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About The courier. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1894-1903 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 16, 1895)
VOL,. 10, NO 47. 'J dU&4 bSABLISHBD IN 135G A - i PRICE FIYE CENTS OtctC- tiZ7& . Jtifok:? t LINCOLN. NEB., SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 16 1895. ENTERED IN TnE POST OFFICE AT LINCOLN AS SECOND-CLASS MATTER PUBLISHED EVERY SATURDAY BT THE G08RIER PAINTING AND PUBLISHING GO. . Office 217 North Eleventh St. Telephone 384 lied about. The truth will out. "Jo" or no "Jo," and no good can be accom plished by misrepresentation. If the facts In Nebraska have been mlsiepre sented then the letters from other states are so largely false that they In sult the intelligence of the Journal's readers. There is some truth in what the correspondent has written from the southern states at the Journal's direction; but there is much that Is manifestly false. The sentiment "Stand up for Nebraska." has nowhere found a more earnest or pen-istent advocacy than in these columns It Is possible to when a republican ticket Is nominated In that county the utmost strategy Is used to secure Rosewnter's opposition In order that the ticket may be elected by a large vote. There is u story afloat that there were grave fears during the summer and early fall that Mr. Hose water would support the ticket In the late campaign, and for a time the Iead eis of the republican party were great ly disturbed, and almost on the point of giving up the fight. It was felt that If Rosewater and the Bee were for the ticket nothing could save It. It was then that a little body of prominent re- VY. MORTON SMITH SARAH B. HARRIS WILIiA CATHER Editor and Manager Associate Editor Associate Editor () (5) (3) (5) w fi (2) () () (5) () Subscription Rates In Advance. Per annum 82-00 Six months 1-00 Three months 50 One month 20 Single copies r &i OBSERVATIONS &S The State Journal has for some weeks been pursuing a policy so un journalistic and so downright dishon est that it has disgusted and stirred to protest persons who have born in silence that newspaper's past offenses. This flagrant violation of the princi ples that underlie honest journalism is the more striking and noticeable be cause the young man who is responsi dle for the Journal's policy is the same person who essayed to conduct a school of Journalism in the state university, , who ventured to instruct young men and women in the bus.iness of conduct ing newspapers. If Mr. Jones imparted to the students in his school ideas at all similar to those which form the ba sis of his conduct of the editorial poli cy of the Journal then there has been instilled into the minds of a number of ambitious young people an insidious poison that may bear fruit In works of dishonesty and corruption that will be harmful beyond all computation. It Is the settled policy of the Journal to distort, exaggerate, corrupt and malign. Falsehood Is, with it, a favorite weap on. It's latest exhibition of venality is the series of "Jo" letters. These let ters are written by a newspaper man of. much ability and honorable inten tions. They are so palpably distorted. Inaccurate and untrue that there Is no question but that the writer was told Just what to say. The idea is to de ceive the people of Nebraska as to the real conditions that obtain In this state and to malign other states. The "Jo" letters are gratuitous. The conditions in Nebraska are well understood. They are not so bad that they have to be K OrbrbrbrbrbrbrbrbrbrbrbrbrbrbrbrrbrbrbrbrbH bbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbKbIbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbH Walker W bite side be loyal and fair at the same tirre. Standing up for Nebraska does not mean distorting the facts and making false reports. Every person who knows anything about Nebraska knows that the Journal's letters about this state were utterly unreliable. Even person who knows anything of the other states visited by "Jo" knows that his reports from the south were bald misrepresenta tions. Is this journalism? Is this hon esty? The republicans of Douglas county have learned the deadly power of Mr. Rosewater's favor, and It is said that publicans got together and discussed this matter In a very serious and ear nest way. Mr. Broatch and other gent lemen who expected to be nominated by the republicans said very plainly that they would not care to take the risk of running for office If Mr. Rosewater supported them, and intimated that something would have to be done to secure his opposition. Accordingly a committee was appointed for the pur pose of arousing the antagonism of the editor of the Bee. It has never at any time been very difficult to stir up Mr. Rosewater to an opposition of repub lican candidates, and this committee. once settled down to the task alloted to It. found It very easy to switch Mr. Rosewater Into another camp. The work was well done and the most en thusiastic republican could not have wished for a more violent or virulent policy on the part of the Bee than whs manifested from the beginning to the end of the campaign. Reference to the votes cast at the late election will show the gratifying results of the course pursued. The World-Herald has an editorial on Bishop Bonacum and the priests of this diocese entitled "Might against Right," in which the position taken Is that the bishop is wholly wrong and the priests wholly right. The same cheap sentiment that made Mr. Bryan n popu list makes him Jump to the conclusion that the bishop Is the sole offender. Mr. Bryan and his class are so ready to believe all that Is charged against those in power, so ready to believe that all right Is on the side of those who are combatting what Mr. Bryan calls "might." that they often overlook con siderations of wisdom and truth. Bish op Bonacum is no doubt vulnerable. For instance there seems to be evidence that he manifested, through his priests, a pernicious activity In politics In the campaign Just closed. He seems also to have been somewhat too rigid In his relations with the priests. But the priests have certainly done their part In bringing on and keeping up the fo ment. The Church of Rome has a cer tain, well developed policy that It has followed almost since Its Institution. Bishop Bonacum has been a stickler for that policy, while the priests have been disposed to follow various tan gents, and this difference has caused much of the trouble. The World-Herald might get to the bottom of the mat ter and give the public some valuable and Interesting information. Thus far most of the matter that has been pub lished has been grossly unreliable. I am In receipt of the following In teresting communication from Mr. H. E. Newbranch: You have seen fit. In the last Issue of your valuable paper to grant to me and my mental status a great deal of prom inence. Having stated the case, and settled It, from your own point of view, I trust you will allow me a few words In my own behalf. And first, as to the Uni versity of Nebraska. The university Is a non-sectarian people's school, devoted to the promulgation of science, letters and Independent thinking, but, at the same time. Its Influences are. for the most part. Christian Influences. It is far. very far, from being a "nest of in fidels." Now. as to myself. You charge me, first, with being young, and. this es tablished, with being a "youthful cyn ic." and say that my ideas are mere boy's fancies. Granted this be true, what of the following? "Virtue, starv- rss: 'iStatAsrwec
