Deming graphic. (Deming, N.M.) 1903-1948, 1920-11-16
LITTLE wEEKLIEs AND DAILIEs


The Graphic wishes 10 goodness that
somebody would lay Off Of Carl Magee
of the albuquerque Morning Journal
Its bad enough 10 have led n forlorn
hope without picking ON the poor guy
after@ards. Somebody hns TIE tenn
pelamenlai cgotisi SO sore now that he
threatens 20 slap somebc'lc on the
wrist with undue violence. Carrs stuff
Is tlresome, especially 50 since the p0-
litical campaign Is over. He and Hub
Bile ought TO be left IN peace to run
Bernalillo county to suit themselves.
The Graphic especially admires Ms.
Magee's ideas about the. little week
lies and dailies'' Of New Mexico. He
effects To dispise their influence and
loudly maintains that they are the cor
rupt tools Of special interests engaged
In handing their subscribers the bunk.
One would think that the Journal was
Il real metropolitan newspaper. The
chances are good that some OF the hick
editors have been connected with news
papers In their dark past (before they
came To New Mexico for good and
sufficient reasOns) that would giyx
them some right 10 pass on Mr.. Ma
gee and his sheet. But that wouldn't
be- nice and the Journal should not
start anything so provincial.
The journal chose the bed Il would
occupy in the political mad house he
fore the election. The Journal was sup
posed to have republican leanings."
II could have been on the winning
side, II the editor had have known New
Mexico half as well as some 0f the
hick editors he despises know Il. In.
stead. he chose tO back the Seligmnn-
lianna-IIubble Outfit In as dirty cam.
paign as Mr.. Seligman could figure out
and lac Is some little lightning calcu
latOr. Then It swelled up like pols-
oned pup and tried to put over the dem
ocratic ring that even the democrats Of
the state couldn't stand for. Now the
little dailies aud weeklies" are audi
bly, laughing at the mess the journal
has mnde of things and Carl Is so mad
that he Is about to blow up. The "little
weeklics and dailies' are guilty Of ag-
grevated lese majestic and ought To he
suppressed.
The Graphic admired the seeming
Independence of the Journal until II be-
came apparent that Mr.. Magee was
only within the republican lines rs a
spy and traitor and that he was
using his position to bring discredit
on the organization. He denounced
many real evils within the republican
ranks and the Graphic was boob
enough to believe that he was sincere.
But when he took the Seligman-H Hanna
Hubble bait. hook, line and sinker It
was enough to make old man Janus
himself turn green with envy. The
journal f0mcnted a rebellion within
the republican ranks in Bernalillo and
one or two other counties, but II isn't
going TO be able to keep the msurrectos
In the field very long the republicans
of BeTnalillo aren't going to stay out
In the cold many moons
Returning to the little matter of the
little dailies and weeklies," the
Graphic dedicates the foregoing para
graphs to Mr.. Magec. free OF any in
fluence of Mr.. Hawkins or anybody
else The Graphic has never taken
its editorial policy from Mr.. Sully or
any other mine or corporation head.
II Is just as free as Mr. Magee thinks
he IS. And It is not alone in its glory
by any means The Albuquerque press
has always been the mouthpiece Of spe-
cial interests and may he yet, for all
the Graphic knows. Anyway the lit
tie weeltlies and dailies" have always
been more independent and their in
fluence in New Mexico Is far greater
than that Of the Albuquerque Journal
was is or is likely TO be under the
guidance Of democratic editor who
found il convenient to Ilsten-in at re-
publican councils. The Journal win be
Il great force In. this state when It
comes out In its true colors. honest, sin
cere and not afraid TO speak for the
principles its editor believe To he fun
damental.