The record-union., 1895-03-22
THE GREAT" PAPERS
Comment on Them by "a Woman and
Her Husband

Comment on Them by "a Woman and
Her Husband"
"a Woman and Her Husband"
writing from Vallejo to the San Francisco
Report, says:
we are aweary, aweary. There was
however, another Mariana, whose plant
more exactly suits our present temper:
''He comes too Oft, ;" she said;
She said, II an. aweary, aWeary;
II would that he were dead"
Picture to yourself what happy de-
liverance it would be if the average San
Francisco editor were dead-at least. the
morning editorial and sundry of him.
Fancy the lSraelites ''rising up in the
morning. and looking, with trembling
apprehension, toward the plain where
lay encamped the Assyrian hosts-the
terror OF lsrael-and finding them "all
dead men," Fancy that mex pressible
satisfaction, and you will know how the
people would feel-not only we that in
manner entertain him at our breakfast
table, but also they who enjoy the priv
ilege OF knowing Eim atar off-if our
present supply OF morning editors could
be as sammarily gotten rid oil.
JeSting aside, what an intolerabe
nuisance his producuon, the morning
paper has come to be.
Though there be little appetite for
either, one must, OF course, read the
morning paper as infallibly as one must
break ones fast. But suppose we were
to breakfast thirty days in the month
and twelve months in the year on weak
coffee, heavy bread, strong butter and
questionable eggs, and say, if you please.
by how much our daily matutinal men
tai pabulum is preferable.
Take any one OF our great daiIies.
Here is such paucity OF diplomatic
news and most of the other things one
wants 10 know, that only they who read
a New York daily or a London weekly
can have an intelligent comprehension of
affairs.
Aside from its long -winded and vulgar
TRADES, the editorial page is filled with
| the dullest OF platitudes, the most COM
monpiace observations. You may look
| IN vain for the fascinating treatment of
| current topics, the appetiZing philosoph-
lcal dissertations, the sparkling wit, the
! exalted views, the gay humor-alI
couched in noble English-that are to be
| found in the editorial pages OF the Spec
! tdtO1, the Speaker and even Labouchere's S
/ Truth.
AS to homo affairs, our morning pa
! perS sensational news, set forth in tire
some and often disgusting details, are
! merely the entrees OF this delecta ble feast
! OF which the piece de resistance is vulgar
denunciation OF the Southern Pacific,
than which nothing could be more un-
| profitable or more unpalatable.
! Now, though we have no interest of
any kind or degree in the Southern Pa
citlc orlany other railroad, or in any mo-
! nOpoly of any description whatsoever, w g
are not without respect for ourselves and
regard for the community; and in the
name OF common sense and of good taste,
| in the name of decency and of morality
we sOlemnly protest.
! w hen tlnt time pOOns yy-bipE
J Burns so cheertully predicts that will
| develop storm in this land before which
the French revolution is but nightmare
ana the Commune an Illusion" a good
/ share of the blame will be placed where
/ il belongs-at the door of the daily paper.
OF course, we want the news. If Mr..
Huntington is seen talking with any,
! body, OF course we want TO know IT, If
the cars run over anyb0dy's toes. of
! course we want TO be informed OF the
fact. And equally, OF course, ii the cor
| poration sues them-or him or her-for
| ODEtructing the road, we want to know
! all about it.
Most assuredly, too, if the Southern
! Pacific or any other company renders
travel unsafe by reason of careIessness as
to either roadbed, rolling stock or serY-
ice, We want to know the facts. So. also,
do we ii corporation in the character
! OF a gras ping or grinding MONOPOLY
/ proves barrier TO progress or a menace
/ TO civilization.
! But all news is simply matter of fact,
and It's simple announcement Will amply
serve every purpose.
/ AS TO editorial comment and reportorial
| description, the dignity OF calm remon-
STRANGE and quiet statement is tar more
effective than vulgar slang, vile epithet
and base assertion.
AS tlattery should be the breath of the
! rose and not the altar OF roses, SO abuse
! If abuse needs be, as sometimes it must.
in order TO be impressive. in order to be
! Lolerable, should be the delicate sal VIOLA
tile of my lady's vinaigrette, and not the
coarse and sitting ammonia of the laun-
dry.