Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-05-23
ION SUBSIDIZED PAPERS
Grinnell Man Draws Parallel
Between New York and
Some Iowa Dailies
KEEP BLYTHE BEFORE PUBLIC
Workings of the Syndicate So Engaged
Are Transparent-convin Evil
dence That President Does tIs Own
Thinking, Despite Efforts to Poison
His Mind.
KEEP BLYTHE BEFORE PUBLIC
Special 10 mes-Republ,can.

/ named all the leading papers, except
The first two are apparently prosperous
but the Tribune one hardly ever sees
at least not on the street, street car, OF
elevated. When the writer was a boy
| the Tribune was a great power, and
| the Weekly Tribune was known all over
America But times change. SO dc
newspapers. Now there is probably nc
| paper in New York that has less In
/ f1uence. If have been correctly inform
ed as to its circulation, l do not see
/ how it can be published, except at a
loss. The owner of the Tribune is a
rich man. Hss sympathies are known
TO be, not with the people. but With the
plutocracy. Besides he became the
holder of an official position years ago
and that of itself was sufficient to de-
| stroy the value of the Tribune as "a
critic. of public men and measures. Woe
be to the editor and his newspaper
| when he once stultifiess himself by plac-
| ing himself in position where he cam
not speak the truth.
| In justice to the Times, should say
that notwithstanding the supposed Bel
mont influence the Times is really a
| great paper. Mr.. Ochs is a great news
paper man and he is building VI, a cir
| culatioE rapidly. There is absolutely no
| .yellowness" about the Times, it is a
clean, strong newspaper I Included
Harper':s Weekly in tie discussion sim
ply because its treatment of public af-
| fairs is mainly political, and because it
reflects the sentiments of the Wall
street crowd. 1t is now published in
order to encompass the defeat of
Roosevelt. No one believes thai there
Is now any profit in the publication.
In fact, judging from the manner in
which the circulation outside of the
city has fallen away, there would seem
to be deficit close by. The history of
the New York papers illustrates well
the inherent weakness of a subsidized
press, subsidized eithar with office, or
the promise of office by purchase out
right, or by the loan of money. Any
thing serves the purpose Of subsidy IL
it puts Ct collar on the neck of the edi-
tor.
We need not go out of Iowa to see
the effect of this. i have already re-
ferred to several Iowi. papers. We all
know that something happened to the
Capital. The Nonpareil was made sub
servient to the gang by stripping Cum
minis OF his honors at Philadelphia in
1900. and comforting them on Ernest
Hart, fer awhile, and while the turn
of the cards was prob ematic. the Nom
pareil came very near being a news
paper, bat when Blythe drew four aces,
the Nonpareil promptly crucif1ed Cum
MINIS. Even a respectable paper like
the Sioux City Journal wobbles, be-
cause the editor. a high-mindetl man,
wants to be governor, and the stand
patters have shown him the kingdoms
that can be his. So Mr.. Perkins at
tacks C,immins one day, and the next
defends him. because his sense OF jus
ttce and right rebels at the unjust and
unfair attacks made upon him. The
Register and Leader is newspaper,
but regret to say that lately 1t shows
signs of an awful fear of the men who
are plotting against the people OF Iowa
This whole syndicate is now engaged
in Keeping J. w. Blythe. of Burlington,
before the people. Not content with
having made him certainly a delegata-
at large these papers are viein:s With
each other in fulsome praise of Blythe
and in parading him constantly before
the public. And yet no man has ever
been able to tell what Blythe has done
for Iowa or the republican party. He
has never held office: he has never
made speech; he has never PERSONAL
ly conducted campaign; he lis rich,
but he has never given largely to the
fund. Just what obligations
they should honor him, is n conum-
drum Before left him the subsidized
press had him slated for temporary
chairman of the national convention.
After got to New York some OF his
friends were talking about making him
chairman. Since | came
here ! learn that his admirers have
agreed to make him chairman of the
national committee to succeed Hanna.
Now 1t is entirely safe so say that Mr..
Blythe hasn't the ghost of show for
either position and never had, and his
claqueurs know It, They are simply try
ing to keep him before the public, so as
to humiliate CumminH. But they hui
inflated Cummins in 1900 and Cum
Minis became governor just the same.
Blythe will undoubtedly control the
state convention. but there are
other conventions.
The truth of the matter is that Elihu
Root, of New York, was determined on
as temporary chairman of the national
six weeks ago. Soon after.
Speaker Cannon was selected as per-
manent chairman. Cornelius Bliss, of |
New York, was asked to take the chair
of the national committee as
much as thirty days ago, but Mr.. Bliss |
is an old man. and while he is willing |
TO remain treasurer. he does not feel |
able to perform the duties of chairman |
It was then settled that Senator Pen |
rose. of Pennsylvania, should act If he |
would. All these things are known to |
The Iowa delegation in Washington, |
and yet they permit this Blythe talk |
% go unrebuked because they dare not |
offend the boss.
Many things have been said 10 the
many lies told to poison his
mind as to the attitude of Governor
Jummins and his friends in Iowa.
lave been convinced that the president
Toes his own thinking; and he under
stands the situation. Conceding that
Mr. Blythe has the ability to conduct
i national campaign, and there IL TO