The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1853-11-24

GRESS, AND PEWSPAPER FOR THE
PEOPLE.
1t will be seen by the annexed extract
from letter OF General Washington tc
David Stewart. dated New York. 17th
March, 1890, that the idea of such pa
per as | propose to make the Globe orig
mated in the mind of the Father of his
Country. He said I:
sit is to be lamented that the editors oi
the different Gazettes in the Union do moi
more generally and more correctly lin.
stead of stulng their papers with sour.
rilty and nonsenscal defamation, which
few would read If they were apprised OF
the contents) publish the debates in Con.
gress on all great national questions-
The principles upon which the difference
OF opinion arises, as well as The decisions,
would then come fully before the public.
and afford The best data for its judgment ''
SPARKS Writings Of Washington, Uol.
10, p. 81.
The DAILY GLOBE AND
The CONGRESSIONAL GLOBE.
In surrendering my interest in the or
gan of great political party cherished
the purpose OF continuing the Congress
ionaI Globe, and, if possible, in time. to
perfect ii into full history OF the action
of Congress, giving the debates accurate
ly and fully with the proceedings--all
stamped with the verify OF an official rec
ord. From the passage IN the letter o
General Washington. which have quo
ted, il will be perceived that he thought
this office might be combined with that Of
a regular newspaper; AID it is certain
that the avidity Of the public for news OF
the less important kind greatly contri
butcs to give wings to the weightler mat
ter which may be called Congressional
news. e-.s ........
Having succeeded in my purposes Of
perfectng the reports of the debates in
Congress and giving them the official
stamp, lnow propose TO send them abroad
in connection with the news of the day,
in such haste as shall outstrip full and &C
curate intelligence sent from the seat of
Government in any other form whatever
ii will even anticipate the scraps Of news
forwarded to cities within two hundred
and Ghy miles of Washington by tele,
graph. Before the events thus Transmitted
are published in the morning papers, (tor
instance, OF the city of New York, the
Globe containing them will have reached
the post office of that city by the Express
Mail of the previous night. The process
by which this will be effected now lay
before the public.
will have corps Of sixteen Reporters
in Congress; each in succession will take
notes during five minutes, then retire. pre-
pare them for the Press, put them slip by
slip in the hands OF compositors, and thus,
whiIs debate is going on in Congress, il
will be put in type. and in lew minutes
after it's ended ii will be in print. | shall
bv this means be enabled to send by the
Express Mail OF 5 o'clock p. m. for the
East, West, and North, and by that Of 8
O'Clock p. m. for the South, all the pro.
ceedings OF Congress up 10 The ordinary
hour of adjournment. Thus the accurate
debates Of Congress will reach the cities
two hundred and fifty miles from the Cap.
ilol before their daily morning papers are
in circulation.
The miscellaneous news shall be care.
full TO gather from remote sections of the
country by telegraph. | will obtain from
the Executive Departments, through off
cial sources, the matters of moment trans
acted in them, and, through agents en-
ployed for the purpose, all the city news
OF consequence ID sufficient time to be
put into the Globe and mailed in the Ex
press Mail trains. In this way hope to
create new era in the dissemination Of
news from w ashington. Hitherto 10
newspaper has attempted to give auihen-
tic accounts OF things done ut Washing
ton before The public miud al a distance
had received its first impressions from If.
responsible telegrahhic di patches, or BY
leaer.writers biased by peculiar views.
Washington has now become 50 great