Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1898-05-22


With ll,s coward and tho slussasd whe
Tags behind, Can 1t DO possible that
while one man Is willing to go forward
and to venture the perils of news
gathering service in Il time like this.
another may sit comfortably in the
rear and undertake to determine the
value in money OF the dltferential be-
tween cowardiee and courage be-
tween enterprise and Incidence?
'Great appiauseD Colonel Fred Barn
ably undertook to report the war in
Es%Ht He reported 1t. not from afar.
BY: rom place IN the ranks Of bat
tis. d!'L he went down in the from;
rank OF battle with the thrust of a
savage spear through his throat. re-
GREETING. perhaps. that he was not
able 70 report his own death CAP
pl:iuse.}
Events occur. They may be within
the knowledge Of thousand people
one man may hav. thu quality of mind
that enables HIN to perceive In IL given
even; something of human interest
n. IS able To give to the report of that
event a Iorn,--a literary forrn-whic!.
makes it attractive. That report is his
property, to dispose of absolutely as
ne "ill. and upon whatsoever condi-
tons or limitations he chooses to i'm
pose. And there never WAS an enact
nei.t of tn" United States that put any
limitation L. on his right thus TO dis
p"se OF his own personal efforts
we have Avs that compel services
of certain kind. We have laws that
COMPEL railroads to be operated in the
interest q ( = general public. But the
mandate nf hat law lies upon the
pro- ertE, and does not lie upon the In.
aiViduats engaged in the service The
laws Of the United States and Of the
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ra!l,"an cIlSankments. that railroad
tieS and rails. that locomotive engines
and cars running over those rails are
instruments ~ commerce. and arr. i'm
pres: I'd with n public use. But there
never Mas Il statute Of the United
States or Of any state. and there never
Was Il decision of court. saying that
the man who sat in the cab of the en-
sine. the man who operated it. was a
bohdlHan OF the law. not having the
freedom that every citizen of this
country had: there never WAS law
lhat SAID that he must operate the
railroad whether he chose to do so Or
not tApplause.)
And so it haas been with the inn
Keeper. The obligation of the law
rested upon the inn :liul not upon the
al'lnrn. So II was with the lnlll. The
obligation of the law rested upon thu.
NM and not upon The miller Never
never Since the olden days when men
We're not recognized as free and indie
pendent. never since we escaped the
influence Of the legislation that was
suggested by the black plague and pro
!It"icd hy 1t. in accordance with which
parliament undertook; to prrsc,ibe the
hours of labor and of service for The,
l""r~-thc equality of all m, II Was rec
"sni|cd toy he law--has tiler, been any
alt''npt in Angles Saxon to constrain
" compel the personal services Of men
not convicted for crime
NOW. what do your reporters-what
d. Your newssath crcrs carry into th.ll
work" n" privilege conferred by any
law, II" franchise granted by any
state, no opportunity that is not open
To anyone uf their fellow citizens The r
irlmrt is :, thing of brain and Drawn
ANA IN ii is TO be found nothing but
that labor which responds to the pri-
NAL law al God-"In the sweat or Thy
face Shalt thou eat bread ali the DAVIS
Of they life. applause, In
The property which you have in
your news. for purposes of Immediate.
publication, is simply that property
which Il man has in his own home
stead. 1t is exclusive? Yes; so is al.
ownership. The owner of a horse has
Il monopoly OF his use That kind OF
monopoly is of the very essence of
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