The daily gazette., 1881-05-26
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crossed under himpspi, Turkish fAsbiCl.
and gAzsd placidly, ont tpfths window 4
s.,,,. y snl.sssa lg. q lhe sleiss 2, ShssDshs
Iss nssS en- soins tsseE tSS R4gPs
jsct Of journalism 3 he aid that The
great jourhAls dfNew YSfk lSd' In IN
fAsttefy' or European newy, bat hls ppin-
ioh VS. tiiss ittJthstD d5partmSHfSr tie
Journals OF UAieagoy ~. 11odis, CinfinBati,
BuGaloy -Pittsburg, and Dsttolt had ne
sSsaaop N fqsrs cnmparison with bthsls
Eastern. contemporaries. 1.,Av3a,
a The sspoT3Nr tsked, Af,jtWSs true that
alrs Bssohsr psferxed 10 jourhali6&ie d.
ruption in his lecture, ,at Cleveland, and
that be told his aAudisnce, that whom De
picked up : Cleye elapd ,paper Ithat Enorns
u y seemed :. ~ sever bad broken i4se looee
= M. Bssc6sr replied thas b did make
some such ailusfon, Ana went on to say
that papers aftsr aii'citsr toithe desire Of
the p6bIic. The people demand csrtain
amount OF .cFininAi new., Of horrid
crimes, of shockingJ disasters and Of
highly iaavotsdl iand diaeuating scandals.
He believed that mahy editors disliked
this elass Of li.esnture,. but were COM
pelled 70 furnish the usual rehash OF
n;rders, suicides, and scandals from
sheer nacessity,to mest the prnrisnt car.
iosity of thsir subscSibsss. OF late years
1t seemed to him that this class Of news
was becoming vsilsd . little mot quite
70 promlnent, although psrhsps not do
creasing In quantity. Il seemed ~ II
the. averags editor Was inclined to handle
this food Of nastinsss with more delicate
fingers. As for himself, he regarded such
news very much ~ an azlat0mist would
a,dead body on the dissectlng table. He
wonld gladly see nothing In the papers
but clean, pure, healthfnl news. That
was the kind be liked to read.
The reporter shiftsd the, conversation
70 Conkling'ss Group, d'etat, and Mr..
Bsecher expressed his viewt thereon
quite forcibly., He, chAractsrised Conk-
ling'a behavior - - piece Of fantastic
folly" He said II semipd him of y
pyramid upset with Tie Apex where chs
solid base had been. He was grieved, ~
we'll - shfprissdbat what had taken
place, for be ,had alSsys segarded Conk-
ling, - . personal friapd. 4 There was NO
disguising the fact that Oonkling had
made mistake. He had nov arrayed
Against him the most influential politi-
clan Of New York, the solid mass Of the
people, and the whole power Of the Re-
publican Adpinistr alton. - II was .
struggle in which hs bad no earthly
The reporter made. som, apoloestic re-
mark about troubling Mr., Bsecher with
an interview, and the great preacher re-
piled that he was not at all bothered by
the ,niptervieWeu .ofsthe daily press.
When he was in the mood 70 receive
them he did 10 frankly and they wsre
welcome. II their motive wsa evidently
honest and sincere be converted freely
with them. II they touched on suh ectsl
which were unpleasant or obnoxious be
refused 10 continue the conversation. In
this manner be got along very Fell, and
In New York 1.-THE rep3rterS came to
him at any time Id search OF legitimate
information and were cheerfully re-
ceived. He was on excellent terms with
the leading. Eastern papers and spoke
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