Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1890-03-17
PUMPING FOR NEWS.
Men Who Talk and Men Who
Are Reticent.
THE MAN WHO REsEMBLED BLAINE,

And the Way n Chicago Pencil-spoiler
Got an Interview TO Fill space-sena-
tor Ingalls, Adventure with Perse-
vering But Unsuccessful Correspondent
A Eulogy on Soap That Got Into the
Papers-GIeanings from the Capital of
the Nation.
WASHINGTON CRY, March l7-Apropos
Of the investigation now going on as to the
getting out Of the doings in the senate Sc
cret session Frank g. Carpenter, the we'll
known correspondent, tells something
about this aprpoachableness of sena-
tors and others. Edmunds, he says, seldom
submits to an interview but when he does
he tells something worth hearing. but will
not say what he does not want TO- Hoar
never submits TO an interview at all When
a reporter attempts 10 interview Edmunds
on executive session matters he gets nothing
Mt the time, but next day by mail a copy of
the rules Of the senate, with blue pencil
mark around the prohibition against giving
out any secret session news.
Cabinet Omcer-.
But few cabinet officers will talk, though
Wanamaker il approachable and Window
less so. Blaine rarely says anything. Speak
ing of Blaine and the newspapers IA story is
told of how VIII Nicholas. "A well known
newspaper reporter, once "played" it on
Blaine. Nicholas was in Chicago ON The
Times, and had been ordered by Editor
Storey TO see Blaine, who was stopping at
the Palmer house, and get an interview with
him. Nicholas watched until Blaine went
10 his room and then sent his card up, hut
Blaine "was not at home" Repeated attempts
10 reach the Maine man having failed,
Nicholas went across the street where he
saw n mana Chicagoan-who looked very
much like Blaine, patted this man on the
shoulder and said; "How do you do, Mr.
Blaine'"
The Fellow who Looked Like blaine.
The man looked around and replied "What
Is it, Nick, What's tile layi" Said Nicholas:
II have been sent out to interview Mr. Blaine,
and as you look like Mr. Blaine will inter
view YOU and he thareupon began to ask
questions The man took the cue and he an
swered the interrogatories in characteristic
manner, saying just the things, however,
that Blaine should not have said. Nichols
wrote up the interview, and IL was pub
lished. Blaine noticed 1t the next day when
he was travelling somewhere In the central
part OF Wisconsin. He was very angry, and
he telegraphod to Mr. Storey that he had
had no interview with any of his reporters
Storey ordered the discharge of Nicholas. but
that shrewd reporter pointed out that tho
interview did not purport to be with Blaine.
but a man who looked like him. Win stayed
Tried to Interview Ingalls,.
One of the funniest interviews of the past
three years was that which was uncousci-
ously given by Senator ingalls, 10 Mr. Lewis
ley, then OF The Washington Post, but now
connected with The New York World Mr.
Lewsley was sent to interview Senator
ingalls, on politics. Senator ingalls, did not
want to talk and he turned the conversation,
ut every question that Lewsley put, 70 the
subject OF shaving When Lewsley asked
him as 20 the prospects of the party Senator
Ingalls, remarked that Mr.. Lewsley's beard
needed trimming, and ~as friend"
told him "a gentleman could not go through
life without shaving himself once day
~You should shave the first thing in the
morning, said ingalls, "You will want
cup of hot water. and as TO the razor" and
so on every time Lewsley tried to come to
the point Then he branched off to soap
"Ah- Mr.. Lewsley, l forgot TO speak about
the soap. The finest soap you will find on
the market is made in New England by a
man named Blank, and here Mr. ingalls,
mentioned the name of one OF the noted soap
men OF the United States, and went on with
a quarter of column Of eulogy in his usual
linguistic pyrotechnics upon the virtues OF
this particular soap every word of which
Lewsley took down.
Got Even with the Senator.
Mr.. Lewsey finding he could not get what
ne wanted, left, and having IA certain
amount of space to I'LL he wrote up the in
terview on shaving, quoting Ingalls, words
a. they were uttered. The next day every.
body In Washington was laughing over this
interview, and by the following week it was
copied into nearly every paper in the United
States. Senator Ingalls, did not object |
to IL until he saw il in one of the advertising
pages of Harper's Weekly. The shaving |
soap man had taken picture of Senator |
ingalls, and had paid for a whole page of |
Harper's Weekly for this and the interview |
advertising hts soap Mr.. LewsIey bought |
Harper's the day it came out and he had it |
in his pocket as, going up toward the Capt. |
toll, he met Senator Ingalls,
Acknowledged His Defeat.
Lewsley took the paper 10 Ingalls, and |
showed IL to him. ingalls, screwed his double |
specialized eyes close TO the paper a moment |
without speaking, and then he raised them |
mp and said;
"My God, Lewsley, you've ruined mel"
"Oh, no, think not" said Lewsley. at
is just rs you gave it TO me, is it not.7
"Yes, believe II Is" said Ingalls,. land |
there is no use IN trying 10 lie out OF it. |
couldn't afford TO enter the ring with great |
professional liar like yourself. will do one
thing, however / will prevent the reap
pearance Of that Advertisement
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