The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-05-27
New YORK Sun.


=" hat there Is IL the air OF the state @.
Washington which keeps ~ home me men
OF serse and sends the fools 20 congress IL
suotec, for pis.lcsophic speculation 10,
without It's destinations; hu. for the pres
EFT We resist them.
washington IS represented in tna ho,sxA
u TWO corgressms1-at-iaYge On. Is ne
COW world-celelEatsa lieutenant cosoue, Of
militia who eespisss the officers os oar
regular army as giIie6 military sa:rzps
ard s2sssIed society saphea9s. rhe of5e-
Is the Hon William Carey Jones, os Spo-
Kane Dir. Jones has Jus. delivered q speech
osrsasIbiy upon the election Of senator's by
the people, but mostly devoted TO the de-
rs.opUert Of Jonsg idea OF journalism.
jones' asserts substantially that he United
States senate is chock full OF vena!.ty and
corruption, and be explains tina. az equal
" venal and corrupt newspaper press is
mainly responsible for the circumstance
Some cs his gens % thought are here
with appended:
The fault does not lie SO much with the
state iegssia turs f does n the fac. ina,
ne American people are now us.srepre-
scented grieyogsly ard grossly by newspz-
I,,- eontrolisa sy men who have hidden.
These newspapers that ought - be the
Hyeriss Of heaven seem 10 nave tesn
chosen ::1.ea to to-. serve s,i ne devil"
organs are az all called newspapers The
word was proper enough az one zine, but
now. it IS n1isnor1er and a parody en-
truth The so-called newspaper Is no.
newspaper. but IL n every sense OF TIE
word an organ"
The diaboileaI ingenuity with which the
newspapers OF America first obtain the
confidence OF their readers before proceed
ing 70 eelude snd betray them IS thus ex-
posed by Jones:
Net everything in ne newspapers -
Gal rttA he - hat "A
papers Of the country is 20 prepare the
people from day 30 day with narratives os
commonplace facts. srea az baseball
advertisements. and the Ike. that may 5e
true enough"
Having thus gained the confidence o.
Jones and others by means OF baseball
scores and reports Of cock fights. the venal
ard mercenasy lures its victims on by de-
grees 10 the consideration OF questions OF
government and economic policy" Jones
continues:
The press. particularly the metropolitan
press has come TO be the mere representa-
tive % gigantic selfish Interests winch have
now adapted the newspaper as an adjunct
The counting room directs the policy %
The paper without any reference TO the hon
est sentiments OF those whose literary &C.
MUS IS 10 give that p0ucy editorial cur
III has indeed even come to the pass
revsnped BY the business end ot the ins;i
tuition. YnforrnAtio which does not ccia-
eide with the selfish interest OF the pro-
prietor Ia either CIT cut entirely oE gross
~ CARRIED "
GREAT financial managers now owD con-
trolling interests IN most OF tho metr0pol-
itsn dsilies. ard dictate the contents not
only os tfe editorial but OF the Esws COL
urnus and writers employed oy taeIn have
become mere literary prostitutes. whose
duty Is 20 pat fort1 not toe:T honest con-
-. - a
prietovs deem most conducive 20 their
selfish purposes
We are not Surprised 20 learn f-e1 the
colleague OF ths Hen. Jim Ham Lewis
that. after pon3ering deeply the condition
% American journalism. he has prepared
ard introduced a aili waica, as he sx-
plains. II enacted snto law would require
such journals 10 paes.sa periodically a full
statement. showing the ownership 81 the
paper and requiring editorials 20 BE signed
BY The vrlte-."
NJ. Jones complains bitterly that MS
t.n for ssKGed editorial articles has been
pigeoahsled by tas committee on post
offices and postruads. an unfsisndly and
cncongenla al BODY 70 which that Interesting
measure was referred. we fear WIRE huDor-
oes intent. AZ TIE :nstigatioa of Speaker
Reed Il fear x WILL remain there adds
Jones. .-untii he pecpis eject a congress
N which Wal street has less influence
than ., present"
We hope ret. We sr5g.A - glad .
haxe the Jcass b.T released from limbo n
ora3~r % - discussed II the house. The
whci. country would D. oveElcyed - rad
NJ. JoreSts greA, speech IN defense os his
bill ana particularly gA.sd when re
Hen. jim Ham Lewis arose. n support q
bis col ga gGs's measure - express h-s
riak -whtsksrei vEsEs % American yeuE-
sa.ssa and American journalists