Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-01-19

here.-Des Moines Tribune.
This IL said in petularce. and what.
ever in said petulantly carries with 1t
tho elements Of untruthfulness. That
quota ton marks are not employed may
be accepted in mitigation. The Jour-
nal has said no such thing as is I'M
puted to It, and 1t has furnished no
example to that end. The occasion of
irritation Is in the inability of The
Journal to see that the future great
ness Of Iowa in things material Is de-
pendent upon the man called to serv-
Ice in the Office OF governor. The
Journal IL so much the friend OF the
people that it IS disposed to stand up
for them, and to look to them, rather
than to one man or another for the
continuance Of improvement Of oppor.
tunity In the present and the future,
as in the past. It does not want them
to sit back in simple faith that some
man can lead them, and save them as
flock of sheep. Men die, and the
state survives; and a greater Iowa is
alone to be the product Of continued
greatness in it's men.
This newspaper is unwilling to &C.
cept the theory that Iowa has fallen
upon time of peculiar stress. The
state is prosperous and in the way
Of greater prosperity, even as it has
been since its star was given to the
flag of the union. 1t is verging on
wickedness to withdraw confidence
from the people themselves, or by i'm
plication to traduce the hosts of great
and worthy men who have led Iowa
thus far. The state is incapable of
choosing man for the governorship
who is not high type of its citizen
ship, however he shall be related po-
litically or factiously. The farmers
Of the state are not so stupid that they
can not raise corn or fatten cattle and
hogs: nor are the people of our towns
and villages so dull that they are out
Of touch of leadership for greater
building and larger industries.
Iowa is d great state. and the know!-
edge of the fact is not the secret of a
few. nor is disposition limited 10 make
the best of situations and push the
state along Il is not the gloomy
-icture that is needed-a picture that
Only can be produced by distorted
vision into time to come. There is
nothing in the retrospect to warrant
despair. The history Of Iowa is
story Of good cheer. From the hard
struggles of the pioneers there mas
been the march "a stead. progress
A worthy population has extended 70
all its borders. and freer thriftier,
more independent and prosperous
people does not exist on the face OF
the earth. TIE time IS not Vet when
they have need to be taken under the
wing Of man or coterie forward IN
profession of holding the key to a
greater Iowa.
1T Is time for Iowa to discover
what its men can do Is the oracular
message from Des Moines, and quit
relying on what nature has done
AS If the discovery had Net to be
made, AS il nature had not been
transformed from the Wilderness and
from the isolation Of prairies from
time out Of mind in the company or
the pi,iless wind, The state has been
made to blossom as the rose under the
summer sun. and it has been dotted
everywhere with the habitations OF
men, proof against storm. To com
plain of Iowa is an ofense against
the pride and dignity of the state. and
reproach to those who founded II
and to the uncounted multitude or
workers who have brought it TO its
glory.
The Journal hikes better tire words
Of Andrew Carnegis. When roung
man he visited Iowa On holiday
There saw those beautiful farms:
those homes of triumphant democ-
racy." He has reme-r bered the pic
tare: and tho he is no longer a
Young man. he is led TO exc'a!m:
Great Caesar! what can a big farm
Ing CORPORATION do against such con-
ci.ion az tiiat"" Better still: Why,
II have loved Iowa ever since l saw
that picture"