El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-11-18
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By Charles N. Sheldon.
copyrighted and published in book form By fbs
Adconce Publishing Co. of Chicago

TONS.
ttThe editor of The News has Away
advocated the principles of the grea
political party at present in power ani
has therefore discussed all politica
questions from standpoint of expedi
ency or of belief in the party as opposed
to other organizations. Hereafter, tx
be perfectly honest with all our read
ers, the editor will present and discuss
political questions from the standpoint
of right and wrong In other words,
the first question will not be, is it in
the interest of our party?' or is it &C
cord1ng to the principles laid down by
the party z but the question first asked
will be, is this measure in accordance
with the spirit and teachings of Jesus
as the author of the greatest standard
of life known to men?' That is, to be
perfectly plain, the moral side of every
political question will be considered, its
most important side, and the ground
will be distinctly taken that nations as
well as individuals are under the same
law to do all things to the glory of God
as the first rule of action.
1.-THE same principle will be observed
In this Office toward candidates for
places of responsibility and trust in the
republic Regardless of party politics,
the editor of The News will do all in
his power to bring the best men into
power and will not knowingly help to
support for office any candidate who is
unworthy, however much he may be
Endorsed by the party. The first ques-
tions asked about the man, as about the
measure, will be: is he the right man
for the place? Is he a good man with
ability7' !"
There had been more Of this, but we
have quoted enough to show the char
acter of the editorials Hundreds Of
men in Raymond had read it and rub
bed their eyes in amazement. A good
many of them had promptly written to
The News. telling the editor to stop
their paper. The paper still came out,
however, and was eagerly read all over
the city. At the end of the week Ed
ward Norman knew very well that he
had actually lost already large num-
Der of valuable subscribers He faced
the conditions calmly, although Clark
the managing editor, grim1y anticipated
ultimate bankruptcy, especially since
Mondays editorial.
Tonight as Henry Maxwell read to
his wife he could see in almost every
column evidences of Norman s conscien-
tious obedience to his promise. There
was an absence of slangy, sensational
scare heads. The reading matter under
the headlines was in perfect keeping
with them. He noticed in two columns
that the reporters names appeared,
signed at the bottom, and there waS8
distinct advance in the dignity and
style of their contributions.
$50 Norman is beginning to get his |
reporters to sign their work. He has |
talked with me about that. It is a good |
thing. It fixes responsibility for items |
where it belongs and raises the standard |
of work done, a good thing all around
for public and writer's
Henry Maxwell suddenly paused His
wife looked up from some work she
was doing. He was reading something
with the utmost interest.
"Listen to this, Mary he said after
q moment, while his voice trembled:
''This morning Alexander Powers,
of the L. and T. r. R.
shops in this city, handed his resigna-
ton 20 the road and gave as the reason
the fact that certain proof had fallen
into his hands of the violation of the
interstate commerce law, and also of
the state law, which has recently been
framed to prevent and punish railroad
pooling for the benefit of certain IA
vored shippers. Mr.. Powers states in
his resignation that he can no longer
withhold the information
be possesses against the road. He has
placed his evidence against the COM
pany in the hands of the commission,
and it is now for them to take action
1pon it.
''The News wishes to express itself
ID this action of Mr.. Powers In the
irst place, he has nothing to gain by
t. He has lost valuable place volun-
arily when by keeping silent he might
AVE retained it. In the second place,
We believe his action ought to receive d.
he approval of all thoughtful, honest !
citizens who believe in seeing law .
beyed and lawbreakers brought to JUS l
ice. In a case like this, where evidence :!
gainst railroad company is generally :
Understood to be almost impossible to L
btain, it is the general belief that the
Ulcers of the road are often in possess |
ion of eliminating facts, but do not Z
onsider it to be any of their business
0 inform the authorities that the law 8
being defed-
"The entire result of this evasion of Z
ON the part of those who !.
re responsible IS deInOral1ZlnS TO every =
Dung man connected with the road.
ne editor of The News recalls the
;atement made by prominent rail =,
,ad official in this city little while y
90 that nearly every clerk in a certain E
apartment of the road who understood -
DIV large sums of money were made by =,
lrewd violations of the interstate COM :. :,
cree law was ready to admire the -