The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1898-03-29
so.cA,IFD YELLOW JOURNALISM VlNDi
GATED.

NhiLcs
The events OF the past SIX weeks pfoNe
conclusivcIv that the New York journal
* Americas greatest newspaper. -
,Inads guilty to a sensatlonaliSm that
,,r;nts all the news from freshest sources,
and often before its ontelnpofafle
haye realized the Importance OF the news
which its CORRESPONDENTS nave given III
detail.
From the day that the Journal res
cucd Miss Cisneros, 1t Is mainly que 10
it's policy that the horrors of Spanish
rule in Cuba and the terrible sufferin=s
Of the CubanS have been made known
to the world. The reports of the Amer
lean cousllls. giving the truth as printed
daily in the Journal, found Il sepulchrc
in the basement of the State depart
ment. 1T is not too much to say that
but for the faithful pen pictures i'll the
Journal, the American people would moi
to-day know Of the cruelty and barbarlty
which moved the Senate rs that august
body has not been moved i'll a generation.
The speeches of Senators Proctor,
Gallinscr and Thurston have confirmed
the early accounts which the Journal
and other so-called yellow Journals print
ed weeks ago. When they appeared III
the Journal, the mugwumps and the add
vocatcS of peace-at-any-price denounced
the Journal rs 4 sensational and unre-
liable sheet and the Journals c%orrespon-
dents as liars and writer's of fiction, tit
only to be read by the vicious. The
Journals accounts of the suffering ami
cruelty, were confirmed in every particu-
lar by the three Republican Senators,
and men who denounced the paper as \
f~alsifier now say that after Proctor's.
Gallinger's and Thurston's speech THIS
country must intervene. When they
show faith in the statements by these
Senators they convict themselves Of
shutting their eyes to facts that have
long hoen known to all who followed the
reports Of the special correspondents Of
the Journal and other yellow journals,
so-called.
The days Immediately following the
Maine disaster. the Journal showed that
it could not have been an accident or an
internal explosion. but that the Maine
was blown up by external causes. Sec
rotary of the Navy Long and other mem
bers of administration, including every
member of the cabinet except one, nc
copied the accident theory-a theory thai
discrcdited the capacity of the best
American naval officers. for Capt. Sig
bee is second to none of our great Off
Gers. The Journal comhatted that theo-
~ by evidence from Havana. The To
port of the Board Of Inquiry confirms
the Journals early publications.
From the first the Journal has main
tanned that no financial indemnity coulr
atone for the murder Of the American
sailors on the Maine. The papers clos
to the administration at first took the
view that upon the report Of the Boar,
OF Inquiry, the government would re-
quire Spain to pay Il heavy Indemnity
and upon the payment of the sum dc
manIcd the disaster would be "a close.
incident" The bold and manly couTs'
Of the Journal. backed by other "ycilo9
Journals soon made it clear that til
American people We're in no humor t
accept blood money! and that the indie
pcndence Of Cuba must he exacted b.
Tho Irn;4aI St,{A. n,, NV n,, t1.n -,
pcrs have come around to that position
until now it is not suggested in any quar-
ter that the payment Of money by Spai
would make the murder of the Main
officers and the Cuban horrors "a close,
incident.@
There are no doubt many things in tn
yellow Journals that deserve criticism
But their most severe critic has no
shown them lacking in the true type O
-Amer:canism. We have instanced III
course of the Journal because it ha
been the most conspicuous of the scho.
of yellow Journals and has been til
special object of denunciation by the II
ira conservative press. 1T is not becaus
thc people like stories of crime that the
take the yellow Journals 1t is b,
cause they want the news. They kno'
that the Journal hires the ablest core.
nondcnte and spends the most money
get the fullest news. While it is so;,,
times imposed upon, the Journals trea
ment Of affairs relating to the Cuha
complications has been so in accord wi,
the best American sentiment. and !
news has been shown to be so reliabl
that it has deserved the immense Giro
lation and great influence it has 2
tanned.
The Nashville American thinks Il
case of Texas will probably be repeat
in Cuba. 1t will be free Cuba first a
then will follow the question Of annex
ton.
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