Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1912-03-07

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time in life when every jealousy,
malice, hatred, and the other little
devils of our nature, which have not
been cast out under the experience
of special act of Providence, are
being held in check and efectually
counteracted by the Governing pow
er Of Reason, am prepared to
announce that the Governors on my
old machine are in perfect working
order, and having duly pondered
the ethical importance of this letter,
am sure it viii be justified by its
fitness.
With this as preamble, allow
me to compliment you upon the
very able and apparently successful
making of the Meade County News.
You are certainly deserving of great
credit as a manager and mechanic
and much praise as writer and
gatherer of news.
| know of no position which calls
for the exercise of greater variety
of excellent qualities than that of
Editor of local paper Qualities
of heart, head, and hands, in order
that the contents of the paper may
be generous in amount, and attract
i've in appearance, containing the
story of the happenings of local in
terest composed in a pleasant and
Ineligible style, carefully avoiding
the causing of needless pain by eX-
posing private weakness or assisting
private revenge, but faithfully and
accurately reporting such events as
the public is entitled to hear and in
telested in knowing, with genuine
sympathy in the we'll being of your
patrons and consideration for the
advancement of the interests of your
community. | am sure the qualifi
cation of the heart is the most essen.
tial as it is the rarest possession
among the fraternity, its absence ac'
counting for most of the failure:
among them. 1t is not acquired.
Nature bestows 1t. He who has the
gift will exercise it because he i:
built that way" If he is not fully
developed in this respect he is APP
TO run to partisan politics and in
dulge in frantic condemnation O.
{ the popular leaders Of his party o.
: in faulty predictions as to candi
: Gates, remodeling each act of hi
political enemies to suit his narros
gauge construction,
am glad you are not required t,
edit your own or any ones opinioi
upon politics, but if you would make
a few remarks in favor of Woman:
suffrage now and then | DONE thin
Il any one would object. You ar
= evidently doing mans work we
L and should be entitled to man
Il say, in the government, if you wan
o it. 1t wouldn't make any noticabl
change in the government, perhaps
but it would be Justice to the wome
to vote, so is you should at al
time during the excitement of th
approaching campaign, feel like civ
ing whoop for Woman's Right
and The Square Deal, in the co
umns of The News, Or even publish
ing war cry, a motto, or a can
{ paign song, Lam sure no one woul
~ condemn the act, even if opposir
the sentiment.
y Now l am willing for you to hay
|. all the credit you deserve for su
as cessfully conducting e newspape
i. and have it now, that is why l a
IN writing this letter.
10 Hoping you will continue to NAL
good by the exercise of every
Is quirement that goes to make pap
E. popular and profitable and that "
he may reap the reward of much silve
Il satisfaction, and smooth speech
n praise, ever keeping in mind that;
rk "Favour is deceitful, and beauty
vain.
But woman that feareth the Lor
-, she shall be praised.
Give her of the fruit of her hanC
- Ia. her Oun uorkc ntaice her