The courier. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1894-1903, 1895-09-28


the proper kind of stuff. Its democracy
is not diluted. Ii has no silver strain.
II is the double distilled essence of
bourbonism. The tone of the Herald
rings true to the tune of Clevelandism
When Major ]. ID. Calhoun died in the
ditch. with Congressman w. j. Bryan
UP on the bank, a few years ago, the
Herald's future came to a dead halt
OF course Calhoun was all there was
to the Herald. and when the Major left
us and went to Florida. the paper that
he left behind was like the Bible with
the old and new testaments omitted
II struggled on for awhile in silence
and then the populists got hold of it,
Death came agalloping as a matter of
course. Now that Jerusalem Gustavus
Perseverance has dug IL up from the
newspaper graveyard and breathed
life into IL there is restored to us An
old time glory and tradition of democ-
racy. III the Herald to be will only
equal the Herald that was Col Hide
brand will add to his laurels
The disappointed and disgruntled
little man with maniacal symptoms
known. as the editorial HARLEQUIN
OF the state, vented his spleen this week
in abuse of the state university. Mr..
Rosewater has disapproved of the uni
versity before, but / have not noticed
that the disapproval has had any dis
astrous effect. and his return to the
old subject at this time only suggests
the idea that his physicians should
not further delay calling Mr.. Rose
water on from the Bee and into the
seclusion of private life where he
could give his exclusive attention to
his liver and apply the rest cure to his
brain.
The local newspaper situation. of
which 1 spoke last week is nearing a
ciamax. Mr.. Austin. of the Call. and
Mr.. Dobbins, of the News. have been
partaking of raw meat and cayenne pa
per for some months, and those per-
sons who watched the progress of the
feud were not unprepared for some
startling denouement But nobody
counted on the explosion which took
place last Friday. The article in the
Call abusing Mr.. Dobbins was the most
brutal attack ever made i'm a newspa-
per in this city. In almost any other
community il would have been followed
by fatality, or couple of them. But
in Lincoln the newspaper men have a
habit of abusing each other They are
long-suffering. They confine their
fighting to paper. So far as / have OBJ
served, the effect of the Call article
was to make friends for its victim.
Nothing could Justify such an attack.
1t operated to the prejudice, not of its
object. but OF its author. II is doubtful
whether such controversies as this
one between the Call and the News are
interesting TO any considerable number
of readers. They are certainly not
profitable. And in the future. IL this
sort of thing is to continue my advice
TO the disputants is, Confine yourself
to the living. Cut and slash away IL
you must, but keep out of the grave
yard.
Wednesday the same paper that at
tackled Mr.. Dobbins directed its batter
les against Fritz westermann. presi-
dent of the Young Mems republican
club. Several columns were taken up
in telling what bad man Mr.. wester-
mann is. Journalism is a great thing
Somebody in this city is indulging in
dangerous pastime. Anonymous cor
respondence is bad enough under any
circumstances. but when directed to
the infamous ends sought by one vi
cious and industrious letter writer in
this city, il becomes a crime. and no
punishment is too severe for the Of
fender. 1 believe The Courier is on
record as opposed to capital punish
ment, and lynching is to be condemned
on general principles, but this infamous
and cowardly person has no good rea-
son for remaining on this earth, and
whether the person be a man or woman.