The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1859-09-24
THE HERALDs NEW ENTERPRISE,
Reporting the Debates in Congress Ver-
hatim by Telegraph.


hatim by Telegraph.
IFrom the New York Trbune,I
porting the debates Of verbatim bv teiecraph II
is not bad idea Such reports would good nau
ence both on Congress and the country present the only
are those in the Gio1e; and is we'll known that these
furnished up before publication, aud In many
dercd very different from the speeches actually delivered
By giving what is actually said With all the vugary bad
grammar and bad taste with which honorable mem
bers sometimes garnsh their harrangucs the people will
learn to know better what sort OF they have for rep
resentaves, while the representatives will gradually
learn better manners, and better style OF language
But the enterprise Of reporting in New York the minute
details Of the debates at Washington would require a
great number OF skilled reporters and the exclusive
u al least two telegraph wires every day This would
require heavy expense but not one beyond the habits
and the enterprise Of the leading New York journals We
think however that the additional charges involved in
increase in The price At which the newspapers
sold The principal journals now sold
at Wholesale at one and half cents and ut re-
tail at two cents copyhus netting their scarcely
anything beyond the cost Of the white paper on which
they printed The profits Of the publishers all
really pays for the Of Information
which he gets In his newspaper but fraction than
the cost Of tho imprinted sheethe leading articles cor
respondence teiegraphc dispatches reports and other
all being given gratis There not in all the world
another article which Is Furnished the at
exceedingly cheap rate the principal journals
published in this city Blu, il the grea, additional expen
dure contemplated In this project Of the HERALD should
be incurred would become almost matter OF necessity
10 three T. no n Sonr cents either Of these rates
would be reasonable considering the amount of reading
has explained its views but its proprietor Is too
shrewd man not TO have contemplated change in the
price as well as in the contents OF those Journals by which
the proposed system Of Congressional reporting shall be
adopted.
THE MARCH OF JOURNALISM.
from the Brooklyn Eage.l
The HrRnp announces its intention Of supplyinp full
reports of the debates in Congress at the ensuing session
expects get the reports along mail up
he
will be transmitted by telegraph II announces that The
propietor is now engaged in orpaniznr 4 comneien,
cors Of repor,eys Ia aye daily verbatim reports Of The
proceedings Of the next Congress The cost OF this enter
prise will be from ffty to hundred thousand dollars
The speeches may occ,ipv il is Thought from four 10 six
columns day
But The HERALD expects that the other New York pa
pcrs will jon in the enterprise and share the expense as
they mosi probably Viii for each IS animated by sueh
fierce rivalry OF its neighbors that none Of the leading
irodncod INTO any one wthon, consenting IN r behind
and orcnny secondary nosiion
Such movcment nc that foreshadowed in the HTp.,n
~, ana,;,,a ~ ~, Vii, .,.a 49,
49, - ."a,I; - nr ,,,,c ". go, -, Pl S;si
sntors Of nepsnee oS dis eopUep Their distance
from the scat Of government rendered it impossible for
tnem % Keep up complete record OF the dengs OF Con
eess such as he LONDON 1tes furnishes Oh the proceed
ihgs OF faI,mmeht. ihey might give the debates two
days after they ranspre but with the present rapdty Of
communication news two DAYS Ola would be stale and
unproh,aoe the extent TO which Geographic improve
eEss nave peen carried ana the income derived from
.nc business W n2ursane enopolah shewspapers VIM
acm OF teegraphng the dcpates fresh from the lips OF
inc Speakers inc nna stcP vi" nave peen taken 10 Sc
cure lot tne New lork press permanent preemnence
whch VIII renacr inc cehtrai sun o american journal
Ism, and compel Inc press I'D other CUES 10 revolve
around ana draw irom whatevef fehected hght they
may be abe TO radiate la their own limited ORBITS
A comparison between the press OF New YORK and OF
other parts Of the country without reference 10 this last
enterprise al all VIII SNOW the VAST superiority o the ht-
ter In the mater OF reporting alone tnere are very Few
cities outside Oh New YORK III winch there any news
paper establishment which commands the services OF
short hahd writer we nave subsequently eeeh as'onish-
cd see me speeches OF Gov WISE ana oher southern
pocans delrered 10 their own constituents IN the near
ne IN he and then as,er several d,rs transsr
roe n Tho local sheets unde, whose ,cry rosca bev ero
.I;vnred Onte disnn,o arose ahont tho nvact nraso
ocv used nv Mr. nv;s If Mary,,nd in bs late free soil
e,.ecb as Tho nanors renarte Il aron,iy ara !, an
ars ihero L not one bart hand ri,r IN ~ whole ci,
Neu yort IL Tho conraroirg no;n, oc orr ;naroorrsa
WIN rnrnne. ne nosnn rnn5ars i tho Sacns &c n,a
nr,sn and ;nto,,igorcn and an ,ho aonans ho,a ona;
rraton make I'M trsi rass nas,snanor aa sh 1919
ann stnndtv nf Other ,oc,as i; an,ving their own
80, aairs a ;ntarne,s "a he ha,ter in ,ho
etronoan naners than in those nubsbed in thor o,yn
midst assists them in maintaining their commanding ana
oyershadowinp position
not alone In procuring news nor in the energy dis.
played IN antcina,i demands and csses the
public mind that the rapid progress Of American journal
ism percepble. in the spirit rather than the
few years ago there few or no independent pa
pers, and the duty Of the political press seemed to
| be the indiscriminatc laudaton OF It's own party,
| men and measures, and the unqualified abuse
OF lis opponents. The party right or wrong, was the
motto and each organ was generally inspired by the lead
ing politician OF the locality NO matter what the anece
dents Of politician nomination to office transformed
him nfoa angel OF light; and no matter how exemplary
the character OF an opponent ne became under the same
circumstance an epome Oh al the vices hat deiorm man