The Detroit times., 1908-02-07

preferment. IL must put behind IL tho
emoluments OF office an sternly as the
priest dismisses the vision OF marital
felicity and the sweetest home salts
factions. Like the man of God again
IL must be content to remain patiently
poor for Righteousness sake. 1t must
say with Franklin. when solicited 10
advantage: so long az l have a
crust TO eat and place to make nay
bed on the pressroom floor, will not
It must stand innexibly for the right
as the editor sees II, repeating with
the unrecanting German reformcr;
Here L stand: / cannot do otherwise
God. help me. amen!' 1t must say with
the Earl of Salisbury, who gavo his
life to tender ILLUSTRATIONS among tho
pitifully poor OF London: How hard
undonev 1t must strike names from
the subscription list and from the ad-
vertising book for principles sake.
The Ideal Before the Actual.
Where outside OF the Never-never-
found? You ask. Where. 1 reply, will
you find the Springfield OF your hopes
and dreams and aspirations? In the
splendid ideal that forms the main
spring OF all your planning and striv-
Ing, will YOU not2 And without that
ideal YOU Will never realize anything
with the newspaper that stands UNI
selnshly true and splendidly erect In
it's attitude toward the common good
IL must exist first as vision before IL
exists as a verify.
Let me say to you. IL you are dis
posed 10 dismiss all this as dreamfut.
that the dream is coming. true To
adopt the words OF the old hymn, "Wo
are nearer the home or higher Ideals
tonight than we have been before" The
newspapers are being upborne by tho
their news and their advertising col
umns, TO the exaltation OF their mission
both as chroniclers and counselops.
They are approaching as never before
selves In both business and editorial
departments before being privileged TO
cast stones at current follies and tn
EQUITIES. While decrying the political
put the dollar above the man, they are
looking more 20 the quality of the mat
ter they exploit on their own pages
lest their righteousnesses also become
Therefore. let us rejoice as those who
are not without hope that the distorted
pectus and the pestilential private
medical advertisement have suffered
and are suffering the same sharp ues-
a Pypes Of sR nsnss the as
ance. transportation and banking
circles; and let us pray for the con-
tinuance OF the work OF regeneration
in every field OF human endeavor SO
that we cannot repeat with any espe-
clal relevancy the opening remarks of
Chairman Dooiey; rs there an honest
gintleman present? IL there Is. put him
Washington Hand-press and Roosevelt
Perfecting Press.
There comes to me now across the
wide interval OF the years the childish
wonderment with which I watched a
stout-hearted father ny the friskc.,
whirl the crank and tug at the devils
tail" OF an old Washington handpress.
Still do 1 see the office imp standing
by by and plying the great great INK a roller , t.
and forth with nothing ilkD the swift
ness OF a weaver's shuttle. Still across
the dividing space OF tho decades 40
catch the pungent aroma OF printers
ink and hear the merry click and swish
OF the hand-prsss as II gave forth Its
toilful total Of single, perhaps double
ton to be borne by free shoulder dc
livery to the postoffce in bushel
basket little later. Now In this age
OF horseless and wireless things. whon
the very air Is vibrant with voicelcss
&C mmunications, and men dwell and
cruise in the heights over the earth or
In The depths nnderIthe earth the
Washington hendpress and the devifs
tale have been succeeded by The Hoosc-
welt mary-cylindered rotary and tho
Big Stick! Who shall say with press
az brave to print as the president Is
valiant TO speak, that the truth docs
not go marching on?
1t has been said that our valorouS
reformer at Washington cannot even
attend divine worship and repeat tho
commandment, Thou shalt not steal,
without provoking a howl from Wall
ST that he has started another panic,
To which the undismayed executive
thanks to the Roosevelt perfectius
press which has succeeded the Wash
lngton handpress-is able TO reply IN a
twentieth century version OF the cry OF
Wendell Phillips turning TO the report
ers In FRnuiel hall: Howl on speab
TO eighty millions here"
The reform OF Newspapers.
Because have pointed with pride to
the Improvement In the tone OF our
public journals. do not understand me
as arrogating TO ourselves any super
lative degree OF virtue We are not as
Sammy was when Intercepted about
the state OF religion In the parish by
the bishop. "Werra bad, vera bad,
your reverence. There are only two
saved souls in the village. sir---Oilkir5
and me. cir. and I'm not 80 sure OF
Gilkinsr' As good understanding was
20 be condition OF our coming TaC8
90 face here tonight let us admit that
the money mania has taken such grip
upon as that I'VE all like sheep have
gone astray." over there, one honest
philosopher has said. those Of us who
are saved Will show each other tile
bruises on our backs proving that we
were scouFged Into Paradise. and some
OF us coming at the last on hop, skip
ana luru The relanerafion Of our