Grand Rapids Herald-Review Newspaper, June 22, 1910, Page 4

Brand Rapids Heralds" Review Published Every Wednesday By E. C. KILEY. TWO DOLLARS A YEAR IN ADVANCE i cst ea nb es 0S SE Emtered at the Postoffice at Grand Rapids, Minnesota, as Second- Class Matter. a M. Ferguson of Carlton county % out as a candidate for re-election to the legislature from this district. The committees have been named and the workers are out for Folk of Wissouri. He is a candidate for the Democratic’ presidental nomination. oo County politics in Itasca are not get causing any disturbance. There ‘will be some re-elections without e@mposition and there will probably he some defeats with opposition. The wndeserving will be laid aside for re- pairs. pean SSS By a rising vote the entire delega- Sien assembled at the Republican eeunty convention in Aitkin last week declared in favor of C. H. War- ner as a candidate for the legislature tom this district. The convention also turned down a county option plank in the platform adopted. pie etait Sa Review@is recognized by competent printers as being one of the most com- plete and up-to-date printing plants to be found outside the larger cities. Its type faces are all new and of the most approved designs. In ma- chinery it has everything that busi- ness demands, including a Cranston Cylinder news press, two’ Gordon job presses, a Mer- genthaler typesetting machine, whereby the type is cast from molten lead for each issue; a complete stere- otyping outfit; book-binding equip- ment, paper cutter, stapling machine, perforator, gasoline and electric mot- or power, etc, all handled by first- class printers. The Herald-Review has been here quite a long period of time, considering this is a compara- tively new community, and it pro- poses to remain a while longer. If the people of Grand Rapids like the Herald-Review as well as the Herald- Review likes the people of Grand Rap- ids we will continue to get along in the future, as in the past, on very friendly and satisfactory terms. —_——_s—___—_ THE GOD THE MAN HAS DONE. The significance of this sniveling Roosevelt worship is encouraging. It Inasmuch as there is an element Of| prightens the outlook of the future. meertainty about the Jeffries-John- son matinee being pulled off as per announcement on hand bills and the easual mentions in the press, we are andecided as to just where to spend It justifies the hope in the breast of every patroit that a better day is dawning. It is the unconscious wit- mess that the people of this coun- try, irrespective of parties, are long- ‘he nineteen-ten glorious Fourth. It|{ng for the overthrow of everything 3s difficult to decide between Nash- ~auk and San Francisco. oo" {¢ is announced from Washington chat “Joe Uncle” Cannon will not be for re-election to the speakership, should the “regulars” mave a majority in the next con- gress, but that our own Jim Tawney, af the famous First district of Min- mesota, will be elevated to the Dic- a candidate tatorship. Tawney would do what Can aon thas done in the past and then some. ee See individual and Social Justice of America” is the name of a uew political organization recently Srmed in New York. The object is * combat Socialism im this country they There is a significance officers elected: Here they are: President, the Rev. John Wesley Bill, D. D., L. L. D., (Methodist Epis- sopal); first vice president, Archbish- oy John Ireland, D. D., L. L. D., (Roman Catholic); treasurer, Herman znd to prolong conditions as aow exist. m ‘the A Metz, former comptroller of New Yerk City; director of literary bur- sau, the Rev. Dr. Thomas R. Slicer, ({nitarian.) peer Le We won’t never no more say noth- m’ about that Oldberg Journal fellow. Bie just scolded.us.so.awful that we almost cried. He grabbed up a chunk wf mixed languages and fired tt at our defenseless noodle with all his might enc it stuck like mud. Now, we wish m take it all back and play we never fead no such thing, and that we al- mays considered the Oldberg Journa me of the cutest raglets that ever Giuminated our exchange table. From the result of Mr. Oldberg’s last as- wault on us our feelings are still lac- e@ated with fragments of several Minds of talk—mostly hog-latin, Here- after we'll be more careful in select- fag subjects for criticism. vi CS » QF VOTING AGE The Herald-Review is twenty-one gears old today—sound of mind and Bory, vigorous, ambitious and prepar- «@@ to represent Grand Rapids, Itasca esunty and northern Minnesota with ail. the force that the attainment of @wenty-one years implies to young manhood. The Herald was establish- ed by the present publisher Septem- ier 15, 1894, and in the fall of 1897 the Iron and Lumber Review was beaght from Graffam ¢ Orr, and the two consolidated as the Herald-Re- r. From the first the paper has yed a prosperous