The Grangeville globe. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho) 1907-1922, 1913-09-18
"WHO Is THERE TO MOURN FOR
LOGAN, NOT ONE"

Newspaper men as rule are dis
posed to stand by each other in troub-
le However, there seems to be an
exception made in the case of George
Fields, who retired two weeks ago
from the Moscow Post. confessing to
having in some manner played him
self out with his patrons after labor
Ing in that field for seven years
Fields closed his newspaper career
with five column editorial in which
he undertook to show the citizens of
Moscow and Latah county that he hat
been right during all that seven years
OF 'uplift effort" and that they had
been wrong, but he generously admit
ted that he did not believe they all
knew they were wrong all the time
OF all the exchanges which come to
the Globe table not a single one of
them expressed real sympathy with
the retiring editor of the Post. but
on the contrary, every one of them
"NSu MN d ptNhdSe OF SdFCdSllC
eulogy on his moral uplift career
or caustic criticism of his attitude in
the senatorial fight at Boise last
winter, In which he and his side part
ners from Latah county blocked every
reasonable effort made in the interest
OF northern senator; or made light
OF his legislative efforts, and his alb
solute lack Of diplomacy and fair con-
sideration of other legislators rights.
CERTAINLY there must be something
radically wrong with a man when his
home people forsake him and refuse
TO give him reasonable support. and
his brother editors are unable to Of
Ter sympathy in time of trouble or
apologize for his short comings upon
his retirement to seclusion. One of
the troubles with Fields is that he
Is an 'idoater," heroworshipper.
and the hero is always George Fields.
the man who is always right In 9th
er words Fields is an egotist gone to
seed. In his recent "swan songn he
practically said no man could be
successful newspaper man and be hon
est, therefore he had decided to re-
tire
At Boise last winter during the
legislative session, there was a meet
ing of the south Idaho editorial aSso-
citation in the capital city, and at
luncheon given them by the CONNER
eial club, Fields in responding to
call fCr remarks, delivered a moral
lecture to the assembled newspaper
men In which he pointed out to them
the straight and narrow PATH and
txhorted them to get into il and hike,
Tor fear the devil would get them.
The inference was that he was about
the only newspaper man he knew of
who was not standing with his hand
out and could not be bought for a song
The result of this public insult was
that a delegation was appointed by
the association to wait upon the La
tab county solon and invite him to
come before the incensed scribes and
explain himself. He did and was Civ
en- one OF the incest dressings down
man ever received, and left the
room without single friend to mourn
him. So now he passes out from the
newspaper field without a real friend
or apologist to take up the cudgel
for him. Yet George is a young man
of considerable ability and not wholly
bad, but is the most self-centered
man, probably, in the state of Idaho
today, and that has proven his down
fall, and viii prove the overthrow of
any man. no matter what may be his
ability.