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Non-partisan Vs. Party Newspapers

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Day
12
Month
November
Year
1880
Copyright
Public Domain
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The editor of tfie Dexter Lender. a radical repnblican al heart, tHongh he niaj ufífl'e fiís convíctions necanae he livesin a democratie commnnïty, enters a protest1 agnihst all parttrs becauseof the smal! amom-.l ■;■ prlutinK h rercivBfl duriiif? tlie rainiiaifrn. wtipreas ) looked forwai-d to it "as a printer' horvest." FrónweptiMicnnB hereceivcil ,m ortér nv nüú W lills. Demócrata rnvtv Kim nnthiti. Greeiibaclievs oviiwfi 1.200 billa and 100 slips, lle prfnt'ed no tickets. Tt must have dawned npon themlnd of Brother by tliis timo that n:1!ipnrüsan papera aro of lifctle account Rbnal electlon time. THey Rotnetlmes a few dollars for pnfflnjï n can.■; ! ho mticli per lino as lid the ai ■ ; itflr Enternriste from caniidate Jacobs, or AVashtenaw Posi wliielvreerivedflS for V:.e insprtkui of a hnlfoltimn articleinarlvoeacv of candidato Jïuffy. The columns of non-partisan or independent papera are thus opened 1 1 anv candidatp. no matter if said caniT'date stands opposedtothe political viewsof its feditor, provided pulls are païd for. Sucli papers rightfully posscss Httle or no influence, and ire inwanffy despised by the candidato who Ijurciiarod the favorable notices. Ourtsutemporary iupported no candi(T;itt (i'iiring election and vet it has been lookfey for patronage from all. There ís no reason why it should expoct or roeive any. The party press that Bght the battlea for candidatos ano npon whora they reiy for aid are entitled to the party ptintins;. Too ïv.ueh of it goes to non-partlsan or independent nrvwspnpers, who supporl nobod}' unless at so ïnucli per line or column. There ere candidatos in the late campafgn who uow see the nnwisdom of having given printing to offices from which they could not expect support, at the expense of those from which they expected a "good notice," but failed to receive either none at all, or, a tneagre one. Candidatos ought not to expect the party press will be loyal to them when they forget to be loyal to it. It is not a one-sMed affair altogether. The Leader will learn in dne time if it has not already that newspapers on the fence politically have to put up wíth a i?r crumbs that fall in the way during a cnmpaign.

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Ann Arbor Argus