The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1894-08-09
THE PARTY PAPER.
Few Reasons Why it Should be
Faithfully Patronized.

but not an organ" 1t is partisan,
although it wears NO mans collar.
1t throws its influence to the side OF
Democracy because that party most
nearly represents the principles which
it holds. But i. is not blinded to the
faults and short comlngs OF men
simply because they call themselves
Democrats. 1t has opinions Of its own
and is not afraid TO speak its con-
victions when occasion requires. And
while this is true it has ever been
worker in the Democratic cause, con-
tending for those things which it
believed to be for the best interests OF
the people. These thoughts are sug-
gested by the perusal of an article
published in the Oxford Pu6Ite Ledger
of last week under the above heading.
At a recent editorial meeting Gen. G..
P. Hayes, of Illinois, had this to say
about the necessity and justice Of
according a liberal support to the
party paper:
The party owes fully as much to the
paper as the paper owes the party.
This remark will no doubt sound lit
tie strange to the average party worker
not connected with a newspaper, but
it is nevertheless true. The great
trouble today amongst party men is
that they do not recognize this mutual
obligation between the paper and the
party the average partyite is willing
to take all he can get from the paper
but is willing to return the paper moth
ing. He expects the party newspaper
man to do the major portion of all
the party work, to keep the party ma
chinery in perfect working order, and
then pay all his own bills and take all
the cursing that may happen to come
his way.
As things are today there is no one
connected with the party who gives SC
much time, labor and money to adj
vance the party's interest as does the
newspaper man, and there is no one
who gets so little for it, But this
should not be SO. The laborer is al
ways worthy of his hire, even when he
does work TOR his party.
The paper should always be sup
ported and should be supported we'll
If paper works for the party all O.
its membership should work tor the
paper. Every member of the party
should make it his business not only
to take the paper and pay for it in ad
vance, but to give it all work of every
kind which has to be done. Not only
this, but he should talk for his pa
per, and thus endeavor to get othe'
people to take it and patronize it il
every way possible.
Commenting on this the Publ
LeAger we'll says:
Gen. Hayes seems to have prope
appreciation OF the situation. No ont
outside the newspaper office realize
the amount of work, responsibility
and expense of running paper, ant
the comparatively small returns there
from. Many times the outlay il
money is greater than the financia
return, and you therefore contribute
your labor and have all the re
sponsibility for nothing except thu
abuse and curses you get, as is frequen
ly the case, from those for whom 20,
labored, and even helped to affair
prominence in the affairs of the nation
They do not even show gratitude
enough to pay for subscription to thu
paper that does so much gratuitou
work for them.
And yet we hear great deal abou
a subsidized press But the fact
are as stated by the Public Le4ger, a
what it says is the experience of TIL
average publisher Of the country
Still, it must not be inferred from
this that the newspapers are working
: for reward other than the satisfaction
of duty we'll performed and tn
consciousness of having labored in tn
: right. But as has been so well sait
by Gen. Hayes the party owes some
thing to the paper, be it Democrat
Republican or Populist, and the lead
ers have no right to expect the edito
to fight their battles single handed
and make personal sacrifices of tim
and labor and money merely for thu
glory % of the thing. There are vari
Gus ways in which the newspapers ma.
: be aided without their being eithe
"bribed" or tsubsidized," and thes
will naturally suggest themselve
when there is a disposition to dea
7 justly with them, and as they are emit
: tied to.