The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1892-05-20

one OF rhe Great IIctropuIItau DauEca
opens Ita Columns co @ Di1cuzzlun Of
I2coH0uic Guestl1uu-
Among the greatest difficulties bozet-
ting the way and most serious obsta-
cIes impeding the triumphant progress
Of the reform movement are the vim
diCtive hostility of the several press as
sociutious and the attitude and policy
of the metropolitan press The press
associatious seem 20 have entered into %
conspiracy OF silence aud studiuusly iE-
more all Important news concerning the
great political revolution that IS rapidly
taking place. while the newspapers in
handling what news concerning the
reform movement they receive 10y yvires
ncudaeiuuslv uaisreprgsent such news,
even to the extent Of making the head
lines give the lie 20 the subject matter
of the item itself
But worse than all this, the columns
of the daily papers are as a rule, de
MED TO economic returuersr while their
editorial writer's combat reform i'm each
and every issue. This state of affairs
mEizes it well nigh impossible 20 reach
with the gospel OF reform the thousunta7
nay, millions of readers who never see
reform newspaper. although there are a
thousand, more or less, of such papers
having a circulation I'm every state of
the union. Within the past few months
however, one of the best metropolitan
dauies. the Chicago Inter Ocean has iu-
uuTuratcd a new policy and has opened
its columns TO preseutatiou of tine
prominent living issues of the dayr and
has invited and solicited commuuica-
tions from alliance and peoples party
writer's. Mr. Nixon, the editor-iu-cEief
of the paper, is "a bruad-gauEed man.
who is q truth-secIrer and his ideas are
that If the republican party cannot
meet and rcfute the arguments of the
peoples party, the republican party
must he wrong and the peoples party
must be right, and that the quicker DC is
found out the better it viH be for all
concerned Mr.. r. ri. Easley, editor of
the economic department, is i'm favor of
giving the advocates of reform "a fair
show and opening the columns of his
department TO a full free and fair dis
cussion of the questions involved
OF course the Inter Ocean Is O. radical
republican paper and In all probability
viii not be converted from the error of
it's ways. but viii continue, editurially,
to ridicule and oppose reform measures
and belitLLc and misrepUesent the peO-
pies movement. But this matters mot,
and is neither here nor there Truth is
mighty and viii prevail Not all of the
. Inter Oceans thousands of readers are
| bigoted fools or intoleraut partisuns;
indeed. it may reasonably be presumed
that the great majority of them are as
Intelligent and honest as the thousands
I of peoples party voters In Kansas, Ne
brasIza. Minnesota and the Dakotus,
who only three years ago were radical,
uucompromisiug republicans. These
individuals, because of the fair and gen
! erous policy OF the Inter Ocean, ygili see
{ both sides, and having learned the
I truth, win 10y such truth 5e made free
| from blind and intoleraut partisan ties,
! Let these alliance and peoples party
/ writer's send to r.. NJ Eusiey, economic
| editor, articles treating OF the sub-trsas-
[ ury plan the land-currency plan, the
! graded income tax, governmental bank
I ing and ownership of railroads, but
I make no mistakes and be sure you are
/ right before You I-rts.
GEORGE C. WARD
! Ia the Inter Ocean of April 2Ist the
] following communications appeared or
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