Telegram-herald., 1890-05-18


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E-el 4 h-s oen party IA h-s caar1-l@lls-
81 s4Fazs f4shl31 All H-l-ho1s pezarvs.
He n.1s 70 reo1ssE that rLis convers4~
uou c.s considered q pIlyzgs o12e-l.s Ia
slL-ltiF1l j z1eH th4r is u.s. pr va-s sEd
w0uld uQt os printed sz repeated 4
c4lld have created = u-Lld sort of sensa-
uaa - reporting sz1as tls speaEsE SD
bar u coarss 4 d. aes T1-s bunys -
. another phase Z modern nswsE sper
er1ics 4 uaAn must know inst BE- Il
being Interviewed t0r pubhcan9a Ine
gentleman q tAs modern press does nos
get nis lntsrVi isls-s cl4n1esrl1-ty
Al conversations not understood from
the circumstance Cr BY express agree
ueuE 70 he for type are private. lt Is IA
applying thls rue that one 4 the cA-ef
sOurces u troable arises The neygsqaper
man s. ctten puzzled I0 know what =, =
Intended for publication ani mat VS.
not That was tbs bone OF contention "A
-le Clsye l4Ilt article n New York city.
/. is ofteu Lhe bone - contention n less
celebrated cases. I am FQDld ~ say t1r
the CORES apondeuts ct Washington thar
lhe public mesi hsrs ful httls cause Il
complaint IA this resard. Ihe political
journals. as a rule. l0- only respects
coaE1-ucs alld il lurrlusLcally honorable,
but 10 exercises fine discretion IN win
moving the proper and printable from
the private.
E4teslropping Is also tab0oed. The
sell gosp pect4As Journalist Oi these times
viii not hide himself away Ia closets, or
glue his ear 70 keyh0les. Rare stories
ar3 told " the manner IA which big
news has been obtained by these means.
bus most " these tales ars OF tho old
days. The good senators thought tie
" ashington correspondents must have
some such means OK securing executive
session secrets. bat they were egregiOas-
ly mistaken. Tho modern journalist win
NOT eaves<irop. bat he VIII deceive. he
viii not ODcn another mans letter, but
he VIII play = trick upon the other man
III the Iuan does not watch out
This matter Of newspaper ethics is
sometimes very intricate and difficult 20
understand The public may not be able
% understand why 2 Journalist, who
w0uld condemn listening az the key hole
OF a committee room door. could hire an
emp!oye u the government printing Of
Tee 70 steal copy of the presidents
message for him, but | can understand
that, -aOugh | am not going 10 try 10 ex-
plain IT, / would not listen at key
hole. but would bTibe a printer 10 steal
a message for me, providing the message
was worth 1t and the printer did not come
too high. Journalists have gone ont Of
the business OF stealing presidents mes
sagos, but they axe suu eager for tariff
bills The public is already familiar
with the manner IN which the Mckinley
tariff bill found its way prematurely 10
the press.
\ Pacific coast correspondent borrowed
the copy 0f a member OF the ways and
means committee 70 write paragraph
from. and copied the whole bill with a
force Of six typewriters. That, in my
my judgment, was fair journalism. So
was the scheme set up by couple Of
bright correspondents 10 get an advance
copy of the Mills tariff bill when the
public mind WAS filed with curiosity
concerning that measure. They knew
Mr. Mills had q copy Of the bin from the
printing Office. and that therefore the
bill was in rype Their plan was to tele-
phone the foreman Of the printing Office
about 5 o'clock in the afternoon by the
CAPITOL telephone that Mr. Mills wanted
D dozen more copies Of the biu sent 70
his house az 8 o'clock that evening
When the messenger arrived ut Mr.
Mills residence with tho package Of
bills one of the couspira tors was 60 be in
hiding near the door. Be was TO have Il
small package IN his hand The CON
sDirat0rs thought that when the mes
sengcr ranE the door tel and the servant
came and opened the door there would
be fine opportunity 20 Do business. The
man Ia waiting was 20 rush mp Just as
the messenger left, ring the bell again.
and when the servant came % the door
she second t-ne, no doubt with the pack
age in her hand, the coaspirator was TO
hold out bis little package and exclaim:
IT Ihaye lef5 YOU the wrong package.
This is tho one that belongs 90 1Ir. Mills, :
and grabbing the bundle from the ser
wants hands beat a hasty retreat, as If
trying g. overtalZe the wagon. which ay
this time woUld be rolling down tLe
street In the package which the con-
sq.-a.or was % leave ia exchange for tie
more precious one was Co be some bills
and reports. which Mr. Mills. even If he
we're in the house AID looked them over,
would not be suspicious IF, as. Of course,
he had NOE expected auv copies Of the
ta-d hI1 and would ua1 be- sIspicious II
trckery. The printing o.Ece would Pee
satisfied fhst 10 had done ifs duty. ard
next morning two ents-Qrising journals
would contain the Nils tariff biIl In full,
telegraqhed ty their agile correspond
euts
The scheme iii not work. for the
simple reason that the printing Office
could not PRINT the bills and hence could
not deliver 5hen into the hands Of the
uns7specun- srvant girl It was \
7retrv plan. and / an sorry It did not
work. f1r 30 vas good journalism Tie
t-1s journalist viu not l1ok I'M another
. mans desk fer the biggest piece u news
.n the world. snv more tban . military
commander VIII violate , faE Cf truce.
tgt vrur eaod journalist VIII lead his
enemy into arr bush wheu ~ can
WaITER WETLnAE.
A Casf Tnri ac-r-ert.
Sruf'ev- y antTox didn't marry f1r
beauty
Rros'iv-No. he married for bcoty--
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