The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1902-09-16
JUST A BIT PERSONAL.

There comes a time when silence,
like patience. ceases to be virtue.
A good old minister once said, after
being smitten on both cheeks, that
there was nothing in his religion
prohibiting him from giving the Of
fender a sound trouncing. The
LIGHT believes in peace, peace even
al some sacrifice; but not at the sac
rifice of its self-respect. For the
first time in its history, it begs the
indulgence of its readers while it
defends itself from unwarranted
abuse, and exposes the green-eyed
jealousy and arTant hypocrisy of its
morning contemporary. Ever since
ats inception this sheet has delight
ed in the publication of innuendoes
intended to reflect discreditably up
on the LIGHT For the most part
these have been passed in silence,
and We hope this will be the only
time we shall find it necessary to
break that silence.
In its issue of today the Daily
Eagle, noting its first anniversary,
takes occasion to say:
The Eagle has nothing to offer
except good wishes AID good feeling
for all in entering upon her second
year of existence, promising to do
all she can to assist in building up
Waxahachie and Ellis county, and
Furthermore that she Will not sell
out her honest opinions at nomi-
nal price. She has not yet, nor
will she have the distinction of be-
ing mentioned in the "New Voice"
as offering to barter space to the
enemy.
The LIGHT is glad to join hands
with every paper in the city and
county for the upbuilding of Waxa-
hachie and Ellis county. 1t has as
stduously labored to that end for
the past nine years, and believes it
has done some good in that direc-
ton. 1t gladly extends the hand Of
fellowship to the Eagle on its first
proposition. Had it stopped there
this article would have never been
written. But the remainder of the
paragraph is nothing less than
thrust at this paper. The New
Voice, the organ of the prohibition
party in the United States, some
time since sent out a letter. purport-
ing to come from Clarence T. John
son, an advertising agent of Wash
ington. This letter asked for rates
on reading matter favorable to the
anti-prohibition cause, and also re-
quested rates for IT ming some of
the matter as editorial. The LIGHT
replied to this letter stating that it
would sell reading matter at from
3 cents to 5 cents line, according
to amount-the same rates charged
its local advertisers, but WOULD
NOT SELL IT'S EDITORIAL
COLUMS AT ANY PRICE. The
LIGHTS proposal to this fake agen-
cy was nothing more nor less than
it did openly in the recent prohibit
ti0n campaign in this county. Its
proposition was nothing more than
the descending Eaglet did in the
same campaign, except that the
LIGHT plainly marked its paid mat
ter, and the Eaglet did not always
do so. The Eaglet not only "bar-
tered space to the enemy" as it is
now pleased to term the antis, but
actually solicited business from the
anti campaign committee. The
New Voice of the 18th states very
clearly why the Eaglet did not re-
ceive the Johnson proposition. 1t
says:
1t was not sent to wee papers in
the smallest towns as the editors
might fall dead on getting an adver-
Using proposition from an eastern
concern.
While willing to commit fraud the
New Voice did not want to be guilty
of murder But this morning par
agon of purity" rising from it's
couch with the stolen robes of vir-
tue about it, this self-constituted
critic of other mems morals, says
of itself: "She (the Eagle) will
not sell out her honest opinions at a
nominal price" The real infamy OF
the whole thing is here disclosed,
the robes of purity pierced and the
skeleton laid bare. That clause was
certainly written with a full under
standing of its meaning. To plead
otherwise is to admit ignorance OF
the simplest English. The deduc-
tion is apparent that "she will sell
out her honest opinions" for some
thing more than nominal price,
and that she has dishonest opinions