Devils Lake weekly world. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1911-1914, 1912-03-22
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THE YELLOW JOURNAL.
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OF man IN MS 1ellOWs; pE persistent e1-
fort to make strife and hate take the
place OF peace and goodwill in the
hearts OF our citizens: by inscriptions
and uniustiied attacks upon our best
citizens: by the most malicious. false
and injurious insinuations and hints
that can be written of man or woman,
without leaving the writer liable to
answer in the courts: and by wilful
and persistent attacks upon the good !
name and credit Of our fair city, this |
community is surely cursed and plag-
ned BY that shameless yellow sheet.
the Journal.
For years past its aim seems to have !
been to teach its readers that every
man should believe that every other
man in our midst is crook, law
breaker, and a person to be Stunned
and distrusted and driven from our
midst.
It seems to delight in painting every
man a rascal, every official tricky
scoundrel, who only lives to wrong the
public: every good citizen is rogue
and hypocrite and the acts of all are
tortured by every art and vile known
to a devil to lessen the confidence of
man in man and to destroy respect for
all those in authority.
It's teachings for years have been to
array one man against another in con-
tinuous battle; to incite without cause
neighbor against neighbor and friend
against friend. It has sowed hatred
and illwill increasingly in the hearts
of those who should be friends and it
has deprived thousands of hearts OF the
JOY and advantage that springs from
observing the good old almontion.
"Peace on Earth Good Will TO Men,
It's satanic laugh and iibe and peer
has always rang loudest when strife
took the place of peace and the human
heart was filed with hate instead OF
love.
Under its banners brother has fought
brother. his burning hate melted by a
demon that ioved TO burn the life and
soul of our men and women with the
poison Of its own malevolence.
Regardless Of season or reason it has
for years. by falsehoods, by suppress
sion of the truth, by hints and by cum
ming insinuations sought to cast last
ing disgrace upon the very best of our
citizens in public, official and private
life-their noblest acts and words have
been lied about. the accounts of their
acts and words have been garbled and
suppressed to do them injury and un-
grounded hirts have been made against
their best efforts and motives, to cast
suspicion and distrust into public. pri-
vate and official life. This has brought
the fortunes of hell to many an honest,
earnest, loyal, manly heart and has
unjustly and maliciously carried pain
and sorrow to many noble woman s
heart.
For years the Journal has made the
city suffer in its good name and credit
at home and abroad by vicious misrep-
reservations Of civic conditions. by its
persistent and unfounded attacks up
on its financial conditions and by the
wholesale falsehood practiced in that
sheet in speaking of its most public
spirited men and their acts
This is good city with grand fu-
ture. 1t is filed with good men and
noble women. who should dwell to-
gether in peace and goodwill = we
should all be laboring for the good of
ourselves and our city and unselfsh
effort. looking forward with hope for
ourselves and neighbors and with pride
in our city. What are we doing7 We
are being led on in continual warfare
to destroy the respect and confidence
! we should bear for each other. We are
being melted day by day to hate our
neighbors and friends without cause
and to SOW the seeds of strife. where
peace and good will should grow.
We are taking long lessons day by
day in disrespect for officials, whoever
they may be, and in speaking unjust
malicious lies about our officers, neigh
bors and friends.
We are joining hands with those
who would, for their own selfish ends.
destroy the good name Of our citizen
ship and the fair credit of our city
and who would write Devils Lake aban-
doned by the good, and rotten in its
finances. Surely this will not continue
Men and women of Devils Lake. who
is leading along such lineso A vellow
journal that has for years been bli"h,
upon our city and menace to our
noblest and best citizens-who has not
fallen under its unjust lashf
Now why does such condition ex-
ist' Why is such paper runs It is
run to perpetuate the power Of those
who own and manage it for thzir own
selfish ends-to browbeat and teri prize
this city. SO that the Journal trinity of
colonels-Kerlin, Kelly. and Bloom
may reign over us-if the people will
stand for it.
Then Kerlin will give us light, smoke
noise and water and will listen to VIVA;