Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1901-02-16
FRosTBURG, MD. FEBRUARY lG, 19Ol
NewDaDer Frauds.

"Non-p partisan" papers, edited by partisans,
are the most patent humbugs of the age In
commenting upon public matters they start
out non-partisan, but wind up partisan.
They are simply frauds. A partisan paper is
the more to be admired. 1t sacrifices patron
age for principle. 1t is more honest, for 1t
does not play for both sides, and does not
pretend to be anything than partisan. There
is nothing antagonstc to honesty in being
partisan, and there is every inducement to
dishonesty in being non-partisan or indie,
pendent The most despicable object is
partisan who pretends to conduct non
partisan or independent paper, and then by
his acts endorses every principle and policy
which his party espouses. Westminster
(Md) idoocate.
As the elegant George f. Haddaway
pompouslv writes, that is "frOm-the
pen-of-Charles II. -Nandcrford-of
Westminster.
Mr. Haddaway does not write this
more than once in democratic luStrum,
because Mr. Nanderford does not often
break out loud enough to be heard across
the bay.
Mr.. Nanderford was probably not III
hi. MANIFEST mood when he naid the
,,,,otod tr;hnte to tbo ..nortisau poncr."
This is manifest in his saying that "a
partisan paper (thc Cumberland Times,
f,rirst,ucol is tbe o,o,, TO he admired :"
that is, it is "D,orc to be admired than
MINORS which are ..simnlv frauds" This
i. worry cop,nIimnnt,rv to all napers the
ij,,..,,,. iucIudnd that ,rnnnt .sfrouds''
Of t,o ..simnla'' denomination
He sovs-.it (tbe nartisau paper, mean
inc, tbe Cumberland Wars. no doubt
sacrifices n,trnuo,,n for nrinciple
Wboup
Where
How
But Mr. Vandcrfor,l is mistaken.
The ..nortis,n noncr'' has but one idea,
ono nrnsnectus. one use- IN ,cfcct the
irish Of boxsisu,, especially if the boss, or
bn..rs hn LARGO stnckbnlders in if AS u
,rro,+ month"; niecn of ,o,uJur opiuiou,
This nrobobIv tol,es two sbones in West
minister rs in Cumberland both in an
no,Is f., n,rtis,us tn remain ..stroipht''
and ..don't think"
Tbrrr * another ncruli,ritv about thc
..nortisan napcr'' which "docs not pre-
tend to he ANYTHING than PARTISAN" 1t
c,rrins IFS want of prntcusc so far that
when thn city nancrs daiIv announce
that ..the uuanimitv of the county press
* tbn nrndurt of = cir,ular word from
br,douartnrs " NOT one chirps n whispcr
of deriaI Eve to eve each secs "uo-
thiuo ,r,,rouistic to honesty in bciuo
n,rtis,u." nor if may Lr added ..uo-
tbiur ontoponistic to honestly in being
slavish to both E,c,;nynI and vrrsooaj
nolitics
Aoain-thc BIPARTISAN manner pcrforcc
of habit if not of instinct. is almost sure
tn NO snctinno1 as we'll ,s BIPARTISAN y
There are two partisan papcrs in West
minister divided os to German lint 4
INIT rs to Westminster aoaiust the rest
nf Carroll countv That is distinctly
the case in Cumberland. So that when
a partisan farmer is sustaining his .'par-
tisan paper" he is very ant to be doing
more for thc streets of Cumberland than
for his own highway to market
The BIPARTISAN pauer," ms already i'll
timatcd, is hardly ever il Dnriy papcr.
In nine of ten cases ..a PARTISAN paper'
is a tuctioDd paper. That is probably
as true in Westminster as it is in Cum
hcrland. There are republicans and
democrats in Alleranv county by the
hundreds whose voices are not heard nor
wishes reflected in their so-called party
papers.
MANY party ca papers in MARYLAND
are also more than fractional in being
,o.v,,,,J o,u,uc Wbo, tbo ,,+;o,.l
Pioi'ii'V w NV Po'l'A' was
ABOUT 10 bc lullillci Ill inc w llSOn Dill,