The Sunday morning news. [volume] (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1886-1891, 1889-08-04
The Office Gobb1er Never
Gives Him a Moments
Rest.
WASHINGTON JOURNALISM.
Frank Hatton Was a Very Bad Re-
publican but, He Runs a Fear
less Newspaper,
Special to tie Sunday Morning. Neavs.

ing the White House was fairly overrun
with Office seekers. Benjamin had hardly
time to take his morning ablution before
he was pestered for an audience by the
hungry and thirsty. He said to a friend
that he was sorry to leave Deer Park.
And for once Benjamin spoke the truth.
What with the Tanner Investigation and
the rumpus in the Civil Service Court,
aud Good John Wanamaker, its q wonder
that Harrison isn't run mad. Why, even
poor little Lige--and he is little-is begin
ming to feel the strain. As is well known,
Isige delights to whistle, and when he
enjoys good health he'll whistle thewhole
day long, but of late his pueker has been
quiet and It has been noticed that trOu-
bed look continually oyerspreatis his
classic cOuntenance. Corporal Tanner
continues on the even tenor of his way
while the Investigating Committee con-
tinues the task Of preparing the white
wash.
TEDpv's RAD FIX.
Little TEDDY" Roosevelt has got HIM
self in q very hot box. He stirred up Il
ornet,s nest when lie tackled Frank
Vt be called to account for intimating
Fat not only the Cabinet officers but the
fesident had Violated the Civil Service
A F. + understand that when Congress
lets the Committee on Reform in the
penal Service Will send for the Civil Ser
||tjlare Commission and interrogate the
Commission rs to the manner in which
the law has been administered. Then
Teddy can inform the committee about
his travels in the interest OF Reform.
1t has been common remark that no
first class metropolitan paper could live in
Washington, because the people here
would not support one. And the fact that
we had no really live newspaper was re-
garded as proof of the assertion. But
since ex-Cong ressnlan Berinh Wilkins, of
Jraofv
Hutton bought the Post not only
the citizens og Washington, but the
country at large have been SO
taken by surprise at the phenomenal
stride of the Post, chat they can hardly
realize that at last the capital of the
nation has a newspaper that is a news.
paper in every SENSE of the word And
people ale giving hearty support to the
efforts of Messrs. Wilkins and Hatton
The Post is independent and speaks right
out in court. 1t has no axe to grind, and,
therefore, the administration influence
cannot contaninate it. Colonel Wilkins
is q rip-snorting, dyed-in-the-wool demo
crat, while General Hatton is a radical
republican of the most pronounced
character. Politics, however, don't inter
fere in the management Of the paper, and
the relations OF Wilkins. the democratic
editor, and Hatton the republican editor
are most cordial When the Post pitches
into the administration as it often does,
you will hear the people say:-"WeH, Hat
TOMS out of town." and when the Demo
say:-"What's the matter with the POST"
and the answer comes, "Oh, Wilkins
must be out in Ohio.n 49,.
BRIGHT EDITOR SYLVESTER.
The leading political and, editorial
writer on the Post Is Major Richard III.
Sylvester, formerly of st. Louis Major
Sylvester is one of the most accomplished
and popular newspaper men in Washing
ton. He,waS the managing editor of the
Past when Stilson Hntchins was the.
owner. For the past four years hewas
the managing editor of the EveHtne
eye the Critic made the reputation of
being the brightest and wittiest paper
ever published in Washington. The edi-
torials in the Critic were copied far and
near, and did much toward building up
the circulation of that paper. Majors
vester fathered the now famous saying
Me too, Tom Platt, in an editorial para
graph printed in the Post on the day after
Conkling resigned his seat in the Senate
1t can be truly said that Washington has
now newspaper that publishes the news
without fear or favor. and that the Post is
the leading paper is attested by the fact
that it is quoted all over the country. and
business men patronize its advertising
columns literally. ,M
i notwithstanding that the Post is the
Iitst eg52fptctc urWS l3tkpc1r tN6f given Dnc
citizens of Washington, the District
democrats are anxious to see the publica-
Il ton Of a simon pure democratic paper,
l1Such movement was started last winter. \
Il and matters had almost reached the point
of completion when the proceedings were
stopped and the enterprise abandoned by
the sudden death Of The chief promoter,
Richard Townsend, Of illinois, Parties
Interested were from Kansas City, Mo-,
Illinois and Washington Had Mr.. Town
send lived stwosweeks longer the demo
cratic daily would have been born How
ever, while the hope Of asdaily is not very
bright, the next best thing in that line is
q democratic weekly, and about the first
of September a democratic weekly with
plenty of capital behind it will be pub
lished here. It Is said that ex President
Cleveland will contribute an article, and
also Henry Watterson. The paper will
. not be run in the interest of any indi-
vidual
WORKING THE PRESS.
John Wanamaker, the $500, 0C0 Post
master General contributor, is shrewd
business man. He knows the value of
advertising, and this little bubble with
the Western Union Telegraph Company
appears on the face of it as a great
scheme of Honorable John to work not
only the press of the country, but the
Of dollars worth of free advertising The
Honorable John states that he did not in
\ tend that the rate a mill per word should
s. he final. He issued the order to that
Reflect, however, for the purpose of OPEN
&ing negotiations in order that the lowest
Apostolic rate might be obtained by the
government This effort on the part Of
Memorable John to save the peoples
money Is highly creditable and he de-
serves the COMMUNICATION of every good
citizen, but when one comes to consider
&he methods employed by Honorable
John to bring about this great
having and the amount of space
devoted to the controversy in the
j ewspapers, it does seem as though
sI$crew was loose somewhere The fact is,
Ia Honorable John was entirely free from
I Huspicion, OF working the press he would
= have written President Green, of 1.-THE
Western Union Telegraph Company ask
RR an interview for the discussion Of the
#ibjecb, aud no doubt a Satisfactory ar
Rngement could have been made, and
rsGte Whole transaction would have been
EpefHe5cd Of BY the press IN Eve lines. But,
srtv pfse, business methods must be pur-
kpuhs3 10 running department OF the
sil ukrnment. don't want to be under
lo50od as casting any reflections on Hon.
flkable Johns policy. It wouldn't be
1a6onorable John Wanamaker If ne should
&bkt otherwise