The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-02-24
THE topeka Elk aEF INTENT.
How Honolulu Can Have a Chance
To See the She1don Newspaper.

Editor Advertiser: The publishers
of the Topeka Daily Capital have tend
cred, and the Rev. Charles NJ. Sheldon.
author of In His Steps," has accepted
the editorship, management and abso-
Lutte control OF the Capital for the per-
iod OF one week beginning March 18th
next.
The offer is not made to afford Mr..
Sheldon an opportunity of demonstrate
ing how Christ would run a daily news
paper. 1t is made in order to give
Mr.. Sheldon an opportunity to illus
trate his conception of needed reforms
in our daily press. In years past the
secular papers have not hesitated (and
very rightly too) to impress upon the
pulpit their ideas of practical and COM
mon sense religion and the result has
been to very largely lift churches above
the plane of creeds and dogmas 1t is
more than possible that the pulpit may
now be able to give the press of the
country few pointers on the higher
ideals of life. Fortunately in this day
of trusts no monopoly has yet been
formed on knowledge.
Mr. Sheldon's experiment is receiv-
ing most hearty endorsement through
out the country by all classes of men
and women. In the end 1t may not
satisfactorily demonstrate that daily
newspapers can be successfully run
along the lines of thought held by Mr..
sheldon. 1t will, however, be sugges-
tive, and will undoubtedly set IN mo-
ton the wheels of progress-always IN
order.
A recent editorial of the Capital
says: I'VE can offer our readers no in
timation as to the actual contents of
the Capital under Mr.. Sheldon's man
agement. We do not know. It's aim
however is to be as definite and single
as a ray of light. Not sectarian or de-
nominational, but Christian. Its policy
will be dictated by the Interrogation
point. What would Jesus do?' will be
the challenge to every piece of news,
to every editorial, to every advertise
ment."
A few have conceived the mistaken
idea that Mr.. Sheldon will place a tabu
on all news pertaining to sports, police
court and criminal matters. and that
the columns of the paper will be filed
with dry and threadbare theological
discussions. church, Sunday school and
prayer meeting reports and daily item
on how the old ladies aid society is
progressing. To any person at all
acquainted with the works of the man
the absurdity of such an idea is at once
apparent.
Within the past few days quite a
number have stated to the writer a de-
sire for complete file or the Topeka
Capital while the same is under the
management of Mr. SheIIon, and the
thought has suggested itself that there
may be many in the city who would
appreciate a copy if only as souvenir
of the event. The subscription price
for the week is to be twenty-five cents,
plus foreign postage. In order 70 save
the inconvenience in sending small
sums separately arrangements have
been made by which all persons desfr-
ing file of the paper may leave their
names. together with fifty cents. at the
Thrum's News Store. and on March I'd
they will send the order forward for as
many copies as the funds at their dis
posal will purchase. All extra files will