Telegram-herald., 1890-01-11


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nam - Mondays paper. Many proscher
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when il Is so 0o0 year gor nls true anolut-
mani from tie gIo-p have mentioned one
r-...ehsrs nalis ~ drUppeu OUT of The
l4ibune for hftsen sears- AID he never re-
ce1r-d He drew the awful circie about fhe
Tribune. ard advised the sbeep = has pasture
T. lee from Horace White. Hence part of
ti-. earth fell ou tlat pasIor. had ne attacked
all tae paners he wouid ueYer have out.Iyod
his s,rroN Tie Mi2lssipIl poker player cut
OF Two husers u az opponent who vas sig
naline his 1aud III year pari had held a
iack full." sad the amputator, Wlping his
bowie knife YOU wouldn't have had a finger
left, dear boy
Intimacy with the affairs OF men, small
PAY. submission 10 rapid coriese 4 city
editors. hard vork AMI disappointment made
the profession of Tie trained reporter nearly
impossible, as may be seen b. the record.
Tho man who today is dying 70 get IN VIII
next year be scheming 10 get out However,
hard As the lot has been, / cannot Say that
the scribes were unfortunate. A majority of
them got into better places. some II them
have lived 10 be in turn maSulled and
stuffed with reportorial straw.
The reporter II today Is less in love with
his arJ than was tie reporter of the other
era The reporter Of today has already lived
Ia see the righteous Iorss4ken ana his seed
begring bread Assaeins Of character have
climbed 10 the top and the reporter who was
DESTROYED must see1 the patronage II tie 10
stroyer. The reporter must sit IA the aute-
room Of the stuffed efiigies and receive their
contumely II / judge the class, the expert
enced reporter does not believe there Is a
God IN heaven or "a devil under the earth.
or all the creations of the reporters imagi-
nation, there Is not one hc loves or admires.
He has not even the satisfaction Of the novel
ist.
Some Of the reporters Of the day-John
Ehlert, a German OF the war Oi 1870 for in
stance-continually astOnish their coutem-
poraries by the high degree OF proficiency at
tanned ia the art OF attending meeting, con.
structimg the great men. retiring IN medias
res, and turning over written copy 10 tho
printer for the earliest edition. The ancient
reporter able aS he was, could not 10 that
The paper IN those days went 20 press at 8 a.
m IL is midnight now. Hence John rhlert
and the sharpshooters
Can We blame this unknown, unpromOtable
atlas Of society if we know that ne also car
rieS an intellectual razor in his pocketl Ii
people insult him, in the depths Of their igno-
rance, shall we not see the patience with
which he nurses his wrongi
Did ever a wound sting sharper than the
thrust the ignorant viii some day receiver
Out Of the history of these repriSals comes the
fear in which the working reporter is held.
lie marches past doorkeeper, sexton, janitor
and private secretary, requiring only 10 be
known. He gets his seat IN front he wishes
it were through. He Is the only diSinterested
person in the house, yet be often is the only
friend Of the performance. l know Of preach
ers, actors and actresses whom the good re-
porters should have slain twenty years ago.
JOHN MCGOVERN