Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1916-05-14

publications or charged for pubic
printing upor any other basis than
that of commercial work. This may
be a surprise to you. coming from
one strong IN the faith Of his party.
| would have the party papers pc
litical affiliations based upon the prin-
ciples in which the editor and owner
firmly believes rather than what the
paper men expect to gain or lose
through the distribution of the loaves
and fishes.
IF the public patronage given
newspapers was taken out of politics
1t would greatly strengthen the news
papers, give the editors more cour-
age to fight for those things they
believed to be right and more inde-
pendencc to battle against that which
they know to be wrong. There would
be fewer weak papers and moro
strong ones
Hang Up n Prize.
Under the present conditions IL
is almost calamity for the editor OF
the average county paper, of the dom
inant party in his county, to fall out
with the members of the county COM
missioners dignitaries who receive
from $50 TO $50 a month for look
ing after the affairs of the county.
do not recall but one instance where
l have ever had trouble with the ma
jority Of the members of the board,
and ] assure you that this was through
no fault of mine. let the party pa
per that assisted in their election step
on their toes, or the editor of the
party paper fail in his Judgment rs
to who is going to be elected. the
first thing that an enraged board of
county commissioners Will do will be
to hang up the county printing as n
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move a paper in from one of the
cross-road towns to The county seat
and proceed in an effort to put the
Established paper out Of business. He
does not do anything for himself, but
he docs a lot of harm to the estab-
lished newspaper and the party. OK
lahoma county furnished as an OK
ample of the abuse caused by the
county commissioners being able to
place public printing where they
please. / am not sure whether their
conduct is concealed from public
view by the proceedings being print
ed at Jones City or at some other
wide place in the road, but 1t is
quite evident that the people are not
permitted to keep line on these
officials by their proceedings being
published in any newspaper In Okla
homa City
"The demand Is not only that the
party papers should stand more alert
for the good that can be accom-
plished in their parties. but I am OF
the opinion that where the editors
can afford 1t they should take an
active part in party politics. even to
the extent of becoming candidates for
office, If their people will stand for
it. II we had as many editors in the
legislature as we have filling the post
offices In this state the character OF
the membership OF that body would
be materially improved; at least 1t
would he subject to less criticism In
the public prints.
Should Get Together.
"I would like to see the editors ex-
ercise more of tho fratcrnal spirit;
IL we stood by each other like the
lawyers or the doctors there would
scarcely he any. worthy purpose that
we could not accomplish. You never
hear Of tho limbs Of the law or the
members of the medical profession
telling disagreeable truths about each
other. The party will never have any
more respect for the editors OF It's
newspapers than they have for them
selves; it is extremely difficult to ed
ucate the public up to where 1t VIII
think as much OF us as we do OF our