Bisbee daily review., 1907-07-21
THE MISSION THAT FAILED.

THE MISSION THAT FAILED.
 From all accounts the Douglas EX- aminer has encountered @ hard TOW Of stumps on the journalistic highway in this county. Last week the plant was foreclUsed on a mortgage, and the presses. type and printing appa- ratus stored in a warehouse in the Copper City, while the editors checks, I. O. L. tabs, and other evi- dences of Indebtedness. are being hawked about town, some of them being plastered on the show win dows on c. Avenue. But with all these difficulties the Examiner" mas not ceased to breathe, although the last breath was accompanied by great deal of physical exertion.
 The Examiner" made it's advent into Douglas to fulfill a mission" and to make the world glad by talk ing the place of a long felt want. but before the Examiner" could get fairly started the field of operation and eX- ploitation slipped from under the heels of it's editor and the source of revenue faded away beyond his reach.
 In it's first inception, the Exam iner'' was to be the official organ of the Western Federation of Miners, but after that touching" incident in the skating rink. when the amount of the first loan" was scaled down to $2O0, there was a noticeable cOOlness between the executive committee of this organization and the editor at Douglas. Following his first loan, Cannon, Rawlings, ct al, did consent to pay the printers for one weeks work. but insisted upon making the payment in person, and this was the last financial transaction on record. Evidently the "OTganizers" did not believe the printers ink was worth the price and with their support withdrawn the erstwhile organ" en- tered into a financial career of hard ship which resulted in the seizure of the plant by foreclosure proceedings last week.
 The Examiner" has failed in it's mission in Cochise county for the suf- ficient reason that the mission never existed. The Examiner" was to up- lift the workingmen of Cochise county from the slough of despond and maltreatment, but there was no raw material to work upon; the "Ex- aminer" was to return to it's old job of the daily regulator" but there were no bad cases of constipation; the world was to be made brighter and better for its second coming but there were no dark days; in fact, the disturber found peace, prosperity and contentment instead of strife and turmoil, and the intelligent working men refused to pull the editors chestnuts out of the fire which were placed. there on account of the edi- tors own personal troubles and diff feFences in which the workingmen had no interest.
 The field was not ripe for the ad- vent of the Examiner" It answer ed hurry up call rung in by its own editor and when it arrived upon the scene, even those who sent for it did not want it.
 A newspaper which is used to ex- pIoit the personal troubles of its edl- tor is short lived and full of trouble. These troubles are not interesting to the public at large and continued harping npon the same thing is quickly followed by feeling of dis gust and lack of interest. News papers to become a success and have influence in the community in which they are published. must be published in the interest of the greatest good to the greatest number and the per sonal spite and venom of it's editor relegated to the back ground.