patronage and my a very gratifying degree has en- jeyed the confidence of the public. “Fhe Herald was started with an out- Hit that cost $350. Today the equip- ment, including machinery, type, of- fice furnuirte, would invoice etc., Between $7,000 and $8,000, aside from thie Building ,owned by the publisher, which is 75x25 feet in dimensions, taro stories high, all, heated by a that is represented by the present political dominant plutocracy. It is not an easy matter for a people to suddenly surrender and radically change their political tenets and dog- mas. This is no _ less true today, than “when it was writ- ten in the Declaration of Independence: * * * “All experience hath shown that mankind are more disposed to suffer while evils are suf- ferable than to right themselves by abolishing the forms to which they accustomed.” For nearly half a century the Republican party has been dominant in the political affairs of the United States. The name, the forms, the traditions and the blind allegiance to Republicanism, because of what it represented in the dark days when Lincoln and his co-patriots were its inspiration, have combined to hold the people in almost silent subjection to the monumental evils that have since been fostered and fed under the protecting wing of the Republican party. An intelligent peo- ple could not be unmindful of the ex- istence of these destroying influences that have long held sway within the and grave misgivings have found lodge- ment in their minds, and hearts and souls, But somehow they stuck to the old hulk, rotten and unsafe though she was. They dared not trust Democracy; they feared and hated Socialism. And so it is that the ma- jority has waited in fear and tremb- ling for a Moses “to tear the keys frem off her girdle; to throw the gates of truth ajar.” William Jenn- nings Bryan appeared as the Moses. He knew the wrongs that existed and knew the remedies to apply. He ap- pealed to a politically beclouded and befuddled people as a messenger from God. Yet the majority feared ‘ to accept him—he was a Democrat. The truths he taught, however, made @n imperidhable impress upon the generation that cannot be obliterated Here's where Roosevelt stepped to the front. A tragedy made him presi- dent. He climbed to fame by re- peating and preaching as a Republi- can president what Bryan had taught as a Democratic candidate. Millions of Republicans throughout the country at once proclaimed his greatness. The man had come who would lead them out of the wilderness. Metropolitan magazines and newspapers—a vast majority of which are Republican— gave Roosevelt their most conspic- uous space. He became a hero. He accepted the novel and somewhat ri- diculous situation as a matter of course. He at once acknowledged his greatness beyond that of any man that ever lived or died. He regard- ed with supreme approval these idol- atrous demonstrations by “his sub- jects.” And why not? Was he not loftier in his statesmanship: broader in his political wisdom and more su- perb, spectacular and dictatorial in his are party. An unconscious unrest n modern hot water plant. The Herald- leadership than any of his compeers? ‘He saw himself reflected as chief among chieftains—the absolute mon- arch. He enjoyed the sensation ana exercised the unauthorized authority thrust upon him with an imperious sway that made the Czar of Russia appear like unto a valet. In truth, however, Roosevelt is not a great man in any particular line of mental activity. He has excelled in nothing save, perhaps, in egotism. But Roose- velt is not to blame. He appropriated Bryan’s teachings; the people insist- ed that he was original. He said that certain wrongs were wrong and that he would undertake to remedy them. The people insisted that he had reme. died them. He got the crowd going his way and he has been wise enough to hold the audience spellbound. He hung up a big bluff and it went. Gen- uind sport that he is, he never squealed but accepted the false hon- ors thrust upon him with the air of a genuine monarch. For all of which Roosevelt should not be censured. A good thing was handed him and he accepted it. He has now played the part so long thd thinks it is on the square himself. The great lesson to be learned from it all, false though the foundation be, is the evidence produced that the people are seeking the truth and will accept it, act it, live it and vote it, when the clouds of superstition and party prejudices have rolled away.The irresistable start that Roosevelt has thus given to in- dependent thought and action will go on and on with surer and more rapid strides than if he had not play- ed his part. Inadvertently he will have been the instrumentality of aid- ing the growth of a greater and grander civilization. The world may was not a great man, but he will eve) merit the gratitude