Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-05-13
D. w. Norris, of Grinnell, Ia,
Draws Lessons From New
York Independent Press
A RECENT NOTABLE VICTORY
Western Unions capituation Direct
ly Due to the New York Worlds In
oessant and Righteous Attack Upon
the Morally caloused Millionaires
Involved in the Case.

New York City, May 13.-When my
last letter was written l little though
that my prediction that the Western
Union would yield to public opinion
would be SO soon verified. At the very
moment that l was writing, the direc
tors of the Western Union We're dicta-
ting, thru their manager, an uncond,-
tional surrender, and on Sunday NOR
ming. the day after / wrote my letter,
the New York independent press had
scored another victory for good gov
ernment
On Wednesday preceding my letter
the manager sent to Commissioners
MeAdoo an evasive reply. This was
promptly taken UP by the World and
the Journal and It's hypocrisy exposed
On Saturday the Western Union SUI
rendered. / speak of this, not so much
because of it's Importance in the gov
eminent of great city. but because II
shows forcibly the great power of !,
great paper.
The New York World is supposed to
be democratic. 1t is called a demo-
cratic paper. AS a matter of fact. il
is democatic only in name. 1t is one
of the most fearless of all the indie
pendent press, and mans political
complexion will not save him IL the
World does not approve of his meth
DDS The same, to some extent. may
be said of the Journal. The trouble
with the Journal is that no one has
confidence in the moral character .;
the moral purposes of the head of the
paper, Mr.. Hearst. No one believes
he is purchaseable, but many believe
that he will advocate any measure that
will further Hearst's interests and
Hearsts ambition. With the World
the case is different. Mr.. Pulitzer Is
absolutely fearless. He has money
enough and is now giving It away In
huge chunks. The public man who
does not do what the World thinks Is
right, will simply be bounded off tha
stage. Pulitzer has no personal ambi-
tons, so one can readily see what a
great power his paper can be.
The World prints nearly 100000 pa
pers daily. The Evening Post. learned
and scholarly. has circulation. am
told by newspaper men, of only about
$4,000. The Times, once powerful
paper, had run down to 10000 who'll
Ochs took hold of it. The Advertiser
now called the Globe, had got down
to $4,000. but under the new manage
ment of Iowa men 1t is fast forging
to the front. and now averages owe,
100000 copies daily. This is Won
derful showing. when you consider
that this has been done in six months
This is Sam Strauss paper and Allan
Dawson is with him. Mrs. Dawson
is also a writer on this paper. Strauss
and Dawson are very much encour-
aged, and it seems to me they have
reason to be. can not see how the
venture can be a failure. Dawson's
editorial page is not only a vigorous
and scholarly one, but 1t is n refresh,
ing contrast to the rotten stuff tina,
oils many of the New York papers
I predict that the Globe will becoms
a paper OF great influence.
The Herald has no editorial. Every
news column Is edited and the news
while correctly given, is so interviewer,
with editorial comment that every coll
umn reflects the general policy Of the
paper. The Herald Is the only paper
I know OF that Is conduct
ed ON this plan. The Journal
has brief editorial column on the last
page. The World still holds To the old
nlnS1 A.
follows suit, to attack this man or
measure today, editorially, and never
let UP for a single moment until the
World Is beaten or until the other fell
low capitulates. Not a single issue OF
the paper goes out without fresh at
tack. AS the World cannot be bought,
cajoled or frightened, one can readily
see what such a course means to the
man or men attacked.
This is the way they went after the
Western Union. They gave the facts,
quoted the statute. making aiding OF
abetting this form of gambling felony
In fact these two papers simply made
life a burden to these morally calloused
millionaires. And this suggests a
thought. The Wall street magnate or
millionaire, is not the airy, Indifferent
individual he was,a few years ago. He
has become very sensitive to public
opinion. What has brought this about
/ cannot say nevertheless 1t is a fact.
Rockefeller is a very unhappy man be-
cause Of the criticisms and gibes of the
press. Morgan Is no less SO. The in
Snlpnf THINGS that u,
do In defiance Of public opinion are now
done secretly and IL exposed are aban-
doned. / think it Is all due to the pub
licity given by the unpurchaseable
newspapers.
MIR. Morgan too is greatly annoyed
and Inundated by his Joss of prestige
in the financial world, and by the eX-
posure of his connection with the steel
trust and the Schwab class of manip-
ulators. The fact Is the steel trust was
hardly a voluntary venture. 1t was one
of the playful ventures OF the library
Carnegie. He simply compelled
the manufacturers of steel in America
to buy all his holdings and give him a
first lien on his and theirs under the
threat to ruin them If they refused, a
threat he was able To execute. There is
one thing that can he said in Carnegie's
favor. He never worshipped in Trim
ity and he never pretended to be a
Christian. His philosophy and religion
are the coolest and most brutal kind.
1t is get all you can, no matter by
what means and let the other fellow go
to the devil" But many man, if he
only knew it, is happier and better off
than either RockefelIer or Morgan or