Evening Republican, Volume 14, Number 43, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 February 1910 — “Kick, Blame it, Kick” Is Advice of Fowler Newspaper Man. [ARTICLE]

“Kick, Blame it, Kick” Is Advice of Fowler Newspaper Man.

Brother John P. Carr of the Fowler Republican-Leader does not believe in taking a back seat submissively and acknowledging that a fellow is down and out. He gives advice in the following terms, and it might be worth a trial by some weak-kneed individuals: ‘The individual citizen who patiently endures extinction is not a martyr; he is just a plain fool, “sans ambition, sans everything.” In a country like our own, which boasts of a “government of the people, for the people and by the people” there is no ground for self-imposed or imaginary martyrdom. “If there is anything wrong with the government, with the gravel road, the public schools, or political party, “rip-’em-up-the-back.” Talk right out, and sign your name in full.”