The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-03-31
THE INTELLIGENcER
WHEELING. MARcHal, 1900.
Other Kinds Of Meddlers.

we IulIlk kAlN WV
too severe on the Rev. Sheldon, in crit
cIziug an apology he made for mis-
take which appeared in the Topeka
Capital while Rev. Sheldon was runnins
the paper as he presumed Christ woula
conduct 1t. The Tribune says:
We commented tho other day upon ire
grossly sacrilegious character o. ~ ,, ~
Serti5ement which appeared prominently
IN tho paper which the Rev. MI. saeIuu |.
was conducting "as Christ would 40 ~
The entire tone OF the acEerusguitHt va va
utterly revolving net only 70 Tells 'uu w VIZ
10 reverence. but to common dsceacy. we
have since observed that Mr.. Sheldon hlin-
self does not approve It, He mas, lhuteu;
nTiblicly apologized for the appearance OF
ihe advertisement. He Gays the WoruilnB
OF was offensive to MN as wen as n 20 III
Through an oversight" and as soon as II
was brougk. to his notice It's further III
eertion was forbidden: -,
We are glad to give Mr. sheldon inc os al.
oHt 81 this publication OF his apology TOT
one of tht most irreverent utteEunces We
have ever seen in n reputable print ~
ordinary circumstances his explanation
would be sufficient EVERY heWsPjiP,yi'
man knows that, despite the utmost Ylgll-
ance. errors will now ard then creep INTO
print. and advertisements or other In'ltler
which should not be permitted 10 hpp,,ar'
we believe such incidents are no more ire
quent in newspaper %oth 'H ~ ,s 10 ~" IN
n reputable paper all that - 10 be zone "
TO confess the error frankly and Thereafter
exercise added vigilance against Us ieeur-
renee. .,,t..t, o,,-
ternrIss stands In an entirely d.uertnt
light from any other. and IN that ilEht AT
SheldOns explanation IS realiy ile slrShhS f
est kind OF a condemnation OF him ana nus
whole undertaking. He set OUT 10 tut, maj
y'stSeT ''aE Christ would do 1t " And no|
ne admits that he was guilty OF ~ over.
slight, and that an improper advertisement
thus got into the paper without ms knoWl-
Christ would have been guilty OF an over
slghf in editing n paper. ana would nave
IN things get into II without HIS KNOW,
edge? He must either take that ground
and describe the Son Of God as lEnora liiL
and falllbie-which would be blasphemous
-or admit that he did not edit the paper
as Christ would have done II, but as
mere fallIble man would do T.. de Is WEI;
come to his choice between olalphetny aHq
confession OF a presumption that would
have been blasphemoua had 1t not been
50 ridiculous and contemplate.
While Mr.. sheihonD experiment was
of doubtful proprlety from an ethical
point Of view, and somewhat presump.
tIous, we believe his intentions were
honest. The mistake the Tribune points
out is hardly fair to Mr.. Sheldon, but 1t
shows one thing, and that is the fallibll-
ity Of human Judgment. But there Is
another class of people much more pre-
sumptious than Mr. Sheldon. and they
can be found in any community. They
are those who assume they can run the
paper with more force and impressive.
ness than 1t is conducted. They are the
carpIng critics Of everything and every
body. They complain why don't you do
this, and why don't you do that. II the
paper shows some lenlency towards
man in misfortune, whose sins are not
altogether of his own commission, they
viii howl out their Indignation Of the
alleged show Of favoritIsm from the
street corners, and oracuiariy exciaim
I'D show them what would do II
was running that newspaper" Then
there are the chronic GROWERS and
grumblers. Nothing in the paper
pleases them, from the construction Of
the death notice to the description Of
the marriage ceremony. 1t would be
relief to editors and the public in gen
eral, which. on an average is content
with what they get in their fayorite
morning journal, 10 have the fooi-kiiier
make domicillary visits occasionally
and seek out the man who knows How
to run the paper better than it is being
conducted" He is generally found to
be a man suffering with bad liver or
n dlsordered stomach. He knows how
p tn run everybody else's business and
has invariably failed in his own under
ta6lngs. He never makes mistakes,
and, as a consequence, never succeeds
in anything. He is sometimes what Is
facetlously called self-madc man with
touching alteration Of his maker. II
the Intelllgancer was not fearful OF the
consequences and the dire disasters
that would result from the experiment,
It would take pleasure in giving fun reir.
to the iteratlng IDIOT who knows just
exactly, to the precision of hair space.
how to run a paper to please everybody.
Byron hit this sort Of know-it-all in his
"Review Of Scotch Reviewers when he
said:
A man must serve his time at every trade.
Save censurc, critc1 all arc ready-made.
uovpoupn.fots Traotyy