, 1877-11-15

COSuitEssIOSALn nEf'OHTfSH.
T. H. HeLuIta9Ay nn4btrgf,a k<ffer n 81. Lhuff
f,'aht. j)<moer1f
Willie on the subic:t uf Senators. am tempt.
I'd 10 give fcw scc,1cctf0ns OF The reportcFs'
gallery during several sessions wien was cfn.
ploycl ~ rer,r,cr Ct The Senatorial debates for
the New yrrk Associated PresF. II tt be true
that no s,ian ia lcro to his ralct, II Is more
true that, with few exceptions. no Senator ID ii
statesman to Ills reporter. Tho man w''n slts
IL the gallery 10 make notes for printing se1l
that is in thu composition vi the Errat tnen as
tculbietl hctow. before had been yerv long III
INV position received s.lrunons if.tEI Hr.
Stewart, Of Nevada, then ncw-ttoft Senator.
Itc wn,lte,l Fatnc, and hts grievance was that
h,l .s,t him <lnrt IN tile report Of hig debate.
There had been warm tfulc on the rec0Nst ritz
ton policy. Ben Wade lad launched out lear
fully aGaInst Andy johnson, and Keycr'iy .oln'-
son, Of Maryland, had ct,snc gEaHitv to the lc.
ien.e. The New York papers arrived with full
reports III these two speeches, mid ot,ly NEIL
lion ns the other orators. nt11nE wfnE, WIS ttr.
Stewart, who lad bcnn cut OF With q paragraph.
!nn ito s y st o. ye ,' repp
my sprcch." said he. replied that hati &C.
lettc, he met, Of the debate
Wade an.l Jott1son-n,,d cut all tlleothcrs lnwi1.
"na" sa! ysry y" Moaesty y9 an.on afs ,'G1 IT, .:
national sigpif,utlec; you only spcaK Iof your.
sc)t.'' AThc hell you ray r said Sit. Stewart. ~
speak for the Republicans oi Nevada. and my
apeecll IA lust nj important III anybtHly eEkss.'
'i'hc result vi the Interview was that, Mr Stew.
art insisting that shad wrDnEed him. agreed
to scpd his speech Iy mail to the New York
IftraH. in response there cat1tc ft0tc saytfE
# would Gust *l,:E,0 to print 1t Us at advertise
ment and that they did not care about printing
It LIS news. Mr. Stewart never bothered hit
utter that There were constant complaints n
the effect that | was always onltttinG Important
dcpatc. which the Scnate desired TO hasc print.
I'd, and illat / was nlwnys ,uaking room for
'twrsonal Epa;s,'f which the Senate desired to
suppress. TO remedy t1iat IL WIS proposed that
tic senate should furnish Its nwn Associated
ri,eis, r5sss .ep''' TO- 81 s'eppia ppaia tic Senate
appealed to Afr. ll1ldsohS then managing
editor Of the Herald, and to john Ism*sel'
Yu;,ng then 1r,anuGih. editor Of the Tribune,
cxnnicil tho matter, ansl telling them that II
they would 80 order | would omit ail tue pGE'
sonaiitiea Of debate, and ca,he rtpurts " the
more l!gniGcd points. Their rCply fully IT.
,lurscsl my scicct!nn; thr People, they said,
were more interests! IT. the personalities than
| tn the points, as to the Setiatc's proposal tf
furnish It's own cxpurgntcd report ttlcfa Wnt
| not u newspaper III New York which Tonlt
nggrc to print 1t, EXCEPT at the ustiAl advertising
] " personal spat between Ftseendc1 nit
bun,ner at this close, Of II long debate.
| omitted the debate anil put III the npat: Next
day two OF the New York papers Ind editorial.
on " plantation manners IT. the Scnnte." Thu
position Uf Gcnatc rcpurter Tor tile New ioFh
| papers tetMnlc very unpleasant fEnu thai tltllt
forward nnu soon after gave It up.