The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1912-02-13
THE GANG OWNED NEWSPAPER.

as the naFtf afsdi
nne yGue awu4d newspaper IS q
newspaper aaiv n y technical sa9o@
fit n admitted 10 the mails aud u
1 labeled "ue1 sRaperS but m9ca'N,
! it is not entitled TO such Distinction.
edited by gang-owneG editor ant
published by a sang-cwEe6 pai3ish-
| er. Every item thai coRld possibly
| injure or further the interest ef
owner or owners, Is FIRST passed To-
The Boss.
The Boss is not newspaper map
he's a politician, and it is 10 tn
interest or the gang-owned editor
and publisher To serve up the news
in fashion 10 please him. When
items affectiag the interests Of The
Boss are received. they are passed NJ
to him, Should Re regard the item
as beneficial to his interests, he wiil
afix his official 20 X" and pass
them back to the gang-owDed eaaar,
who will in turn. give them spa
in the gang-owned newspaper.
Should The Boss regard the items a.
menacing to his position in the po-
litlcal world, he calmly drops them
into the waste basket In this event
the gang-owned editor maintains a
dignided silence He is too wise TO
engage in controversy with The Boss
over q matter of principle.
No matter what your political
faith happens to be, you are en-
tiled to the truth, whether it acts
farorably or against your own party.
If you are an honest Democrat or an
honest Republican you want TO
know both the good and the bad
about the candidate whose name APP
pears on the tickets. and you depend
almost entirely upon the newspapers
to bring this information to your
door.
To get the truth you must read an
honest paper-not publication that
is ruled by professional politicians.
The gang-owned newspaper CAN
lSOT be FAIR TO its READERS and
the GANG, no matter what political
cause 1t expounds.
The newspaper. regardless of pe-
litical aflliation. is more or less
powerful Its function Is to mould
public opinion and to create repG-
Jattnns for individuals, particularly
those seeking public trusts. If the
newspaper is honest it win create
good reputati0ns for honest men and
bad regulations for the dishonest
IL newspaper has knowledge OIL
crookedness on the part of any iu-
dlyidnal it Is the moral duty of she
publication to warn it's. readers SO
that they will not place their inter
est in his care.
a gang-owned newspaper cannot
do this, because the sole object Tlte
BOSS has in being the owner of q
medium of communication to til
9lblic is to mould public opinion in
favor of himself and the gang.
A campaign is just dawning and
The Bulletin wishes to reiterate jt4I
political principles. The Bulletin
Is not Boss-Owned, Gang-0wned
newspaper No one connected wit
The Bulletin has any interests tina
could possibly be injured by homes,
politics. Their interests, like your
interests, can be injured by unclean
politics and that is why The Bull
letin is an Independent newspaper.
The Bulletin will support the bes
nan all the time, no matter wha
his political faith is. When it finds
TWO men Of equal skill and integrity
seeking the same office, 1t will not
discriminate If one man, in the
opinion of The Bulletin, is better
qualified than another, the best man
viii be named. regardless of his po-
'itieal faith and affiliations.
If you are seeker of political
ruth, you always will find it in The
Bulletin and never in the gang-own-
ID publication
The day will come when the pub
iic viii retire the party organ" to |
the journalistic scrap heap. A news |
paper cannot faithfully serve its !
readers and support either party at |
At all times. Both parties have
good and bad candidates and it Is |
he moral duty of the newspaper tel
present you with any facts it MAJ
possess, whether good or bad.
That is the principle upon which |
The Bulletin is conducted. It is |
going to continue to serve you hon
estly and faithfully during the pres
emit campaign. When its manage
ment finds it necessary to look tol
political gangs for financial support
it will label every issue thusly:
THIS PAPER is GANG-OWNED.