The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-11-05
THE Ideal NEWSPAPER.
An INTERESTING ESSAY ON JOUR-
NA-i5& BY HENRY WATTERSCN.

AN INTERESTING ESSAY ON JOUR-
NA-'5# GY HENRY WATTERsON.
The fhr.e Cardinal Principles OF Dis
intore-toJn",-. CicanIiuess and Capac-
ity--Li;erIturc Gradually Crowded
out by Journalism.
Yet, after al, has not literature, and par
! ticularly fictitious literature under its old
forms, very nearly rum its courset Is there
! anything in books which the newspaper,
! adequately rendered, cannot better produce
| and supply, except the records of times when
! there were nJ newspapers, admitting that
/ works 81 taa Imagination have exhausted
their possibilities and spent their forces Mind
| you no Imam thinks less Of the current news
! paper than / DO. It IS q vast power mis-
directed, and l was almost going to saw.
wasted. But | have in my fancy n news
paper not 50 INSTRUCTED and wasted, con-
ductcd under the largest sense OF public and
personal responsibility, edited with tact,
ability and care, iuteIHSently, and cleanIy,
AMI, where the occasion requires, brilliantly
written, and yet furnished with ell the re-
sources ot modern enterprise and organiza-
ton.
No newspaper answering this description
now exists in the world, and perhaps none is
likely To oNs~t FOR long time 10 come. But
one VIII exist as soon rs the experiment is
tried 10y a man equal to the task and master
of the situation Immediately ut hand. Then
c.p h.. will u,t l,5-itot, =, ,,,,l-t i, -.
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o,,l ambition 10 fisT, mi ont ~ H., -
E.+. ii may be asked. what o,,rIt !, T,,,,.-
paper to be. and what can 10 be: IL should
To begin with, be q history, and n complete
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AZ .H. lotion of this scheme lag three ear
ann. l.E..t,I.-. lhty are: hl~ntcr2stcd-
les. cleanliness and capacity
Ito '-sai editor neei not be-uay, he must
MOI h@-t neutral or a ..fes lance Olten
the worst kinds of soryllity and corruption
ar found ma iuerad.ns under the pretense,
ami sometimes the actual baiief, Of ~Inde-
IciW"n.n N' man can amount to much III
TINS "n.st "'' h'.N nut believe IN something,
AMI Who has NOT some method IN his believ-
m AMI - SLY 80, n man that Ec : not a
partisan = g" i,ll-E 'i't i.' i# either Il scamp
or q ~.-. -f.- tl' idr'l rtitt'c may Dc as par
tsiu .s DE- l.n-5rs. bat Ice mast be disin-
tore {. t..a. Is to sat-, hs must he what he
claim ,a te, and must seek to represent
trut.. a+ - 5.rf II, for truths sake, and not
Tor inc sake "i ;ut office or a job. lie must
deal i.E..z "-'t frankly by the public. Even
tn pr"4'.-'i aLv"raty7 OF special interests by
do.n- 81 = .-Hr- -'ti'ia- great crciit; how much
more .i... +. d. stlac' ami nleilted by one
VINO a.- ..r l'nr-ii wholly 20 the general
lni,.'-.. ..' honest % ue bought and too
b."N. T. '.- '".i.". su'h an one needs only
c2I"'-. "..ia-5 every end possible to the
r,.'-.i 81. ...' itius. lie Wl!i establish be-
tws.i. ~ .--i.icsS and himself n perfect I'M
dy!ss.:l .'.-5 Just such an understanding as
Is e.iH.s .siesi between the upright banker
ana ui~ ".-'"'.''s or the honest lawyer and
ms "!''H.-
IN. '..'.'i.S' %. '-'' JouIl . IS TO arrest
'Ne "-.'.....'' ~ 'lil P""i'1 rom Jay 10 cay
ana '...' t...' % S'Iath upon tue inventive
iaeU-,r5 .Aa.' .H' nervous energy winch are
Il. ".'. - '.'" 7--'-it anu S'''tdS cofilIlosuFe
.'l'''.' 'N'-' =. '-.''il'i''7'I .iiloii. III
H.. l-.... -.."i-. ti'' journalist Is
C-a"..s- .-- administrator. lie must be
i'-- ~" '-a,,,il' 4'' ''l '"-heiS' IS al
l"".t 20 'yArl. OF prepare ana mas
u ~. aijniH'ed Thought giving
each t.~ 81" .". .'A. An event, an idea, no
hI- .a." I.'" first ray OF the morning sun,
an. E ....,'t i-' surface OF affairs; he can
L.. ".s. ."E i-iS 10 disclose itself, but must
c..i '...-.. 3. %. "Hce' IL shows It's lace little
Hl.' "'s' h. mas. mark the change and deal
v.,a .1..- HIt finally, 10y the time 1t has
re-. p. r. "'"p!ete Development and IS
re"iA =. -. -.H'n % take mold OF II, the
J'uFi''..- isr "dt 70 before ms readers IN
many ".y~, aaeprdiHS rs !. may have altered
is aspects m be process Of rising above the
horizon AMI ascending to its zenith.
IL who Is unwilling to submit himself to