Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-03-13

The fourth and last important arti-
Gle is in the form of letter to Editor
Sheldon from the Y NJ. G. A. of Colo
RADIO appealing to the Christian people,
lsof the country to establish a home for
consumptives at Denver.
The editorial matter will be switched
from the fourth to the second page.
Following the title and the usual bust
ness announcement will appear a list
of the employees of the paper, from edi-s
tor down to galley boy. which will be
kept standing turnout the week
THE LEADING EDITORIAL.
The leading editorial is an outline of
the papers policy during the week, and
lis in part as follows:
| THE TOPEKA CAPITAL THIS
WEEK
Last December the owners of the
Topeka Capital asked me to assume
entire charge of the paper for one week
and edit it as a distinctively Christian.
| daily.
accepted the invitation on condition
| that i receive no financial compensa
ltion and that a share OF the profits be
used for some benevolent work and
named the week beginning March 49,
1900 as the week for the experiment..
| With the hearty cooperation Of ev-
cry person connected with the paper
Land with the help OF the wisdom that I
4 have prayed might be given me from
/ Him who is wiser than any of us, /
shall do the best / can.
IF a thousand different Christian men
who wished to edit Christian aailies
/ should make an honest attempt To do
4 so the result might be a thousand diff
4 ferent papers in very many particulars.
i In other words. these Christian editors
Knight arrive al different conclusions in
the Interpretation of what is Christian.
A II is. of course. the furthest from my
4 purpose to attempt to show in a dog
i matte way what is the one thing that
Jesus would DO III every case. The only
Thing or any other Christian man can
lido in the Interpretation of what is
/ Christian in the conduct of this paper
lis to define the term christian the
y best that can be done after asking for
3 divine wisdom and not judge others
who might With equal desire and sim
icsritN interpret the probable action of
sIJesus in different manner.
i With this understanding Of tha com
4 duct of the paper this week / will state
in part its general purpose ana 5polities:
/ II will be a newspaper. The word
news will be defined as ANYTHING in
i the way of daily events that the public
4 ought 10 know for its development and
power in Il life of righteousness. OF
4 necessity the editor of this paper, or OF
4 every other paper with this definition
of news, Will determine not only the
kind, bur the quantity Of any particular
event which ought 10 be printed.
The importance Of one kind NJ news
compared With another kind Will ais
determine the place in The paper in
which matter shall be printed. If il
seems TO the EDITOR that ii contains sub
iects representing great causes thar be
4 long to the prnfoundest principles 0!
human life and the most important
Il they viii be given the first page Of TN
paper whether thsy are telegraphit
items or not. 1t might easily become
the settled policy of prominent paper
similar TO his one To consider the de-
A tailed account OF an unusual battle q
lless importance 70 the reader than 81.
account Of the usual daily destruction
ibeing caused by Liquor The first page
of the Capital this week viii contain
What seems to the editor to be ths
most essential. issues that affect hu
!, manity as a whole.
. The paper VIII be non-partisan, no
only in municipal and state politics
but also in national politics.