Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-02-22
S. MOVES DEAD
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mittee in charge of the work of securing
| from Congress the necessary legislation
| Tor the creation of this great reservation.
| Another work of permanent improvement
| for both the health and he artistic ap-
! pearance of the capital In which Mr..
! Noyes was actively engaged both as a
member of local committees and as edi-
! tor. was the reclamation of the flats OF
| the Potomac river and their transforms
| ton from disea se-breeding marshes into
/ beautiful and pleasure-g giving park lands
Indeed, an enumeration of the projects
| for the benefit of the District and its
people in which Mr. Moves during his
| long career was a participant would
| cover virtually every item of advance
| mcnt scored for the National capital dur
| ing the past half century. 1t was in
| furtherance of his conception of the true
Washington Of his dreams that he and
his associates engaged in the construc-
! ton of the handsome marble home now
| occupied by The Star, adding richly TO
| the attractiveneSs of Pennsylvania avenue
and the entire city.
Inspired by hatred of corruption.
| great and small; relentless in pursuit of
dishonesty in every line of public and
private activity; the advocate of every
thing uplifting and constructive; devoted
to the most rigid tenets of good citizen
shin Mr. Moves was always held in the
highest esteem by the people of Washing
ton. Largely because of the firm faith
of the community in his own personal
principles of right living has The Star
prestige as journal of probty and char
| acter been steadily maintained. To an
extent now seldom found Mr.. NOyes was
for many years regarded by the news
paper world of this country as a high
example of personal influence in jouV-
naliSm.
Editorial Policies.
Mr. Noyes consistently held aloof from
courses which would stamp The Star with
the mark of political organship. His doc
trine ever was to uphold the right, what
ever might be the name of the political
party which espoused the cause. Admin
istrations came and went and The Star
shone for the truth, as he saw it. Presi-
dents were praised or rebuked according
to his lights, and not in keeping with the
titles of their respective organizations.
The Star has waged many famous battles
for what Mr.. Noyes conceived to be the
cause of honor and truth and progress and
deCency.
Yet the dominating principle of his
elitorShp was always that it is better TO
praise than to blame better to find the
good than the bad, better to build than to
destroy, and such were his instructions to
all of his staff Conservatism was his
watchwOrd, not the conservatism of cow
ardice, but the conservatism of reserve.
He preferred to withhold the full power
of his denunciation for objects worthy OF
its force, and the result was that when
ever The Star under his guidance entered
the lists as defender of a faith or antagO-
MIS- of an evil it's activity was the more
effective than though it had been con-
Stantly 'embrOiled in QuarrelS or engaged
in personal abuse.
mand of Mr.. Noyes during all the years
of his command of The Stars editorial
forces never to permit coarse or obscene
matter within its columns. He wished his
paper to represent the best thought, the
best works, the highest ideals and the
purest morals. He loathed the modern
sensationalism of the so-called yellow"
press. 1t was source of qualification to
him to be invited during the st. Louis
exposition to address the worlds press
that occasion was entitled 1.-The Journal
istic Outlook He reviewed the cOndi-
lions of the past and the present and paid
a tribute to the great editors of the past
in terms that evoked expressions of the
warmest approval from his hearers. In
the course of that paper, for which Mr..
Noyes received. marks of the high es-
TEEN of the journalists assembled from all
countries, he paid his respects to the sem
sationalism of a portion of the press of
today in a manner to win sincere APP
plauSe.
Extended Travels.
Always a great believer in the educa-
tional and developing influence of travel
Mr.. Noyes covered all the main routes
known TO the globe tfotters." and visited
practically all the civilized and some of
the semi-civilized countries. His journeys
extt nded many thousands of miles and in
some instances. notably in the course OF
his earlier years. resulted in rich contribu-
tons to the columns of The Star. There
are, however. more substantial results Of
his goings and cOmings in the form Of the
art treasures which Mr.. Noyes collected
here and there. His handsome summer
home. Alton Farm, in Montgomery coun-
ty, Md, is filled with mementos OF his
travels. In later years Mr.. Noyes became
an ardent admirer of the japanese and
their art and an assiduous collector of
the finest specimens of the latter which
he could find. In the winter of 1906 he
presented to the Library of Congress a
collection of Japanese prints and books
regarded as one of the most complete in
private possession. and loaned to it q
large collection of objects of Japanese
art carvings and other objects of a rare
quality.
AS a token of the high esteem in which
Mr. Noyes was held by his fellow citi-
zens nothing could be more expressive
than the public tribute paid to him by
the people of Washington in 1904 when
he was presented with a great silver
loving cup, the contribution of a large
number of citizens. The occasion of the
presentation was unique 1t was at
tended by more than a thousand of the
leading citizens of the District while
over 500 letters of greeting were received
One of these greetings was from John
Hay, Secretary of State, for whom Mr..
Noyes always entertained the warmest
personal regard. After expressing his re-
gret at his inability to be present. Mr.
Hay wrote:
John Hays Tribute.
Few of those present will have known
you longer than 1 have, and certainly
none have had more reason to admire
and respect those high qualities which
have given you SO enviable position in
the professional and social life of WASH
ington. The unbroken and distinguished
success which has marked your career
has been the legitimate result of the
honor and integrity and good will which
have inspired all the acts of your life
NO man ever more thoroughly deserved
the love and the approval of his fellow
citizens, and it has been given to few
men OF my acquaintance to gain it in
such large measure"
The words of District Commissioner
Henry b. F.. Mcfarland in presenting
the cup to Mr.. Noyes may be quoted as
expressing the spirit Of the occasion and
indicating the warmth of the regard with
whlch he was held by the community
Mr.. Mcfarland said:
such tribute Of respect and regard
as is being given tonight by the citizens
or the District to Mr.. Noyes has not
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