Morning journal and courier., 1883-11-28

importance which has been growing dsy by day ever since The first organization of the press in favor of an administration was under Jackson, when the Globe became the well recognized and well understood organ of the government. Cabinet officers wrote the leaders and what was to be the fiat of the administration few days afterward appeared in the Globe as an experiment upon the feel ings of the public. The administration al- ways took care to put every postuMce ih the hands of some owner of a fiswspaper. Every party organ thus created copied the Globe articles and commented upon them. The combined editors and oficehoIders then got up mass meetings at which they passed resolutions in favor of the policy indicated in the paper. These resolutions wefe then copied into the papers and recopied into the Globe as the spontaneous expression of the people upon that topic. This was the connection of She press with politics in those days, and SO thorough was the organization that no of6ceseeker thought his application complete to be presented to the President or the head of department unless it contained receipt for years sub scription to the Globe Qaughter). That was the day when federal patronage was over shadewing though it amounted to nething compared with what 1t is now. What broke that system? It was thaE the patronage of the State of New York became of more consequence than that Of tie general govern
 
 of New York than collector of customs. From that time we have never had 8 regular organ pardon mel mean a regular organ Of the government We have a regular organ of the large railroad interest, but that doesn't count in the municipal government. From that day the press has sHung away from the organic character and the metropolitan press of New York has become the dominant pow CT in politics so far as the press can be a dominant power. And it may become dom inant power to any extent, in my judgment, If it shall do one or two thingG that [ shall name. Let it discuss great principles in short paragraphs and leave out personal abuse. (Applause.3 The old days of long and prosy editorials have g6ne by. Nobody reads them. We read the tslegraphic news and the short headlines and the rest of the paper, except certain class of market re- ports goes for naught I have hurriedly and imperfsctly but I believe truly, ,sketched the connection between the press and politics in the past. In the present day the press is great power in politics in this Way-that through your busy pens and truthful report what the politician says and does Is brought before the whole people to be weighed and judged and every man Is taken at his value. have seen over and over again while in Congress, the eye of 8 member fixed on the reporters gallery whenever he could raise 1t from his written notes to see what effect his speech had there. Now, gen. tlemen of the press the making of this coun- try is in your hands in this regard. In the olden time one said lot me make the songs of 6 country and I care not vho makes the laws and we sometimes see many things which im- press us with the wisdom of the remark. But we have changed all that. The sppre- ciative sentiment of the press makes the law of the land, for no law is made against the united voice of the press, and If made it cannot be enforced. Now then I wish I could say brethren, but can say fellow citi zens, having this giant power use 1t like giant and see to 1t that the laws which you naake-for they come from you at last-are just and true to the great body of people. Let the press ignore the dilettante of the nation on the one side and the tramps of the nation on the other side, and let 1t be just and fostering to the honest workingmen of the nation and this country will go on in it's high career of glory, honor and prosperity that shall make it the missionary country of the world for true liberty under law guided counssls of religion. As General Butler took his seat he was salutsd with great aP- plauss and rOpea ell cheerP.
 In the absence of MT. Chauncey Al. Depew the toast to the empire State was responded to by Colonel J.R. Fellows. The other toasts and responses were @ as follows; ., American Tisn Argus; our navy, Commodore Up- shur; the press and the stage, A Oakley Hall; English journalism, Joseph Patton; impersonal journalism, individual merit and machine profits, Joseph Howard; editors to publishers, ". G. Mclaughlin; municipal reform and home rule, ex-Mayor Grace; the bar, Elliott F. Shepard; the pen and prima donna. Colonel Mapleson; the Ia dies, Judge McAdsm. The speakers were all well received and the occasion was pleasant and successful one in every respect.
 The Michigan Team Again Beaten.
 NEW YORK, Nov. 27.-There was a large crowd at St. Georges crick- ct ground, Hoboken, to-day to witness the football match between Stevens Institute and the University of Michigan teams. The game vas hotly contested, bringing out some very fine plays on both sides. The home team, however, had the best of 1t all through and the score at the finish resulted in a victory for Stevens with a score of one goal or five points to tho Mich igans' one safety or one point. The weather was very fine, although the ground was