Fairhaven herald. [volume] (Fairhaven, Wash.) 1890-????, 1891-04-22
a COMING CONDITION


Personally newspaper men are gen |
orally Independent in their opinions,
but as nearly all newspapers are more
or less the self-made organs Of this or
that political phase, the writer's grind
their tunes 10 suit the ears of their
clientage. There is, however, a grow
ing disposition TO assume actual indie
pendence, professionally as well as
privately, among journalists. There
are many reasons for this, material as
well as theoretical 1t has come to
pass that the politicians Of this, that
or the other party, have assumed that
the organs of the parties 10 which
they respectively belong will support
them, willy nilly," and therefore
they need not give those newspapers
any attention, but should rather court
and subsidlze, as far as possible, the
newspapers Of the opposition. The
papers that attempt TO smile upon
persons on another ticket than their
own, find that sailing between Scylla
and Chary5dis is perilOus work, and
they seldom attempt il. On the other
hand, it is frequently exceedingly
nauseating TO swallow every individ-
ual on a given ticket The spirit Of
independence; the sense Of right; the
interest in the public veal, that they
entertain; patriotism; common de-
cency, often rebel at it, and as able
newspaper men must be we'll
informed, capable Of reasoning, and
therefore inclined to be Thoroughly
just, they grow more and more indis-
posed to think by battalions, and fire
in platoons just as II they were so
many hired soldiers like the Anglo
Hessians Of revolutionary times.
This is growing more and more
every day TO be a thinking age. Not
only are the people thinking more for
themselves, but the newspapers are
thinking more for themselves and thus
they are getting TO be more the
organs OF the people and less the
organs Of parties. The real news
paper desires TO keep in elbow touch
with the publc-and while they will
advocate the principles Of that party
which they think is the best party,
they are going to openly recalcitrate
against such propositions, formulated
by their respective parties, as do not
seem TO fit their views, and they are
going TO say TO conventions, IF you
do not place deserving and capable
men before the people we will know
the reason why, and we will 'biff
your Objectionable candidates in the
place that will do them the greatest
harm and the public the greatest good.
We will not allow a mixture of decent
men and ward-strikers Sin convention
assembled, to do all our thinking for
us, either as 10 men or measures, and
then require us TO think, load and fire
in platOOns at their command"
In short, newspapers are becoming
excessively weary OF helping 10 make
great men out OF so much pitifully
poor material, and Of doing IL at the
command OF party bosses TO advance
the seif-seeking schemes Of the bosses.
This tendency on the part of the
newspapers will have a good result for
the people. 1t will cause the chronic
politician TO either clothe himself
with more first grade patriotism or
take a back seat; TO nominate, in, con-
ventions, deserving and able men
throughout, or witness the downfall
OF themselves and those 10 whom they
have engaged to deliver the goods Of
schemery and spoil and to witness
also the miscarriage Of the goods
altogether.
These things will not affect the
purer tenets, principles and motives
Of parties, but they will undo the self
seeking, bold and calculating schemes
and will do the newspapers good as
well as the parties, and superinduc-
lively benefit the whole people. 1t is
a working Of the yeast that is ex-
tracted from the grand fact that
truth is mighty and will prevail"
Such condition OF affairs will send