The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1915-11-24

avs because the best interest Of the
must also see hat the offender h
laesnt mat violation OF Law IL undesir-
able both from his own standpoint. and
from lnat OF society as a whole.
Pubs opinion mas. from the begin
OF society. been as one
~ the most powerful regulators OF In
ulNldual conduct. Before society became
30 complcN-when cities were smaller
aud population less congested-each
man Ma more likely 20 know what his
TO-DAY. The great city. wit it, MYRIAD
impulses aud activities. tenps always 10
cioak good and kindly deeds in obScur-
~. but. like the beneficent nature which
pours It's bounties upon the lust and nm
Soout the wrong-doer and the moral de-
n~nputht. Ihe great city Is the ekyl
mo whose Identity the Hydes OF lust
aHu passion ana uncontrolled impulse
submerge themselves ana find safety
Hence IN such a maze OF social cross
SuIrence' there comes an opportunity
VI lhe newspaper TO render service
through its function a. a fearless enron
ieIer 81 passing events which have to
III" Win INDIVIDUALS as wei as affairs.
Fear ksep5 Many Straight
lar OF What the newspaper viii say
Areps m the straight path people In
integrity OF the home. ana -EIsrantee.
the moral health OF the TO a
degree which many OF you. no doubt.
means follows that 10 DO this the news
palet must De = scandalmonger or a
=. a aAH Z 7 hN NNuN respect Tor
the right OF the Individual Mayor cav
nor once said thai a newspaper ought
70 be a gentleman and the best news
l"ptIH are gentlemen. Newspaper viii
respect The rights OF the Individual To-
pil.aSy. but there il no right to privacy
lu delinqueucteS which corrupt The whole
social organism. Most niuuity IL
wrought IN darkness. Whatever "A news
l.ti'er can do 70 throw light in places
ne Of value to society.
The press has many faults which il
MouI9 De nelther o~pportune nor perth
h'ht 20 discuss here. The raves Whic1
conSern MS. 1 think. are. first. its IN
NlIhhshess TO speak frankly TO its read
'f~ ou certain phases of social hygienn
and second. publication OF news ~
crimes and misdemcanorS in such a WY
a. % multiply the otfcnse through the
medium OF suggestion. For many years
% my own newspaper office We We
i"thlddeu 20 use the expression Red
"'~ because OF no illusions Of the then
Clltor-iu-chief as To- the purity OF the
English Language. but ecaus we were
referring 20 something which must be
referred 90 Boa polite society. I remember
mat We finally settled ON this euphoni-
Gus circumlo,uuon FOR segregated dis
triCt to-wit. "tho u~cighborho0d Tor To-
character congregate.'
Newspapers Not Prank Enough
'"n,lii"us have grown much better
since that time. and 1T was not many
Years ago But still. / think the newspa-
uerS are not frank and outspoken
enough. Not a few Of them refuse 10
discuss these topics az all and not MANY
40 as Tar as perhaps they would IILe "a
20. or as YOU ladies and Gentlemen
would like TO ave them 20. II must be
remembered that the public AZ large has
silence The pulpit has been silent. the
-'h""l- nave been silent. the press has
I.en slient. 3ni$ = lew have raised
incur voices and often there has been the
down.
" ought not TO be a-crhastv how
ever. In f-.rNT|Efnw the me- fh. -LEl.H-
the pulpit or other agencies. since the
problem of the newspaper Is their In a
that the worthy newspaper is alWavs
ahead OF the average progress of tho
community. but YOU must conditionaIIv
heaT Do MIND that must not assume
such e position AS Tar iu advance that
10 becomes Out of touch with the Thought
OF it, community. For the uewrpaper 70.
an advanced position. might be a heroic
lh!ns g do. but it likewise would be
Public ouief To Criticize
Let us aNsum" that the newspaper
has gone further than the point Of most
eiiectlNe leadership iu such "A matter.
say. as some Of the aspects OF SEA de-
l~npueucieS. What happeu~9 The pub
Die mind h. not set ready Tor the frart
lns The public protests. Its newspaper
becoming Indecent j. is perhaps.
iall~ off. and with every suhscrIb.r
l.~H there D. "A proporttouate loss iu .u-
llN'Nt'. nat ulW ~Nursr must. as surely
n the sun rises. change IFS tactics on
becomes az useless as -. simeon Stv-
htea on his pillar.
You Will ! trust. pardon me 81 I go
TO my own -Npert"uc. f1r evidence On
some of these points. Nut long ago iD
our Newspaper office we publI.hed =
series Of articles setting forth r1rg~
lions which had followed the abolition
Of the segregated district boz CIrytI4ud
lne men assigned tD the work We're in
eiruciel simply Goo get the facts and
print them The entire series as rrsf
written was thrown away. because Il
seemed 20 as they were treated from tna
Anti-social rather than from the ao.itl|
view Iolnf. Iu my opinion Che articles
q finally published rendered 10 real pub
N' service. Necessarily fret discussed
social vice lu various aspects and flsy
discussed n frankly The protest which
followed this publication was surpri--
~ ON" ~ our good friends. o. man ar-
1--WE ~ labor circles. warned us with
much feeling that n v. pursiad ori
course the newspaper would DO very sa-
E'rely weakened BOO public esteem and
mat he heard repeated and bitter .~it-t
iri-m ol 81 among his friends and as
rOtiHfe~.
Broadly thore are three U,ys in
which DO is possible for N. newspaper
TO become an educator BRO comluunIfy
morals and these three methods ror.Iat
DOB aFaiinE itself Of the three grand d.
visions into which me editorial work OF
the new eusper naturally ftII These arc
in" news department. Tho editorial de-.
Iartueuf and the feature Department
Too ifs beginning The was slime