The Arkansaw traveler., 1884-05-10
A SENSIBLE OLD FELLOW
IAnrri.an lnnrna,is,i

through nalaski Park. in Savannah, tseof. gss. when accidentally '' ran across an cid friend whom had 10, met for great many years Ia New York. n iSss-o-- he had been A contemporary os ," Ice . Scovilie. the great darmoe~ of ts ( Mobile Re<syssr. and the author cf the eeleesatet :. Hannibal paaerS m the New Nor T.-.F sAf, Mot,imeI Thomp- son. pce<ueks. and other hngh, hgh,S . ~ftr dmo1r als friends he numbered sech men as lohn Clancy. Henry Nor. toid tseoIse AooiTldge, and iha, bfil- liant eUl errauS woman. Ada Giaac. sas glad to mce, inc old ,taveler. and st.cr general talk. our conversation naturally turned to iosraalsm. asked hlm ~ha, he thought ot the writers oi the past. as compared ~llh ,he new hrasi st . now hold the rcis< over shc press Well he sand. yhlnA the system ln vague is no,. .a a scholarly sense. se ee compared to sAat Il was some SearS age. bal think shele ls more ingenuity dis played n tho laurualls sm .. the present :3me. Amcs e.ntsion tiennctt. tas c,>ict gave Il scr, ot impetus .o sensational matter ~hca h. began Inc Ne~ letk ffs' 3.ss. ia gs3, ho~ese9. |, ~as an es. petimeni ilss ssC,c css soon beTat imi. iators. ha, ,hes look ae hold upon the people Aeai> wceg by. ipd the hcass aailes heid theit own Nsts were passed Inc tiottda, then the MTst, ta the Cgsmr an. then the Italian and Aus ttttn s4saPAEas, nn4lY. cut asn tc tf hle ,nietnetspe sttlic s.tme on. aai heln that itat3fedAi eeefess aas cselecd gae faarn4.3sfa oi ta-aay II savers ai w4r anal hsaa1>he3 even aos, Nhcn tlnsc Ike ;ae waves ai :he ocean. should have aA= ll;csa;td all marks and dist, utcmeuts ifon the hai,1e-slags oi the past. ant sot;cnea our theaehss anal understanding iet the pea eful iatufr. War iS pesii- lrntal a,;isii Il the best ou, ~hen |, is pasSe,i. aad t,s aarrots ate a,tamon,cns.y and NiSta., mp esscd upon Inc minds oi Inc cons4pk generations A A thing not to be forgotten. at.a the aen who seek te eh.i,efase. ieaHe, lasts aadcaetving thr titlc ot rseu. Il ts great misfortune Tor a people. journalism to-day ls bascd en those pisn.lpi.s fusa where you wili you tin.. the newspapers either controlled or edtsed by men ~ho either smelled the battle atAr of, or ~ete black wtih the smoke ai st. Inc ~sr brought an tets fapiiou, rot oaty in the tommcfe lai u.afts aud among the operators, hu, ,p tho newspaper men. E.a4ofS ~ho were d-emea pure and ealS devoted ,o the enaslta uan oi gool F.nsj,si. sentens = ~cte h. .Aceei tu,hlcssly iiom thelf ed. ti9rtd ssnunee hy the bfsi guns ot The aani'fet. oi'is ses ssrtr sfYtHg asa iuf es= eupanta= lea,fazfs were flying hlhcf aHd thishef tbefs As money m essEy epAy4 hsoAaHs from the he.eas afed Il, staE Ifc ealsiots tsah iacif. aante q ! ~a.8 he : fHs5e lts t#4e E4fsseez a1Hcculez n lhe shape n iAt efti e were at theff dapa1tl thih e8e wcat into Inc Wal ,se- pariment. that oac went into the naval bureau, another into tAIs dcparsmeu' at that. bai 0ho t.ilcd thet pl4ss Ioun. men and those, Inetted hy the hamc abroad III the land began sensational journalism as | nov es4sgs. Truth. based on ecagtne ~a4 scIpris. shtan2 into insigs nii,cauec, and the telegraph helped ln the hnal e8oatIon. Padding cut tao lne dlspais hes into columns en- kendefed a soft oi h,lional quali,y in the newspaper scfivcner which, after wAfs loud alarms had ceased. he was un~iIl- ing tn surrender. War correspondents by handreds sied wI,h eat h other m de pifrng the bstfofs oi battle and am paigIing When ,he guns were silene ed and peace saened. the men who had followed the beat oi the drum were con iTon,ed ~lth the sicrs reality ,hai they had become unhtted iof the work which they had left, to take up the pencil of the correspondent. As A last resort they Hooked To the large Cities where they hung around the newspaper office. awaiting a chance for aasignmeni The mos, brilliant of the correspondents de sciopcd by iAc gar, iound no di.tle uliy n securing ~oik. and, although not nunet- ons, many @i them to-day afe holding high positions on the pfess. The re- mainder snbatded into reporting and bo- hcrnianism. anf they snot slated ~hA, work they did, sith the same Hetion that the Wal had bred m them. younger men followed on. and wishing io outdo 'tcir ei1ers lef ther fAneles ran rot. un ui nos II is only question when the end oi the rope ~Iii be fest he'd and the press return into peaceful and honsst paths agAin. Bat,e sad 1, haven, yoa no,iced iha, where man read paper onse ~eek in the h.lcyon days you
  tunes three l. not that fact eouc insise evidence tha, the s~tsaiiosal literature the present time, no natter .hen as where .a.abaled, ,s relished by the read ers, ls not the AuE piy governed hy ihe demand 7"
 fes, ny fflead lgs, as .hlaky, nof- ph.De oi tobacco Is demanded by 'hoAe sa0Se tastes have become detiasr v their iatrpcucton anu use The mud . not bebeftted by sensational literature. to put the expfessson IL .d!y, on he rtn. trary its coniinea aee has a ,endercY 10 de0Ase. and 50 disease ina; truth departs and ~i-; ls leis Mental yaeuity
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