Fairhaven herald. [volume] (Fairhaven, Wash.) 1890-????, 1891-07-30
EDITING MS HEALTH

Mr. Dana. of the New York sun,
has lately been going into SpasmS Of
Indignation about the newspaper IT,
ports concerning Mr.. Blaine's health,
and while the foolish business should |
be rcprchendcd, it may not bc out Of
the way 10 mention the fact that Mr.. /
Daua'S paper has been one Of the most |
conspicuous examples Of those journals |
that have been doing the very thing
he rants about.
Moreover. Mr.. Dana well knows,
or II he doesn't know II, his manag-
ing editor does, that very different
influences from those imputed 10y
MIR. Dana have led to this continual
harping on Mr.. Blanc's health.
Dana charactcrizcs 10 an rs ian in
crcdibly malignant and brutal CON
spiracy to drive Mr.. Blaine 20 pre-
mature grave by exhibiting him To
himself rs a man doomed 20 death.
We say conspiracy, because there Is
every Indication Of concerted action
on the part Of the inventors of the
bogus interviews, the fabricators Of
the lying medical reports from Bar
IIarbor, Boston and Washington, the
the artists whose pencils are set TO
the task OF representing the secretary
Of state in the last stages Of cmacia-
tion and pending dissolution, the cdi-
tors who have already ordered his
coffin and are shedding crocodile tears
over IT, One day 10 is acute nervous
prostration, another day 1t is parcsiS,
another day It Is Bright's disease, an
other day 10 is paralysis-any malady
known 80 the pathologist is q good
enough malady for the use Of the
assassins.n
Now the fact Is that the perform
ances Of the newspaper reporters in
this connection have been caused
by morbid and cver-cOntrOl-
ling desire among Just such
newspapers as the sun to secure
sensational stuff concerning men Of
great importance. IL Is not maIgnity
nor any sort Of u conspiracy, but the
result Of oycr-wcaning enterprise"
on the part OF newspapers. A reporter
is sent out with directions to get some
thing about MIR. Blaine, and he Is 90
ing 10 get 10 III 10 takes leg" The
live American newspaper reporter is
an individual who is not going to get
left IL he knows &C., and he generally
knows 10, and he is like the irishman's
fighting duck in standing his ground:
Look at the fut Of him, B." said Paddy,
1.-THE diyil himself couldn't upthrip
him" If the reporter is instructed,
for instance, 10 discover that Mr..
Blaine Is sick man. that Is what he
is going to discover, and the opinions
OF friends and physicians, or the sight
OF Mr.. Blaine saving wood. throwing
the hammer, kicking football rowing
boat, or sprinting over tcnmile
course, Is not going TO stand In the
way OF Mr.. BlaInes loss OF appetite,
emaciated appearance or general de-
blity IL the Instructions are 10 dis.
cover Just how sick he Is, based on tho
assumption at headquarters that
he IL sick. And the reporter attends
90 this business with an eye single to
doing his detail In good style and tt
supply a "slug-hcad story" On the
other hand, II Mr.. Blaine should b,
down with nine kinds OF aches ano
every chronic complaint known tc
pathology, the sensational reporter II
instructed 10 find out how good and
promising his health Is, will make an
athlete OF him in n jify, and as man,
columns OF stun rs may escape tn,
managing editors blue pencil. Al
this he may do without the slight