Jasper County Democrat, Volume 2, Number 50, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 March 1900 — SHELDON AS NEWS CENSOR. [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

SHELDON AS NEWS CENSOR.

The fins number of the Topeka Cspi-j til e a •'Chriotiun newspaper.*' unfitrr

«t written % Utah-! qp John Iff Tan-! far toe fHmine toss-1 torn, to Badri. Bgr! the -editor, with a] long letter from am I Indian aissimaty! pond on offieafi toy ffunvu, as to India's -needs. The

entire first page was given up in -this matter and an attack on war and -sc loon?-. The original typograpbicoi -style iff ’the; paper was attend, and srogb-lme heads with two "banks" used in all -so-caltefi top-head stories. Then- was an ovifiean ! desire to tone down everrthing juiß In give no prominence te .-.uyrhinr which; might cause the geink-s; son! ~u> -feel a thrill of undue interest. For six days the Capital runtime*c! after this form with all theatrical nrdinary porting and important ctwiiml news carefully eliminated. Shaker areports of other than active cash qnatuiions were consigned to toe waste -basket, and the subscriber was tor toe period rtf -editor Sheldon's teanAmy compelled to seek his information in another pqper. Advertisements of the eidamr and Christian variety only were permitted to appear, and all these were overlooked by Editor Sheldon before gong to toe foreman of the composing xwom. "How an untrained newspaper until can run a newspaper is a mystery to toe anon of the press." remarked a prom men: journalist. . "As a novelty it ia nil vug well: as a permanent instimtimi A tom Mr. Sheldon e ideas would oat amove a success either financially or Xnun a was point of -view. I always remember -n3ng Charles A. liana tt-rd to -say toot wter ever the Almighty permitted to auotpen he was not ashamed to print."

REV. SHEI.DON.