The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-12-19
PECK ON JOURNSi'

In the December NUM-.
mopolitan Magazine ~ Z
!, discusses tho suD,,,,
National Newspaper III g.
common sense ana verac,,. !. 4
r more surprising when u Z, =
sideration the fact ~, !. ~
usual capacity Of eollss.
mnsazine editor, might rs..!. 's 4
pec'ed TO view modern iou,.'s
stition. snce ~
Ion a0n't know what Profs,,,. .
s0cla'es win think Of him , y
many of the soap bubble, y, " ~
dice through the distor,s DleNn III
resentation, but | am any, IVY plpe d
70 Their sensibillties VII, liz 'aai d
inc remembrance OF wbs,D :, tsas
r tnon l iaol, Mr.. e. l.. Godsip y "
man some time ago. i IL l, y Y
lhat he has, in the Cosu, ~ sass
win a great deal OF , r,,sa'sa
h many Of the charges Of ss u,. ~
honesty and perversion - sl
constantly made against y ICY,
n"'lSni' particularly BY forsIss ssss !
Concerning the alleeed
and indecency of the dailv $3.50
Peck says: VS.
IL is safe to say that no An,u..
paper no matter what Il, 49,"
nave ventured to print IN Il,
ing "DETAILS of such causes es,.s ],
Colin Campbell case, the nv
ana tue Russell suit, all !, =,
minutely reported in ibat@ M4l
, tHh even land especIaIlys Y
w i nen MI Stead, the apostis y J,
class respectabIlIty
printed IN the Pan Mali n, aud q
ern babylon" exposures. orl Is, y. Y
,' gave anything M =, !.
I've summary of these articles. =
.H's one a great deal Of the los nv
d me original publication wa. ~
Us Deing quite impossible. VI
mere took place in New W. ~
iLnner party, some Of who'.
brought about the interyentIos /.
ice. The headlines with wh,ss \
papers spoke of the occ,,rrs s y
% promise revelations as star,lIn a
u the Pomepiian frescoes ana 4.
Il Pretonius; yet the actuoi ~,
o reticent and they suppre,,%
nay unless one supplemental X,
Win the private gossip Of tba clrs.
y could not get an intelligent ma.
''s OF what had actually taken ~
And he has this to say about 4.
nat has always Characterised 4.
--~A M
journalism from one end q, II. !.
o the other.
The traditions of Bismarc.,
ress" survive, and the great ,,,,,
ontempt for the German journ,tr
natter of history. In Franco tha Il,
ION OF the press is, II auytaiur ID
ppalling. The Panama ipyeytis,IsI
ne revelations that attended Il,
tent OF poor little Max Lebaui,i
moved beyond question what syst
erienced person already kaaw-,If|
artisan journals are almost ali al
ines of blackmail, and that hi
ties such the blood Of ergym.
le minister of state and tho ~
equity, down to the ambitious sc..s
10 frowsy coco.te. But Of the An
awspaper nothing Of ths sort al
lily be said. rs editor may BE-
prejudice or based by bis penclI
nd dislikes, but no sane man VOL
'eam of buying or bribIng either 3
nee or his advocacy. The thing Il 4
Ut conceivable ami this fact Il u
the whole profession.
AS to the popular theories that al
lpers are absolutely regardless d
their presentation o, the news 9th
rofessor Peek speaks nationally y
VS.:
A reporter hastens to the scene y
markable occurrence. He cun'a
ound, he questions the witass4
es the documents, II there are ~
IDS out what he can in tho INN
of the moment, and thsa
.ps another hour he is telasall
and Ineligible accouI'
lole affair, or is hur-Y'ns uats
ice, very likely netting down ~
a scrap of paper by ne lignt ~
ing oil lamp in Il io!ting trsIa'
I'm out with eXcitsln al, Eansh
I'd from want of sleep ana w Y,
tn bodily and me ltil fatigue y
TT appears before da.'lisM X
1t is good ald iallAy
tive. The reader OF the papa
, essential facts US thew oaunn
en- finds them told in a ylvla,
y that is a model Of 'ouclse aDs
lue description. Then, wnas
lily matter if. in the course o. ~
:. James p. Smith Is spoken
mes b. Smith, rr If the esru.
have happened On tao norInsas Y,
the southeast corner OF suea ~ =,
street? The central facts arr VI
is with the central facts aI'as
rule, the average isaus
ned. In truth, it is iEsa
", from chaotic mass o. us VA
drawn from eoniusss \.
ant or unwilling witnesses, ~ ~ "A
orter will extract the essea ..s.si
ewdly allowing for ne .s,, p n, IA
his informnnts, and sklliil,N n
the whole into an iats'is'
sistent narrative.
rofessor Peck shows his Kno'n
very core Of the whole profess,
in his way OF disp0s.s.
urd and oft repeated story 4.
err men Of high standing are re-. y 80
everything tnat ~ ss,,,,I +
ter how they may have 'e'
S: -, ,bs}
Icrom the president dow WV I'd
esmen talk most unreseryea a,s,,,|
OF the greas arls 1
explaining to them the rea Nam ~ IL