The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1892-05-27
nnr Angel Contemporary.

Inc 10 ~ AAS5
because the Banner says the estimate
of the Shelby vote which gives Tur-
ner 5915 and Buchanan $50 is clearly
an arbitrary estimate ana that the
BuchananIte claim of a majority. IS
mo; @ likely correct for the reason that
if the Turneyites could count major
ity they would claim it.
The Banner has endeavored to give
the facts as nearly as they eau De
reached and if the Commercial can
show that the Shelby vote Is divided
exactly in half we will publish its
evidence. AS it is understood that
every delegate from Shelby can vote
as he pIeases it ought not to be dith-
cult thing to poll the vote and publish
the names of the delegates from that
county and how they will vote. We
invite the Commercial TO inform us
exactly on the subject. If any num-
Der of the votes are in any one mans
pocket tell US who he is and what he
wants.
Meanwhile the Banner remarks
that il never pleases the partisan
extremes and it is pleased to know
| that it does not. The Banner endeav-
ors to publish the news impartially
aud il discusses any phase OF the po-
! liticaI situation without regard for
| the narrow lines of partisan and per-
sonaI pr, iudice.-NashVille Banner:
| We know all that by heart: We
! have become very familiar with the
| Banuer's studied pose as the sublim-
ated representative Of judicial fair
| ness and absolute impartiaiity amid
| the heat and strife OF partisan or fac
tionaI warfare. While common NOR
tails clad in fleslIly habilimAnts with
all their sinseperable frailties allow
their carnAl passions to disturb the
even balance of their judgment, the
homeless, bloodless and fieshless intel
Electuality of the Banner perches,
altitudinous aud serene, far from the
madding crowd. No muddy VestuIe
doth grossly hedge the operations oil
it's mighty mind. Yes, the CONNER
cial, aud we suppose everybody In
the state, has head these lofty pro-
fessions from the Banner until they
| have become al stale as nursery
rhyme. 1t i impossible to mention
| any of the Banners idiosyncracles
without provoking it to thank God
that it is not as other men or other
newspapers. Sitting astride the
capped peak of its lofty dignity
the Banner is untouched by the pass
ions which blur the sight OF poor dust
made mortality We all know that
the Banner is good, that the marrow
linea Of partisan and personal preju'
dice" never limit its free thought OIL
free speech, because the Banner tells
us all that six evenings in the week.
But s.the Banner sure that it has A
right to boast that it 'never p!eases
| the partisan FXtrtne?' PtOoabiy
there was never u more partisan
extremeU than the late LPonida'
Caesar Houk; yet the Banners lol
independence and fine disregard
for the marrow lines" etc
were so pleasing 10 Leonidas Cesal
that the Banner was able to send iti
representative to New York in the
& campaign of 1884, wearing sgalns
/ his palpitatiUg bosom letter froI
this Republican boss, Recommending
a generous contribution from the he
publican Campaign fund to sustain
2 the Banner in its policy as an "inde
4 pendent journal" In this letter MI
. Houk expressly declared that TIN
, Banner was far more serviceabie Il
/ the Republican party as an indie
pendent" than it could be as Repuo
f iican paper. We noticed not loni
, since That the Banner detied any or
to show from it's columns that 1t sup
ported Blaine in 1884, and we fame.
' that it would be impOssib e to fin
! any direct utterance to that effect
, but Mr.. Houk doubtless knew whel
the Republican party was being wei
served and he found the Banner
course very satisfactory indeed.
Now we do not wish 10 hold tn
pre. ent editor of the Banner respC"si
BILE for what occurred at that I
We merely mention it to chow thai
newspaper can make very large pr
fessions of freedom from all prejudic
Il and of being perfectly fair only to Ell
able it to do a strictly partisan w0r
: under a non-partisan cover. In
o Banner has followed the same polio
which was SO pleasing to one part
san extreme" in 1884 ever since. Z
1t upon occasion il can lie as fiercely an
d unfairly partisan as any. III
,, Banners present definition
its neutral and impartial att
tude in the present conte'
is in strange contrast with
course two years ago when
J waged a fierce and bitter warfare Q
- buchanan, following him with rid
Guile, satire and sarcasm from one Ell
of the state to the other. The Bann'
saws that the Commercial "atfects
believe that the Banner is trying
boost buchanan" Affects! Pisl
There is not a man of Intelligence
the state who doesn't know 1T. IT
unfortunate for the editor of the Bal
ner that he has explained his RENAL
able attitude in TINS campaign oy sd
inc that he could not and would n
,, support q man who was supported
>, the Nashville American. Is not tn
l. a rather remarkable motive to inf
ence a newspaper which profess
such exalted conceptions of journa
he ism as the Banner?
IN In regard to the Banners demaI
n that we print the names of all q
delegates who favor Turney in ord
to verify our estimate, it strikes us
a little singular. We have given Il
vote in the convention, which is
in WAYS considered a fair test. 1t
n lease raises a presumption viii,
ed ought 20 be re5utted by tlfe one WI
disputes it. Did the Banner poll t
vote and publish the names to 81
tain the figures it gave with SUI
posiiveness? No, it coolly set ash
sS' the evidence upon the bald stateme
of John Mcdowell, the most en'
getic and intrepid liar that ,eV
soiled the earth since Ananias die
NamDhiS Commercial.