Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-02-03
LOOKER.ON IN IOWA !

Cirlnneil, Feb. 1T is always a sat
isfaction to interview a newspaper
man, for this reason. he knows Just
what to say and what not to say. Many
OF the readers of the Grinnell Herald
noticing its strong and able advocacy
of the statewide primary law, and
at the same time having read Con-
gresham Lacey's savage attack on the
same measure, didn't just understand
the situation. They know Mr. Lacey to
| be q standpatter. an out-an- outer the
Herald has generally been classed as
a standpat paper, and here they We're
! pulling in opposite directions. Mr. Ray
the senior editor, satisfied this scribe's
| curiosity in substance by saying. that
the Herald had opinions of it's own
and was not afraid to express them
| that while he was Il member of the leg
| islature he on several occasions took
| positions not in line with the ma
| jority. and in the management of a
| newspaper had proceeded along the
same lines, regardless of the opinions
| of others. Mr. Ray, when asked for
the Heralds position on the candidacy
of Mr.. Perkins for governor paid a
| high compliment to the Journal edi-
tors character worth and ability, but
said the Herald would not support
him. neither would they oppose his
aspirations. Then soon after. the writer
hearing that the Herald proposed issr-
ing a daily, or. as the informant said
"Grinnell would wake up some fine
| morning. and find it had daily pa
per-" again went to headquarters and
tnlI
per man this: "The Herald may some
day run daily, maybe this month.
| this year, or may not" 1t is more than
probable they will do so. but the
"when" is uncertain Once more the
pencil pusher got after Mr.. Haines.
the Junior editor lately taken into the
Herald firm. And here the pump fail
| ed to work. Mr.. Haines' modesty
wouldn't allow him to say whether the
Herald was a standpat paper or not.
| Firmly but politely this scribe was
referred to Mr.. Ray or Mr.. Cowden.
| This much. however can be said, altho
no such admissions were made. Mr..
Haines, in common with other young
men now coming to the front in Iowa
political affairs, has a sincere and
honest admiration for Governor Cum
| Minis.
| Around the corner is the Gazette
lately purchased by Paul Trigg Mr..
Trigg is another young man that soon
will have something to say about Iowa
affairs, and if the writer makes no
mistake, have a voice in Poweshiek
county "doings." The Carroll Herald
| in recent issue went off half cooked
as follows:
| Joe Trigg, of the State Register,
| has two boys engaged in newspaper
work, one at Rockford, the old home
and another at the college town of
Grinnell. The former is an Iowa idea
man of an extreme type and the Grim
nell son is a standpatter of the Lacey
pattern Both are bright, thoughtful.
energetic young men. and show much
of the sterling worth of the father.
Joe Trigg has shown many evidences
of work we'll done, but the stalwart,
promising boys he has reared are to
our mind his proudest possession and
choicest products"
Now the writer had an idea this was
all true excepting that "standpatter OF
the Lacey pattern" So a trip was
made to the Gazette office. Here again
he ran up against modest young edi-
tor. Paul Trigg said he was too new"
in the town to at present push himself
or the Gazette to the front in Grnnell
affairs, but this the T.-R man was at
liberty to say, that the Gazette was in
favor of the pure food law, the anti
pass bill, and a statewide primary
law. and that he was not fighting
Cummins." If the Carroll Herald can