The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-03-15
saELDON's TOPEKA yESruRF.

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, newspaper mauaEz ment contains the
r. following initial points:
b o.. sNJ writing or pictures that
- could be called impure or coarse This
/. rs "a safe measure and one which is
embodied Ga the rules OF every reputa-
be Journal
% Conducting the political part Of
the paper from a standpoint Of non
partisan patriotism and in the light Of
It's relation TO the Kingdom of God. ="
Some journals try 70 do this now but
their ideas Of what are patriotism and
partisanship and what best advances
,ae Kingdom OF God widely differ, and
/ differences make partisanship. Editors
are also subject to human weaknesses
and failings. We presume it would be
| impossible to make one common plat
form upon which all Christians could
stand. One Christian might think free
trade conducive to the glory of God, in
that it would give religion a chance to
/ spread in the wider spheres of bust
/ ness; another that economic protec-
tion, being in line with the precept that
a man should look after his own or take
| a position lower than the infidel, would
be better for the continuity of the
| faith. One man might stand for arbi-
tration and the peacemakers; another
FOR the spirit expressed in the saying:
Il come not to bring peace into the
world but a sword" On all public ques-
tions Christians differ like other people
and where they differ conscientiously
partisanship is inevitable. 1t cannot
be avoided any more than can competi-
ton in business or differences Of Opin-
ion in lawsuits.
CD Conduct newspaper nOc TO
make money or gain political influence
but to preach the precepts of Jesus"
This is a highly idealized conception
which would hardly work out well in
religious, not to speak of secular Jour
nalism. Unless a newspaper can be
made to pay, 1t soon ceases publication
=
that will make up the deficits of an I'M
successful business venture, however
pious 1t may be. and prolong its unre-
munerative life. In journalism, as in
other pursuits. the laborer Is worthy
Of his hire, fac. which Mr.. Sheldon
has himself revealed in raising the sub
scription price OF the Capital. Nor is
the commercial spirit incompatible
with the Christian life, for are We not
adjured, while serving the Lord, to be
also diligent in business? So far as
political influence goes, it is not
harmful prize nor need it interfere
with religious teaching in the editorial
columns. though regarding the latter
point we see no reason why the secu-
lar press should make it a chief or only
object. That Is the function OF the re-
ligious press. No secular paper could
eXemplify the Sheldon idea and re-
main secular. Does the Topeka clergy
man propose to abolish secular Journal
ism altogether? We think he can only |
do that when be abolishes civil COM
munities and builds a theocracy in |
their stead. So long as towns and cit
les are what they are their press will |
be substantially what 1t Is.
(D Refusing all questionable ad- |
vertisements." Right and properl The I
best journals do that now.
a.. - -
OF newspaper production" This has I
been tried by the Philadelphia Ledger |
and few other papers with varying /
success; but it is not always practicable /
In Offices where the rules Of the Typo /
graphical Union are enforced.
CD Large space to the news OF the /.
Christian world" There can be no 1
objection to this feature In fact. the I
press has given too little space 20 a /
subject which, in the minds OF myriad I
Of home readers possesses the highest
Importance, and 6, ought to maintain F.
more equitable proportion.
CD "Persistently fight the sa-
looms" Would that have been Jesus
way?
(S) Issue no Sunday edition" Since I
studying the practical side Of journal
ism Mr.. sheldon has abandoned this T.
RUE and the Topeka Sunday Capital
viii appear as usual Mr.. sheldon ar .
cues soundly that a Sunday paper Of
The right type may powerfully all the
pulpit and the Christian life. The old
Latin motto: The abuse is no srrr- .
ment against the right use" Is appI- .
cable TO Sunday papers as to other
things.
CD Print the news OF the world
tha; people ought to know. Among the .
things they do not need to know and
which would not be published would
De accounts OF brutal prizefrhts. long
accounts Of crimes. scandals fin private
families, or any other human events
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