, 1873-05-02

oyertoyoI-for. though t1,ig santo
bnultor ia nv noiglbor md Hyes In much |
grandor house thaa mino. . though 10
oyoro6eok ] INV donoslt. entortni,, en- % no m .nraao
against, him. an siniply roioiooI that to-mor-
rows issue OF tho Courier Jo,,U1i ia to 90 ont
with flrst.oaaa sensation, Il comog o1lt no.
ssoraigy Sith Tho The startling disclosure that Mr.
at tho cnnt in Jnfforaon~ii,s % ,r;ti, NJ an.anI.
30 HAT thoro i,ep boon a rood aon) Of Henndei in
rnI}rjoua. nriatborntio. M hanlinr dirnloa .for
ala a a @ intimacy wlsh al1H no,anu
m t H. ooat ot a nn n nsy
fn1v om 1p nraeni,n on o. sn Mon we " opor nv
f"oii} III thaH1s hont away, II o.uot "
nnt ho;,,g Yihs rnaa9, - G ",1 I'm ro ,,,o
rofo,. liz f ~ W. ia horr;;so
and lamontnh}n afYn;r rnt;, a nnr nnnt
tesuo." Well next day eolnoa, aud what
Arst place, TINT onr reporter has picked
tako complete, though hannilY only briof, poHaeH-
sion Of tho atroots, Ue know tint wo llaG no
stantIsto Lis story 1T sa s say ho beloved in It.
Tho facts aso simply TINT Mr, so~and-so has
gono to Cincinnati With Mrs, go-and-eo, who is
his sister; and all tho rest is false.
Illoro Is fight or libel suit.
You Will naay Mt once TINT thie Is m o1trenc
was employed impossible to occur ID = woll-
regulated, diaoreoty-handled newspaper Office.
I admit It; but why? Because Of tho prom
inence and iniluonce Of tho parties supposed to
1t Is common, whero they arc leaH conspiouous
md potential; whoro thoy happen to DO
poor, obscure, work-peoplo charged with
crime, and having, scanty moans of right
to , ne innocent until 10 ~ Proved to DO
guilty. Tho preas not merely uanrplng the
functions q tho low m ar1algning man whom I1,
tue constable las no warrant @ to nrro9 Eoos stu
0M.Ny' Alter many wo9ke, II tho case OF tho &C.
cusoa , comea 20 trlhl, no IL aeaut1t9ui tne law
aaaos nn ai.,a - honos. o .nh1 uls tofo - sne
no"spa:rcs Mne. nan oa nl anu CAL
a,on ro .o's @'a 'ho o"inae' oon0 ny ats'0 pa1n-
graph
TIE NEWSPAPER as IT wAa.
Five and thirty yoars ago tloBo idong would
celebrated Of our Journalistic, md woro, cor.
tain'y contradicted by Tho editorial. practice Of
tho period. Curious and comical poriod! WHOM
Richard Smith Voro unbeooming roundabouta
and William HYDE instituted tue blaek e art Of
WHOM Walter ualdoman- kept books for doorgo
D: Prentice; whom Joseph Modill pnl1od proHs
1t Qovelnndi when @ n. .: rotter y wheel 49 barrow
whom Greeley, Raymond and bennett voro Oh
scuro and tho press g{oriflod itself In tho por-
soma Of half hundred forgotten worthioB, who
wrote 1orce nouaonce, and fought dudla5, and
RH tic yenr in excoeding m bad srammar. ] % Journngm I
il Hose daya was q sort of inobrioua knicht-
orraIltry, q biz ioko, oonsidorably Drunken and
bloou-stained. Now and then L turn back to It
and contemplate 1t. nnd iyhenoYer I do 40 1 bo-
gin to choke up between a laugh md q cry: it
was 90 funny, It was 10 tragio hayo Ind tho
niyantaee. mud NAV saw The hnppinesB to bo
Intimately associated Will great 1nan Of thonow
school Of Journalism, and tho very greateet
| man Of tho old school, and to mark, BY
! comparison, tho doss and tic methods
Of hoth. Tho conluarisou, Instructive In
| itsolf, shows the changea which hnyo como into
tlo lifo Of tic American prosB within . quarter
OF q century. ia tic old ti1no the iournnlIst wns
= more playcr, atrutting and frotting lis hour
upon the stage, acting q mart by command of Ills
liogo lord, tic party loalsr Ho was about rs
much in earnest i'll his roo Of .' organist" aa Mr.,
Booth is in lis role Of nicl,clon or Hamlet; that
ia. It suited him and he adapted himself to It.
He was tho politicians squire aud the. partys
| haok--negleotcd or rewarded according to tho
caprice Of his master. That was Prentice. With
| ali his gifts-his wit Bagaclty, and courage
fact always, he only realized tho cause toward
tic end. Haldemnn on the othor hand, aot out
in lifo at difroront gait ; he was eelt-roliant,
singular compound Of nodeety. industry, and
his own necessarily crude RESOURCES and tdoas,
tho idoas and tho resources OF o plonoer, he
began aud fought just as Modil and
Potter did, .. good light with partiaan and aubsi-
died journalism, winning u IN tio lqng run. as
matter OF course. Whilst rejoice In the 20:
ni',a Of Prentice, and an deligltGd by It, proue
of tile mark he mado for us all, ! cannot tlnd
words strong enough to urge tho nelf- f-repreasion
the patient and sober industry, the horolsm o1
Potter, Modlll, mud Haldoman' had mover flat
tered myself with tho notion OF how much
know ABOUT tue pfactical handIng or neWspa'
| per DoIoTe pocanae tllo comPaMon OF tfontlce
an1 hsa mover TUG c9ncels so ., ,.horougnly takoI
out Of mo as when bocamo tho companion o.
Halaeman. 40 not say that Horace White mn,
not bo , Better , tlanea 1oulna%sat % toaay than 70
Heph Med1ll, WHO trained himselt from tht
ground floor and fought upward against odds ami
time. nm Z nure that Murat 4 Aalstoaa ts an able
editor than his predecoa5or, M VINO was . horo ant
q man Of genius. What do Is Say. md q mean to i'm
presanpon you, is that whom Pottor, aaldeman a1lt
hlodill began to evolve tho mystery OF modors
journalism out OF tho inner consciousness, tht
problem waa moro blank and tho future les
assured than the problem and tho future arc t.
you III tho work OF omancipating the Proas-tht
| reIi,,fru t,raaa-from 5fA nrngnnk }trplf}n.u