The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1893-10-05
The Insect Crawhsh.

In West Union, Adams county, is
paper called the Offender. Why it
should carry such name at its mast
head is a mystery, unless it is significant
of its continual efforts to shield Democ
racy from the just odium of its many
sins. To illustrate the unscrupulous
and silly character of the sheet it is
only necessary to call attention to the
fact that it goes farther than its most
foolish allies in blaming industrial dis
tress upon the Republican party, and
even has the hardy assurance to say
that the suspension of pensions by
Hoaxsmith is a Republican trick.
Crawfsh, who runs the concern, says
Republicans are reporting old soldiers
to secure their suspension He doesn't
stop to specify single instance to sus
tain the charge, neither does he find
any fault with Hoaxsmith for snatching
away pensions without giving the sol.
dier chance for his cause This is all
right in his sight, but, like Hoax, he not
only accuses soldiers of perideous de
ception, but without shadow of justi
tication or attempt at proof, attacks Re-
publcans generally with an indiscrim.
mate charge of crime. Such is the
crawfshing Defender. What wonder
then, that, in answer to our criticism of
its course, it throws argument to the
winds and comes back at us in this
style:
"Be it known that this man Tomlin
son, now in charge OF the HEws Herald,
is a common, every day newspaper
tramp that only succeeds in holding his
jobs to the expiration of his original
contracts and the course he is now pur,
suing will in time subject his carcass to
an ambulatory movement out of Hills
boro. But why should decency and the
upon a creature of 81 suddenly impas-
stoned impulses. We desist."
How delighted we are that he did
"desistr" The editor of the News HER
AID pleads guilty to moving four times
in twenty i've years. Twice because he
had sold his newspaper office. Once to
accept a more lucrative situation, and
the last time to benefit the health of
his family, and get into Republican
community where every mans rights of
citizenship are respected, regardless of
his political faith.
Were we inclined to return evil for
evil, there is no place under the shining
sun, or the glimmering coal oil street
lamps, or in the secret city dives, or the
reeking hells of vice, where more pro-
life subject could be found. But we
hold, and always have, that, for the
sake of innocent hearts that must ache
with the guilty, there are subjects
which should be sacred from reckless
newspaper comment. We claim that
those personal acts of individuals which
have no bearing at all upon political is
sues should not be dragged into the
campaign. But there are those, notably
the West Union Defender and Hillsboro
Gazette, who seem to think differently.
1t sometimes becomes necessary to play
such fellows tune on their own fiddle.
In such cases, much as we regret the
necessity, we believe in making them
dance to lively music.
An idea OF the character of the in.
sect on the Defender may be had from
the fact that the Democrats of his own
town have become disgusted, and failing
to comb him off, are starting another
and cleaner Democratic paper.