The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1889-06-21
WHAT MAKES A

ALfe.
Whatever may be said of its politics
all candid and competent newspaper
men recognize the New York Sun to be
IN many respects a model newspaper.
lu acknowledging the many compliments
bestowed upon the Sun, Chas. A. Dana,
its learned editor. makes occasion 10 ex,
plain why the Sun is a superior newspa-
per-words that should be pondered by
all men engaged in newspaper making.
lie says:
"A great newspaper is the work of
many hands, and without Standardization
its editor can examine the result. and speak
OF it with pride and admiration. In
making the Sun some of the best minds
of the period are engaged, and we would
be false to our duty and to our impulse
If we failed TO give them the credit they
deserve. Our discerning contempora-
ries find surprising merit even in our
mere news reports. That's bccau Sc the
Sun k care to engage young men of
ability aud education as reporters We
do no inquire whether a reporter for
this newspaper is a graduate from some
college. though we believe more than
thirty members of our staff are college
bred, and from Tho way our young men
write we believe the education of all of
them has been liberal. Every one is Sc
lectcd with sole reference to his fitness;
and the only instructions he has are to
chronicle facts just as they are. Their
| opinions would doubtless be valuable
but wedo not want opinions from them,
only facts. The newspaper profession
has sometimes been brought into disre-
pute because of III. negligence or dishon,
esty OF reporters, ana there is no de-
partment of journalism in which men of
high character and high principle ere
more required. They are the fountain
of information and should be governed
by a religious sense of duty. The facts
as they are without color and without
prejudice are what the editor needs as
the basis on which to form conclusions,
and if the reporter is lacking in principle
he is altogether sstray and the public
is astray also. They should be cultivat-
ed, educated and honorable men and
such we believe the reporters of the Sun
to be"
1t was Mr.. Dana who once said that
a reporter Or editor who wouldinot take
trouble TO go across the street through
mud knee deep, if necessary, TO verify
an item, didn't know the first principles
OF his calling. That's the whole thing
in a nut shell. The Sun never prints
n rumor-the runner is run to the earth
aud what is left of tiff any-alone is
printed.
Their opinions would doubtless be
valuable but we do not want opinions
was perfectly illustrated i'm the Suns re
port of EX-Prcsldcnt Cleveland's recent
reception by the Young Mems Democrat.
lie Club of New York ely AS every
one knows, Mr.. Dana hates the ex- presi-
dent and can say nothing that is too
mean of him, but the SUMS report of
the reception bore not the slightest trace
Of that feeling. On the contrary the ex-
presidents magnificent reception, the
long and continued applause with which
he was greeted when he arose to speak.
and the enthusiasm his presence invoked
was written out exactly as it occurred.
Nothing was ommitted. BY some edi
tors it would have beeu considered smart
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ton in a tiiPpant manner aud in a style
to bring ridicule Upon the occasion. but
editors of such calibre rarely get beyond
the walks of cross-road journalism and
never become heads of great newspa-
pers.