The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-08-15

money as IL PAID In the year
ending July 31st, 1s95,-the first year
of the life OF the present company. 1t
is seen also iii the fact that the amount
made for postage has been more than
five times as much during the past
year than during the year of 1S94-'95.
Postage paid and white paper consum-
ed tell the only correct story of news
paper circulation.
This substantial endorsement of
the general policy of the paper is a
matter for sincere congratulation, not
alone for the management and the
stockholders, but as well for all the
forces in North Carolina that stand
for Democracy, Progress, Education
and Temperance. for The News and
Observer has never given forth any
uncertain sound upon any matter that
concerned good government industrial
advancement, the training of the
youth. or the evils of intemperatice.
In politics, what Jefferson said Is the
final word of authority. and, above
everything else. at all times and Under
all circumstances it seeks to preach
the immortal principles of Democracy,
not alone because only in their appli-
cation will be found equal Justice and
a fair chance, but because the success
of that party is necessary to secure the
for progress. education and temper
ance. The growth Of the influence and
circulation of The News and Observer
may be taken as proof that the people
believe in the old-time doctrine
as sound now as when enunciated by
Jefferson enforced by Jackson, and
made vital and applicable to present
day conditions by the expositionS of
Bryan. The permanence of good gov
Il
party, which is the progressive agency
of all measures that promote the pub
lie veal. This is conspicuously so in
North Carolina, and without being the
organ of any faction or seeking to adj
vance the fortunes Of any man or set of
men, The News and Observer is proud
that it is regarded as the exponent of
Democratic principles and consistent
advocate of the election of Democratic
candidates. The return of the Demo
cratic party to power in North Care
lima in 1899 was followed by I revival
in education. in prosperity and the
steady growth of temperance the
trinity that alone can bless North Caro-
lima. TO have borne a part IN
overthrowing the party of misgovern-
ment that obtained power In 1894 and
that cursed tho State until the inau-
guration of Governor Aycock in 1901,
is an honor of which The News
and Observer is prouder than of
any service it has rendered
the State, and to have helped in
the crusade for education, industrial
expansion and progressive temperance
legislation has been a labor of love.
The steady and rapid growth of the
circulation has not been due to any
connection between the business Of
fee and the editorial sanctum. No
question of will it pay?" has ever
been permitted to weigh when any
public measure has been under consid-
ration. The management has sought
20 make an honest paper, standing
firmly for right principles, and has not
changed it's course for fear of losing
subscribers or to gain new ones.
Whenever tho editor is stayed in the
advocacy of principle by the fear of
punishment or the hope of reward,
Or by chasing q dollar or fearing to
ose one, that newspaper has ceased
to be an agency of good and has be-
ONE a dangerous enemy to the
public which it serves. With
respect for the opinion of
others. The News and Observer has
been vigorous in the support of meas.
ures it approved and never bent
the pregnant hinges of the knee that
hrift may follow fawning." 1t has
been the enemy of the whiskey devil
n any and all forms, but never the
enemy of any man in that business
1t has stood for justice to great public
service corporations, but has demand
I'd that they shall be the servants of
the people and not their masters. One
Of the chief evils of present day poll
tics is the active participation of grea.
luasi-public corporations in politics
seeking to control the powers of gov
eminent for their own ends. This ac-
tivity has produced graft and kindred
Ills. The only hope is to compel such
corporations to go out of the govern
ing business and obey the equal laws
nacted by men who have no ruth
ers," as we say in North Carolina. TO
secure the freedom of government
from this corporation corruption, the
News and Observer will lends its early
and late efforts. This paper
has not been conducted upon
any single idea, but has lived up to the
maxim: ~ am man and am con-
;erned in whatever concerns man.
t has been North Carolina news
paper, sincerely seeking to be of SER
yce to every cause working for the
prosperity and honor of the State. 1t
believes it has done some service -
md with better equipment and in
reased income, it hopes to be more
| argely useful in the future. 1t was
Established In the days when the po-
tical and industrial life of the State
we're under the heel of the adventurer
md ignoramus. 1t was the most pow
,rful factor then to secure good gov
,rnment and to remove the shackles
rom industry. In all it's honorable
areer, it has been the champion of
North Carolina ideals, North Carolina
traditions, North Carolina progress.
Freed now from the burden of hand
.o-hand conflict with the enemies of
good government, the paper is free to
levote ITSELF moro to the moral, edu-
cational and material interests, and in
this decade to do as much to advance
Industrial, educational and moral
agencies as in more stormy days it did
to restore government by its best sons.
This duty, while not calling for the
vigorous and bold and quick work of
the Reconstruction periods just after
the war, and from 1895 to 1901, is
in every respect as important and in
many respects more difficult. The
duty then was plain. It's performance
was sometimes attended with danger
The duty now, while quieter and freer
from the hazard of fighting unscrupul-
Gus foes is SO many sided and so COM
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