The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-05-12
THEY ARE MADE GREAT.
"oW The CHARACTERISTICS OF
STATESMEN ARE ADVERTISED.
The Tendcnc, - Newspapers 10 Duste on
iiitie Things Congressman Martin. Of
Texas. sass blow out the Gas and he.
come iHmeu~."

come Iameus"
SPECIAL Concspo1dcucc
WASHINGTON May o. What l. fam
Il ha- ncithcr limitations nor definition
standard nor ule. II thrivcs ON am,
thing and everything. from ambrosia
dirt. from genius t0ccccntricity. II iii
icrs 90 races and among peoples I'll
Siavs poi ln may bc the Sax0n's fooc
and the American may grow famous o
that which would hui bind the Rri,isho
still moro securely in the chains Of az
scuriiy America teens with famou
men Railway trains steamers. hotels
streets are full OF them ln no othc
country are there $50 many "well known
men men whose names. spoken o
printed. are recognized as familiar bv :
majority oi hcarcr. or rcadcrs-as I'm thi
blessed republic Perhaps il would b,
sheer conccit % say we have 50 man,
more really great men than England
France or Germany In point Of fact
don't believe vc have half as many. but
we become better acquainted with our
notable men. and we note men foi
smaller reason This is fraiernal. com
panionahlo people Few arbitrary bar
ricrs are erected between clisscs
Our great statesmen. great law.
yers. great ri.loadcrs. great pugi
lists. great inventors, great journal
lists. great ga'~ icrs, great WITS great
orators. great baseball players, great
miliIon9ires. great actors. great poll
ticians. great horse trainers. great mer
chants hohnob together like brothers
And We are. too. such travellers that the
Californian is almost as well known H.
New York as the New Yorker. Men
from aii thc hooks and cannies Of th,
land are constantly meeting AMI com
mingllng IN business. politics. office seek
ing. summer rosorting. conventions Of p
thousand kinds. anniversary gathering.
such us the presidential Inauguration and
the Washington centennial
But more than ail we are nation. of
gossips. We talh more about men than
things. And-iho secret of 10 all-om
newspapers are greater gossips than we |
are. They $50 deity mix their news and /
their gossip that YOU can't tell ono from /
the other You don't wish 20. Only. il /
You stop 10 think about it at an. YOU ar.
likely 10 realize that the gossip is tho
best part of the feast. Without the gos
sip. news Is like pudding unsauced. II
really hungry tor subsianiials Won could
eat your bread minus butter. but YOU
prefer the butter and plenty Of it.
IL Is the newspaper that makes our
great mn 10 is the newspaper that
scans hotel registers. sets Argus eyed OBJ
servers in hotel rotundas. it Is the news
paper that makes the name Of Col. Slap
dash. of Texas. well known nm Boston
and the name of Judge Goodb0y. Of New
York. like unto % household word i'm the
states of the Mississippi valley or the ,
Pacific colst The English newspaper
does not gossip. except in the most linn q
itcd and frozen fashion The French a
does not gossip. except about ,
'riresse- B1ulangcr and the three or n
four conspicuous figures momentarilv s.
before the public cye The German Il
newspapers never heard Of such "a thing e.
Is gossip. and doubt if their language a
contains synonym for the word Sd
An this country the man who does or O.;
becomes anything q little out of the a,
Common run is introduced % the public III
Do de'ail-1s boy. collegiate. early strue- o.,
ier for distinction. winner Of fame or @,
uccess. We are toll how many girls hi
e courtcd before De- married. what m
lothes be wears. what bee eats. what ~
ort Of neckties hc likes Ills wife and n.
hiidren are introduced along with him.
not good many of his other relatives ,cl
VI the newspapers gossip, and then IN
vap gossip, and thu, the new man be- fl,
're the public eve. or the new woman. IA
'comes as well known 10 the whole am
merican people as ii our country were an
suburban nci.hborhool and we had vl
'w settler with IBIS washing out ON the su
ne and the first calls made bv all our h,
'od but inQuisitive ana Observing in.
ives
Nor is this AN. We have developed an MOI
nazing iondness for printing mems he.
ctures, and for calling men by their Wi
ptismal appellations or their nick. his
ines Thus We have Jim Blaine. or
'ob ln..rsoll. "Tecump" Sherman. TIN
Hat QUAY Charley" Farwen Tom" eve
wen, SAN Cox. Joe" Cannon VIII
ON Reed Chance" Depew. "Uncie pai
I'M sherman. Grandfather" PAYNE On
q many others. Just as we used 10 ,;.i
We Andy Johnson "Chet" Arthur. il !.
ack' Logan and Abe" Lincon All era
sc are aids L. the memory and pro tati
tiers of familiarity Going still further
are prone 10 make men great for lit
things. In making los famous persons
SIP uses a wonderful variety of ma #
Ias This man IS known the country '
= for his old hat. another for his era. ~
a third because hc Is in love with an 81
ress fourth because he killed =
ther man. "a fifth f4r his funny =
les. and man may gain fame al one
swoop hy q single remark like Elan I
an what are wc here iur:" IL
here are centtfs of commerce. manu-. TX
urlng learning. railroads culture.
Sc breeding natural ga, literature !
other matcriaiand immatoral things.
Washington IS thc ccntcr of gossip. Mr.
ther places gossip Is un amusement. sutsi'
Il Il business. And it il here the MI
lod- trend. and influence of the 'n"'
Dnal characteristic of go,.inins are ." "a
studied Here is 10 seen as on a
etop how gossip make, % public man
widely known Tor his persona. The
= OF cccentriciiies than for his genius his br
how gossipgivcs fame. hope,
least rs common equivalent. motto. Geors
. TO men who have no other claim II
10. how regulations alc manufact -" ue
oul OF trivial incil,nis and names ", |o"'a
ent laundering down lhe ascs with cr,o,
ns bat incDnsegGcniial idiosyncr. ~ 3
o propel them. suere,
ere a. Kentucky favvritc ron. Sen And
piackuuiE. surrey famous man was o
e is better known for his Lonhomie on bi.
ecziness and as Joe iSan sor his kicked
ance or craftsmanship. great az
are. II ex- Senator Bowen had no -,
! poker player 10 is doubtful if his ~.
would have been spread Familiarity hin, +,