Weekly journal-miner., 1913-05-14
You Can't Get By With It.

The ostensbe purpose of the meeting held at the court ouse Tuesday evening to discuss capital punishment particularly by the opponents of that form ot punishment tor te wanton taking of human life In all candor should be said that perhaps of the sixty people present halt ot them favor of capital punishment but drawn to the gathering through curiosity However that IS matter we do discuss and those who called the meeting care to believe that every auditor the courtroom in sympathy with their propaganda would not disturb that belief.
 The question of attendance is not in issue but when of the speakers of their way to berae and abuse the JournaMner they raised issue which we propose have few words say regardless of whether tine people affected like 1t or not.
 Some persons of the idea they privileged to duge in all manner of unwarranted, false and malicious statements regarding newspapers and can get by with such stuff Where they get such idea IS beyond conception but the fact they have and when the policy of the paper with the views Of these peewee
 eir favore pastme is stand the street and get up public meeting and accuse the press ot being corrupt Generally the who indulge in such defa nations mostly failures in life and have vulnerable repu taon They forget that the paper has just much right its views and perhaps makes more exhaustive study of any subject before taking stand on it, than any ndl ydua They also forget that the paper comedies the right every person believe he she thinks and does not vlify them if they disagree with it. If such policy followed paper every issue would contain an attack on some But the paper tolerant in its attitude and broader minded its conception of duty to the public than that Its mission is give the fairly and mpartlay always resevng the right to comment edltoray on the It often happens that the policy Of the paper not 
 swerved from what it believes to be right from its prn cps because the epouseS chances to be not popular
 But when the honor the integrity ot tl1S paper IS assailed because forsooh do not bow the pregnant those who differ with want to serve notice now, and very emphaticay too, that lit don't go. The paper may be subjected to srepresentaons but the party parties guilty of should remember that every time they open their lips bark here at the old stand still dog business and have the opportunity, should choose to avail ourselves of it, to lay the lash six days week
 The Journal-Miner legitimate business 1t pays its bis It a mendcant It makes tits money leg- matel spends for the benefit of the community o which is part and has the courage of its convictions When any set of think for moment that abuse IS going mzze us they trte candidates for the insane asylum We will continue discuss public questions and criticize public officers ignoring the yaps and howS of the blinded and partisan rejudiced and regardless ot their envonomed accusations.
 The JounaMiner IS an advocate of capital punishment for is of the abiding conviction that only through such
 penal medium the lives and property of people safe Yet that for indulgence by the speakers at the mass meeting In such terms the hrelng press and the contemptibe press Those rather nasty to tonary, and frank say that they applied to personally there would be strict accounting demanded and But want to pause long enough to give expreS the sentiment that the JournaAiiner not half conempbe the people that uttered them and to remark that the reputation of this paper professionally otherwise we willing put stake against the reputation of its defamers.
 We are here at all times to defend the ournal-M Miner against false and malicious assaults, and ntimated before will hesitate do If any feebemnded per strayng around this community aborng under the hallucnaOn that when smtten cheek, going the other 1t IS time for he put in vulgar par lance "o get on themselves" We respect those who honestly disagree with us but for those who seek make capital for their by accusing of being corrupt want to say pleasantly but firmly that they have adopted