The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1921-05-06
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HARVEY'S WEEKLY WON NEW
LAURELS FOR THE PRESS

Harvey's Weekly suspended publ
cation with its issue of April 23d
This is something of a surprise to
many, as the publication had acquired
a commercial value, that might have
been realized upon by the publisher,
had he so desired. That Col. Harvey
should sever his connection with the
publication, was obvious after his APP
pointment as Ambassador to the Eng
lish court, but many of us have hoped
that the Weekly might survive, and
continue it's PRONUNCIATION of the I'M
adulterated doctrines of America.
In his valedictory, speaking in the
first person and for the paper, Col.
Harvey writes:
81 sprang into being in the first
week in January, 1918. My pur-
pose was single. 1t was to help
the allies win the war. My creator
had no commercial aim. | was to
be his contribution to the great
cause"
Referring to the armistice having
been signed, the editorial continues:
"Truly then l felt that my work
was finished, and that as a good and
faithful servant, | might be per-
mitted to depart in peace.
"But this would not be. After
having been denied by more than
a million majority, in the congress-
ional elections, sole authority to
make peace as he might see fit, the
President contemptuously turned
his back on both senate and people,
and sailed away for Europe in truly
royal fashion, with his manikins and
jazz bands, to assume management
of the world. Evidenced multiplied
that the ~unrivalled power of the
United States was to be used to fur
Their a purely personal ambition,
and that the great free Republic
was to be deprived of it's individ-
ualism, and dumped into the pot of
internationalism.
"On December 14th, 1918, in
stead of retiring gracefully as l
had intended, | announced my de-
cision to continue publication
through another year"
Mentioning the high lights of the
year, the graphic production con
cludes:
"On this my 1O3d weekly birth
day l stop. | am not run down. like
a clock; | am not even tired. But,
for good or i'll, | have finished my
work. l have nothing more to do.
Our government may not be wholly
satisfying to all minds, but taken as
a whole, is it not about as good as
could be devised? Already the
president has demonstrated his
possession of the "~bigness, breadth
and boldness," supplemented by I'M
common prudence and humaness,
attributed to him by my editor long
ago; his cabinet has proved itself
as a capable team-working body
up to the most hopeful expectations;
the senate is stronger today than
ever before in history; and the
house of representatives is confront
ed with a SURPRISING opportunity.
Already our government has been
reestablished through the revival
and mutual recognition of the full
powers. no more. no less, conferred
upon its three branches, by our
fundamental law. | find ample jus
t~ification for hope and Confiden"@
IN the spirit of cooperation already
brought into effective being THROUGH
the tolerance and resolution of the
new chief magistrate"
The nation and people owe to Har-
vey's weekly a great debt of graft
tude for it's work. 1t contributed much
to converting the nation from Ger
man propaganda to such preparedness
as saved its honor; 1t helped largely
in the formation of the army and to
its victories afield; it has added new
laurels to the great accomplishments
of the press and demonstrated once
again, that "the pen is mightier than
the sword"
More than any other single force
it penetrated the screene of aloof di-
vinity CD with which Woodrow Will
son had enveloped himself, and re-
vealed him as very human, frankly
selfish and vainglorious, and as one
whose course was guided by curious
ly mixed motives of ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
to the heighth of personal world SOW
reignty, and of illusory ideals that
were Quixotic in their transparency
and impracticability.
William Jennings Bryan's optimism
l.--z Ill - IL