THE EVENING NEWS
CAJIL D SHOEMAKER,
Editor and ttole Proprietor.
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November 5, 1910, at Roseburg, Ore.,
under act ot March 3. 1879.
WKDNKKDAY, KEITKMI1EH 4 1012
IJ5T THE TlttTII JiE KNOWN,
"Wo realize that tor the past year
Roseburg has undeservedly had to
bear the burden of a so-culled news
paper continually andf persistently
knocking every movement of im
portance. ThlB nut only Included
proposed new enterprises, but the
general reputation of the city, both
financially and otherwise. We do
not propose to discuss that dcspls
nble sheet, which hypocritically pre
tends to represent a highly moral
element, for, according to current re
ports, its chief sponsoi-H have a rep
utation unfit to be delineated In a
family newspaper. Such "holler
than thou" pretenses as It puts on nre
thoroughly disgusting to thoso who
know what is back of them. Rose
burg, is. In fact, one of tho best law
abiding towns In tho state, yet this
persistent detainer Is frequently de
claiming In big typo and grallng
headlines of "dens of Iniquity" which
It claims to be cleaning up here.
- That such "dens" have existed mainly
In Its own perfervld Imagination, as
well as the most of the other alleged
crimes it bo frequently heralds, makes
no difference with tho decidedly un
savory reputation It Is giving to town
abroad. People here at home know
there Is no "reign of lawlessness" In
Tlosoburg, but Just the reverse. Tho
live business people of Roseburg
should gok together without delay
and glvo notice to the knockom and
scandal-mongers to "move on," as
we have no ronm for them." From
Last Night's Review.
The abovo Is an extract taken from
an editorial appearing In hint night's
Issue of our esteemed contemporary,
Tho Review.
Tho News pleads guilty to the
charge that It publishes the now a.
This paper ninkes no discrimination
of tho iiowb items that It publishes.
It will print the facts as they hap
pen from day to day, be it the Indict
ment of men prominent in the busi
ness affairs of this city or the misfor
tune that may befall the humblest
of our citizens. We take It that the
ruuctlon of a newspaper Is to print
tilie news, not withhold It or pcrju
dlce It. That newHpnper which does
not do so Is iinralthful to Its trust to
tho great muss ot common people
whom It Is printed to serve. Tho
newspaper belongs to tho public. The
public nt largo not any one sot or
group of Individuals owns tho pa
per. Wo have not been In tho news
paper business as long ns our brother
of tho Review, but In the short,
time that wc have been a Journalist 1
vn have consulted and studied the
highest authorities on Journalism In
tin effort to give to t'no public a new- J
-paper which, so far an newspaper
Ideals 1b concerned, strives toward j
the beHt. We have read with great
Interest and, much liiHplrnt Ion an
address given recently b Tuleott Wil-1
Hams, director ot thu Pulitzer
School of Journalism, and ono of the
things that made a deep Impression I
on uk was the following: "The !
journnllst walks buiwoen the living
mnssos and dead knowledge. Tho
true Journalist's 11 fo Is bullded Into
tho structure of society. His first
duty Is not to tho Individual, not to
tho class, not to party; It is to his
community, whether it Is a small
town or a great city. Newspapers
have established the fact that it
In In the existence of evil and not the
publication thereof that the wrong
exists. We cannot exclude the foul
air of tho sewer from our house un
less wo clean the Fewer." l.ouls T.
Qoldlng, publisher of tho NewtM'ress ;
In nn add rest before tho class In
journalism nt the University of Mis
souri said "No newspaper can hold
favor which Is not devoted exclusiv
ely to tho public Interest, indolence
In tho public service will nut be
overlooked. No flirtation with boss
or predatory Interest, no arrogant
t'uforcement of personal views, no let
tins down of pmruntUonal tand
urds, no decline Hi thu Quality of
service Is permitted." And these
nre the ideals that wo keep constantly
before us as wo edit and puMUh The
News. We fall short of tho mark
frequently no human being can
reach perfection but It Is our effort
and desire to conduct this paper so
that the public that great body of
good citizens may know that this
paper Is serving their interests and
Interest! alone. That we have at
least the support an dconfldence of a
goodly number of the cltlienship of
this comnuiuUy wo believe to be true
and in addition we have material evi
dence of it as may ite seen by re
ference to another puis of this edi
tion.
But let us get back to the extract
quoted above. Our brother of the
Review Bays that we "have persistent
ly knocked every movement of Im
.portanc," including Jas well '"the
general reputation of the city, both
financially and otherwise." ThJs is
a serious charge were It based upon
any facts.
In the first place this paper has ad
vocated through Its columns every
worthy enterprise tbat has been
launched in this community. It has
urged new settlers to come here not
only through the paper but by
hundreds of personal letters as well.
It fully realises and understands the
groat commercial, agricultural and
Industrial future of Douglas county
and with a firm and steadfast belief
In this future It has done as. much
a It can to help bring tho settler. It
hns consistently stood for civic Im
provements of all kinds. It favors
the building of a! railroad to the
coast and has and always will en
courage anil support worthy promo
ters and Investors. It supports with
an open hand and heart all officials
who are courageous, fearless, honest
and scrupulous In their fidelity to
their public trust. j
The News does not take the stand j
that vice and corruption should be 1
shielded from publicity. It does not I
believe that tho publication of Im
moral conditions in this or any other
communty retards the growth of the
community. It mnkes decent people
everywhere know that there In tbat
particular community there Is a news
paper which Is fearlessly holding out
to the glare of publicity those evils
that undermine and corrupt the
community. The bawdy bouse, the
blind pig, the dealer In Illicit goods
and wares, the crook, the man of a
double llfo all seek security In dark
ness. The minute they are held up
to public view by a press which fears
not their Blander, their vituperation,
their threats, the loss of their busi
ness, their underhanded methods,
their offers of friendship and as
sfatanco; that minute the Influence
Is gone and tho community 1b batter
off.
