Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1885-02-27
Sharp Practice ana a Grcat Jour
nalistic Feat.


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One "f t-r important event of The
Year Ia "N"N-plr.r Row in Wa~hin@
ton :, the annual appearance" of The
President Mc~>icr. Th'~ : Hryer fur
ni-lt-I g. The pro- - appear IN print
until after IT. pr'-rri. q Oh la Congress.
Many Times IN N"Ir~ past the cor
r.. p"ad,ut, have c\c:ri~rd the utmost
ingenuity in their "lur:> Ia %,t ii. Ly
hook y crook. - ~ t. print il a day or
two IN advance. Two or tire" times
the, have ~ucc,,'d, I. much to th" an
no> aurc and cha aerin Of the different
Presidents who have fallra victims To
journalistic NuracitN. OF latr Years it
has been :" >crupulou~lN and syStcmat-
icall, guarded that it very rarely gets
ont ahead of time. An advance copy
will at ANY time command Il large price.
AMI ihi> has more than once induced
trcarh"rN IN the Government Printing
Olicr. In no other WAY is II possible
for il 10 reach the public prrmaiurcly.
Before Grant time the sharp news
! paper men had ~lIccr, died. now and then
| IN getting a message before the ,lav of
it, delivery. They ir,cd their skill on
Grant. who wa, not up on such mat
! tiers. and >licc",>fully. too. They out
generated the General lis first mos
sag" became the prey of the Row. and
people knew all about it before Con
grc>- met. But they did rot fool him
"A second time. llc said nothing about
it. but the next year he guarded his
message 81 carefully that none of the
CORES >pnndcnts were abe to oct the
slightest trace Of il. The night bcfor,
the day of It's delivery the President sent
"A messenger along the Row and invited
a number of the leading correspondents
Ia call at the White House the follow
ing morning. OF course they were all
there al the appointed time. President
Grant entered the room with Il biz roll
of manuscript in his hand and a twinkl,
IN his eve. Ii WAS perfectly safe to
"givc ont" the message then. aS thcr,
was not time 10 make any possible uSt
of il till after its delivery.
well. boys said the President
'you ouillankrd me last year. but
don't believe YOU will do it again
Here's the message. You can all sit
down aud copy it if YOU want to-"
Nobody wanted il then. as il was al
ready in the hands of the Associated
Press. and would heprompilv furnishc,
to their respective papers. But they al
laughed and declared it an excellent
joke. All Of Grants subsequent mes
sages were guarded with equal care
and To the end of his Administration h,
was rs good as his word; not one o
them had the edge taken off by prcma
turc publication. But they played it OF
Hayes.
How the unsuspccting and guilelcs
Hayes was taken in by a syndicate o
cnicrprising journalists was told to mt
the other evening by one of the guilt,
trio. These were the representatives o
the New York Times. Chicago Time
and Cincinnati Enqnircr. 1t was i,
1877. The loy, had been noSinm aroun,
WI "'''' ,''s' "o"''i N'i'' u! 'IS !" Sc
cral days every body along the Row wa
ON the ,Iui vivc. There seemed to b
nm inleinlhlc idea that somebody woul.
! get IL ahead of time. and each of. tn,
correspondents hoped Ia stick Il fcathe
IN his professional cap by proving him
self the smart"-t Of The lot. The mes
sagr would hr delivered on Monday. an,
"P !" Ha,'''"'f u" one is 'ar rs KNOW"
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