Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-03-07
pEs MONIES CONTROVERSY.

DES MONIES CONTROVERSY.
The Des Moines Leader and the
Sioux City Tribune in reporting a con-
versation reputed to have occurred IN
| the lobby of the Slavery hotel at Des
Moines, puts Editor LATE Young. of the
! Capital. in the light of having secured
nearly $1,000 from the republican state
committee and Candidate Cummins in
payment for the services and support
of his paper during the recent cam
paign.
| The inference to be drawn is that Mr.
Young secured money for which he had
not rendered a sufficient equivalent or
/ that he sold the support of his daily
newspaper for a cash consideration.
The story. as exploited in the newspa-
pers mentioned, is briefly to the effect
| that in the mix-up at the Slavery Judge
Prouty was taken to task by Mr.. Young
for suggesting in a speech that MIR.
Cummins had to pay him (Young)
Sl,puU 1OE MS support 1oi tilC
torial nomination. He thought it was
not fair politics and did a great injus-
tice. Judge Prouty replied with judi
cial calmness, according to the pub
lished accounts and Mr.. Young grew
warm. Carroll Wright mixed up in the
trouble and took Mr. Young to task for
editorials appearing OF late in the Cap
lital. Governor Cummins dropped into
the group and, being appealed to by Mr..
Young. denied that he had ever paid
him for his support during the cam
paign.
No. he said. III didn't pay Mr..
Young thousand dollars for support
ling me. didn't buy anybody. and no.
body has right to say such thing"
The facts seem to be that Mr.. Young,
as owner of the Capital, received about
$3.50 from the committee for services
during the campaign. The payment was
for circulars printed, for extra copies
of the paper circulated for political pur-
poses, all of which We're paid for at
good prices. The charge is made and
not denied that Mr.. Young attempted to
collect a bill of several hundred dollars
for running at the head of the Capitals
political news the tabulated statement
of the county standing Of the guoerna-
torial candidates over the state, for
which ne had charged as advertising at
advertising rates. This bill the COM
mittee refused to allow.
| Now, notwithstanding all the furry
made over the incident by the pseudo
democratic newspapers referred to, Mr..
Young seems to have secured nothing
more than his just dues. Printing cir
culars and selling extra copies at reg
ular rates is the legitimate business of
| job printing and newspaper offices. 1t
| is entirely within their province to sell
copies of their papers to political can
didates or partisan committees to cir
culate as may seem advisable and eN-
/ pSuiclll MI. IodiAS diN III lioSC
as any sensible business man would do
If he charged the regular rate and coll
llected his bill.
The weakness OF his case lies in one
point-the attempt to charge advertis-
ing rates for the news his subscribers
demanded, and for which he would
have been glad to pay telegraph tolls as
important and necessary to a newspa-
per of standing. The tabulated state
ment, for which it is alleged he desired
to receive pay was the kernel of the
news of the campaign. The Times Re-
publican and all other daily newspa-
pers of statewide circulation spent
money freely to secure and verify, as
matter of important news, the correct
ness of the tabulated statement run al
most daily at the head of their reports
on the gubernatorial situation. If it be
true that Mr.. Young attempted to coll
llect pay for this, his action may be
open to censure as; "a breach of political
and newspaper ethics The other
| charges against him might be made
against any newspaper with business