Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1920-09-17
FRIDAY, SEPT. II, 1920
PUT THE CAP WHERE 1T FITS

iNlISOAND NACWo POhNiNNss -se
i vertising as legitimate. We have
space TO sell to either and any of the
political parties. Our price per inch
is the same to all. Now, fellows, don't
get sore because we are not conduct
ing "free lunch counter" Neither
should you be like the dog in the man.
ger, and because you don't care for
the hay, growl because the OK, or the
elephant, or the donkey is doing so.
This "choke to death" game has no
attraction for us; we don't take kindly
to it. We are here to MAKE living
and are not turning down any legiti-
mate business, whether some persons
like it or not.
Another thing, when you sit down
TO dinner or banquet, you are not
forced to eat everything that is set
before you. IL you occasionally find
n dish that is not palatable, merely
let IL alone. It may exactly suit the
taste of some other diner. The same
thing is true of newspapers. You are
not compelled to read everything that
the paper publishes. II some things
don't suit your appetite, leave them
for those who like them.
We are sorry that our Democratic
friends made the bad break they did
at their last county convention. II
was not worthy of the calibre Of men
who are prominent in that party in
this county. 1t was largely, we feel
the result Of misunderstanding of
the true situation, and influenced by
misrepresentation on the part of some
radical persons, who jumped at con-
illusions, without ascertaining the
facts. Many good, honest, well-mean.
ing members of the party will be sur.
prised and shocked to learn that on,
of the acts complained of. and fol
which this paper was ccnsured in thei
resolution, viz: "The act Of enclosing
loose sheet within it's folds the da,
before the last county election, ad
ertising Republican candidates, was
subterfuge to avoid the penalty Mt
tached to such acts, and violated al
moral ethics, and was criminal in it
nature" was not committed by thi
paper at all, but by the paper pub
lished elsewhere in this county, an,
which published the ill-advised reso
luton in its last issue with apparen
relish, emitting, of course, the para
graph above quoted, but which was I
part of the resolution as supplied L
this paper.
That same paper must have imbibeI
n great deal of solacc, also, from tn,
publication of the last paragraph o.
the so-called resolution, which reads
as follows:
"We, the representatives of the Iroi
County Democrats, pledge ourselves Il
withdraw our support from said pa
per and that we will encourage tn,
ESTABLISHMENT of a good, fair
"nonpartisan" paper In this county Il
the said Iron County Record continues
its present policy throughout the pres
ent campaign"
This is tantamount to a statement
by the Democratic convention that il
The Record displeases them by parti
san ptterances, it will be necessary t.
Establish" "good, fair, nonpartisar
paper in the county" in order to have
one.
And now, if our Democratic friends
would be fair and honest, since they
have found that the possum was VI
another tree, and that they made
mistake, why not pass another resolu
ton at their next county convention
censuring the real culprit for enclos
inng n loose sheet Advertising Re
publican candidates just before tn
last county election. If this act wa
"a subterfuge to avoid the penalt,
attached TO such acts" and "a viola
ton of all moral ethics and was Grim
inal in its nature" when it was though
this paper was guilty of the heinou
offense, is it any less diabolical whe
it is proven to have been the ect o
another paper of the county? n the
are deserving of the faith and conf
dence of the voters, can our Demo
cratic friends do less than pass tn
bouquet on TO where it belongs? Tha
paper is very willing TO give publicit
to a complaint against The Recon
for an act which it committed itself
Will it be as willing to publish i
resolution censurinng itself for it
own acts? To that paticular shee
such thing as professional or bust
ness ethics is unknown and un
dreamt of. Hate and destruction ar,
its actuating motives. The question
of courtesy, right and wrong never get
a hearing in it's sanctum. Blind, un.
reasoning hatred is its motive power
Well, we forgive it, if it can do as
much for itself, after the pitiable sit
uations is frequently finds itself in as