The Warner weekly sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1885, 1884-02-08
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Bos inc debates IN Congress Are
shorthandcd-rhe Oficial steno-
~graphers.
From the Eew York World.
S1bn 3. bfcEinons, the chief Of the
Official st~enographers Of the Hclge, has
been in the service Of that body az &E
Official reporter since i84G. He was an
epesS sssseH6Erapfher when a mere BOY
When no was Is years old he was report
tng the official debates. Dennis
Murphy, the chief of the Senate stat,
began hie official work for Congress six
Jponfhs earlier than McElhone. Both
pre- from Philadelphia. McElhone is a
very tall, straight, vigorous, cookbook
ing man. He Las more the air Of q
dFghing soldier than that Of a civilian.
Ills eyes are clear and resolute, his nose
rtrrirbt, while his military mustache
md imperial s~cCentuate his appearance
Of yiaor and energy lie Is a very Cu-
tiyated man, and few Ders have
Euab Il thorough know
Iedga o. public affairs as
McElhone. AZ Ig strange that none q
tbs younger stenographers OF WashIngk
Ton who arc booking forward TO fill the
places Of tho official gtenographers Of
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aualiy themselves for the work, The
average btenographer looks only TO the
~gtenheaiGal pa / Of his work, without 8
thought Of how necessary 10 his ina
Nuraaa ~ the possession Of a thoroughly
broad md comprehensive educasion.
AIR, McItihone explained the other
day bis method Of working. II will
probably be q T~eleVation 10 the average
reporter, He pays no attention TO the
ltgehanical part OF his work. He writes
che pltman system in its simplest forms.
When he Is reporting q speaker be fo3-
lows his every sent nee, critiCisiRg il RnG
taking in fully its sense while his hand
follows his thought like a bit OfexQuisite-
~ trained mechanism, The result il that
be las mover yet met a speaker whC
Cru talk too faStfor him. When he meets
RIasN Eao can think faster than he can.
tasn only will McEihone be at 8 loss,
Aie says that In the last House the three
naEteSt men TO report we're Thompson,
p' ac 80, E~lackburne of Kentucky. aEC
1sY Of Massachusetts.
IHg hardest piece OF reporting eveE
ccEo BY McEihone A during the e.
Ct Incidents Of the counting K
Iaayez by Che house Of representatives,
Ga Beebe. q New York, ilnuGr2-
lgd himsef Nv Jumping upon As oesE,
EetLEn appeared 20 bET@ geEI
1884, 10 report what zG $40 w1E
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