692 THE IMPENDING REVOLUTION. 



but neither side exposes or denounces the wrongs of their 

 own party, but praise every laudable act. In this manner 

 a Republican who reads only Republican papers, is cog- 

 nizant of all the good, but none of the bad acts of his 

 party; and all of the bad and none of the good acts of the 

 Democratic, or opposing party. So with a Democrat who 

 reads only Democratic papers; and the result is, that the 

 great masses of the people have only a one-sided view of 

 the situation, from which each insists that he is right. And 

 like the knights of old, who met on opposite sides of a 

 shield which was gold on one side and silver on the other, 

 each one is right from their own knowledge; but if each 

 would take the pains to inform himself from all sides, they 

 might come to the conclusion that both were right, or, 

 what would be more probable, that both were wrong. A 

 man who is only posted from one side of a political ques- 

 tion is no more qualified to cast an intelligent ballot than 

 a juror who has only heard one side of a case in court is able 

 to render a just verdict. This brings us to the conclusion, 

 then, that the independent press is the best means of 

 obtaining the information calculated to give us a proper 

 understanding of the political situation. 



Although the independent press is the best available 

 means which the laborer can depend upon to represent his 

 interests and enlighten him upon important matters, 

 strangely enough, the people do not appreciate it to the 

 extent of giving it that support which would render it 

 more efficient. We frequently hear it complained of that 

 the independent newspaper is not so full of news as some 

 of the partisan papers. These men seem to forget or 

 ignore the fact that it is a lack of support that usually 

 causes it. Like all other kinds of business, to get a good 

 newspaper requires money to buy material and pay for 

 labor. 



4 'The editors of labor papers, as a rule, are men 



