Telegram-herald., 1889-08-20
MEN WHOARE POWERFUL
Newspaper Cores poo1enIs a.
Washington.
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nalns, 2lG outside t1s cry II NAs1lngraa
l11ss 4<s Let = hundred persoos 80 anew
Lll o. SCAT he = ut1-7 fellow, 40
wsars q flannel s-irt sa1 ais - modest that
b a.. - anything Dat TIE great MAJ lie L.
\ 1t II -1sfe i warrant Tor Ll-s a. aor-sui tnzt
tas alsA @no maAs tne Creates Impressions
Ga xDelF tines are LaSsss 49, Ia -Arz-s- ulaas-
urs L11snee ILs thinking Il tAsir fellow
ulen. la u paper c-lEesponlelr. nov el-
gagged IA reading t4s rlot enactment - lis
Ol-ics boy, l. sssglFe1ly one II Ia master
su4ri1s II Jhs as. He cannot order out ITO
Amy and navy, der discharge Otlee holders,
uor pardon criminals, Esr veto private pen
si1n 1Lis, btil he can aud nightly dos spread
broad at TIE -larssls u news on which pao-
- opinion feeds aid drinks.
Tho y ashInyton correspondent = a nan
OF power. becA1ss be stands between govern
mems, ruling party, p-dAc policies, orticia a.
persons On TO ons side. AMI the onlooklng
public on the other. he y a man Of wide &C
qaAlntance. keen ohssTv alton. great expe-
rience. Better than a. DC has much indie
pendence. Though 10 must n bis daily work
cut hls cloth according 70 the political mode
q hls paper. aside from tho general course
which be 5 expected 70 pursue gre4t freSdom
ol action Is left him. 10 has the confidence
OF his managing editor. HIS copy Is but ittls
edited In the home once, hs receives few
orders from hs superioss. Very often. in
stead OF following policies laid down by his
paper, he inoculates the horas management
with the Inspirations by which policies are
adopted.
The frs. business Of the Washington cor
respondent IS 70 transmit the news. But
news may be "colOred' news OF a certain
sort may Do made much OF, other news may
10 belitslod Or entirely suppressed. The
great power Of the Washington correspon-
dent has It's source largely II this privilege
OK his 70 mix opinions with facts. II ne does
hls duty well be IS more than mere re-
porter OF occurrences-he = Al editor Of
news who writes over = wire, mirror OF
opinion, an analyst Of men, a commentator
who incidentally illum.nes facts which might
otherwise be devoid OF color 10 the eve Of the
average reader.
The work Of the ideal Washington CORE
spOndent reminds mo very much Of the good
preesrnan who has In hand job containing
wood cut Illustrations The lines OF the en-
grevinS-the back-are cut by other hands,
and cannot be changed. II the plate is run
raw and untreated through the pres il is TOO
strong in color here and too light there. In
one SPOT tic INK is thick and black whore it
should not be- and where deep color is re-
quired II prints gray" and uncertain. The
skIllfGl pressnan takes that engraving in
band and Transforms IL without touching one
OF the lines. lie ''underlaysn the plate with a
thin piece Of paper 70 make the surface d.
rsctly over II print stronger, or, in another
place, cuts out small section from the tyn-
pan 10 give lighter, more delicate shading
II there Is a villain IN the picture plenty OF
INK is left upon his sonber face, and il there
IS a maiden far GEd prosecuted, how the soft
nsss Of her eyes and the graceful nesting OF
her brown ours are brought out Ia all their
graceful templngnessl Like the preSsmau,
the sziliful Washington correspondent ''over-
lays and ''ull4rloys' aud cuts away %
give tint and tone 70 the daily pictures which
occurrences paint for him IN outline.
4 sample Of tho manner in which the
Washington correspondent exercises his pow
err An incident in ono Of the departments
reflection upon the dignity and efficiency OF
a high official falls under the notice Of a
member 81 the corps OF correspondents who
doesn't Ike tae oilicial involved. Without
EliSta1ing the facts, but simply by coloring
them, he makes Of the incident some very
unpleasant reading for the person chiefly in
terested- But before sending his COPY u the
telegraph Office the young giant concludes be
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reach Of his hGod. The COPY IS manifOlled
ard sent cut b. means Of the olice boy to a
dozen OF more correspondents OF metropol-
itsn papers, friends aud neigh50rs Ok the lis
cOvsrcr. All or nearly Al Of these make use
OF the news item. rewriting it or not, as their
fancy dictates Next morning see what a
display Of power our modest little CORE
spondeur has made When daylight dawned
In Boston 10 fol.i threc or four lightning
presses turning 0u- bT the thousand papers
containing the .7 II the department. OIL
cial who made a l.uader Hundreds Of news
boys gathered up the papers aad carried
them 20 al p2rIs y the city Trains by the
score spread ths Story al over New England
AZ View YORK daylight broke upon a SINH
lar scene. and again AZ Philadel Dlia. Pitts
burg. Cincinnati, 81. Louis. Chicago. St
Paul. Kansas CITY. and On 70 San Francisco,
Portland and Ssa--is AZ the command Of
the little man ia 'tlrei shirt "a Newspaper
TOW. az a wave of 70 hand In the direction
a an Efniorian 1-e boz this snow storm
q INTEL -nnce rs spread on millions y
fakes from ooeal % ocean Probably the
derartmen- ofi-ial vas noe much hurt His
pride may Lave -rsn wounded ana his enc
raiss a. home may have ssi.si UPON the Incl
dent trivial ss IS vas, - iauzl CD drs-ruo-
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