Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-02-10


at least some times. We are told that
We are giving too much space to the
simultaneous revival campaign in
South Bend and Mishawaka. We pub
fish the complaint but withheld the
name because we want to append our
opinion Of the gentleman withou. SUBJ
jecting him to too much community
contempt The bonehead says:
Editor NewsTimes: What is the
matter with the News-Times? Have
you Joined the ranks of the fanatics
and gone nuts" on the subject Of re-
ligion? Don't you know that BILLY"
Sunday brought ruin to our city and
that this is only an effort to "cinch"> a
continuation Of that ruin? Away with
your two pages Of religious dope every
morning and evening and your cartoons
Of the devil Give us the regular news
instead. -" Much Of the balance
is unfit to print). Friend of Freedom.
To HI with you, Mr.. Friend of
Freedom" is our answer. II the car
toons Of the devil hurt you take quick
to the shade that Is your logical desti-
nation. You are not friend of free
DOM" but friend Of license-license
with 'ciousness" as an appendix.
OF your neck. Not one word of 1.-The
regular news instead" has been left out
OF the News-Times on account Of these
reports OF the revival services. We have
enlarged our reportoral staff by seven
teen men to cover these meetings. The
regular staff is doing its regular work
hrst and 1t is all going into print. The
reports Of the revival are supplemental
a 70 if,,ta No x,,,s -
Friend of Freedom is that he is SO
all-hred conscience smitten that fear
dement's his eyes so exclusively upon
the cartoons and revival reports that
are exciting him. that he can see MOTH
ing else. 1t is a psychological effect
and nothing else.
We do not need to hold a brief for
this Simultaneous campaign in order to
report Its services. We are publishing
q Newspaper. and publishing q news
paper We decline to assume the role Of
an organ for the liquor or other vice
interests; nay, not even for corrupt
politicians. Here are thirty churches
holding services every night. They are
attended by an average OF 200 people
each-a very conservative average
which means not les sthan 5000 people.
no newspaper that is alive--can ar
FORD to ignore these meetings in which
the interest Of 5000 people is conferred,
even tho 1t be but for the moment.
Does our vice conserving friend
think for an instant that II the saloons
in South Bend-thirty Of them-were
to put on some special campaign in
their resorts to continue for three
un111 ShA,
Most assuredly we would, only the
special campaign that they would put
On would probably run to rapine, MUIR
der, knifings, robbery and brawls. and
could not be reported so very approx
ingly. They would probably get big
ger headlines and more space than tho
churches are getting-but their specfa!
campaign is constant and the echoes
OF 1t are being heard In the police court
every morning. Oh, yes we're printing
the regular news about our vice con-
serving friends of freedom: printing
1t every day along with the other
regular news" but we sometimes wish
there We're less OF 1t.
Same if they were political meetings
beer soaked or otherwise. We
wouldn't overlook thirty political meet
AhSo AAA ooutA LclIu uclu III d Single
night, If we could possible make them.
Possibly some of the reports would not
prove SO very complimentary but we
would try to tell what happened. We
would try to let those present at some
Of them, know what happened at the
cthers-for the News Times tries to be
a newspaper rather than an organ OF
suppression such as would tend to pro-
mote the game of vice and corruption.
We are not obsessed with the idea,
not for an instant that the old world
needs to be back door to hell in or
der to be At place to live in.
So much from the purely newspaper
angle. which is enough, and yet, aside
from all that the Importance of chris
tianity as a world force, and for the
upbuilding Of mankind. would justify
the support We are giving the cam
paign from purely altruistic motives.
The very backbone of the world IL
vested in the churches-not directly by
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. here in Amer
lea, thank heaven, but indirectly-thru
The members Of the churches as citi-
zens, and in civic life thru the sense
OF duty that Is felt by christian men
and women. We are not ashamed OF
any part that We may take in advanc-
ing that sense Of duty. Indeed, 1t is
possible that while not Boosting OF any
superior amount Of christian sense Of