St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-01-27

some sitting on settees engaged In con-
yersation. while from our perch in the gal->
lery we could look down upon two million
aire senators from the Pacific coast just I'M
der u.s. with a copy of the Police Gazette
spread open before them. laughing as II
their sides would burst over one Of its pictor-
ial illustrations. To the boys mind the dig.
nifty Of the senate was myth. Over in the
house Of representatives it was fllibuster-
ing day, and naturally the ideas Of American
craftsmanship gathered there were not alto
gether complimentary. But when the boy
sat down in the supreme court room, where
everybody came in and went out on tip-toe,
he was impressed by the respectful silence.
The sight of the worshipful judges in their
black gowns. and the Difference paid by
bench aud bar to the distinguished-loo looking
parsonage who presided, impressed his
youthful mind with the impression that the.
chief justice was really the only great man
this nation could produce. ~
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Charles Hedges, the Associated Press agent
at Indianapolis, courteously replies by letter
to the criticisms recently made by the GLOBE
on the slushy manner in which much Of the
Associated Press news is served. In vindica-s
ton Of bis own work Mr. Hedges writes as
follows: 3
To criticise and expose follies and errors Is
recognized duty Of the press which results
in much good. never object to being pub
licIy criticised, especially in the gentlemanly
manner which you adopt. II. however,
can, from news standpoint (Which is my
standpoint, show my critic to be somewhat
in error or behind the times, 1 trust it will be
accepted In a fair, and even friendly. spirit.
will not discuss the great change that has
gradually taken place with the American
press in the past ten years, regarding the per-
sonaliry and doings Of our celebrated and
distinguished people. 1t is my daty to keep
abreast of the times and graduate my items to
meet this apparent change IN the public taste.
To do so may be, and in fact is, repugnant,
since it has sort Of jenkins flavor about it
that is not agreeable to a Western-raised
man. But what am l to do? The illness Of
Gen. Harrison's fayorite grandchild seems to
be matter of real news to the millions OF
readers IN the East and subject OF ridicule
in the West. Which Is right?. merely call
the matter to your attention; it's worthy OF
study. The people east of the Alleghenys
read with ayidity everything touching the
president-e1ect and his family, even to his
clothes and his shoes, while the people OF
the West seem to resent such matters as an
imputation upon their manhood. Apparently
we have two distinct civilizations, but my
dispatches, unfortunately, go to both Per-
sonally 1 belong to the Western type, and
many items, of personal character, leave
my pen without my approval, but I feel it
duty to suppress my own likes and dislikes
and aim to send items that will be read with
interest by others You ask, "Jerusaleml
what allied the cats" Well, if the house cat
was the same object of interest to Gen. Har-
rison that his little sick grandson is, should
certainly feel compelled to keep (Eastern)
public advised about that cat.