The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1903-07-03

1ou- much faith can be placed DE
honest people in the utteranceS OF
the Argus can be judged by perusal
y,f me following extracts from the edl-
+orial columns of that paper, publish
Cd in the wear 1901 when the editor
sresh from his labOrs as a popullSt-
nrohibitiOnist in South Dakota, was
fuil of fiery zeal in the cause OF re-
form. He declared then that no con-
sidpration of money or patronage
.onrld ever induce him to forsake his
PRINCIPLES, no. never. But a rev
months later he began to sing al
faren+ tunp. Having failed in his at
rPmpt to organize CltlZenS move
mpnt with himself as leader, TO be
KNOWN as the Lincoln ROOSeVelt-Nc
Pride Slovenian Reform Party, he
suddenly sOured on all his former as
sociatas and sympathiZers in the re
FORM movement and went over bag
and baggage n he enemy. From be-
ing a yailian champion of law and
order he became a Cringing apOlOglst
f0r everything that is vile and cor
TDUt in raa morals CT the community.
From being a bitter opponent OF the
Ankenv-C rOCker-BUTfOrd-S malls ma
chine he became its thick-and-thin
defender ready TO obey its every
command. Read the following ex-
tracts carefully and then you will be
in a condition of mind to comprehend
the fall of IMcifer from the pure
heights of celestial glory to the depths
Of infamy and pPrdition:
He Would Never Sell Out.
(From WaIa Walla Argus, Novem-
Der Z 1901
II is quite possible that the Union
cannot understand why The Argus
should spend 50 mucn time and
thought simply for the purpose of
making things move in the right di
rectiOn. 1t is even possible that the
Union does not believe that The Argus
is conscientious and disinterested-
indeed. It's reference to the niger
in the woodpile" would imply as much.
The Union should broaden out little
and recognize that there are many
people in the world with whom
money is a secondary consideration.
The Argus does not wish to give out
the impression that it is Indifferent
" lIo IuCOuIt, DCtduSt II 10 HOL
Without money suspension would en-
sue, and a suspended newspaper
would have little or no more inf1u-
ence than the Union, and that would
be something awful. If the Argus
<an derive reasonable income
through cOnscientiously adhering to
right principles, it Will be far better
satisfied than were it the recipient
OF MAJ lificent. though ill-gOtten
gains. Then again, the day may come
when The Argus will have won the
confidence and goodwill of the public
10 such an extent that it can make
money faster than the Union can lose
IL The editor of The Argus makes
no pretensiOns Of being any better
than any other editor or any other
citizen, but he is sufficiently intelH-
gent to know that if he started out
10 be inconsistent and to run his pa
per on the everything for revenue"
order, as the Union does, he would
soon lose all the inspiration which
now prompts his efforts. II he runs a
paper at all, he is going to run it as
he believes that a paper should be
ran: if his ideas Of journalism are
wrong, the consequence will be that
the public Will sooner or later give
1im the cold shoulder. His expert
ance during ten years of editorial life
nave been, however, that the reading
public appreciates just such a paper
As ne edits and that a sufficient
amount OF patronage will be f0rthcom-
ing from its friends to keep it in
fairly good financial condition. I'm
doubleday the Union hopes that there
Is some Niger in the wood-pile." but
as The Argus holds that consistency
IS a jewel it will be some time yet be-
fore IL Will be found cCntradicting it
self The witness who tells the trutL
ana sticks TO it has an advantage
over The one who trips on cross-eXam-
FnatiOn.