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OertclAL COUNTY PAPER
ANnWsPAPER AND CAND1-
i DATE.
John =. Fitzgerald was recently
elsctsd mayor Of Boston after the
1Est=campaign under the new non,
/ Dartisan charter OF that city. Hon
~ Fits" rs he is widely known. was
accused OF misusing the ONCE when
- was mayor before and he sought
! this election as a .'vindication." He
was opposed by j. j. Storrow, a
wealthy man who promised a clean
business administration. Fitzgerald
clatmed Storrow represented capital
lin the campaign and it was in turn
charged against Fitzgerald that he
had the secret support of corpora
lions.
ss Sincegthe election, John II. Fahey.
publisher OF the Boston Traveller, is
aaueda signed statement which seems
fully 70 confirm the allegation
against Fitzgerald. Fahey relates that
Snnanciers who had agreed to ref
MesNN.NS
Il nance the paper stipulated that moth
Ing should appear in its columns un-
ssfftendly To the candidacy Of Fitzger-
aid.The publisher refused to COM
My with the demand and asked time
TO finance the paper himself. This
2 given with the proviso that the
g%spaperTtaken . part In the city CAM
Fahey refused even to make
sthatsspromise and. while those con
trolling the paper were threatening
5.=zttOust him. he obtained SUFFICIENT
1undst TO enable him to take 1t over.
ThiS Z q significant story indeed,
both Tor tt relation to politics and
stothe newspaper business. IL he
higher view Of the matter
than q consider his own interest
! that q his paper Fahey was
SsrigIht- The fate of newspapers that
! controlled By interests that find
ssttprcdtAble to say who shall hold
public otncesSand how they shall con-
s@dlct them, - Illustrated by many q
SNlrecklTecorded IN journalistic his
EStory.Lh moment it becomes known.
tEhlllaat.salnewspapsrSSis not expressing
ssfsltSasopnsvisws.bu but 4 merely carry
Ing ont the orderssof secret owners
ors 6 msnsswho have promised some
Sfntnrs reward. that moment the
nesEspaper's influence Ii practically
sndedl. y requires more than keg
= M and = 81 and : type-setting
snaachine to makea real newspaper.
SThosssa re but the; material for the
Suppression 81 character or the lack.
= Il. Individuals may be able to.
~ through life prosperously without.
aAsrpsrsonality commanding respect,
hut newspapers cannot. John n.
EEahsyh has done perhaps the greatest
service a his power for his news
Spapsr. Tor he has owen asdemonstra-
lion ofSh his appreciation Of the duty
NJ owesSto his subscribers.
As for Fitzgerald. he belongs to
the type q candidates who offend
doubly. They seek Office for the pur-
AposeSofSmisusing It and they cast sus-
sappdcion#upon all reformers by posing
aNEsEfeformers. We have infinitely
smlils0tlirserespect for men like Aldrich
ss0Cannon, who openly profess to be
inst what they are, friends of special
business interests everywhere, than
sNedo for thosewho confuse the
voters by lying .p~rotestations that
they are what they are not. There
would be comparatively little bad
government II the people always
knew the very hearts of those who
! their ballots. Hypocrites can al
Kays profess more loudly than the
yirtuous. whether In religion or poll
IT, ~ u afnl1sanf MEANING that aO
Intelligent . community as that of
ssHAoston could be induced to elect as
~ sorIlsmanSwhose whole campaign
isIsshoWn now 10 be fraud. Such an