Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1899-11-01
being not much beyond 80 years old. He

being not much beyond 80 years old. He
had previously, as the inheritor Of
San Francisco newspaper, gained some
knowledge OF the business of editing,
and he had many talents in his head as
well as in his purse. His ideas OF jour-
nalism We're at once embodied In his
New York venture; his personality APP
peared upon every page of 1T: his
method of conducting it was designed
1 by himself The Journal is bouncing
and shouting young vandal. 1t is a
hustler not to be beaten. 1t carries
"sensationalism' to an extreme. 1t
works up incidents in q way that
astounds the simple mind. 1t strives to
outdo all its contemporaries. Its pages
are decorated with pictures of every
variety, grave and droll. 1t seeks the
favor of the commonwealth. 1t pos
lsesses an unusual measure of political
independence, and desires to lead rather
than follow its party. 1t prints lots of
funny and satirical things. Its editor
ial page occasionally contains thought
full and praiseworthy articles. Taken
all in all the New York Journal is a
notable thing in metropolitan news
paperdom. Mr.. Hearst belongs to
family of California millionaires and
he owes his success in New York large
| ~ to the freedom with which he ex-
ponds his wealth for his paper. He is a
young man worth looking at. He is an
enthusiast in his chosen business and Is
a close and ste:s'y worker at his edi-s
torial desk, often carrying his labors
far into the night, and constantly
Isupervising the affairs of his office.
During his few years in New York hi
lhas not figured at all in public or in So
3lciety. He stays out of sight. absorbed
in the enterprise to which he has given
his name and fortune.
Any account of the chiefs of the daily
papers of New York must contain the
name of Edward l.. Godkin, the editor
of the Evening Post. who is the oldest
man among them. He is a native of
a Ireland. is not far from 10 years old
B and has been resident of New York
!. for forty years. He Is of Anglican stock
land of Hibernian spirit. He is stern
Hooking graybeard, of medium height
and strongly built. In his early life he
was a student at an Irish college, and
he took course in law after he came
to this country. He began his news
paper career in England as a CORE
Ispondent for London daily; some time
after he got to New York he became the
editor of a weekly paper. and for about
| twelve years he has been the master
spirit of the Evening Post. which owes
its reputation to his PEN HI is the only
New York editor whom Harvard has
honored with the title of LID. There
is not in New Yorw a newspaper writer
lof greater potency than DIR. Godkin.
4 AS a combatant he is unsurpassed.
One does not need to accept his Views
in order to be entertained my them.
i He is possessed of a caustic humor that
lis apt to wound its victim and to make
other sinners smile. When he deals
with his favorite hobbies such as free
trade, civil service reform. mugwump-
cry. and anti-jingoism. or when he
handles the political bosses. or when he
wrestles with feeble minded con
gresham or when he pursues an adj
yersary of any size, Or when he breaks
Tout against any one whom he regards
as a humbug, there is sure to be fun for
the spectator. The circulation of his
lpaper is not as large as some of its
! evening contemporaries; the paper is
Iprinted for that part of the community
which likes to be known as the .intelli-
gent class. DIR. Goodkin is a man of
moral Independence, a man of scholarly
tastes. He has not the qualities that
appertain TO popular leader or to {
: politician. but he is a force in the press
of New York.
The proprietor of the Times and the
! proprietor of the Press are not. in a
lstrict sense, the editors of their papers,
though doubtless each of them is the
] director of the course and policy of his
paper. Neither Mr.. Ochs of the Times,
nor Mr.. Einstein OF the Press, gives the
7 public any idea of his mental caliber or
his personal traits in its pages. Both
$ of them are men of practical ability
: land unusual shrewdness both are
Y 1sraelites and both are experienced bus
I illness managers. The editorial staff OF
g each of the papers named is made up OF
skilled and salaried quill-drivers, who
: however. remain anonymous so far as
+ the public is concerned, and who, it Is
supposed. do not seek for notoriety
n Neither the readers of these papers no.
: the community have the opportunity oil
gaining much knowledge of the writers
+ for them, but there is no doubt thai
d both Mr. Miller and MIR. Wardman are
: men of talent. AS for the four or five
evening papers that have not beef
I named. there is nothing of interest Il
: be said about them. Their owners are
not lneir editors: the reputation o
their writer's is bounded by the walls o
. the sanctum.
2 James Reed Injured.
Mr.. James Reed struck his lie.
S against a cake of ice in such a name
|. las to bruise it severely. 1t becam,
= very much swollen and panied him s,
lie badly that he could not walk withou
If the aid of crutches. He was treated b,
n physicians, also used several kinds o