The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1902-02-07
Extra Papers Not for Sale.

Extra Papers Not for Sale.
The Randolph Herald and News
is determined to have it understood
that it is incorruptible and that pol,
iticians can't dictate, at any price,
what candidates for office it shall
support or what il shall say concern
ing same in it's editorial columns.
1t has concluded, therefore, to regard
candidates for office as advertiser S
and sell them space at so much per
line or inch, wherein they can praise
their own virtues and tell why the
other man shouldn't be elected.
The editorial columns will be used
to express its own opinion, without
fear or favor except when it sees fit
to favor any one. Said opinions
will be honest, coming straight
from the heart with the sincerest
kind of a conviction that what it
says is for the best good of its read
ers, town, state and country in gem
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few extra copies because some
thing nice has been said about him
editoria11y he can't do it, It would
MT do, you know. 1t would be dan
gerous. 1t might give the opposing
side an opportunity of saying that
the old, reliable, conscientious,
strictly honest family paper, the
Randolph News, had at last fallen
before the tempter with the big roll
in his pocket. No one would believe
it but, nevertheless, it wouldn't do
to have such thing even limited.
Up-to-date the editorial utter
ances in the News on the guberna-
toria1 question have been of
pronounced neutral type. Nice
things are being said about both the
In reading down the
editorial column there is a smile for
a Mccullough man in one place and
a smile for Webb man in another.
When the end Of the column is
reached the smile on the face of each
is about of the same dimension.
But this isn't hardly satisfactory.
One candidate, naturally, desires
little more attention paid him than ;
is paid his opponent. He wants the s
readers of the paper to be convinced '
lie is their choice. So if the News |
Keeps on in its present attitude Nc
Cullough and Webb will have to t
contract for advertising space and {
zee who can find the best political
ID. writer. But if the News should i
EXPRESS decided preference for one. a
hen the other might attempt to even Il
Kings by working up more of pres v
ure in the advertising section. b
HE more advertising the more e
heerful is the complexion of the a
rinting office. r
But, seriously, what is the OBJ
ection to selling extra papers on Fl
ccount of an editorial expression? e
ne case has come to light in this s.
tate where a publisher has sold out W
ght what little influence his paper II
ad. But what of that? There are h
lose in every profession who occa- e.
onal1y go wrong. 1t is our sincere Ct
elief that the representative papers
f our state are singularly free from s.
nything of this kind. If they sup t
ort candidate for office they have W
good reason for doing so and not II
ne that is mercenary. If an edito- Ia
al is especially pleasing to the can E
date and he orders a number of b.
ltra papers, there is no good ex- H
Use, that we can see, for not fur p;
shing them. When a paper has il
scided to support a certain candi
tie the editorial expressions are il
onest and sincere and printed re
neither extra papers are sold or not. ia
ut if extra papers are sold so much ki
e better and-what's the harm? al