Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-10-10

known to all men to be the editor. takes
upon himself responsibility that is not
felt by the man who writes because he
is paid for it and is never known. 1t is
because of this impersonal journalism
that the newspapers Of today are
putting false ideas into the minds of
Americans and many of them are lead
ing us away from the best ideals.
Mr.. Irish declared that the one man
who, in Journalism, in more recent
years, has come nearest to Horace
Greeley in point of great journalistic
ability, was Ret Clarkson. Had he re-
manned in newspaper work he would
have become known as one of the
greatest of American Journalists.
There was much regret among the
newspaper men at the inability of
Clarkson to come. He is still the idol
CT a very large group of men who were
associated with him or knew of his
wonderful versatility and gigantic
energy.
Another who was interesting to ALL
but all too few with his words was
Frank Mills. When John P. Irish was
in the legislature he helped elect Mills
to be state printer. Mills owned the
Iowa State Register in war times, or
soon thereafter. 1t was Mills who
found Ret Clarkson and Henry Sheperd
working "in the same alley" as printers
in the office. He took Clarkson off the
case and made him city editor. Later
and after Al Swain had similarly been
translated. Mills took LATE Young out
of the press room and made him city
editor. Sheperd became the founder Of
the Inland Printer. After publishing
law books for many years Mills drifted
! to other work. He is now the owner OF
a street railway company in Sioux
Falls.
1t was was at the luncheon which Ed
Meredith gave to the company that
John P. Irish started something. 1t
was a most remarkable address. 1t was
a statement in clear and beautiful
phrase Of the fundamental doctrine on
which is founded representative gov
ernment. 1t was plea for the preser-
walton of that form of government and
a severe excoriation of the new doc
trines of turning everything over to the
people, He declared that mankind in
the mass does not act wisely. Only q
! comparatively small part of the people
can ever be got to interest themselves
| in the distractions of politics. The re-
suit is that where the attempt is made
to have a pure democracy. where the
| rule Is by all of the people directly. a
very few persons really dominate and
| control. That is the thing which the
| forefathers learned from the lessons OF
history. They realized that some other
form of government must be instituted
If republican institutions were to stand
eternally against feudalism or mon :
archial tendencies. They instituted rep
|resentative government. They provided
| that the people should delegate their
power to a few who could and would
interest themselves in the affairs OF
government.
| Mr.. Irish pointed out what he called
the dangers to the agricultural inter
ests by adoption of a plan for govern
ment by all the people. In California
it results in the initiation OF measures
by a very small proportion of the peo-
pie. They will be carried by n small
part of the people. if at all. He re-
ferred to three things-to statewide
prohibition as proposed which would
destroy sl5o.ooo.ooe worth Of property