New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-04-10

} control this country. They have donr NOR. tnan
mighty dead and their great survivor. he has given 10
rs an Illustration Of those Influences which have cdu
way We welcome hin home 10 ycw 1iS but the
~e,J nn IRON OH ,oc YORK wonid be incomplete without
II gives me gNat pleasure 10 call upon the hon IT,
Clair Mckelvay 10 do thar>for us. Nppinu.cI
Mr. Mckclway spoke as follows:
Mr.. President and Gentlemen OF the Ohio socictv:
am aNed x W sPeaK i2 te pref Of New At TN,
/ feels toward the guest of The evening. My active
sbos On ne pe,c Of i, t' a Ne began about when
! became entitled TO membership in an Ohio society in
the effect Of him the press of the state and the effect
Of the press Of thr state upon him. daughter and ap
plause' He began by meferring news to everything
any other kind. OF course the very best in his opinion
wa such told OF Republican victories. Lauelicrj
In that he tried to make his news he went
along, like the lecturer on history OF whom Froudc
said that he made his facts he went along. Uaugh.
/ icrJ Mr. Reid, however, could not always publish
that kind of news. Happily tina. kind does not always
occur although does with depressing frequency
about every fourth year. daughter and applause
lie therefore. carefully dscnminaied among the new.
flat Ne preferred the be,t to the worst The best in
his opinion, was tha which tod Of goa rn inns done or
plau>cJ | do not mean good in m6y'pamby sense.
'o,,n The Zoo long to give Won a dlsqui- ion ON
news or 90 tell the story OF Whitenw Reid, relation 10
St.e 0eiE need be- made on th head
Whclaw Reid early maglhed tho news OF education
of havnS colleges completely reported on the occasion
Of their great events. He can,el the social science
countries 10 be carefully written mp me pest thOught
which science teaching or religion uttered found room
| those who know much and necessary 10 tho'" who
would Anow NOR, The work Of agitation committed
freedom and manhood suffrage. Nppar>eo " the
| dE ne e en1 the sr o the c
Gator, the men OF exact knowledge and careful ihv~l
!
place Of scattered lecture bureaus. Tie specialists OF
the world The Tribune became their organ by brcom-
ine ther chronicle. Other metropolitan papers now
une. under Whitclaw Kcil. wa, IN, pioneer in
that work (Applau>e)
TIE PAPER OF Educ AToRS.
II still does IT, better than any Of is conlem
porsrcs. for il has learned how TO do IT we'll,
and the and who formulate The
educational thought Of the country. while admit
ting the claims and desiring the good offices of
the entire pr regard The Tribune a. the IEierrri
paper man would recognize in what have 10 ~ac That
conformity 20 the facts which honor hS tailns u
Whitelaw Reid has done 10 journalism bN laising "a"
standard OF news frcm Washington. London, Ia,r.
Albany. Boston. Chicago. san francisco and other
points OF Impor ancc interest in the affair, o. Tie
world do not acGu.i his corr 'po9hent, at tho
point, OF expressing wrong opinions. for they o. not
always express my own. 1aurh"r.l do. however:
claim for them tina; they have raised the ~landa OF
the expression Of opinion u mth plane Ihcy hivr
STra as gsn'emgn nnd nd i OF nhs
port Of the home Ollie" in eveN instance iAPpmu,cJ
Otherwise they could never have don" 80 wei a. ihrf
fave done Their views always their OVID, whether
ti"v arc the views OF The reader or not ana III i0'a
bly, TRUSTED cases. whether they arr the views OF IT,.
