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ALLEN, Publisher, 11, Ave Maria-lane, E.C. - If the great Conservative party have lost much of the influence, and do not possess the power which the position, wealth, and intelligence of its members would seem to confer on it, it has in a great measure its own high-handed treatment of the Press to thank for the depression under which its cause and its principles are labouring. The Conservative body for years persistently ignored the rising power of the Fourth Estate, and were so tardy in discovering what effective aid it could give to a political party, that, when they did partially open their eyes to the fact, they found the more powerful of the new engines of party warfare already in the hands of their opponents. From the days of the Conservative Journal to those of the Imperial Review, Conservative editors and proprietors will all tell the same tale"We were not supported by our party the Conservative chiefs gave us no encouragement." The idea of popularising Conservative principles through the means of a Cheap Press was almost scouted as absurd the Standard halted in procrastinating steps between the old price and the new, and when it came down to a penny, it found the Daily Telegraph in advance of it. The late Frank Fowler started a penny Weekly Mail to teach Conservative views to the million, but none of the richer members of the party would help him through the trying first months, and he had to succumb, perhaps a wiser, and certainly a poorer, man. The Blue Budget is still fighting its way in the ranks of the cheap "weeklies," it is true, and probably the leaders of the party have at last discovered the full value of a cheap and popular Press; but, even if it be so, what headway they have lost! The Yorkshire Post does not exaggerate the case in the following remarks on the literary inactivity of the party : "They remained insensible to the great importance of association and organisation, and what, perhaps, was not less damaging to their cause, they neglected their press. While Liberal associations kept together the motley crowd of their party, Conservatives depended too much upon their own unity of principle. While Liberal journals, well supported, disseminated the views of which they were the organs, throughout the country, the Conservative press, feebly encouraged, if not actually discouraged, appealed only to a comparatively limited circle, and struggled painfully for existence." Our contemporary discerns a better state of things; and in the interests of the Press, apart from those of party, we trust he is correct in his observation, and that the Conservativcs do now "recognise the value of the Press." "At the same time," adds the writer, "we would frankly tell our supporters that they have still much to do before they can be regarded as worthy rivals of their Liberal opponents. It is to the confidence they have placed in their newspapers, and the increased efficiency which, by aid of different kinds, they have helped to give to those journals, that the Liberals owe very much of their power and influence." WE are all excusably anxious to believe that the morals of the age are improving, but, too often, we fear, the wish is parent to the thought. Old vices crop up now and again under new guises and altered circumstances, but they are among us still, although perhaps less obtrusive to ordinary observation. They are scotched, not killed, and we are not over sanguine that we can get farther than keeping them pretty well out of sight. In the course of the excellent article which appeared in the new year's number of the Athenæum we are told that the class of infamous publications of which The Town, Paul Pry, Sam Sly, Peter Spy, and the Wasp were the most prominent," are gone for ever, and no publications of their kind are now in existence;" but while these hopeful words were being written, the type was being set up of a successor to these ghouls of the Press, and on January the 14th appeared the first number of The Ferret, “conducted by Peter Spy," containing almost all the most objectionable features of The Town, wrapped in the flimsy pretence of a censorship of public morals, and illustrated by a coarse and indecent cut of a style inferior in execution, but scarcely worse in taste than a more expensive publication has for the last twelve months or more made us acquainted with. We suppose there are fools of all grades-"fast" snobs as well as shopboy snobs-who purchase such trash; but, in point of size alone, to say nothing of quality, The Ferret is a very dear pennyworth. THE RANK AND FILE OF THE PRESS. III. THE COUNTRY EDITOR. Of all the varieties of the editorial genus, the Country Editor is 'best known. He is not an abstract being like his London compeer, comparatively unknown except to his familiars. He is a visible embodiment of a press-man, known to all, approachable by all; and he has to bear no little of the inconveniences as well as the blessings of his position. His influence may not be as vast as his metropolitan brother; it is no less potent within the When the Country Editor sphere in which his paper circulates. possesses, as he does in the majority of instances, a little of the true editorial sagacity and training, his position is rather to be envied than feared. The local magnates consult him. If his paper is one of the old county journals, he is not unknown to the The mayor and magistrates of the borough lord lieutenant. bow affably to him as he passes. At all the public parties he is sure of an invitation. At the "first meet of the season you will find him at breakfast; and when a dinner is given to the "M. F. H.," he is there also. At concerts and entertainments he is expected to be present, for there exists an unlimited faith in his power of work, and in his judgment on things musical and dramatic. When the town or country is agitated by some momentous event, such as a new harbour, market, or the enclosure of some waste lands, great efforts are made to enlist his advocacy on one side or the other. He is deluged with arguments. Neutral he cannot be; and if he proclaims his judicial office, it is disregarded, and the bias of his articles or remarks ranks him as a partisan in the minds of those who take an interest in the subject. But at a general election his course is clear. His paper has a distinct side to take, and has already won or lost a score of electoral battles. to the gentlemen who hold the position now. The Country Editor of a generation back differed materially Except in a few instances, the whole or the major part of the reporting fell to his lot. He was his own sub-editor, and frequently the reader too. |