Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-03-28
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Carroll. March 27-The comment on.
the Heron Rand episode is little PEE
GUITAR. In Grinnell, where all of the
parties are known, only few ex
pressed surprise at the final outcome of
the whole matter. Not everybody in
Grinnell or elsewhere knows that eigh-
teen months ago an exposure seemed
|insyitable and only the absence of pos
tive proof prevented a sensational pa
per at that time from using glazing
headlines What does surprise Grinnell
people is that divorce proceedings were
commenced at Algona or anywhere else.
for that matter for the friendship ex-
isting between all the members of the
Two families was apparent TO every
body. Particularly was this noticeable
between Mrs. Heron and Miss Rand
and only short time ago they were
seen together on the streets of Cirinnell,
evidently very good and warm friends.
Outside of Crinnel1 the article in last
Saturdays Iapers was a revelation to
many Of the applied Christianity fol-
lowers. The writer has in mind one
good Christian woman who has been a
faithful adherent of the professor and
this revelation of the weakness Of this
man Will do much to destroy all If her
faith in humanity. OF course there is
another large number of men and wo-
men who have been saying all the week
- told YOU so. Some are now remem-
boring lectures of the professor where
the free love doctrine was taught as
permissible under certain conditions.
But what hurts the people. especially
tChrstian people, is that the professor
Who allows his wife 10 secure q divorce
lson the ground of desertion is today a
Regularly ordained minister. And an,
other class, not church members IN
dulge in ghoulish slee" over another
minister gone wrong.
Not a small amount of criticism
comes from good people the state over
lin this way. If this man has been a
whited sepulchre for 10 these many
years how Is it the open secret" was
not taken UP by church and college, If
1t has been matter of almost public
talk IN Cirinneil how is it outsiders
Were not warned? Simply this. There
exists today no positive evidence of
wrong doing on. his part. In matters Of
this Kind the public is not admitted
1 behind the scenes. Ii is possible to
suppose thar this good, holy man, who
| would not allow rich men to entel
heaven, was above the weaknesses of
ordinary humanity He was an ZEN
/ thusiast." dreamer, a crank /.
/ Grinnell has among its citizens more
l:than one free thinker who actually took
stock in the man. believed in his hon
estv and rejoiced that one man in the
pulpit had the courage of his conyic-
y
! pocrisy that exists in the church To
seven such men rumors of wrong doing
ipn the part of the enthusiast was scan
dial Of the baser sort. To the faithful,
TN. ones who applied his Christianity.
II was Impossible in their logic for the
1apostle 70 think Of earthly matters. He
4 lived in another realm But the real rea-
4 son Why this open secret was not
talked Of outside Of knowing ones was
that Grinneil people generally mind
1 their own business. All Of the parties
concerned We're intimate friends. II
Mrs Heron had nothing Ic say. why
should Mrs. take ii up? President
4 0iates. whose reputation, like Caesar
Wife. is above reproaca. evidently was
oneof the friends Of the professor the
most thoroughly taken in. Hs stood
i sponsor Tor Herron thru thick and thin.
/ 1T was on his account that he trustees
failed 10 depose the professor year
before Herrcn's resignation was ac-
cele;sd, And President Gates was mo-
1 bpdys fool If Professfr Heron sue
ceeded in noodwinking Gates, MO al
Ways had an eagle eye for the STUDENTS
4 Peecadilliss. is it any Nsnder other good
ssiiizens Ware also deceived by this
/ friend of the poor workingman? And
thsse good people Mo are nov claim
ing that the public ard press rliould
have taken Up this matter long ago will
+ do We'll 10 ask if there exists any such
case in their own particular town. And
is more than p..enabls that the public
/ W0uld never have heard of this case If
Mrs Heron had not instituted pro-
icesdings for divorce in Algona. 4 was
stlpreme folly for any or all Of the par
lilies Interested TO suppose divorce pro-
eseiings Mould not become publir ard
when the newspapers got hold of il ths
true inwa,dness, as in the Beecher
case, would be shown UP the Length and
4 breadth of the land.
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