Tribune itself not II they dissent from their paper ana
If ther paper sent, from them Two chpr' SION, -
value the subject are thereby certainly cured
regarded the product Of many mind, controlled ~
than he consideration shown f" the indvdualhrs 81
the important woihcrS ai important Ioht' ID Iht
lions This fact la, received complete illustration
during Mr. Reds absence. While he was abroad Re
took his hands OF the paper. and he FcW them ~
Tie paper went aud none but eNpcr o thoe
behind the scenes could very we'll have told that tn
commission. ! predict tha when 10 puts fs hand
on aGan only nie arcrencc inscrarae IRON IT, D.,
tie scrvice Of his country. Will &c oos"rvnb'e ~ ~
nt nll The renewed force viii revnl.gc IN whse
paper. the paper A. Whole. VIII absorb and dom
mate the renewed force and maize II over a:ain into
Their f, another ,hnr want 10 about ~, MAJ
and Ms raper wa Concerned the hnsincs Of mahi,r
personal ATTACKS on Other newspaper editor: OF Of
plarse5 Tho wars between Greeley and rOvno'd
ard RAYMOND and Bennett, and Jane Watson Wc'f.
Network Journalism FOR year were very eNoi1ni.
Reader would not be- Interested and 'tHor' Womb no.
he helped OF hut 10y lcnc~ni OF '"Gh P"r..n'
were no, interested by Thorn much editor, thoucN
they wore in the rat and th" crrniniy 81, ih"t c1ii"
~ rcat"rs thought they pero in tie pat.
mem died that wien they had c,ntrblicl
BY Their pens to what they believed Wa right w9s
epi,iT" ,orari one another If not forgotten. wer~
regretted. and had long before been discounted
Journalism to the parliamentary plane Of c"urtc'v.
II did not weaker controversy; j. only d.,/'u ~.
scholar in h.s .chpol. The other hghirr.
tran-d on lines Of old Tine wrr. inrn.d ihHT b..
he not wounded ana ih"i they lad n'' draw
his hr,. tAV'lauseJ
las no. ceased but II +. 90 infrcGucnt now a. o.
.iow that the eyampl' Of The Iribnnc J. rr'ciyns
IL, % the conn'ry adopting that example. Th"y
DO not difference Of opinion in contemporary
cau'c s.mrbody " try'ng 70 ni"S WET mn ~ A.
donr fhcv should therefore regard him m enemy.
20 be hunted down ANA ml"f. or written uP
,s.s ie,.ona coitrcvcf.c ere now lt 70 he
iov,r order # politician and t. the sl1dcr ct Of
LAWYER. tie proy"rbal di.rgrcements Of doctor Of
c,n,r,c lc'nc excepted. Gaasht~rl cannot -at
thai journalism las b9com" gentle LAUGHTER for u j.
10 take but the fighting In 1t Is fair and when we
want 10 say peculiarly mean thing about -om"n"d,
81 In or calling, "" clnfg" IL on III, now paper "ln
rot himself d@nehrT @nG applnn,cn, pa" ..y
attack Of indlsc ton, cau The Thbgnc nest Tec1 s.
,picuou cvafer %. '.rIy naugh,,r;, Ln, p nh'
daughter aud applau-eJ
Jr.T nc ENOUGH FOR Nrw YORK
have indicated the effect Of Mr. Reid upon the
State press. The effect Of the state press upon lhH
has also been notable. When a man out rows ONO
he reaches jus aLDui the oihe Of New orb V'frht
laughter and applausc.) When he Outgrows NcV
York ne attans The altitude Of Brooklyn. uicncwed
lauchtrrJ Mr.. Red has not yet outgToWn New lOrh.
uaughterD lie has. however. wonderfully brOadcneds
and frightened in the metropolis. U.auPhicr.l lie
knows tina. the press Of the state, from DunRrk 10
sag IIarlOr and from Finishing to Ogden Burg. thinks
well Of him. Npplausel IT." knows That hi, con.
,empoIaies have felt proud Of his ability 10 take a
i0urnal stamped with the personality II rcmarhah"
man and strengthen II under nap r.ona administration
into an Institution more remarkable than any man
ever concerned the making Of II. Npplause.D lie
knows that the best minds the press OF the state
no matter what the drawback are Of the Instrumental
with which they work. al one with hin. nOt