Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-07-31
AN TO AN Opposition, REPUbSi-
CAN ORGAN.

We observe the periodical PROPOSE
ton to establish another Republican
paper in this city in opposition to the
Intelligencer has come to the front
again. this time with the statement
hat such opposition" paper is to issue
its first number within three months.
Back of this alleged scheme are GER
tain Republican politicians described
as influential" who are not satlshed
with the Intelligencer's course as the
party organ. They desire an organ
OF their own.
AS an entirely disinterested observer,
the Register fails to see the logic OF
their position. The Intelligencer Is
nothing if not straight out and-out
party organ. 1t is nothing II not
regular" in its Republieanism in ma
tional and State politics. And in city
politics, as demonstrated in the last
local campaign, it was so rank and
regular" in it's partisanship that II
supported the regular city ring against
the protests of many prominent ana
respectable Republicans, simply be-
cause the ring represented the regular
party organization.
The Intelligencer is with its party all
the time 1t fights nothing but Demo-
Gratis. On this point at least the Reg
lister is a competent witness, having
J,iI toh q for
a generation or so of red hot political
contests in nation, State and city, dur
ing which time the Register has never
found the Intelligencer anywhere but
on the side of the straight Republican
ticket and standing squarely and flat
footedly on the straight Republican
platform.
1t is really this which seems, to a
disinterested observer, to be the cause
of complaint with these Republican
politicians who are kicking on the In
telligencer as party organ. They APP
pear to want the Republican organ to
be their own rather than to represent
the whole Republican party.
1t is an old story. 1t is this sort of
thing that has made a graveyard of the
field of journalism in Charleston
where the first thing a disgruntled po-
litical clique does after breaking away
from the party is to start a newspaper
organ for itself. which, after three to
six months, is sold out by the sheriff
or goes to pieces of it's own weight, aft
err the stockholders have lost several
thousands in the venture.
A newspaper is not established by
the erection of plant and the pur-
chase of type and presses. If it were,
every politician who had the price
might have an influential newspaper of
his own. OF the professions jour
nalism is probably the most difficult
TO master. 1t is a LIES study. The
successful establishment of newspap-
er requires first of all brains and pecu-
liar adaptibility and then thorough
technical knowledge gained only by
long practical experience, and these re-
quisites must be coupled with ability
to master intricate business detail to-
gether with untiring patience and en-
ergy. a newspaper is not stsolished
in day nor in year 1t takes many
long and hard years of patient, con-
scientious and intelligent effort to ac
quire constituency upon which it can
rely for support
Do the disgruntled politicians, who
are kicking because the Intelligencer
will not espouse their faction of the
Republican party, believe they are
equipped with all these requisites to
dispute the field with the Intelligencer.
long established as the chief Republ-
organ of the State?
If they do the Register seriously
doubts if they can find any man or men
prepared to put 100000 or 100000 in
to so extremely hazardous an enter
prise.
John Chinaman has arranged to pay
the Christian nations indemnity for
IL;