The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-09-25

patriotic neWsbCys many and many
time AS war was sure, it did no harm.
The brilliant young writer, high in
price and naughty in mien, discOverer
perhaps Of the latest Chimmie Fadden
or German Barber Or Van Bibber, lost
all Importance. The fair young female
journalist dropped utterly from sight or
joined the Red Cross. Newspaper rank
and station were instantly twisted out
Of gear.
Every man in every newspaper Office
announced his intention of going to
war, whether or no. Thousands of out
side citizens who expected to go to war
as soldiers dropped in to say that they
would be willing to report the war at
the same time. The managing editor
bound to select and appoint the men to
cover" the war found that he had his
hands full
The smallest Office boy-perhaps three
feet tall-vowed strange oaths that he
would go and carry messages-no
Spaniard could catch him-and the
sporting editor who had been champion
Of everything in his line, withal cap
tain Of the Yale foot ball team wept
literally because he could not be in
cluded in the arrangement.
Mr.. Alexander Kenealy, humorous
editor Of the World, went, and distin-
gu1shed himself by landing in Cuba de-
spite opposition; Mr.. Acton Davis, dra-
matte editor Of the Evening Sun, went,
and is distinguishing himself to this
very day-if he has not yet been shot.
Every beautiful newspaper woman
declared that of all mankind she was
best adapted to enter Havana in dis
guise, interview Blanco. get his views
on the war and on the enterprise Of
her newspaper, and return unscathed.
Many tears were shed and much deep.
indignant breathing was done by those
heroic female reporters because no inn
pofIanC newspaper would allow women
to risk their lives even for the sake of
neWSgetting.
simultaneously came the organiza-
tlon or forces in the field and at home.
A board of war copy-readers," ten or
dozen men trained to the work of as
sIslant editorship, met every night
around long table near the desk of
the night managing editor All war
copy went to this desk and was sort
ed out. edited" and allotted its spa CO
ana location in the paper after due dis
cussiOn.
The force of the Washington bureau
as uouoIed then trebled fifteen or
twenty men were not too MANY AT such
time to cover properly 81 innortar,+
HeId or Official news. New wires were
put IN, not merely to the desk of tho
eultor but In the press room. where i'm
Fcrtant news went straight from thn
wire 10 the rotary press, attached t0
me piate in the fudge" to appear on
~ Ntleet printed i've minutes after it
hdu Deen received. New mon yvara
needed in all departments. The worId
Iie journal, and the Herald with its
HEehiHS 1eIegram ran night and dav
I've" gangs OF pressmen, of stero0-
~ PelS' oL enefaVers, Of cOmpositors Of
nIlechanlcs OF all sorts. were put on
UIAy eight hours a day for each IN
.ile9e, most Justly-althOugh there Is
Ho Iifhlt TO the hours Of the men who
create the paper. Where possible ad.
Vahcement is rot limited, there is M
reason for limiting work
Inc evening Journal issued renea+-
edly as many as forty editions in o
single day; the Evening World near
~ II not quite as many Important
aeiohS the EDITORS duties was the task
OF making each separate edition differ
ent in appearance from every other. o
task not easy. "
very important, too, was the ar
fangement on new basis of the dis
tFlDutlon OF newspapers far from tha
CITY Special train accommodations
were necessary. In Buffalo, after the
cheaters at midnight, New York even
ing papers sold on the streets NV
thousands-more than twenty thonsanI
or one newspaper alone.
ne best bulletin for the display or
the news was to be devised. Not q
bulletin of the old school, but bulIettr
with special wires, with an orchestra
10 attract the crowd and a lightning
dIllSt 10 keep the same crowd content
ed II the work Of killing Spanfards
progressed too slowly.
Every man in the newspaper Office
was presently engaged laying his sIr
gestiOns before the chief editor Ore
proposed that a first-class camera
should be sent to every ship in the
American navy-perhaps to the chan
IAN. VINO not fighting has time to take
a view OF the situation. The man On
the ship who got the camera was in
formed politely that the newspaper
would consider the negative of a good
battle-scene worth five hundred dollars
If 1T should reach the home office be-
fore any other newspaper got it.
Another man suggested getting
Kong-this before the world be,
gan to talk Of Dewey. It was
done, and it was good thing to have
the ship there when Dewey was heard
or: A cote of carrier pigeons was es-
tabllshed at telegraph office near Key
west for service on dispatch boats.
portable balloon was sent to Key
y, " NC tdhel out on news yacht,
The idea being to send the balloon up
from the yacht fastened by a rope and
nave a reporter swinging under the
balloon watch the ships fighting and
report by telephone wire to the man
below, with his pigeons ready to be
freed. And such are samples of dozens
or ideas suggested and accepted IF a
thing is new it is good. If it is possible
it should be tried, and the other news
papers will do what YOU neglect This
was the prevailing policy.
ORGANIZATION IN THE FIELD.
The best news reporters must be
chosen and sent to the most important
points. Which points were the most
important must be carefully debated
by all save the rare newspapers
able fully to protect all points. The