The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1888-07-25
THR VETERAN editor,
Charles A. Dana, Delivers an
Address on journalism.
THE AMERICAN NEWSPAPERS
With the European Press,
"The Palladium of Our Liber-
ties"-A Notable Occasion
at Milwaukee, Wis.

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A. Dana, editor OF the New York Sun
delivered an address this evening at tn
, Academy of Music to the Western Edi
torial Association. The hall was crowd
ed and the veteran editors remarks wa
warmly applauded. Mr.. Dana begar
with the statement that he had grea
desire to come to Milwaukee, aside from
his wish to meet the Wisconsin editors
The body before him represented al
shades Of religion and politics and hi
was glad to meet them. He had seer
Wisconsin soldiers on the battle field
and they never tlinched.
The speaker said he began newspaper
work on weekly literary paper, which
meant that it was issued once every
week. Applause.1 The weekly edition
otthat sheet was 800 copies, which would
not compare very favorably with the
present daily paper, which literally ran
a mile minute. [Applause.l
In the modern newspaper, the intel
leCtual and the mechanical departments
Joined to produce the daily paper OF to.
day, which was one OF the wonders OF
the world. He paid a tribute 10 the re-
porters, who, he said, would see at once
through deception and could on oCca-
sions set one up for themselves. APP
plause.
A good word was also put in for the
editorial writer's and the correspondents,
the latter Of whom covered the earth in
their search for facts.
THE MODERN PAPER
is possible only in thickly settled civil
lized country, which demands it. 1t is
u work Of high intellectual development
that country demand such n publica.
ton. Compared with Europe, America
was far in advance. In the whole ofthe
British Islands there was not more than
half dozen papers which would COM
pare with those OF this country. The
same criticism held good in regard TO the
newspapers Of Germany. There the pa
pers were remote from the people; here
the press was close to the people.
The atmosphere OF freedom was essen
tial to the production OF great newspa-
/
pers A distinction should be made
between American and European deilni-
tions OF freedom. In France, the daily
paper would have one well written es-
say, but the remainder OF the sheet
would be filled with matter which in
America would be considered inmate
rial.
The newspaper must furnish the in
formation tue people desire, or 1t VIII be
failure. The first thing. looked ior
was news, and, by that word, the speak
er meant anything which would interest
the people. In this connection, he sad
that whatevcrdlVlne providence permit
ted to occur, he was not too proud to
report. Applause and laughter
SOME GOOD MAxIMs.
There were no set maxiurs and rules
,.- :a,s..aI;on, TLa Iaa,o, and ,Io
,or Iourn".'s'n' luz uoc'ot anu 'ne
lawyer might have rules, butthere were
few rules that could be used by news
paper men. Mr.. Dana, however, sub
mittcd the following:
First-Get the news, and get all the
news, and nothing but the news.
Second-Copy nothing from another
publication without perfect credit.
Third-Neverp print an interview with
out the knowledge and consent OF the
party interviewed. Laughter and ap-
plause.
Fourth-Never print paid advertise
ment as news matter. Laughter
Let every advertisement appear as an
adyertisement-no sailing under false
colors, rApplause.1
FiithENever attack the weaker, the
defenseless, either by argument, by
inyectiye or by ridicuie, unless there is
some absolute public necessity for so
doing.
Sixth-Fight for your opinions, but
don't believe they contain the whole
truth, or the only truth.
Seyenth-Support YOUR party il YOU
have one, [loud laughter and applause]
but don't think all the good men are in
it, and all the bad ones outside OF it.
IGL Laughter.1
Eighth-Above all, know and believe
that humanity is advancing and that
there is progress in human life and
human affairs Tapplausel and that as
snre as God lives the future will be
greater and better than the present OF
the past. TApplause.l
So important was the function OF the
newspaper that colleges were establish
ing classes ior @ instruction IN Journalism % s
He"rT HosS'',T' on oId neWsnoner s % edito% % @ saV
that such classes were useless, because
the only place to learn the business Tat
IN a newspaper oillce' A l.il. fema[KaOle L
thing about Ihis t sprt ol ,T5 euICai,on Io 9
newspaper men ls tlat II shoulu Do UNI UNI
yersal. lie must KNOW greaL many .hais
things, ana the 1etter ne KNOWS 5Idieii then
the better ne VIII De IN ms proiSssI,on u,
Inc newspaper man nan must llI SnoT "meInil In,,n
the theology Gl tne PreaGiheLL ~ ID SCUM sounG
whether the physloi1gy OF thG apc'Er PHI Il
good, ana Thsther tne logic oI 'ne ,S, law
yer Is good lor ahythinS' lApplauS'
and langhtei.J Ill, or, :. -,
CONTINUING, nc SAD; lhere ID m oh'
other point would , IKE 70 ,ho ioucn n,d upon
aud thnf