Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1894-06-21

number Of months, ana when Norm.
sion is obtained to recommenca =
activity it is placed under the conrr-5
Of the preventive censorship" Wiz
makes the production of large dgiI-
IN the capital almost impossible
For example, the Goloss. the h.-.
paper Russia ever had, was suppre,sa5
in less than a fortnight. IL was =
May, 1SS2 Count Ignatief WHO ~
April II, 1881, had been appointa1
minister for the interior, had on Ma
10, 1852, resigned his portfolio PM
lie opinion was excited about his spc
cessor, and the Goloss published IN
article on May y, in which the brn
liant editor, Krajeyski, wrote the fol-
lowing passage: no one yet knows
whom his majesty the emperor win
be pleased 10 appoint as chief of the
home department but one may h.
tOlerably certain it will not be Count
Demeri Tolstoi' Certainly Krafevski
knew the emperor's eyes were ALWAYS
fixed on the count whom the editor
and his following hated. Two dsvs
after it was announced that the conn,
had received the portfolio and two
weeks after the Goloss came to an Nm.
timely end
In addition to these summonses 10
appear, the censorship department
maintains an active correspondent
with the papers by means OF circulars
which contain instructions concerning
matters to be suppressed. In critical
times such circulars follow so quickly
often conuadicting one another thai
the wretched editor is generally ut his
wits end to know what to do. The
illustrated papers are. without excep
ton, controlled by the preventive cen.
sorship," for the government thinks
an innuendo can be more easily con
veyed in an illustration than in print
ed words. The censor watches more
closely over political than social NOR
ais, and it Is often surprising to see
the bold drawings allowed 90 pass
Political cartoons very seldom obtain
permission to be printed Neverthe.
less, it has happened that shameless
drawing has been passed. by a censor
who did not understand the deeper
meaning beneath the ShamelesSneSs or
stupidity, as the case might be pa
per named the StrekaSa had a series
Of four illustrations entitled THE Two
Pugs" In the first was presented an
old dog and a young one sitting amlca.
bly, together, a kennel in the back.
ground; in the seconu. the old dog
was being blown up with a bomb; in
the third, the young pug was making
for the kennel as quickly as a pug
can; the fourth cut showed that the
pug had put himself so far into The
kennel that only the tip Of its tail
could be seen.
The censor thought these illustra.
tons stupid, and wrote across them
"Can be printed" Judge Of his h0r-
ror when the paper appeared with
the explanatory text attached TO the
cartoons: The two pugs are AleXan-
der II. and Alexander III. dhe Older
pug was blown up in the street, and
the younger has shut himself mp and
nothing can draw him out" The ar
list was summoned. hUt maintained
and successfully, too. that he had no
idea of insulting the imperial family In
his dog pictures, and know nothing
about the text The original drawing
was confiscated, and the police
throughout the empire hunted down
every copy. Not only was the paper
suppressed. but the unfortunate official
was Obliged TO shut himself up in q
kennel where little Of him has been
seen since