Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-05-13
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| have, except power, and even this they
dare not use. Rockefeller has the gold
| en- touch' but like his illustrlous pre-
/ decessor Midas. ne would doubtless
give il all up for the privilege OF eat
| ing and ENJOYING a square meal.
| Amid these thought he lifted a spoon
! full OF coffee to his lips, and slipping IT.
was astonished to perceive that the in
slant his Hips touched the liquid it be-
came molten gold He took one of the
nice little trouts on his plate and by
way of experiment touched its tail with
| his finger To his horror IT was I'M
mediately transmitted from an admir-
| ably fried trout to solid goid. hli's
Midas next snatched hot potato, ana
attempted to cram II INTO ms mouth
but the golden touch was too ninfpIe
for him. He found his mouth full, no.
of mealy potato, but of sond metal.
No wonder Rockefeller Is Wliillls ~
give $1,000,0o0 for stomach. bu' -
Rockefeller is willing to pld hish ioi
a stomach, Mr.. Morgan Is VIKING "
bid higher for a nose. 1t Is saiu ei'e
he has offered s5,00o,000 TO any phssI-
elan who will cure the disease thai az
hicts him with a nose thrice It's nor
NAL size The golden touch mas GER
tainlv exacted of Mr.. Morgan rear
full penalty, and for this reason au
mission TO his presence is denied TO
every one except the few that it Is alb
solutely essential he should see
Another illustration of the methods
and power of the New York World Is
the fight it is making now on WOOD
ard. democratic nominee for elector-
nt-laree. Mr.. Woodland is banker,
a millionaire a member OF the NOR
gan coterie, and participated in the
famous Cleveland Morgan bond sale,
The World says the democratic party
of New York must take him of the
ticket. / am ready to predict that MT.
Woodland will get off.
But | have devoted this letter to the
New York journals. yet of some nave
said nothing. why? Because there Is
nothing to say. The Sun used to be
lower, 1t is not now. Thru some re-
verses 1t became necessary for some
one to finance the Sun. Mr.. Morgan
thought it would be nice to have
great daily that could talk back. so he
financed it. The Sun now has no In
influence. Morgan also owns 'Har-
w
many the rapid deterioration of the
Weekly. 1t used to be a Journal of
Civilization" Now it, is a rival of the
Smart Set" It's reading pages ara
devoted to politics and abuse OF
Roosevelt. Both the Weekly and the
Sun are doing their very best to de-
stroy Roosevelt. The public is sim
ply laughing at them. Harvey. the
nominal editor, Is not an editor at all;
he is not even a literary man. He used
to be promoter, and when Morgan
found that Harper's Weekly was about
all he had to represent $4,000 loaned
to the five Harper Bros. he undertook
to save it by putting Harvey in
charge. 1t is believed by many that
Morgan cherished ambitions to
shine in the field of journalism, hav-
ing become jealous of the great
power welded by the great newspaper
men around him. The Times Is financ-
ed by August Belmont, another mem-
Der of the Morgan syndicate. and a
hearty hater OF Roosevelt. 1t is sup
posed to reflect Belmonts opinions.
/ have detailed these things simply
to show the operation In this field
of the law of cause and effect. No
paper today, that wears collar, can
be great. I do not care whether 1t Is
the collar of an individual syndicate
or gang, the people will have no re-
spect for it's opinions. They will even
have a suspicion of It's news. A paper
may be republican, or 1t may be dem
ocratic and be influential, but when It
becomes partisan and defends dishon
est men because they belong to its
party, or dishonest measures because
put forth by it's party, that paper must
lose its hold on the public. The only
way that newspaper can become
great and stay great, is to be honest
with itself. and with it's constituents.
| It must publish the news as 1t is.
not as 1t wants 1t to be. 1t must con-
denim measures that are wrong, no
matter who the author, and 1t must
have no excuse or apology for dis
| honest men or methods. And more
| than all this. the editor must be un-
| fettered to be critic. The very mo-
ment he becomes a public official. a
postmaster or district attorney, the
very moment his paper becomes an
organ or the promoter of some one
mans personal interests, its influence
! ceases.
| We have very pointed illustrations
of these facts in Iowa journalism.
There is newspaper published in
this state owned by Mr.. Blythe and
| other officials of the 20" railroad ana
used by Mr.. Blythe to make the peo-
PIE OF Iowa believe he is a great man,
that he is in some mysterious way
necessary to their interests. There
is another owned by men who possess
at the same time salaries from three
public offices received as patronage
from certain powerful political lead
ers, while the stock in the company
remains as collateral for the purchase
price in the hands of other politicians
of the same ring. Still another is
owned by rich man who receives
honorable and much coveted offices
from the political ring he serves.
What, save contempt can intelligent
men have for editorial opinion in such
q newspaper.
d. w. NORRIS,
Grinnell Iowa.
When the Sap Rises
Weak lungs should be careful. Coughs
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