The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1906-01-09

realms of sense ana honorabls strus
gle % mean the divine eoclely Of
home and friends where the Baby COOS
and the child laughs. and great men and
women are fashioned for the worlds
greet work There around the 6cesidc
ard the study lamp. the press achieves
ita dlvlnest glories. There Il brings con-
tinually the holy gifts OF lofty sentl-
mont Of exalted thought, OF Inspiration
and aspiration. Through Il the man
shouts 70 the youth. the sage becxons
20 the Aovice. and the learned recites wis
dom and experience to the ignorpnt.
The library is the strong. wide bridge
between the present and the past. and
trensforIns the thoughts OF men long
dcnd and Of deeds long done. Into lives
and acnieyemeass that slsyward climo
forever The newspaper at the break
fast table visits from the earths far
antpodes. bringing the greetings OF the
morntcg and tho evening star from
stranger peoples and widening mems
souls with infinite variety. Here the
press performs Its rnightiest miracles,
multiplying tho ioaves and fishes 20
feed the knowledge hungers Of the
world
std this Tremendous power Is real
ized beyond the power of skeptics.
When pr. Roosevelt and his great med-
ical stan. from Elihu Rood to Jim Gar
ncld. sought q cure, Tor an the his OF
trusts and combines, they prescribed
press publicity as sovereign remedy.
When Panama Is to be canaled for the
marriage OF The Atlantic and the pacids
sens. u $4,000 press agent is the first
necessity when the Fads and Fancies
OF New Yorl.s 400 upper crust are 20
be heraided before a gaping peaslatFy,
the press must be seduced with the shin-
Ing shebeis before the wonders can be
advertised. Even the great insurance
family snaps never rcached the mighty
sumr1iis where .all Gaul Is divided into
three parts' and graft and grandeur
reign as siameAe twins. until press
agent received his portion Of the spoils
without the press. Rockefeller would
never have been dubbed "the hero OF n
thousand hrcenles. or Morgan called
IAN international kJeotomaniac," With
out the press. Folk and IaT'ollette, Jer-
ome and Lawson. would not be in the
minds OF men; and they are mighty only
because 1t Is the creator and the cham
pion OF civic righteoushees.
with such tremendous power ihe
press, since II first sprang. fun grown.
fun armed from the JOve- brain Of man,
has had tremendous responsibility. Its
potency Is such that it first achieved
It's own freedom and then snatched from
monarch hand. fun freedom for man
kind. II has been at the front OF every
reform, at the van OF all progressive
movements. IL has ever set it's protect
ing shield between the weak and the
powerful; 1t has saved the individual
when the mob thirsted Cor his blood. IL
has faced the tYrant on the throne. the
despot on the bench, the lord In his
castle, and made them tremtle In the
last analysis. II has defined justice
created constitutions, drafted laws and
established governments. II has ever
been the City of Refuge for the right
the sword OF tho Lord and OF Gideon
against the wrong; and in the ineffabie
glory OF its power 1t stands today where
genius halts and intellect Is dumb In
the presence Of the spoilers, as the most
fearless. independent, unpurchased and
unpurchaseable force heneath the stars.
Mr. Toastmaster, I can not leave this
subject without \ word regarding the
men into whose hands this mighty power
has been committed 1t IL my sincere
conviction that the editors, big and lit
tie, from village 70 city, have been true
TO the trust within their keeping. Sell
dom have they proved unworthy; sell
dom do they prostitute their power; sell
dom do they use II for public sensation
or private vengeance; and the Sin and
wrong they fail to mention every day
would outstlnk Decameron Some times.
IL is true, they feYer-tiek and tiy-bIow
some unworthy beast beyond the rem
edy of the dipping vats and antisepucs'
I'LL he can only retreat TO the junglcs
OF obscurity and there perish miserably
At times tAey have hcen iznown to re-
tain the favor OF the creatures they Gre
ate, and are forthwith summoned TO don
the robes OF official splendor; but usu-
ally the fellows FOR whom they whooped
Things up appoint their sisters, their
cousins and their aunts 10 oftice and or
gan1e rival paper, as they can then
let the public printing TO themselves.
Sometimes. here and there, one is able
to borrow money from the bank. and
has credit with the butcher, the baker
and candlestick maker through the
pyestige of an avocation or the labors
OF an Industrious wife; but, as rule.
they walk the world 50 unselhshly Pc
culiar that. Ike the Savior OF old they
como unio their own and their own re-
ceives them not Frequently their pub
licatlons are too good to be true-so very
good, In fact. that they die young; but
IN spite OF II all the editors life Is a
constant SELF sacrifice for others. Al
most every day We behold the Abraham
OF prejudice leading these meek lsaacs
OF innocence TO the aliai for his sins.
Editors seldom get rich; thaS wouldn't
know wisat 10 do with thousand dollar
bills so famous in Missouri legends. They
seldom wind w in the poor house; they
get enough OF that AT home, and the
Lore SO lCecs them that he takes them
to himself before they become burden-
some 20 others. They seldom go 10
church; they can't dress well enough "a
sit under the drippings Of the sanctu-
airy. Thcy are never found in the peni-
ientiary. II their native excellence does
not keep Them in the ways OF light
they see SO much OF human folly that
experience holds a euide-hoard for their
waIxiag % Ia. straight and narrow
path. on, once in a while they land IA
JAN FOR few brief hours for holding
some judicial tyrant in contempt be-
cause Of misused might. but this Is only