The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1914-03-20
Newspapers and Politicians
NeitherKnocku7g Nor Boosting
(By "Bill Vines" in Birmingham


Age-Herald.)
Mistur Edditur: Far be it frum me
to rite or indite emmy thing that would
cast emulsion Upon the nobull pro
fession Of which am such brite and
shining lite. l would not do SO If
could. and could not do so If would.
Besides that nobody would believe it.
for the gennerel publick air moor and
moor EVERY day getting to the point
where they don't believe emmy thing
they see in the papurs." Still they
continew to reed the papurs, and alb
sorb the job lot of misinfLrmasion
contained therein, and altho' they will
assure you that they don't believe a
wurd of it, they form all there opin-
MONS frum what they reed, they get
ali there infurmasion by what they
reed. they don't know emmy thing, ex-
cept what they reed. and they will
argur till the cows cum home In de-
tense of an idear formed frum reeding
the newspapurs--nun of which they
beleeve.
II . newspapur sings the praise Of a
polytisian, the sed polytisian, with a
genniel smile, while casually admit
ting that he Is q CRATE statesman. will
entur into long and involved state
ment OF the nobull wLrk and the great
responsibility of the Press. With
teers In his eyes, and In burning and
eloquent turns he will feelingly de-
mand what would becum Of the coun.
try. weer It. not fol. the self-sacrificing
and PATRIOTIC men who devote theer
Tina moulding public opinnion--for
fifteen bones a week" He will in butt
full TURNS. and mattafors obsurve that
'sths Press must not be hampLred or
embarrassed. but must be accorded the
fullest libburty" "Our sacred institu-
sious." ne will yelp. lowe theer plase
in the affectsions of the crate plain
peepul of the country to the PATRIOTISM
and the freedom of the crate American
Press"
When a cub-reportur furst heers one
of our CRATE statesmen pay tribute
to the press, sed cIb-reportur swells
up with pride and luther forrain sub
stanse consisting of EVERY thing else
but food. He feels that in sed states
man he has friend for life. and one
frum whom he can borry mummy.
Shoe on uther Foot.
hut put the shoe on the luther foot.
Suppose the newspaper aforesed
should happen in a cassuel way to men,
sion that sum crate statesman would
perhaps be gratur success in the
plumming buzines IS, than in attempting
to pass laws for free peepul, and
otherwise refur to him as fat-hed.
Sed statesman instantly forgets all
about that bunk about the fredum of
the Press. and the responsibility to
the public stuff, and begins to bite the
furaiture. Indignantly rising in his
plase. he will obsurve in sLpercural
tones. joking with emmosion and uther
brands of intemperinse: "Mistur
Speaker, l rise to a point of pursunnel
privilege; hold in my hand copy
Of that skurrilus disrepputabull sheet
the Pikeville Bellls, which frum the
Edditur to the Devil air the biggest
bunch Of the most abandunned lyers
and polytical assassins ever permit.
ted to range at large in this country"
Boiling with indignation and Crouch,
he will demand to know. What is the
Cumming to, Mr.. Speaker, If
public men. in the discharge Of theere
duties to the plain peepul air to be the
vickfins of an Irresponsible and Wis
si0us newspaper. which is nuthing
moor than the hired tool of the vest
ID and sinnistur Interests. engaged in
the minds OF the Deer
Peepul against me, theere trew frendG
He forgets all about that line of talk
le handed out about the "freedum and
of the Press.
Mistur Edditur, this story is not
ether a Mock, or defense of the
'ress, nor eether in rebuke. or praise
{ the polytisian. The provvinsc of
he man who rites things for the paper
naturally to tell the things that RELY |
il. and RELY happened, If he can, and
he can't. to tel them emmy how The
vrsrage newspaper man is Boostur.
acs use IL DAYS to boost II you mock