The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-03-05

pnbligh the neWli people, fe1pecieily
G tan people, are generally inteTegt-
"a % current eYent8.
L.oell news II important. The char
lcteF bf local news VIII largely tell a.
% the taste OF the people. Neighbor-
hood scandals often have q large place
a many weekly and daily papers, This
q often due 10 the taste Of the fead-
IN The average editor generally
wants 70 give readerl what they desire
and many times caters too much TO
lfhslr fasta rather than give them
S6fne hing 10 elevate their taste. He
too oftdn becomes the servant OF the
pednl6 rather than their education. The
mo editor viii give such local newH'as
VIII have TO do with the higher blisl.
'neSl, educational and moral itteresta Of
the people.
T.Fsnts happening abroad viii have a.
larl1 place IN the newspapers, Some
ont has said that events are the rum
Hing Of the chnri0ts wheels. HIS
tory g the masslng and combining Of
energies in the interests Of men. Late
" wars and ruInors OF wars nave
been necessary. People want to know
tiia situation so that they can learn
the strength Of nations.
The progress that 10 going on IN me
world Should be made known and the
oditoF who viii 90 deal with current
events as TO teach the people ana give
them q high conception Of the progress
of the world Is q public benefnctor.
wherefore t'Prithee," good editor,
stake the cork OUT Of thy mouth that
We may drink thy tidings."
Must Be Reliable.
rs1thfuI. the neyspaper must ten
the truth. The white lie, the black lie,
can't humbug, exaggeration. mealy-
modthed pretense, understatenent,
oyof, statement and polite misrepresen-
tatibn have no place in the good, help
full newspaper. We want the truth
piain. unvarnished truth. II we have
nothing but the truth IN our newspa-
perS, the public will cease saying, 'iIf
YOU See 1t in the newspaper it's not So"
Tell the truth In the newspaper. The
dinner may be exposed by 1t, but the
uhflght viii never be hurt II ~ gen-
orally the eyil.doer that wants the
truth, kept back and miSrepresented,
and too frequently we find the news
paper for sale or sold in the interests
~ some scheme that makes for the
selfish interests Of men.
I presume there are some journals
that are burchaseRbie. For the paltry
sum OF q few hundred dollars, they
viii sacrifice truth and foist them-
selves upon the public with falsehoods
and AZ the same time protesting to be
ptibiic benefactofs. 10, consistency,
thou art a ieWell" The principles Of
DE Golden RIile applied TO the work.
inEs Of many papers would give US q
better journalism.
Clean and wholesome; the shameless
character Of many newspapers - what
gives rise TO the demands the people
are making for Glenn Journalism. 1t Is
wonder that Some Sheldon did not
arise long ago and pioneer the good
work. The people who cry out against
this demand are generally the sinners.
.'The hit bird always hutters." This
explains why some people complain
that the preacher 10 severe. the way
of the tTansgressor Is hard"
/ believe that our Journalism Is
hstter than before. The public de-
nands 1t. Yet the character Of adyer-
tlsaments. editorials, correspondence
and many other things needs much im-
pFoVement.
There Is too much scandal IN our
dailIes. The press takes too much IL
cense in this regard. Scandal y detrl-
mental to the best interests Of the peo-
Die, The newspaper that INDUCES in
scandal Is much like the woman who
freely used her tongue to the scandal
Of others and made a confession to
the priest Of what she had done. BE
gave her q ripe thistle top and told her
10 % out and scatter the seeds one by
one. She obeyed and returned and re-
ported TO the priest what she had
done. To her amusement he babe her
70 back and gather the scattered seeds,
and when she objected, and said that
It would be impossible, he replied that
at would be still more dlfhcult 70 gath
or IN and destroy all the evil reports
sha had calculated about others" Many
Of our dailies might learn a valuable
lesson from this. mi news goes quick
aud far, r a.
Free from Scandal. -"
The newspaper, free from scam
dal. free from malicious attacks upon
other papers, free from demoralIzlng
advertisements, that is not controlled
BY the demagogue, that looks to the
highest interests OF tho public, that
aims at reform municipal. state and
national government, thus clean and
wholesome, Is 10 my mind the paper
that WIN meet the demands Of coming
years and will have the largest consut-
uency and will be q benedlction to the
race. Such paper is possible. Such
paper will receive liberal support and
such q paper, believe, we Will be ahla
70 see and enjoy. There are secular and
religious interests and hence there Will
be needed secular and religious news
papers. Every family should have
both; II not both, the latter.
Secular newspaper; this has to DO
with the business Of city or commu-
nifty, markets, effect Of legislation on
trade, ETC., governmental anairB, legts-
latIve, Judiciary and executive
branches Of government will all have a
large place IN the secular paper. The
secular paper will deal largely with
secular things, yet win be moral, II
true to It's high mission. Secular things
are not supposed to be immoral. Sec
tilar interests are best served when
the higher principles OF morality VIII
havR exerted their influence. A seeu-
lar paper that Is untrue to morality.
should have no place in our families.
Demofallslng papers, however Secular
they claim TO be. are enemies TO the