The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1884-12-25
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The Times, while never . partisan p
per in tho Just sense Of that term. hag
always At heart, since my recollection q
1t, been Liberal paper, but under tho
old dispcnsation i was . Liberalism
which was invaded b social influenced.
aud its .momontafy attitude could
With nj his extraordinary sbalitieA
was sometimes captured " personal
momontary success 4 = 6ooomin&
under the new regime, less impulsiv1
and moro consistently progressive paper
than ii has ever been before. The
worst abused and most Rad paper y
England, and welding N influence
greater than AL the others combined, II
has OF course, drawn on itself tho
habitual abuse and hostility Of noarlt
the entire English press, and there
is hardly day that one does not hear
lamentation over the falling OF Of Tho
Times. II b Is frigid habit a con-
pliments Of tho weasheR. II has been .
FOR many years, and yet for : paper
which has 90 steadily gone TO tho 0oeA
it maintains its position singularly weR
The fact ID that The Times has nevoe
undertaken the work Of reforming Kng.
land, but has aimed to be the exponent
Of higher feeling on oil that interests
England 1t rarely undertakes 70 coo-
troll public opinion Though certainly slts
unyielding opposition TO Disraelit
.>cl:~,. - Ahc <sx.~, - ~ Ds~n-~ TS~-ls~A
war saved England from being drawn
into it. and it never runs Its. head
against wall BY opposing definite ex-
preston Of II. 1t IL not its bnsinees TO
dictate what England shall feel, but 70
ascertain what she does feel and at tho
same timo to offer every facility and
means OF enlightenment for tho rhore>in-
telligcnt formation Of sound views on
national questions 1t is not concerned
10 make converts TO Libernli8m any
more than Conservatism, and u accepts,
~ the country does, the government &
the day without ever changing IL dis
tinct function, that Of supporting every
measure which seems to be c0ntributive
to the greatness of England.
It represents the British empire more
fully and completely than either crown,
lords, or commons. With an organizes
ton more ponderous and compicstd
than some Kingdoms, it ID rare that m
important detail in tho contemporary
history of tho world escapes It's stts0-
ton. Il u not only the most powerful
journal in existence, but it a, taking IN
account the relative importance q
things from the English point OF view,
the most attentive and tho fairest. Is
reminds one OF the NOmyth hammer,
which cracks mat or bomb shell With
equal facility. All this it has been moro
3r less since It's oldest living reader
began to read it, and to soy that It has
drteriorated Is to suppose that il has
now ceased to be such, for the lamenta-
tons over its decay are q old q its
supremacy. Mistaken II sometimes =
for h u not directed by . e0llagC Of ID.
fallibles, but, in fact; Il has never In my
recollection been 80 we'll managed, .
Thoughtful, or 50 judicial - Il ID to-day.
The change n ifs oryanixattoo has
been from . relatively personal one Q
M impcrsonai or rather administrative
one. The seat OF control il further no
moved from the Interference Of social
and luotuating influences. Its iud9.
ments arc based on wider grounds and
more comprehensive views than va
possible when Mr.. Dclane controlled
them. It is not an organ but IN instie
tuition, and its growth is, Like that al
England, toward . sound and prudent
republic, not necessarily or probably
Democratic, but impersona and iuo4
Because the men who control il are MOI
partisan they are able to SEQ with m.
heated eyes, and, without pretending q
know them or their personal xlswa,
can see BY reading tho paper that ~
struggle Of tho peers against their mol
remote dcchcance Is futile Lihs IN
Turks and all old privileges, hoNsvsk,
they viii die Aghting.