of his country- men for having granted license to the individual voter of his party to feel that it is his right and his duty to do his own thinking and to con- demn evil whether found in the Re- publican or any other political par- lor. And thus Roosevelt’s life will not have been lived in vain. a Se WOULD SERVE THE STATE. The Herald-Review desires to have ifs vote recorded as favoring the candidacy of J. Adam Bede for a seat in the state! legislature. He has, told the people of his district, which in- cludes the counties of Pine, Kanabec and Chisago, that he is willing to serve if they see fit to elect him— and:that should be enough. He is by far the ablest legislator in that dis- trict, and the electors. therof should jump at the chance thus offered to make themselves famous by sending J. Adam to St. Paul as their law- making representative. The Herald- Review does not endorse all that Bede preaches—especially on standpatism and the like—but the next meeting of the Minnesota legisalture will be essentially a business session, and the business to be transacted large- ly relates to northern Minnesota. Bede is a northern Minnesota man; an earnest advocate of the interests of this section; one who knows the needs of every county within the borders of the north half of the state; an experienced legislator, well known and popular throughout the state; intensely loyal to the interests he would represent; able in his ad- vocasy of the just demands of the people of this rich region. The Her- ald-Review predicts that he would be a power for good among the law- makers of the state and his influence for the enactment of legislation bene- ficial and necessary to the develop- ment of northern Minnesota would be far-reaching and effectual. J. Adam promulgates the following plat- form on which he would stand as a candidate, and it is a platform on wh‘ch every honest man may honest- ly stand: . “My name having been frequently mentioned by the local and state press in connection with legislative honors from this district, I feel that a few words from myself are in order. “My time is too valuable for me to spend in political contests, nor am I inclined to make any financial invest- ment for political ends, but if my ex- perience and acquaintance are deemed of value to the people of the district and state, I shall willingly serve them as a member of the house. finally learn that Theodore Roosevelt “TI believe in legislative tionment. | i “In a constitutional amendment for an increased road tax. “In the re election of Senator Clapp. “In legislation to fight tuberculo- sis, to encourage drainage, immigra- tion and settlement; and to secure the rights of labor. “In any needful legislation for the protection of our forests and the con- servation of any state resources. “In the extension of. agricultural education. “In the referendum on fundamental’ laws. “In some form of relief from the fi- nancial burdens of our present prim- ary law. “In such regulation of corporations as shall best serve the public interest and make mere man something more than a mishap. “And in the equalization of school taxes and school opportunties throughout the commonwealth to the end that every child though reared on a farm, may be fitted for respon- sible citizenship.” oo ENDORSEMENT OF. GUNN The Republican convention held at Grand Rapids last Friday, sprung no surprise on the people of Itasca coun- ty by the hearty endorsement of Senator D. M. Gunn for re-election from this district. Mr. Gunn’s influ- ence at St. Paul during the next leg- islative session will be needed more than ever before. He is acknowledged ‘to be one of the foremost men in the senate and he has.a host of friends in the house who place implicit con- fidence in his ablity, good judgment and absolute reliability. The eight years that he has served as a state legislator in both the house and sen- ate has necessarily given him a wide acquaintance with public men of Minnesota. In that time he has had much to do with the enactment of state laws, and no man can point to a single measure that he has ad- vocated in which there was the taint of political impurity. Citizens of this district who have had ocassion to visit St. Paul during the sessions of the legislature while Mr. Gunn wes serving in either branch thereof have been advised by the ablest of his colleagues that no man had attain- ed a higher standing among his fel- tdw law makers than the present senator from the Fifty-second district He has established a reputation for personal integrity that is one of the most valuable assets to any man holding so important an office. This is Senator Gunn’s reputation both at home and abroad wherever he is known. These are some of the rea- sons why the party unanimously en- dorsed his past record and urged him to again become a candidate