Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-03-22
THE ROLE Of IsHMAEL.

! A monstrosity is considered good
drawing card. II Evelyn Thaw would
i consent to appear on the chautauqua
4. platform she would draw Immensely
and might command her own price.
/ 49, People are easily deceived. Ihey
give their confidence on short ac-
quaintance. They are told they are
| to be instructed by senators, govern
4 ors, congressman men who have
4 been honored. Men who have been
| honored ought not to confidence the
| people They ought not to prostitute
their positions. They talk Of their
love of the people, to be sure; how
the flag floating against the azure Of
the sky thrills them, and all that sort
of thing But why are they talking?
For the same reason that the clown
says: well, here we are again"
The business is misleading in its lack
of sincerity. 1t is pursued for the
money there is in it.-Sioux City Jour-
nal
How much Of this Is sincere and
what part is calculated effort to dis
credit sincere and useful men? How
much is set down in sincere and hon
est purpose and what is written in
malice and the jealous rage Of defeated
aspiration?
Long ago the chautauqua was COM
pared to the circus in depreciatory at
tempt; now the ministers and busi-
city where the chautauqua has taken
root, the men who under conviction
that it is an elevating and educative
force, have spent their time and
pledged their money to secure it, are
offered the comparison to the ThaW
trial, also in depreciation and with an
acerbity that carries a yellowish and
jaundiced tinge. The fact that chau-
tauqua speakers are paid for their
services is made part of the indictment
drawn in the Journal office. Even its
educative influence is part Of the true
bill brought out of the little front Of
flee in the Journal building, for the
nonce jury room and judicial cham
Der. "The people get enough vicious
education says the Journal, without
the aid of chautauquas."
The men and women of the state
who have attended the Iowa chautau-
quas, and will certainly go again this
season. will be 10th to plead guilty for
themselves and the chautauqua. Man
agements Of chautauqua courses who
have heretofore assumed sufficient re-
spectability to desire and competency
ITO outline a decent and educative pro-
gram, will without doubt refuse to
confess both insincerity and ncapacity.
Those who came away from last years
course and those of previous years,
feeling the uplift will scarcely accept
the Journals accusation that the in
fluence they knew was simply vicious.
The Iowa chautauqua has been held,
out doors, in open places accessible
to ALL The people know what it has
been and what it is intended to be.
Why should men and newspapers with
a purpose insist that thing is bad
that all men know is good?
Much of the meat in this cocoanut
lies close to the. announcement that
Governor Cumnains will speak at some
chautauquas the coming season. 1t is
not of especially serious interest to
all the people that the governor is to
do so. 1t becomes the question of the
moment in private offices in Sioux City
and Burlington The chautauqua be-
comes incidentally vicious and de-
plorable thing if its platform welcomes
Cummins. Oh Cummins" Oh
the chautauqua" as accessory after
the fact Bring on the stick and let
them be pounded into the ground" to-
gether.
Ichabod, Ichabod, thy glory hath de-
parted. Is thy hand to be against
all men and all things also?