Show CONTEMPTIBLE JOURNALISM The contemptible practice of the Republican Re-publican organ in designating THE DEMOCRAT as Prof Holdens paper is characteristic of a sheet which is owned soul body boots and breeches by a California millionaire Prof Holden owns a large interest in the Cleveland PlainDealer one of the abl stand st-and best Democratic papers in the United States and it is no discredit to TIlE DEMOCRAT that he is also one of its stockholders It would be better for the Territory if it contained more such men as Prof Holden His purse is always open to meritorious public enterprises benevolent and educational institutions insti-tutions and charitable appeals Bei Jg a Democrat and no sycophantic crawler at the organs shrine he has naturally nat-urally incurred its hatred It does not however disturb his equinimity nor probably cause him serious loss of sleep While a stockholder and one of the Board of Directors of THE DEMOCRAT Company Com-pany he does not attempt to control the editorial course of the paper He holds no mortgage upon the concern nor does he expect it to maintain aspecial editor to chronicle the movements of himself or family This fact alone should convince the organ that it errs in designating THE DEMOCRAT as Prof Holdens paper |