Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1919-03-14
THE OLD MAN GETS RILED.

THERE is nothing that hurts so bad as the
truth. And yet it is sometimes necessary to speak
it, realizing that one is nfcting pain. Our last
shot at the Washington County News for it's SIM
pering defense of Representative Jos. S. Snow in
his rebuff of the state press, must certainly have
gone straight to the mark. In this weeks issue
of that paper, Editor Wallis throws his hat into
the ring, grows livid in the face and expectorates
reekng tobacco juice all over his front page MAX
ing awful mess of this ordinarily clean sheet 1t
must be an awful thing to find ones self in
position so servile and mental that he dare not
say his souls his own, and be compelled to lick the
hand that smites him. But if you try to do any
thing for such paltry creature it is like interfer
ing with man beating his wife. Nine chances to
one the old woman will turn on you with more
venom than the abusive husband. However this is
matter which concerns all the self-respecting
newspapers of the state and we have no regrets
for stand in the matter, which, as we have al
ready shown, is commended and endorsed by some
of the foremost publishers of the state, including
the president and secretary of the Utah State
Press Association, the president CHANGING thru
no fault of his own, are sure) to be brother
to our irate southern neighbor. ~
This is the first time, within our recollection,
that we have an editor Tor would-be editor)
evidence much passion and unreasoning rage
towards memebr of the fraternity. We are GER
tainly very much surprised as his unethical and
ungentlemanly conduct. He owes us an apology,
which is all the more urgent and imperative by
reason of his age for he is old enough to be over
such childish nonsense, and if he is the man we
have heretofore believed him to be- he will lose
no time in making it.
We neither have time, space nor the disposition
to waste two or three columns of space in this
paper for the purpose of reproducing his pointless
and abusive harrangue, as he apparently desires
us to do. He submits no arguement or plausible
excuse for his attitude, which certainly is not
shared by any publisher of standing is the state.
The editor of the News is a "bally Henglish-
man" who has not got over his early training to
pander and palaver to what he considers the gen
try, and he accepts with great deal Of gratitude
such crums as fall from their table and feels him
self fortunate to obtain them. If this birth right
were not sufficient to quel his self respect several
years service in the English army has implanted
discipline" and servlity deeply in his breast
that to see anyone assert himself and contend for
what he is rightfuly entitled to-even criticising
the great moguls" when they trampe upon us,
raises his indignant ire. Wallis forgets that he is
in free country now, where each man is supposed
to be the equal of any other if he makes himself
such. And we fear he is suffering from that form
of the sleeping disease" from which there is no
awakening.
And yet, withal, Editor Wallis is not bad
Sort and he publishes a clean, breezy county pa
per He has lost his head in this instance and said
lot of things in fit of passion that he does not
: mean, and for which he will later feel ashamed
and sorry. He will yet tumble to the fact
that we were in reality trying to help and be-
friend him against an ungrateful and unwarrant
ed thrust from protested friend
-(E)
LET the columns of the local paper be youi
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