.
In this protest We know we shall
be sustained by every honest man In
the profession,