Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1911-09-01
STANDING FOR ME RIGHTS on THE INDIVIDUAL.

There point which The Capital Journal begs the
right to offer slight explanation.
Many persons have not fully understood the ideal and aim
and ambition of the editor in on matter
It is allmporan and vital matter to every man.
and child in Oregon, and the whole world
In this day of great organizations of capital of powerful
ltica combinations, it is criminaly overlooked
The Capital Journal has been leader in thought for this
grand fundamental idea that underes free institutions.
The editor wrote the first book favor of the Direct Pri
mary law, and that idea appropriated by others
The Capital Journal made the big persistent fight put all
officials flat salary and that grabbed by others.
At that do not kick because good ideas mans prop
ery and the world entitled to have the best of them
But for idea this paper and its and editor have
Stood that peculiarly its own, and cannot be stolen
That is the right Of the individual man, child to
be protected against combinations groups of any kind
Courts political parties fraerna orders churches the
federal government itself have right to crush the individual
Any child dumb animal shall not be
ramped upon while have this newspaper and not get
much protection a give
The right of the individual in free country is sacred within
the law and even against the oppression of the law
We believe that is important than anything else that
each single individual shall be protected in the right to fe lib
ery and happiness and the right make the of them
selves
Take the contest that has been going the rights
of way for the Hill system of railroads get out of Salem this
has allowed its columns be used to throw down
the rights of single person home owner.
The poor man woman the aborng who has home,
or the uneducated man woman who asked to give up his
corporation or combination OF three
corporations with all the wealth of Wall Street and the world
back of it, is going to get hearing in this city,
The world big enough for ALL but of great wealth and
in positions of power hundred times better able to take
of themselves than thousands of others who are brushed
aside.
It is for the for the ordinary citizen having no
social privileges political pull that this paper wants to stand
up and be counted
Let there place where wealth and prestige and prv
lege do not count-an open free newspaper
The principle of ndviduasm is too precious to be suied by
purchasing success through combinations of any kind
Combinations will take of themselves first and of the
citizen afterwards.
But it is the citizen who makes society who creates wealth.
who builds home, families and furnishes character
There is too much suppression of the individual too much OBJ
liberation of men and in the grinding nav of instu
tons.
Nothing has been accomplished for humanity except by
the uplifting single with purpose and the cour
age to fight for its establishment.
Why five hundred copies of this paper sold the streets
of this city every day, in addition to all its circulation?
Because people believe is not journalistic protu-
ton of effort to get hold of a few dirty dollars.
The people know that the money paid for this paper and the
achieved by it will be turned against them when
their individual interests at stake
This paper is growing stronger because it will not become
meaningless mouhpece of successful predatory combinations
We all know that institutions and combinations would eat up
the world if they permitted to grow uncurbed and were
not restrained
So get this idea clearly that this one newspaper will stand
and does stand without fear favor for the rights of nd
viduals.
1t said with God is majority but we 80 that
better and say the rights of single human being are more
important than maorities anyones conception of God
Right and justice for the poor and owy and ignorant and
unfavorably situated more precious than institutions