Weekly journal-miner., 1912-08-14
INTOLERANCE.


 tollerant of in,olcfance--religiou social, political. We care little what opinion man may hold, SO long as he has an honest reason for it. IL takes a broad man ,o champion what he regards as a great cause, and at the same time to concede sincerity to the many who oppose it Take our Progressives, for in- stance, both Democrats and Repub- licans, not infrequenily they show this spirit of intolerance for the opinions of others. forgetful of the fact that freedom of opinion is the very foundation of civil and relig- ious liberty.
 Occasionally. the Journal Miner finds illustration of this singular in- tolerance of the other mans opinion when it receives letter from a reader, who taking violent ex- ception to some editorial statement orders his paper stopped So many men, SO many opinions-thus runs the Roman adagc.
 There is no reason why a news paper should not be as independent in its politics as we expect bank or dry goods store to be. IL de- pends upon the public for support Its obligation is to its subscribers. Its mission is to give them the news and in its editorial opinions be honest with them. There are papers that label themselves Republican. and others that are Democratic. fhe Republican newspaper believes its mission in the world is to de- iend the Republican party. The same is true of the Democratic organ, Sometimes they arc depend ent for their support on the political organizations. Political patronage pays their bills. They color news, or suppress it. to sui, the wishes of some political leader.
 The Journal Miner fails. to see much to admire in Roosevelt. He has a limitless capacity for political laundering. He fails to keep abreast of the times. The Journal Miner fails to enthuse over Woodrow Will son. who holds one set of views today and changes them opportunely tomorrow Besides, he does not un- derstand the common people and never can. He was not raised that way. His training and associations have not educated him to it. He writes for the scholars of the coun- try, not for the man who works in the field or in the mine or at the forge.
 The man who is Democrat or n Republican because his father was of that particular brand of faith, is not fit to advise any one on politics. Conditions have changed since his father made his choice Besides, his father might have been mistaken. About half of them were mistaken all the time.
 The broad and useful man in the community is he who. holding strong beliefs of his own (not beliefs necessarily of his father's) and acting upon them. nevertheless can understand how others may diff fer from him and yet he honest and ripht-motived He who believes the newspaper that does not voice his individual opinions must he venal and insincerc, is too narrow to be of much use to the country
 But regardless of how this or that partisan may think. because his father thought under that particular party name, the Journal. Miner will continue it's independen, course Some disprovc of it That is to be ex pected But the masses take if and read it because it gives them th, news uncolorcd. and because it. editorial policy is actuated at al times by what it believes to be foi the greatest good to the greatcs, number