Arizona republican., 1917-05-21
Undemocratic Toadyism

Undemocratlc ToadyIsm
 One of our exchanges Iaments the tendency of the press toadyisn in giving great prominence to news of the enlistment of the sons rich men, while mention, little menton is made of the enlistment of the poor contemporary is especially disgusted, and so must all sensible people be- with the observa tion that these rich young men have enlisted with asking expecting any considerations" that is, for the moment they have become common clay and no better than the poor. Says exchange
 "The toadying newspaper articles nauseatng to the last degree To read them one would imagine that these young Americans were youthful gods talk ing a vacation from the upper world to spend brief time in the uniforms of common mortals"
 We have noticed and thought of these things and we have noticed that this offense common small newspapers than in the metropoli- tan press though there is one very large town of nearly half million whose name we will disclose whose press falls into the of which the Blvile Buge and the Punkville Palladium guilty In this half million town in Billvlle and Punkve the newspapers defer in rather nauseating manner society and attach undue importance to those who prominent in it. Their appear in the paper columns with ridiculous frequency. We have often thought that the newspapers more responsi ble for this of things than the people themselves
 Society" the of a certain of indi- viduals in community, is comparative. The quaif- cations for society various. Frequently great wealth. that is that which regarded wealth in that community, is entree Great achievements, according to the standing of that community. are another. Birth and family figure Then there are the desperate hangerson who have not great wealth and achieved nothing great by per sistence and sngleness of purpose to shine in "so ciety" have their way. We will call this the society of the small city of A.
 The innermost members of As society would not be eligible the society of B, the large city. The qualifications of wealth, achievement birth necessary in in A, but the standards of these qualifications different The society pet of A would be snffed at by the chef the chauffeur the butler of the society pet of B. The who is the head of the in A would be the uttermost tip of the tail of the in B.
 The metropolitan press can devote proportion atey much if it would, to the of society in the large city the press in the smaller town, which is brought closer to it's society The ad- vertising of the latter is derived in great from the members of it's society, while the society members sf the larger city have nothing to advertise they are out of trade and above advertising
 So, in the metropolitan papers cities when a society man enlsts special mention is made that fact unless he happens to be person of much more than local fame. In that his enlistment becomes matter of news and the papers print the story of
 
 his class but because their readers (and there is good deal of toadyism in the American people) are interested in his beyond those of person of whom they have heard. When Marshal Field III enlisted not long ago much made of the fact by the newspapers, and the was read with n- terest We may add that the same newspapers would have given prominence to the enlistment of noted prizefghter any other person much in the public eye
 There is another side of it. When promi- hence throughout the country, because of his family. his wealth or his achievements, enters the ranks and matter of fact statement it is made it encour- ages other young who known to enlist upon the same level But it is wrong, foolish, undem- 'ocratic and not conducive to a spirit of patriotism for newspaper describe the enlistment of the rich man a sacrifice beyond that made by the The latter, ii fact f he leaves dependents behind him. offering c3;.i.y than ,:,s rich man.
 It is charitable. and we believe correct, to assume that all young men who enlist are inspired either by patriotism, of duty by a worthy. but still worthy motive-the spirit of adventure We be- lieve there is the red blood in all of them and that all of them willing to pour the cause for which they have enlisted