The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-08-20
Some Editors ard some -Peopse.-

May the inventors sz5el E1s cay
sore Editors ard Sorse -Peopse-
Cnzczgo Inter Ocean News paper
readers have no doabs noticed II what
IN authoritative fashioa some editors
are telling congress what the people
rant and what me people- VII % 70
II If taey don't get what thay Eanr-
Then When ynu see these sol
sMn statements IN PRINT yoa Al
most thing these Editors NUS.
hare soue way of finding cut
Just what sha people want
some Eay that is closed 10 the avsr
age Congressman They talk n suca
cocksure tone il IS hard 70 bslisve
that they hare not regular under
ground foundation system
But what are the facrs- These
OF ali the nea IN the United States
the congressman are probably the
hest informed Is 10 ~ha. The people
rant Il i their business 20 BE- Il
EheF we're rot N close touch with
The people shar would be Iaborzag
n some ether aeld- You can be some
sort OF editor without zny particular
acquaintance with popular feeling
But voa cant be aay sort Of congress
man without IL
For an editor 70 sit up and tell
Uncle joe Cannon vhat the people
in the Danvfile district want or any
other congressman What his constitE
enss desire, Is in general about as
beautiful n exhibition OF absurd self
conplscency as o1e can hope 10 wit
ness
The Congressman is full O. first
hand information On that subject. and
he has his commission 70 proFe his
judgment He has been there; he
ho~s- The editor generally hasn't:
he doesn't
You can trust the Congressman 10
Z keep his ear 70 the ground and his
ere On -the people, while the editor
+ Is spending HIS tine II Ewcpe Of
gone part OF the country whe-e the
climate better agrees wita his coasti-
tution-
4 5ob- He judges public sentiment frum
/ What he sees Too many oeisr men
assume it must be what they think i.
oaght u be-
AZ the cost OF hsrzysng z trick @.
the trade we viii say This editorial
yelling 10 the eject that the people
T demand this.- ~the people demand
that SHE people VII reb1ke this
that and the other course. means
fully half Of the tine that The ediso,
simply hasn't 1y argument TO al
rance There may be arguments O.
The point but ne hasn't got them s.
he adopts the substitute course Of as
se-tng IN an a1gy and threa1enins
manner that The people ~aat zucl
and such thing and hey ought t,
. hare Il
Ezsr isn't It, No ~o-rr abou
schedules. revenues. national finance
or other consequences No aecessit
for examination. comparison. snte.
encs- No call for even the slightss
waste Of gray latter. Editnrship mad
, eaSy. say Of everything that 81
: people want i OF DO rot want Il. 2
the editorial prsta5ices mar suggss
Repeat al iEanf+an that they rant
; OF do not want Il Do1't bother abo-
details.
The eoaressnzn's lot IS no. :
easy- Hs nust huztte around and IN
what the facts -esIIy are He csanc
: live AID thrive IN the fictitious atm0
: phe-e created b. his ovn ssciustcr
: and his Own spirit assertions. T
must nix with uen n al =aTks
life But The result It worth Z
trouble He finds out soneshfn
about the people and their real So
: timents-not all about them. os-ea I.
:. enough about them. but alwsYs son
Z thing about them
: Which IS where he gets ahead
Ezay an able editor