Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1918-11-21

a position which not infrequenty places it in the attitude of false
pride, - for its errors now and then, like the chickens, come home to
roost.
The United Press, fully as reliable as the Associated Press, but
gifted with a larger measure of progressive ideas, is purely a pm
waite institution. 1t sells its news outright for SO much per, so to speak.
Its standing and it's service depend upon it's reliability and prompt
ness 1t would have been forced out of business long ago if it Were
what the string of Associated Press papers seek to make it appear
The Associated Press wishes to monopolze all the avenues of
news. Owned, as it is, for the most part, by the big newspapers,
which in turn are owned by interests allied to market gambling and
price fixing, it is but natural that it should seek to control the news.
Confronted, as it is, by a private news agency which serves the
greater proportion of the evening newspapers, it finds any incina-
ton it might harbor to give ''eolorng'' to the news to be under al
certain degree of restraint.
So far as the country is concerned, it is well that neither agency
has a monopoly of the newsgathering privilege.
50 far as the Daily News is concerned, it has no hesitancy in
saying that the Associated Press only beittles itself when it seeks to
discredt the United Press as an efficient news-gathcring institution.
We notice that daily newspapers are putting big headlines over
the arrest of d league organizer somewhere in Minnesota upon the
charge of violating the espionage act. But it is curious that in the
many arrests that have been made for violating the federal statutes
no mention is made of the political leanings OF the parties if they
happen to be republicans or democrats. A big Touring mill in an
adjacent state a few days ago was fined ninety thousand dollars for
violating the food regulations, several thousand OF which went to the
Red Gross, the balance representing the profits in excess of the fed
eral allowance, plus several thousand dollars as punishment. And
yet it was not stated that the manager was a republicn, for instance,
or a democrat, as the cas- may be. Not long go four various business
houses in South Dakota We're heavily fined for violating the food
regulations in this state. The newspapers, including the Daily News,
published the names Of the parties concerned and gave the amounts
ii the fines imposed. And yet none OF us disclosed the political
utilization of the heads Of the business houses which violated the regu-J
Ilations. We suppose it is because they were mostly republicans, as
they We're. Why not be at least decenty fair?
The senate has determined to go to the bottom of the activities
of the breweries in securing control Of the newspapers through the
expenditure of large sums of money. Just as fast as the facts are
disclosed, let the names be given publicity The country would like.
Ito know exactly who, for commercial or other reasons, lent them
selves to this form Of German propaganda. obviously they were
republicans or democrats, and probably both. We wonder how many
Of them were engaged IN shouting patriotism. and loyalty all the
while!
There is discussion with regard to whether Or not Victor Berger
should be permitted to take the seat in congress to which he was re-
Gently elected from milwaukee,. The country as a whole has not
been favorably impressed with the Berger sort of patriotism, but
Mr.. Berger IS not the only fellow elected to congress who has been
affected BY unhoy thoughts and who has not given utterance to un-
worthy words.
David Lloyd George is what is known as a. liberal in politics,
but the majority of the liberals have been inclined to be arrayed
against him during his premiership, his chief strength coming from
the conservatives, at the head Of whom is Bonar Law. The liberals
however, have decided to accord him support through the period Of
reconstruction as also have the conservatives. In other words,
Great Britain proposes to eschew party politics yet d while.
It seems that according to the unofficial figures, Governor Nor
beck received about forty-eight thousand votes, Bates about twenty
four thousand and Bird about seventeen Thousand. The city Of Alb
erdeen gave Mr.. Bates over nine hundrea votes, 81. within less than
two hundred Of the number given Nh. Norbeck. Taken all in all,
the organized farmers poned fairly creditabe vote IN South Dakota
1.-THE principal objections to the presidents going abroad, q, de-
c1ares the Sioux Falls Press, come from denaocratic newspapers
That = strange. Washington correspondents seem to think the re-
~publicans are raising the bigger row about il.
lord Kitchener perhaps you remember, said that, although he
didn't know how long the war would last, if would begin II about
three years from the date of starting lit did---anl II lasted only
another year and three months after that.
Observation-Disclosures
Senator Lodgesas the leaderof the Republicans i'll the senate, IS
nt measuring AZ 10 hs standard as an individual republican ne
Aas become somewhat more critical from 4 parrtisan standpoint and
less efreetlSe in debate. M Sss
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Well, sesn ay expect n little cold weather about now.ASIt is