The statement Is 'made by our
worthy contemporary that the "dens"
that this paper has from tlmo to
time called upon the officers to raid
have existed mainly In our Imagina
tion. Yet If this extremely high
minded editor of the Review would
examine the records of City Record
er WImberly's docket be will find
a number of convictions and oleas
of guilty there by women who weis
arested for conducting a bawdy
bouse. These arests and convictions
or pleaB of guilty are directly trace
able to the action of The News In ex
posing their existence here. If this
bfj "knocking" then we wre glad
that we nre a knocker.
The police officer of this city would
never have acted In these cascB had
not The News taken the stand that
It did. This paper kept fearlessly
on In Its crusade even In the face of
an attempt to blackmail Its editor
by a trumped up afldavit signed by
one or two inmates of the bawdy
houso. lint their effort failed and
that particular woman and the In
mates of her house have gone from
Roseburg for ail time.
Every community the world over
which Is not fortunate enough to
have a press tbat will not wink at.
Immorality or that will not shield
the evildoer Is dying of dry rot. The
people as a whole want to see their
community prosper and It will only
prosper when their is a wholesome,
pure atmosphere surrounding tho
civic and moral conditions of that
town.
Does Tho Review think that It can
drive Tho News out of business? One
would think so by reading the last
sentence of the paragraph quoted.
The sentence Is a direct call to arms
of the advertisers of thin city to
cense their patronage of this paper
In order to make The News "move
on."
Tho News knows Its .advertisers
better perhaps than does The Re
view. It believes them to be men
whose Judgment cannot be swayed
by such terms as "scandalmonger"
or "knocker." The business men
of the city advertise In this paper
because they get value received for
tho money spent not because they
are phllonthropic and want to give
away their money. The News Is here
to stay. It has stood the abuse of
Tho Review and Its small cotrele of
followers of many years. It has
grown from a small four page paper
Issued once a week to an eight page
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dally and semi-weekly. Audit has
grown because tlie public tho peo
ple have confidence in its integrity
and sincerity. And that Is why it is
the big paper both in number of
pages and circulation . that it is
today. No, Mr. Review editor do
not flatter yourself into thinking that
you can fool ttie people all the time.
You have tried to fool the people long
enough. Tho facts of the case are
that in your article last night you
thought that you could bolster up
the waning cause of a curtain group
of men in this city whose end on
the grip of a fairs is about over.
Too long has this group fastened
itself upon this fair city. Its ten
tacles have been tn our city govern
ment, they have been In our county
government, but not so strongly en
trenched there, they have tried to in
ject themselves Into the policy of
the Commercial Club, they are now
making a last and forlorn fight to
keep control of those things tbat they
have bad. Hut thore Is an urroused
citizenship that is tired of this do
mineering group In our city affairs
Tlie citizenship will no longer toler
ate these conditions. The people must
rule and not the group. The prist
three months hns been a period of
unrest, n desire to break away from
tho yoke of oppreslon. The News has
seen It coming. Every citizen who
stops to consider has seen It coming
and Is glad. No longer will this
arrogant clique control this city and
community. The day for throwing
It aside Is not far off.
And the mouthpiece of this group.
this clique of manipulators Is our
-steemed contemporary. The Hose-
burg Review. It barks when It
m called upon. It is silent when told
to be still. The News lias tried to
treat its contemporary with fairness,
it has never taken up the cudgel
. gainst The Review until driven to
it by tho littlest, most contemptible
neers that one paper could
:gaint another. There Is no spark
of manhood In such articles as appear
ed In The Review last night. Wo
venture the abortion that the only
I'oople who took It literally are those
v ho Inspired It.
The News Is owned absolutely by
'he man whose name appears at the
t-tp of these columns. H owes al
legiance to no one except its rend or?
ml to them It owes all. On their
support It rets contented. M arc
no better than the average man
and no worse. We are human not
!a snurling hound. The roog citizens
of this town are with us In our fight
I lor a clean town and riddance of the
j yoke that has encircled this com
I muiiity. Tho fight has -just begun
j and when It is over this community
will breath purer and- fresher air.
j Let all good citizens be prepared to
use their strength in the fight now In
! progress to the end tnai Roseburg
i may be a better, bigger place for the
I settler who will be proud to come.
A Statement Of Fact.
The publicity department of tho
Roseburg Commercial Club depends
! for its funds on public spir ited
t people In this communty. All people
j do not contrhuto to this fund. Their
reasons for not doing so are perhaps
good. Hut this fund boosts Uosc
j burg more than any two or three oth
er kinds of advertising. The Even
ing News believes that this publicity
department is dong good work. It
encourages this work to the extent
of a ten dollar contribution each
ionth. We wish that we could give
more and we hope that we will be
able to do so in a short time. But
we are a knocker according to our
worthy prince of good fellows, the
editor of the Review, who has not
glveu a single solitary cent to this
publicity fund for eight months.
Truthfuilness, your name was never
REVIEW.
The News last night received a
postal card from Edward Singleton
who is attending the State Fair at
Salem. Among other things Ed says:
"Tlie weather is fine, having a good
time, come down, lots of good races
and plenty of water."
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