Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-08-04

the morning paper in Buffalo that city
| waits longer for it's news than Washington
| is required to do, and the Post shows dis
| erection in making It's claims through it's
| Buffalo contemporary instead of speaking
for itself.
| At least four of the largest items in the
! list SO proudly displayed by the Express
and Post belong on the other side of the
! ledger. The official findings of the Maine
| court of inquiry We're first promulgated
through the afternoon papers, having been
| submitted to Congress in a special mes
| sage, thus putting an end to a long series
of so-called semi-official summaries and
| abstracts that had been given to the public
| by the morning editions. The arrival of
| Admiral CeFyersl at Martinique was first
| announced in the regular editions of the
afternoon papers. The victory at Ell Ca
ney was likewise given first to the anxious
| public in the afternoon editions. The final
| surrender of Santiago, the definite accent
ance of terms by both sides, putting an end
| ID the guessing and quibbling of days, was
announced in the afternoon papers One
other item is claimed for the morning pa
pers that does ct strictly belong to them
the landing at Porce." AS a matter of
TACT this is what the morning papers print
ed, but 1t is not what happened The Porto
Rlcan expedition landed at Guanica and
| this fact, with interesting details, was
first published in the afternoon papers
whereas on the morning of the same day
vague and unreliable statement of a
landing elsewhere misled the people The
Express and the Post claim credit for
| agreement on terms of peace" an event
which has not yet occurred and for which
both the afternoon ard morning papers are
| eagerly waiting. The news Of Spain's plea
! for peace was first printed in the afternoon.
After the Buffalo Express list has suf-
| fered the shrinking process which justice
| requires it compares unfavor;rbly with even
| the partial list Of recent evening paper
| beats printed recently in The Star.
| The facts could in the nature of things
| hardly be otherwise. The great bulk of
| the news of each community and of the
whole world Is made in the daytime If
| it secures the PROMPT publicity which the
| spirit OF the age demands and which cable
| telegraph, telephone, bicycle, typesetting
| machine and improved printing press as
| sure, It is published in the evening paper
OF course the evering paper may not in
| some localities live up to it's opportunities
| but if it does so it sweeps the platter clean
| in local, national and world news. The
| base ball news (unless forestalled by spe
| cial evening sporting edition., the theaters,
| burglaries and other deeds of darkness,
and the obituaries of persons dying in the
| gloomy hours when life is at the lowest
ebb furnish the exclusive meat upon which
the morning paper feeds its readers.
The proof of the pudding is in the cat
irg." The Star invites comparison day by
day between the news printed by it and its
morning contemporaries. Washington makes
nineteenth of it's news in the day
time, whether on the streets, in the homes
or places of business, in the courts, at The
District building, in the departments, at
the White House or Capitol. and The Star
is thoroughly equipped with the news gath
ering and news printing facilities which
are requisite to secure prompt publication.
The Associated Press and special cor
respondents furnish it quickly with the
days doings of America and, owing to the
difference in time, of Europe, and 1t
promptly spreads the news before it's read
ers. mere than half day in advance of its
morning contemporaries
The truth is well illustrated by the glOri-
fication of the morning papers over their
first publication of the midnight action Of
Congress upon the intervention resolutions.
1t is necessary that Congress shall act
eccentrically in the middle of the night in
order to surprise the morning paper with
a bit of Congressional news. Every other
important piece of and Cuban legisla-
ton, being acted upon during the regular
hours of Congressional session. was first
reported in The Star. The full, regular
crop of Congressional news (as of nearly
all other news is first gathered by the
evening papers, and the morning issues are
compelled to do their hilarious whooping
ever an occasional and exceptional news
wind-fan.