Daily Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1876-1884, 1881-12-21
Journalists

The true journalist does not cor
slider 1t beneath him to do any sort
of work in the filing Of his col
umns. United States Senator 10.
Hawley, of Connecticut, may fire.
QueutIy be seen between the SEES
sions of the Senate doing q report
er's work for the paper Of which he
is an editor, in Hartford. On a re-
cent occasion Senator Hawley sat
among the reporters in hall in
Washington and took notes OF
lecture for publication in his pa
per. He probably thought he
could do 1t better than some other
reporter, and therefore did 1t. A
leading statesman as he is, he does
not consider that it detracts All
ioth from his fame to be seen
working in any department. with
the men who manufacture our
great newspapers Another United
States Senator is also a true Jour-
nalist. Senator Anthony, OF Rhode
Island, the "father Of the Senate"
always furnishes, when at home,
the "Personalsn of the Providence
Journal, of which he Is one OF the
editors. AS he knows every man
of Influence in the State of Rhode
Island, he eau of course write the
"Perscnal Column better than
any ore else and therefore he does
it. And why not ? 1t is The most
generally read OF any column 10 a
newspa per, and to mostpsople Is the
most Interesting Senator Anthony
knows this, as he is an experienced
journalist, and thinks correctly
that he cannot do better service in
ths editorial way, than in devot-
ing a portion Of his time when at
home to the "bersonaW mention
of people whom he kuuws, and
who occasionally visit the city
where he resides. Horace Greeley,
When he was running for Presi-
dent of the United States, made a
tour through the West and had u
SERIES of grand receptions in the
principal cities. While at Cleve-
land an explosion occurred which
MIR. Greedy saw, or was near to.
He at once took out his. Notebook
and wrote vivid account of it for
one of the Cleveland papers. The
great editor lost none Of his appre-
citation for fresh news by being q
candidate for the Presidency, and
the "foupder of the Tribune"
thought he could do nothing more
useful or honorable 1T any time,
than in reporting auy event, the
particulars OF which everybody
wished to know. James G Blaine,
the braius OF the late Garfield Cab
met, is another true journalist. Ii
| is known that he personally wrote
out for one of the New York news
papers the daily incidents connect
ed with the assassination, illness
and death OF the late President.
Secretary Blaine was an editor fol-
many years before he entered
public life, and to the quicknes
and discipline he learned in jour.
nalism Ia due much of his success
| in statesmanship. A good edito.
rial writer is geuerally u good re-
porter. The hlg hest type of edito-
rial writing is to be able to state
im portsut facts neatly, aud in d
few words In three line para
gra oh il 6fien shown more literary
skill and polish than Is found IL
many a column of editorial The
art OF putting thit g. rapidly In
shape, is not we'll understood by
the public. The newspaper is
a mystery, of the Manufacture oil
which the general public knows
scarcely anything. A man must
have not only wonderful
memory but sense OF proportion
to be successful editor. Journal
ism is u pursuit which has rare
fascination for most men who en-.
gagged in it ia early life. If they
drift away from 1t into other bust.
ness, very often after years they
come back into ii from cboic7. The
man in the editors chair OF q great
newspaper sits in the center of tbt
world. The telegragh and myriad'
of news gatherers are constantly
laying before him the freshes
thoughts and latest events. Othel
occupations may be AS pleasant
but none are more cOngeDial to al
active mind.-Ookland Times.