Hutchinson gazette., 1897-09-02
Another Roast.

Another Roast.
EDITOR GAZETTE-Slnce coming to
your CITY certain reporter of The short
order variety has been troubled with
diurual hallucin tiODs and nocturnal
night mares, in which we seem TO figure
as an amorphns, hydra headed biped
whose name is synonym for deep
dyed anarchy. We have appeared in
We reporters dreams as calmly cOmpar-
ing ourselves to Christ, elOquently con
demning the law, instructiDg the boys
in the rudiments of characterization;
soothing their troubled fears with an
injection of socialism; Sc impnssant as
to De an object Of pity; an instructor
of the youth, scullion of cuspidOrs; as
honorable as Palladin, as sneaking as
Pleughe, with character calculated
to inspire caution and produce vlbra-
tiOn of the nervous system similar to
the refOrmatory alarm whistle, with
the steam turned on at midnight. To
all of which we have replied by rever-
emily Keeping on our shirt and praying
for more grace.
Since this unprecedented attack we
are in no enylable position; our predi-
cament Is similar to the gentlemen
whose basement suddenly became the
domicil of a very amin ated skunk; we
wonder why it came there as we never
did it any harm; our fellow men avoid
us because it has visited us; we keep
very quiet, thinking it will go away
we dread to grasp The faber IN our own
defence. We may dislOdge it, but
whew; Peughe. We would move in
with it, that is plead guilty and crave
the mercy of the court, but that would
place us in the same relation to yere
porter that an honest republican bears
to bOodling populist in the last legis-
laturs. You couldn't tell us apart and
furthermore we don't want to absorb
its aroma and leave 1t defenseless.
The only cnance we have left is to
adopt the tactics of the small boy, who
finding one of these quadrupeds en-
consed in hole, obtained a long pole
and poked him thoroughly and then
passed on. What, said his companion,
are you not going to pulverize him?
No stree. he replied, the way to fight
them things IS To stir them up and let
them smother themselves out.
Reporting for the press is a pleasant
honorable business, but report +
should give IT'S news and not work OF
his personal venom into liOelIous edi-
torials. Amerclnism condemns the
use of our greatest educational factor
as a scandle maker. Men with power
shou d be just. The nation is in the
hands of the press No king eyer ruled
so great people. 1t is shaping the
nation of the future. The reading Of
book changes the whole course of our
life, it proves our curse or our saliva
ton. A newspaper article causes hu-
manity to look askaEce at innocence;
heartless king is beast. u lying re-
port is worse; one takes your head, the
other your reputation The successful
press of the future must pitlessly con-
denim the wrong and earnestly com
mend the right. The success of the
State Journal shows that the people
want truth The honest patriotic citi-
zen is very tired of distorted partlzan
reports. No doubt the Hutchinson
News has fallen in bad eompanyi
PLAYED the part Of pood dog Tray ia
publishing these reports of the Reform
atory spy.
We can scarce believe that one of
our political brethren who voted and
prayed with us few months since,
and who bade MS farewell with tear
rimmed eye at the st. Louis cOnven-
ton would willingly ealumniate ms be-
cause we stood by the old principles OF
repuhlicauism pouncIated by Lincoln,
promulgated by Ingalls, and sanctioned
by Mr.. Morgan. i. e., he free coinage
Of silver, ~Lile ht went over to vote