New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1870-11-19

whom not ono On ton nrobably voted for him-on the
amazing success Of his attonpt to lift the po'i'
| saohusetts 70 u higher level, when ma" ' -
inc from forty TO sixty representatives III 'no
90 represent temperance ana '"po'' "''' =, a.,
tbo face Of the whole INSCRIPTIONS Journalism OF the
-. ,oor n man can describe In this way tho most
~ fiIure which any political scheme has encountered
for many years. is safe to leave the rest OF his arGu
cns 10 their roution, as ono would leave those
~ sneaker who set out by declaring that the moon was
n mink apple and he tho man IN 1t. Mr.. Theodore
LYMAN however, thought 1t worth while to meet MIR.
Phillips half way and he very ingeniously attempted to
oounerac the effects of his malicious oratory by giving
10 every member OF the audience upon entrance
printed bToadsido containing both sides OF the dis
cussOn far as 1t went on in point, and the CO.
temporary written statements Of the Mayor. Mr..
Garrison himself and other eyewitness OF the riot
Mr. Phillips discussed these proofs as he went
along and thanked God that the boy took this libel ont
OF his fathers desk in tmo TO have it refuted. Mr.
Phpss idea Of boyhood is peculiar Mr.. Theodore Ly-
man is between thirty and forty yearsold In the
same way the orator pointed moral III MS campaign
speeches by describing tho Maiden murder in tioso
words "a young boy shot cashier" Naturally the
"yOuug boy not quito old rs the boy OF five
andthrty Edward W. Green was the postmaster OF the
town. a husband and father. man / believe between
twenty-five and thirty when he Crept into the bank and
shot IFS friend, who was boy In his teens Great is
rhetorical effect.
The younger journalists of Boston held their annual
dinner on Saturday at Young's Hotel This feast is got
ting to be a venerable institution, dating back half
generation or more. The dinners used to be held twice
year the Saturday nights after the May anniversaries
and after the November election thus pleasantly mark
ing the release from the two busiest periods Of the
porters busy year. This found to be slightly
doing it, and the two banpuets compressed into
1t understood that in the mythical beginnings of
tho custom the supperwas economically made up Of beef
steak and beer with the ordinary sccOmpaniments of
simple family bill Of fare that the cost tTine,
and the main attraction the wit which played about
the board But the reporters sit down at their own
banquet to quite elaborate and dainty repast as any
to which they professionally invited during the year.
and pay q round price for it without hagglinG. The
affair is called IN the papers "Tho Boston Press
Club" but there is very little Of club about it. The
diners separate at the close Of the evening many of them
not to each other again tn the next press dinner
there is organizations and the only cohesion is given
by the president and secretary of feast appointing
their sucCt for the next, with authority from
which there no appeal This year. indeed, there
talk about making q substantial organization for
the reporters proper, and hiring room for sort Of
journalists headquarters and committee appointed
about it, Last year there talk of making the
presence Of ladies feature Of the dnnersnOt female
journalists especially but the wives Of the journalists
themselves; but it seemed to he considered that the
whole spirit of the occasion. The whole IS usually
tremey infornal good things said but not spoken;
and the programme Of the evening, after the quiet
soiabity OF the two hours progress from shrews
brys TO coffee IL TO get everybody his legs in turn,
and then chaf him. interrupt him, make a pun upon
every word he contrive to utter and generally dscom
fit him for the entertainment OF the company. Some
times however there distinguished guests invited to
whose utterances the table listens respectfully as II
the guests exercising their vocation Mark Twain
year ago in this capacity, but IL was too soon
after the inimitabe speech he made TO the toast OF
woman" at the gathering Of the Washington
correspondents; he had nothing in particular
provided, and was no droler than the funny
Of the soberest Boston papers. The leading
editors OF the leading dailies do not affect these
gaiherings-or perhaps the gatherings do not affect
them-and the company ia commonly made up Of tho
staff, the editorial writers and paragraphsts and man.
aging men, the reporters in great force and the weekly
paper people. These mako bright assemblage, how
not unlike the Bohemian ymakngs Thackeray
loved TO sketchand the opportunity of sitting down at
the mahogany with them is privilege not lightly
to be foregone 10 he forgotten
| This reference makes appropriate crumbs Of
gossip the newspaperloces of the city. The Post,
organ Of the conservative party as it is is the first of the
Boston papers to employ lady reporter. Nothing is
palmer than that there is for in our Journal
ISM and that her work lies waiting for her; hut the
other daies have not recognized the fact yet though
application from ambitious young damsel gives
most Of them opportunity TO wake up to it nearly
every week. The Pest has found profit In the idea
and its reports Of weddings drygoods openings millinery
receptions, and forth have a reputation worth
having. The Journal while nearly not quite keeping
up to its old standard Of enterprise in the getting OF
| news finds more room for original matter, and Is
gradually becoming readable paper for those who get
the bare skeleton Of the days news elsewhere. The
Daily advertiser keeps pretty wen up to the high
fort he has for
IT, 1t is strong especially In its department of dramatic
and musical criticism, which shows independence Of
judgment, vgOr Of expression and refinement Of style
rarely TO be found in the press Of this country 1t bas
also carved out department OF its own, OF lecture
criticism entirely unique in character and popular
with the great public Of readers than with the limited
circle Of speakers who stand somewhat in fear Of its
keen scape Both these columns in the charge OF
gentleman who among journalists ranks amateur
brilliant young member OF the Boston bar. The
Advertiser loses for the time OF its most distinctive
features by the sudden severe and distressing sickness
Of its admirable Washington correspondent, Mr.. Sidney
Andrews whose accuracy had become household word
with the press and with the public OF the whole
try Strangely enough not of daily papers has
distinguished itself, or apparently sought to make
mark by espondence from the European Jour
nails which had halfadozcn representatives at the Paris
Exhibition Of 1867 have been content 10 copy THE TRIB
USE Cable specials from the struggle OF 1870 The Journal
mas hau one very cleVer Wrter III Europe, Mr.
Edward King but he has had bad luck in trying be in
too many places once and to have constantly
found himself snubbed by commanders arrested by
pickets mobbed by peasants, and kept in the wrong
spot at the time. 1t SAID that Mr. Charles
Hale lately Committeeman in Egypt, was TO send some
wareters TO The Advertiser Of which his father the
founder, and he himself for many years editor; but
have nothing In its columns which bore the marks OF
his energetic and yet graceful pen. The Saturday
EpentnO Gazette wonders earning both money
and reputation since passed into the hands Of Its
Inainlx % nd