for re- election to the senate. It must be borne in mind that the session of 1910-11 will be the most important with relation to the welfare of north- ern Minnesota ever convened in the state. Reapportionment will be the first consideration. It will require the strongest men that northern Min- nesota can produce to secure a just legislative representation. This sec- tion must be prepared to demand all that the 1910 census entitles it to. It must be representd by men of ex- perience and ability who are well equipped to do battle for justice and score a triumph. State drainage, pub- lic lands, tax laws and many other matters of vital importance to this half of the state will be considered and acted upon next winter. This is no time to trifle with experiments. This district, in common with all other districts of northern Minne- sota, must know the quality of tim- per that is chosen to represent it at St. Paul next winter, It will be a busi- ness session and should be made up of sound, patriotic business men; men who know the needs of the state and know how to get those needs enacted into laws. In considering the urgent necessities of this section the Herald-Review finds no place for politics. What we want is men, not politicians, and D. M. Gunn is one of the men most valuable at this par- ticular time. reappor- “A HUMAN HORNET” There’s no use trying to belie the fact. The harm is done, and it’s done to a sizzling brown. Taft did it when Pinchot off he simply put him to work. He didn’t quit, as Taft and Ballinger figured he would. He is proving to be a “human hornet” to the admin- istration, and today the people ‘of tthe United States regard him as a far greater man than Taft ,while Bal- linger is mixed in the pctitica? slough hole so deep that even his bald head no longer shines as a Taft satellite. {Heretofore we carried the idea that Pinchot knew forestry and not much else. Most people considered him a little cranky on his pet subject. It ndw developes that Pinchot is much more than a one-idea man, His speech statesman of the highest order; a close student of political economy; a profound thinker; a man possessed of the courage of his convictions. He has a forceful way of saying things that carries influence with his every utterance. No stronger arraignment of the robber tariff has yet beet pronounced by any man in this coun- try (than ig contained in the follow- {ng paragraphs culled from his St. Paul speech. Read carefully what he says on this important subject: “The tariff, under the policy of pro- tection, was originally a means to raise he rate of wages. It has been made a tool to increase the cost of living. “The wool schedule professing to pratect! the woolgrower, is found to result in sacrificing grower and con- sumer alike to one of the most rapa- cious of trusts. “The cotton cloth schedule was in- creased in the face of the uncontra- dicted public testimony of the manu- facturers themselves that it ought to rdmain unchanged. “The steel interests by a trick se- cured an indefensible increase in the tariff on structural steel. “The sugar trust stole from the government like a petty thief ,yet congress, by means of a dishonest schedule, continues to protect it in bleeding the public. “At the very time the duties on manufactured rubber were raised the leader of the state, in company with the Guggenheim syndicate, was organizing an international rubber ‘trust, whose charter made it also a holding company for the coal and copper deposits of the whole world. “For a dozen years the demand of the nation for the pure food and drug bill was outweighed in congress by the interests which asserted their right to poison the people for a pro- fit.” ‘anni SPEAKING OF NEWSPAPERS, creased to the number of 160."Some of our exchanges are inclined. to complain that this notable decrease is due to a lack of appreciation on the part of the business public, and that the fact is deplorable. But our exchanges are mistaken. The prin- tipal reason for the falling off of the number of Minnesota newspapers, both local and metropolitan, is due to the fact that there were, and still are, too many of them in existence. Another reason is the fact that there are more newspapers than newspaper men. In times ‘past it has been the custom for any fellow with a high school education who has tried and failed in other professions or busi- ness pursuits to conclude that he could run @ country newspaper if nothing else. Of course he made a failure of it, and usually brought ridicule upon himself, his commun- ity and the profession. These chaps are being driven out of the business. The complaint is also made by many pub- lishers that they do not receive just compensation for what they produce— prices are too low. This is a fact, but who is to blame? The publishers, of course. They make their