The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1892-05-12
SERMON ON THE EDITOR
Lift Him Up Tenderly; Ham
die with Care.
A ContcmpoI-ary Moved
with Emotion.

We publish the following from the
Malad Enterprise-not because of its
reference to. the SIGNAL, as the Ara
bian Nights tale of our banquet has
been long since dissipated and the
Citizen has exposed the far less sub
lime fact of our having been rode on
rail (?)-but for the forcible SER
mon it breaches on the province of
the newspaper:
We read in the papers that the ed
itor of the WEIsER SIGNAL has been !
banqueted by the admiring people of
Salubria. The editor, Mr.. Lockwood,
seems to have been doing good work
for the people of his county, and
those people are not above. showing |
their appreciation. We are not
throwing out ary hints, because the
people of Oneida county have always
treated us better than we deserved,
but we believe people generally will
do we'll to observe and emulate the
example set by Salubria. The people
should keep their eyes ON editors, and
when they discover any signs of bud
ding usefulness they should encourage
and cultivate them. There are, of
course, some scrubby editors, but
they are mostly so because they can't
help themselves. Conditions compel
them to be scrubby. Editors are
originally animated by impulses very
different from those which inspire the
devotees of other professions. The
The lawyer is moved to acquire legal
acumen by visions of fat fees and
consequent luxuries; the minister
pictures to himself the glories of a
heaven filled with souls of his own
saving; the doctor views with salts
faction the spread of pestilence and
disease and finds his highest gratif-
cation in the discoveries of cold sci
ence and the mending of dilapidated
physical humanity. Those profes-
sions all flourish most amidst the
, rankest growth of misfortune, sir
and bodily infirmity. They are a
5 best necessary evils. If there were
q no human perversions, lawyers, min
= isters and doctors would be withou
occupation. They prosper on TIN
i calamities of the world. The editor
I. sphere and mission is different. II
q lives and moves and has his being il
S the virtue and happiness Of the peo
! Pile; he partakes of their spirit an
: hopes, and reflects their unite
q thought and sentiment. He acts as
" medium which binds and cement
e man to man, state to state and natio
e to nation. His voice is the voice c
u the people and their voice is the voic
y of God. He studies the commo
n thoughts and aims which surroun
); him, and selecting those which al
y highest and noblest, gives them forl
= = and expression He thrives best
o the happiness of the people; the
d wish is his pleasure, their prosperit
# his fortune. We say then to IL
J, people, when you put the editor c
~ the threshing floor and he goes
~ ~ work patiently and honestly perform
Is ing the labor to which he has bee
IN assigned, do not muzzle him; he
1e entitled to the occasional MOUTH
~ ~ of werldly pleasure he may steal {
,e his weary rounds. ( In other word
KS keep your editor above want, respe
lg him, feed him well and let yo,
'n stripes be softened in mercy and
=: will serve you well. Don't comp
90 the editor to be scrubby and faithle
and cringing; don't compel him
be barter his soul and murder his mob
ey aspirations for square meal. Ba
~ quet him often; feed and clothe hi
1T well; make niH comiorIaUfe aho %
ey isfied-it does not take much to do
and he will serve you faithful
n through all time. The story of t
-, good fortune of the SIGNALS edit
A. il apt to stir the Idaho press almo
lie, to mutiny. The editors all kne
he they deserve feting and banqaetin
lte they all realize that for want of the
VI substantial exhibitions of popul
Ia. esteem their souls are withering
and their highest ambitions droopir