The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-12-30
IfBE SUNDAY PAPER.
Vat the Issuing, but the Con-
) ..uts. Mr.. Temple Objects To.
.,o AND NEW YEAR SERVICES.
u.,v Innocents' Day-sunrise Prayer
xeeting-First State Alliance Con-
vention Tomorrow.

s-s..'gsh congregational church was tax
= 80 utmost last night 10 seat the
- who came 70 hear the pastor, Rev.
n G. Temple, deliver sermon adj
s-sssss specially 10 newspaper men The
ss-ran atoanded IN strong passages and
s.sgl.r thoughts. and on some OF the
.~s~es discussed. for instance, that OF the
go newspaper, the speaker took ad-
- ground HIS text was Acts xvii:2l,
y rss.h Paul speaks Of the desire OF the
..asnlsns either 10 see OF To hear some
= thing" The chief difference be-
..ssn these old Athenians and the mod
- Athenians" said Dir. Temple, 'is
,as1 ;hs n1oderns wish 10 get more news
a. 20 get Il more rapidly"
Growth Of the Newspaper.
Q ~. Hrst part Of the sermon was devot-
.sto seholary sketch Of the origin and
3 sg,,srs II the newspaper. In which its
80 vas traced beyond the time OF Gut
.,sar7 xitn bis invention of movable
,vns. and beyond the sixth century silk
rsxsnapers OF China TO the Acta Diurna,
casual bulletin printed IN Rome nearly
"a ysars before Christ. Coming down TO
i,.s, times the preacher mentioned the
ca.stta, Venice. 1886; the Gazette de
rrapes. a century later, TO which Richie
psp xas q contributor: the first British
intsfin d. 1913 printing the news out Of
holland" the Correct News Of the Pres
"a, Weak, 1s22. and number OF other
sa,ets about 1850, including the Pariia-
rsrtary scout; the Evening Owl. which
= sunorously said must surely have been
IAN evening paper. and the Mercurius
aeherontscus, or News From Hell, which
: ~ saH pithily was probably O. religious
tournaI His sketch included also Ameri-
can newspapers, among which he gave
ne rrfOFlty to the Boston News Letter.
ia and. as the first daily. TO the Daily
Advertiser, 17s4. He traced the growth Of
the DeSspaper Ia this country as toi-
loss:
In 800, when our population was 1900
o. We had $50 newspapers, OF which fifty
we're gaIlies, the total output being 6s,0o@.Oo
eoyes Ten years later there were 1,6Si
rapefa. with a combined issue Of 196.60o.e 900
e0ples Ten years later We had 2.326 pa
ters with a total issue of 426 00o.yo0 copies
Ia pS0 there were In the United States $50
sal.les, Sis weekiies, l,075 other periodi-
cals. having altogether the enormous out
pot Of 2077. e,9, s75 copies. To do the work
On these there we're employed G.65A me-
shanIcs and le.4s9 editorial workers. and
The total amount OF wages for THAI year
70 newspaper men was SOL, 1856. or an
average OF 800 each, which TO tell the
truth, was not very generous pay.
Accuracy of Great Dailies.
After an interesting account OF his visit
@ 10 the OUcHS OF tue bOSlOu hiODes MT.
Temple said:
7 congratulate newspaper men on the
efficiency and accuracy of their work. The
accuracy with which our great dailies are
printed IL marvellous. Many OF them con-
taia fewer typographical errors than the
average book. When we consider the
great haste with which the work has to
h done its freedom from errors Is won
srful" He also paid a high tribute TO the
" g. declared
be-s among its names some of the bright
81 minds in American history"
we are often tempted 10 criticise the
nevspapeYs.' he continued. especially
when some item of our own, which we
think ought 70 have been printed with BIZ,
headlines. is crowded away into some dark
tcgEer. or perhaps crowded out altogeth-
e. But we would be more charitable If
Ne only realized the difficulties with which
lnanaging editor Is beset as he attempts
&c crowd and squeeze a hundred columns
Q, matter into nifty columns of space.
eof1e speakers seem especially given TO
raeising newspapers for not treating
fas.a fairly. For myself make my bow
t5light for the courtesies / have received
At the hands of the newspaper profession
n Seattle. The gentlemen of the press
havs treated me a deal better than ! de-
serve"
H. temples personal acknowledgment
u ths newspaper courtesies extended him
N tais city was modestly and gracefully
made without either buster or cringins.
sac eyidaitly came from his heart
The Man Who Is 'Miequoted.;'
Speakers who complain o, not being
reported" he said, should realize that II
uan really has something TO say that
ne public wants 70 hear. and knows how
bs, clearly, viii be reported. Speak
ss Ehe complain OF being wrongly re-
Farted should remember that there are
mSts1 Speakers. as well as twisted report
ss Z is remarkable that thu reporter.
Sao 1ust have nifty things on his mind
81 oos Tme. and who must be IN all quar-
Tn Of the city. gets his reports correct IN
We RAIN Speakers should De thankful
nat reporters are sometimes merciful. and
e act report the bad English that YER
attn reproduction OF the speech would
sIposs"
NJ Temple next congratulated the press
q lu pSSer. lie contrasted the statement
"eF Berkeley, OF Virginia, who In 1871
1lahAec God that there was not a news
lslsf II the commonwealth. with that OF
.asEss Jefferson. who declared: II
aaa e choose between A government with
Wy newspaper and newspapers without
government. ! should unhes!tatiuEly
eaease re latter He pointed out the
s.sss q the newspaper 10 expose political
iAaecfs enFrg0f saaDrtfo~ s-r,-e sestfa
ax3ated ersstin7s .r1 - a-,,f,.,'t,. ,-t,tt,
TIER eolspns s,,,.s,,., 90 ~, ~
taEy q the tlr7as f4o 10 corer,, n,s,e4
fsesaaper~ On So rtt,,,, $50 ~
ssy.ag that co,,,ar,,f ,.sl,, fs,y 60. ,,hfl.
aFop'e movements had failed TO receive
sIsp0s support through the columns
49, 49, Tom the propriotors Of the great
Tais brings me- o.. h. ana ",o ,bo 5,vgi-
es Ans and must now cal ~. Atlantic,