The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1884-11-13
THE Associated PRESS.

ComneFcial-Gazstte The people who
have most 70 say In regard TO the Asso-
eiatsd press are thOss like Thomas A.
HendrIcks, Who know nothing about
It. The association e an Organization
for The collection Of news-that, and
nothing more Il Il not political and
could not be. TheexecutIve committee
Of the Western Associated press " con-
posed Of one Republican. one Democrat
and one Independent. The latter sup
ported Cleveland. Il Is not likely,
therefore, shat the Western Associated
press could have been used for partisan
purposes. Il Was not 90 used, a. will
plainly appear when the excitement
connected with the presidential cam
paign shall have passed away. In all
ltS reports. 90 far - regards partisan
politics, Il was . marvel OF fairness and
impaFtiAliiy.
The New York Associated Presa.
which works with the Western Assocl-
alton, 10 controlled by al executive COM
mittee OF three, only one of whom is .
Republican. But this IL not all. Fully
tWo-thirds Of the agents for the collec-
ton Of news are Democrats. They were
not elected because they were Demo
oEAls, but regardless Of their politics,
for the reason that they were considered
DC for the duties assigned them. An
Associated Press agent anywhere in the
country who would abuse his position
for partisan purposes, or for any other
reason, could not hold his place q single
day.
The Association 10 an Organization, as
we have said, for the collection of news,
and because 1t has proved itself efficient,
and Its reports are always reliable, free
from sensation and favorItism, they are
valuable.
In the whole history OF the Western
Associated Press the question OF politics
has never been raised II its organiza-
ton or Its management, and for obvious
reasons never could be raised without
destroying IL. It serves the press
throughout the whole country with
news, and If II furnishes reports at times
that are not agreeable to everybody, it Is
not the fault of the agent, but of the
facts.
tits also TO be remarked that in the
whole history Of the association no com.
plAInt has been made at any one of its
annual meetings that its agents were
partisans, and furnished news that was
not impartial. The fuss is always made
in times OF political excitement and by
parties who do not what they are talking
about or do not care what they say.
These people take care not to come to
the front with their grievances at the
meetings of the association. Yet If they
had real complaints to make, that would
be the proper time to present them.
The relation of the Associated Press
TO the Western Union Telegraph com.
pany are simply business. The tele-
graph company is paid 80 much 9 thou
sand words for the Transmission of re-
ports. 1t has nothing to do with the re-
ports except to transmit them, as it does
private messages. jay Gould knows
no more about the contents of Associat-
ed Press reports than any other outsider,
and he could not control line of them,
II he would. Il may also be well enough
to remark, in this connection, that the
president of the Western URion Tele-
graph company is one of the most solid
Democrats in the whole country