Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1907-02-01
HOW WE ARE GOING TO DO IT

0tis~O VIC S1tu pdiSu VI tut COUNTY =
has been formally set agoing. it's
about time that we speak out telling
how we are going to conduct the
Herald with regards to same.
To pitch in then, we will say that
the paper will not permit itself TO
show any disposition to intermeddle.
It's only in political strifes where real
issues appear, that newspaper
s hould exercise itself in advocating
the cause of whatsoever man repre-
sents their side of the question. SO
far as we know, the present county
game of politics will be fought out on
basis purely of personality. All the
aspirants will be Democrats, SO no
partyism will get into the contest,
and the only decision to be made by |
the voters, will be between the many |
excellent gentlemen who are Offering
for the several births, their personal
preferences governing 1t has been
a custom, yea one which this sprig OF
journalistic tendencies, found exis-
ting when he first assumed the tri-
pod, amongst the Mississippi folks
to decide for themselves in county
politics, whom the man to be favored
with their gift of suffrage. With
this custom we have no desire to in
| terfcre.
In District and State contests its
different; the people haven't the OPP
portunities for personally meeting
and studying the aspirants that they
have where the race is by home men
for home offices, so they naturally
rely upon the newspapers to some
guIu6 them I'D
making the selection, thereby recog-
nizing the better advantages that
the editors have of carefully consld-
ering and picking out the best candi
dates. Some editors abuse this priv
ilege. They get carried iway with
the obseqious batteries which the big
politicians pour into their eyes; be-
come bloated up with their own inn
pOrtance, and allow themselves to be
entrapped into promises that cause
them to misuse and maltreat the con
| fidence which their readers place in
them. We plead Not guilty on
this point, as we endeavor to be
strictly conscientious and deaf to sy-
cophancS ever seeking till we find
and then assidiously working for their
preferment the very hest timber the
field affords.
Getting back to the county cam
paign, would say that there could
arise exigencies whereby we would
feel called upon to come out of our
shell and take a part. Such would
be a battle of the ballots on the
"Whiskey" question, on ousting
Ring Rule, on breaking down en-
trenche3 'Rottenness in High Pla-
ces ON combating any great moral
evil, or even on Division ~of the
County," none of which are as far
as our knowledge eYtents remotely
likely, in fact some of them could not
appear in this campaign, as they are
ard can be only the some of them
we mean, the outgrowth of time.
Whenever this sheet would essay
to take stand on local or county af-
fairs, it would be sure to not be VIC
timized by stragetic politician, we
are little too astute for that-and |
neither would we be drawn out by a
supposed issue, nor one that really |
took its birth from prejudice or jeal-
Ousy.
If necessary, expedient and RICH
teous we would become an unblush |
lug advocate of one side and we trust |
the correct side of real live issue, !
but we know one when we meet it in
the road, and there are lots Of fcti-
cious ones that have been paraded in
the clothes of the real thing
Now don't let some fellow go to
getting his risibilities up over this
article; it's not meant to hit anybody /
or any fellows past record, some
parts of it are in the abstract Our
intention is to set the candidates at
ease in their minds, SO far as the
HERALD is concerned.
Before winding up, have thought
best to say something, as its con-
nected thought, about how we shall
be guided in commenting upon the
candidates as they announce. Our
policy in this respect, is to in brief
resume, call the attention of the suf-
fragists to the strong points of the
aspirant with whom we are dealing.
avoiding unless he should be noto
riously bad, referring to his short
comings. Briefly expressed, we shall
do by him as we would by merchant
who was paying us to advertise his
goods. Tell the good things about
them. II he hasn't any it isn't our
fault, SO we would be obliged to
thrash round in safe generalitin- "a
such a case. This thing of stretch
ing the truth for Office seekers, till
its elasticity threatens to give out,
has about played out with this edito-
rial we.
Now bows all be good. give rs a