Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-05-08
MR.. YouNe's mARTYRoom.


Apropos the proposition of the
directors of the Grant Club to take ac-
ton of LATE Young's editorial ridicul-
ing Mr.. Summers and his speech re-
Gently delivered before the club, the
Grinnell Herald has this to say:
The offsnse of Mr. Young was
I an editorial criticising the speech of
Mr.. Summers Of Omaha, delivered at
the Gran. Club banquet, April 26.
/. Now If mans public speech isn't Il
fit subject Of criticism then nothing
IT. II the directors Of the Grant
Club are going to try to abridge the
freedom Of the press by demanding
an apology every time an editorial
member criticises an address made at
one Of it's functions, they had better
write over the door of their club
4 room: "None but people without
Is opinions wanted here" and then go
( chase themselves into the hole that
their bigotry has dug and pull the
hole in after. them. LATE will apollo
{ gize--we don't think?
The Heralds position upholding the
right of tlae press to publish and edi-
torially criticise the utterances of pub
lie speakers or those appearing before
a gathering like the Grant Club, is
unassailatle. 1t is as fully the prov
! ince OF tie press to criticise candidly
as 1t Is to print public speeches.
The Herald's defence of the privilege
Of the press is sound and will be gen.
orally supported. Honest analysis of
both speech and speaker is to be
praised. Jealous and spiteful assaults
are best ignored.
But to understand the feeling of the
directors of the Grant Club who con-
sidered Mr.. Young's editorial insult
Ing to the club, it is necessary to un-
derstand and take into consideration
Mr.. Young and local conditions in Polk
county. The Grant Club is as free
from bigotry as other political clubs.
The annoyance of the directors was
doubtless aroused not more because
the editor of the Capital had lam
pooned the speaker as by their rec
ognition Of the petty motive that
guided MIR. Young's pen to the gall
bottle.
In his sreech Mr.. Summers men
toned incidentally the name of the
present governor Of Iowa. Mention of
Mr.. Cumlnins was received by a DEM
onstration< that grew into an ovation.
Again and again the representative re-
publicans who make up the Grant
Club and its guests cheered the name
to the echo. Probably Mr.. Summers
was the most surprised man in the
room when he inadvertently touched
the button Of Iowa enthusiasm, but the
ovation was sufficient to uncork all the
walls of wrath in stock at the Capital
Office. Young's hatred of Cummins
has become an instinct. For days he
had agol1ized lest Cummins be in
vited to take the place of the speaker
Of the evening, Senator Dolliver, and
speak before the club. Mr.. Young and
his supporters fled fast and
far to protest against Cum
nins-wlao. it is well to say in passing,
had never thought of speaking-then
while Lsfe sat swelling over his i'm
agined victory. as the slave in the
Arabian Nights gloated over his
dreams of wealth and advancement
Mr.. Summers kicked over the glass
ware by mentioning Cummins. LATE
took it out of Summers next day. Per-
haps Mr.. Summers speech was not a
great effort. but he might have
maundered thru it like a paretic and
been safe from Mr.. Young's vitrolic
pen had he not precipitated the Cum
minis demonstration. That ranked in