own prices, and if they do not reap a reason- able profit the cause can only be charged up to the publishers. The two papers in Grand Rapids are doing advertising today at a positive loss, and yet they are charging a higher rate per inch than is charged by many country papers in similar fields. At least one-half the adver- tising carried by both the Heraéd-Re- view and the Independent is produc- ed at a loss to the publishers. This is no fault of the business men of he handed Pinchot his time. By laying}Grand Rapids, They are willing to pay for what they get, and pay a reasonable price for it. The trouble rests wholly with the publishers. One-half the publishers of Grand Rap- ids is foolish. Which half deponent sayeth not. pects a Nae rea JUDGE C. W. STANTON The Minneapolis Journal of recent date says: Judge C. W. Staton of Bemidji is to be elected unopposed in the big Fifteenth judicial district ‘ths year, accordng to reports from that section. He is a Democrat, but will probably run as an independent, election, and Judge Stanton was op- in St. Paul reveals him to be “ pointed first by Governor Johnson, df whom he was a warm personal friend, to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Judge Marshall H. Spooner. The appointment of a judge always holds until the next general election ,and Judge Stanton was ap- posed at the polls by B. F. Wright of Park Rapids. They had a great con- test and Mr. Wright was elected by a small margin. At the last legisla- tive session the district asked for a third judge on account of the quan- tity of work for its court terms. The understanding was that Judge Stan- ton would ‘be appointed, and as soon as the bill passed ha was named by Governor Johnson. Now he comes up for election toa six-year term, and no other attorney seems to care about trying conclusions with him. ———— THE RiGHT AND THE WRONG Gifford Pinchot, who has been made the special target of the Taft administration, because he dared defy what he considered wrong and dared defend what he considered right, de- livered a great] speech) in St. Paul the other day. Whether or not we agree with all that Pinchot is striv- ing to accomplish in the public be- half, all will admit his earnestness and honesty of purpose; his fearless- ness and larga abilities to accom- plish large undertakings. From the spiring paragraph is quoted: When political parties come to be badly led, when their ieaders lose touch with the people, when their object ceases to be every- _ body’s welfare and becomes some- body’s profit, itis time to change the leaders. One of the most sig- nificant facts, of the time is that the professional politicians ap- pear to be wholly unaware of the great moral change which has come) over political thinking in the last decade. They fail to see that the political dogmas, the po- litical slogans and the po- litical methods of the past gen- eration have lost their power, and that our people have come at last to judge of politics by the eternal rules of right and wrong. The National Prin er-Journalist The! statement is made | commenting in a lengthy editorial on that in three years news-|the recent controversy between May- (papers in Minnesota have de-|or Gaynor and Editor Hurst of New York, submits the following whole @ome advise and facts anent news- papers: a are It certainly is wise for a newspa- per in printing charges of wrong-do- ing by one man against another to be certain of the truthfulness of the tharges or to be sure not, by unex- plained words, to go further than the gravamen of the complaint or charge, **# & Another thing is worthy of remark and that is the growing tendency to charge wrong intentions upon newspapers and thereby constantly impafring the reputation of the pub- lic press for reliability. Newspaper men are not guiltless as to this lat- ‘ter offense when speaking of com- (petitors. There are some yellow journalists, undoubtedly, but the newspapers that will knowingly fal- ‘sity, or pervert the news are very few, if there are such. News may be played up, made graphic and sensa- tional in details, and wrong in- feremces may be drawn ffrgm facts in editorials, but misstate- ment of facts, intentionally, is ex- ceedingly rare. That, in the face of all the charges of unreliability, all the people take and read the papers. and confidently rely on the news con- tained therein, are strong evidences of general reliability. Reliability is the most precious jewel of the press and should not be cast away before swine. lt sicuid be guarded py every member of the call- ing. The paper that seeks advance- ment by crying out constantly and falsely against the reliability of oth- ers, is w e than tho bird that de- files its own nest, for all other papers as well, suffer from the filth, ill odor or contumely. speech referred to, the following in- ,