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Show Hits 'em Hard. Eimoit Kki'uiii.ioan: The piece appealing In a icccnt issue is-sue of the .Journal lefcrilng to the progress made bv the City Power & Light Company, is a dish up out of the old messpot that the people have had forjears. It makes no dllleicnce how Inclement the weather may be, how men may sillier with the cold with the lisle of impaiilug their health, and a thousand other contingencies contin-gencies that may aiisc, that have not been looked foi, not a woid of en-couiageiiicnt en-couiageiiicnt evci comes from that side of the house alwajs fault-llnd-ing. teai Ing down, opposing, obstuct-ing obstuct-ing this has ever been its mission and piobably It will alwajs be so. These mutteilngs, piompted by a sphlt of jealously and giocn-ejed envy, and vviittcn by adwaifed mind, have become be-come nauseating to the public. The publishing of such ai tides in that paper Is what has tended towaid keeping keep-ing this county back for jcars. With all thcii wails and bemoaning and t'novvlng of cold water upon public cnterpiises, the city is foiging to the fiont and that paper Is fast becoming over-shadowed. The people have to depend on It for the local news no longer. It is a dead letter, a thing of the past, antiquated, and should le-malu le-malu so foicvcr, oi until such a time when it can exhibit a little ditreicnt sphlt In its utteiances. When elections elec-tions arc over people aic entitled to something else than a rehash of campaign cam-paign topics. They deshe to read matter that will iiisphe them with conlidence in their countiy and in each othei not to be tortuicd along lines that aic degenerate in tlich charactei. Mr. Ldltor, wiltc people on such topics as will cause them to feel that all is well on mattcis that arc elevating in thcii chaiactcr, high and bio.id, lift them up out of this pci i twinkle and peanut trade of journalism; jour-nalism; show them how they aie the most blessed people on the eaith, having hav-ing a good country, climate and above all, living undci the broadest and best government ever fiamcd on the earth. X X XXX |