The weekly herald. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 1906-19??, 1907-03-14


como and 30 and white they stay
their editorials are shaped to meet
tho wlGlds OF the man or group OF
mon IN control Some OF the large
dailes are owned Ny corporate IN
,erests that need newspaper defend
crs and many o, the daIl.es are so
connected with exploiting enterprises
as to be worse than useless as ex-
pononts OF public opinion. Il is not
unusual for all Of the newspapers
OK a city TO rally about some fran
chise holding company when It seeks
further privileges, ana yet the cor
porstlons candidate may be defeated
IN an election by one who has no
newspaper support
So much for the daily. Because
oi the waning influence OF its odi-
torlal page Il is likely to become
more and more q mere newspaper,
appealing for patrontse to The mem
hers OF an parties and rclying upon
u.s. advertising for ~ profits.
II the Democrats d state need
an organ, let them establish n week.
ly at the capital Of the stale or at
some other distributing center. II
there Ia already established n news
paper which is ably edited and which
dcyotes It's attention 10 state and ma
tonal pollurs IL may be easier to
convert this paper INTO a state or
gan than to csiablitb a new one.
Let the paper be known as the state
organ OF the party aud let the state
committee use It for The spread Of
such information as needs to be pre-
sented to the voters. Money put into
weekly will enable the party lead
ers to reach a great many more yot-
ers than could be reached BY the
same amount invested In daily,
and the weekly is read more care
fully than the daily.
The editor OF a weekly Is known;
his character stands back of his writ
ings and Is a pledge for the truth
Of what ne says. The weekly is Ike
| ly to grow in political influence for
It Is the only paper that can be owned
and oi'leG by the same man, The
editor IS close TO hepeople and not
only kaows trair NECESSITIES, but can
not afford to betray his readers into
tho hands OF predatory wealth. His
advertisers, too, arc rot Of the kind
that attempt to control the policy
Of The paper
We ought to have Democratic
weekly of state circulation in every
state. The state weekly will not only
not interfere with tao local weolties
but It ought to WORK in harmony
with them. Newspaper literature Is
the cheapest that there IS, and as
nearly every voter takes several pa
pers there is no reason why he should
not take a weekly giving the news Of
the community and discussing local
issues, and in addition subscribe for
state weekly which viii defend his
interests in ali matters Of state inn
portance. The Commoner cannot
cover the ground of the state weekly
because It Is a national rather than
state paper and rs columns are
devoted to the discussion OF ques-
lions OF national Importance. II will
cooperate with the state weekliee
and the local weeklies, for each has
a sphere Of Its own and all can work
together for tde promUIgation OF
Democratic principles, for tho adj
vancement OF Democratic policies and
for the preseryationnof a government
| OF tue pCOplc, ~ lHe people anu
for The people" Sod
The Democrats OF each state arc
urged to consider the question OF es.
tablishing a weekly Democratic pa
per, and the soonerdne work is com
menced the betteFa We ought ia
have these papers now to lay the
groundwork for the coming cam
paign. ~