The Hawaiian gazette., 1891-02-03
Philosophy of Journalism.

Journalism, briefly defined, is
the embodiment of pubic opinion,
s in the periodical press. And il
this definition, condensed and cor
rected, be correct, it is obvious that
men in early history did not select
lit. as a means of warfare. But it
was chosen and selected as me
dunn through which the ideas and
feelings of the people could be
S scanned from its pages, after they
8 had reached a state of ebullltion
the same to acquire Importance as
s it became more surely, truly and
8 more widely an expositor of the
sentiments of the people-those
sentiments of strength and char
E acter which may be crushed for a
time by one faction, and upheld by
sanother. This may be accepted as
"a minor conclusion involved in a
zmajor one of far more Importance,
q The former can be established by
1.-THE analyst, while the latter as we
E shall presently attempt TO show,
s must be edueed by the historian.
&There are ingenious men who live
Svery plentifully upon the curiosity
Sof their fellow subjects.
& ALI of the literary scavengers
& gather up the same gossip, all of
zthem receive the same advices
sfrom abroad, and very often in the
Every same words; but their way of
Cooking it, is so very different.
that our spoiled and over-pampered
tastes are pleased and agreeably
satisfied, until our highly-fed pal
ates, accept them, served up steam
& ing hot and fresh. But when they
are again set cold before US, it is
only journalistic artist which may
garnish and prepare the proper
Sauces to give them relish.
Then again, comes that cold
synicaI skeptical penetrating poll
stition, warming his eagle eye down
the paper in search of mis- " wolf, y
which the ever wary editor must
have taken especial care to "dresS
up" because he grunts the selfish
grunt of satisfaction, and proceeds
Ito mutton chops and beefsteak inI
good address. The appetite for
news, and the various kinds and
qualities required to satisfy it, isl
only known to the mortal and the
& immortal CD journalists. The
newspaper annals of the present
century are full of progress, which
Envelopes in libels, government
& prosecutions, and struggles of the
masses. Many triumphs have been
4gained by the press, not the least
notable of these is the triumph of
public liberty the independence of
mind!
A few, only comparative few
8 papers of the day have grown,
agreat, absorbing attention by their
magnitude and importance, for thel
.conduced and simple reason that
they have directed the current of
popularity into particular channels
This proceeded from the far
sighted vision of independent spell
ciality
The history of Hawaiian jour-
nalism is in its infancy; it is still IN
written; but the materials are|
accumulating rapidly. In one|
years time, we have noted theI
Steady advancement of each peri!
zodicaf; that spirit of eager ener-|
fgetic loftiness which struggles for|
the topmost round Of the ladder
We have seen the budding of Al
small evening sheet, which IN Itself
was a credit, blossoming into al
.full-fedged eight PACED edition.
+ We have noted the constant growth
of our earliest and reliable morn-|
ing journal whose elements of suc-|
cess seem to be finn, and wholly
peculiar to It's carefully selected
literary matter, and able journ-I
alistic ability in its management
s land especially do we admire the|
. phenomenal enterprise as shown inl
/ the recent numbers of tie Para
disc of the Pacific" Honolulu
may be proud Of her first illus
trated journal. Its editors haveI
sbegan at the Y. Z of illustrations-|
They are perfectl The great mon
sarchs of the peace seem to be in a
constant state of rivalry which will
result in high standard of financial
success-and by and by historian
will rise from these squabbles of
analysts and essayists to weave tot
4gether all loose facts and. specula
tions in one grand department of
literature, which will influence,
the destines of the people.
A journal may be the voice OF an,
Individual, but the power of the,
Zvaioa demands unan the echoes