Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1914-11-27
ONE YEAR OLD

will be one year since we took charge
Of the Clearwater Republican. Has
the year been worth while? If we
are to judge life by the money one
makes, we must say no. Financially
we are poorer than we were a year
ago. 1t has cost us several hundred
dollars and our time, year of the
hardest labor we ever put in. But we
do not figure success by the money
one always makes Immediately. In
the end, if we continue to work for
the people and deserve their continued
confidence we will prosper, even
though we do not get wealthy. If we
were ambitious to get rich we would
not stay in the newspaper business.
and we would never have gone into
the business. The editor who lives
honestly and treats the people on the
square will never acquire a fortune.
And the crooked editor will not last.
There was time when we thought it
was proper to sell the influence of
newspaper if some candidate for Office
paid for it. We learned better. We
have learned that public confidence is
the most valuable asset newspaper,
like an individual, can possess, and
confidence is founded on foundation
of sound principles. Personally we
value too highly the good opinion of
the people of Clearwater county to
pursue, for temporary gain, a ques-
tionahle policy.
The campaign is now over, and SO
far as we are concerned there is no
bitterness. We have no political en-
emies to punish. We are nursing no
enmities nor waiting for no opportun-
ity to get even.
We were accused of being an enemy
of the people; branded as a timber
tool. It was charged that we were
sent to Orofino by George Rubadew,
and that this man purchased for us the
plant and the building we now occupy.
We are quite certain the people have
long since learned that there never
was any ground for such assertions.
It never was true. We are today
working hard to meet our payments.
We will own the plant if we can pay
for it, and the building when we pay
for it.. We expect to earn the money
honestly from the people, ard will be
under obligation to none but the peo-
pie when we get our debts paid.
We are sure We have not suffered
from the unfair and untruthful things
anyone has said. We are, in fact,
stronger for the abuse heaped on us.
just criticism is useful, and unjust
criticism Injuries only the authors in
the end. So we try to be philosophi-
cal. We have tried to keep our head.
We have tried to keep cheerful and
optomistic. We would have smiled
and worked on even had the election
gone the other way.
As we review the past year we
smile at the various situations, some
serious, some amusing. We have SO
often wondered why men, old in ex-
perience, can be so foolish at times.
We could have embraced our enemies
for very JOY when they resorted to
brute force and made fools out of
themselves. 1t helped to emphasize
our work, and without it we would
have had difficult task because our
success depended greatly on how much
we could arouse the people. The peo-
pie are always honest at heart and
fair. The people always resent wrong
and cowardice. The people always
recognize right and support it.
There is another feature worth
while. Has the past year not taught
the lesson of common honesty in poll !,
tics? Has it not taught that nothing
but common honesty pays? Surely
yes. And if the people of Clearwater /
county can learn this lesson, and if it
will be taken to heart and serve MS q |
guide in the future, the price paid in
effort will be worth while. In poll !
lies as in business sharp practices and
deception and unfairness never win
permanent success.
II ct times the Republican has been |
,arsh let US remember that the situa-
ion that confronted Us = year ago de-
handed severe treatment. There was