New-York tribune., 1899-02-18
PUBLISHERS At DINNER.
NEWSPAPER MEN MAKE MERRY AT THE
WALDORF ASTORIA.

OF speeches which generally Accompanies " '
olnner 60 that the publishers made Jolly evening
of H. The dinner was held I'm ono o. th' ',s7
roarns nd the guests sat at Sc afat' tapeS
I'm rrotns %, seven or eight The room was plo-
fusoiv decorated with flowers ana greens. ''' '"0
OF honor was raised and at one slde OF INC i' ,
and AT this table were Stephen OMeara OF Inc
posfon Jourual': Lioutenant-Governor Ilmothy i
,,-ir,,or - clair NcKelway. Of "rhe Brooklyn
I-.o,.". T. " Knnpp of "The -. Louis RepuDHc
Frederick prscoll. Of The 81 Paul Fioneer i'r'
BRADFORD Merrill OF The New-fork Nor" d. q,
Butler a. : Capehart and Consr'sSin'" 49,,
Blcnnerhassett Mahany. In the absence oi ,o. l,9
don't Corcoran Mr.. O'Meara acted as toas'mas'e''
r,o sn.,I,ers of the evening were Lieutenant-ooV-
ernor Woodruff. St Clair McKelway and congress-
man Nahany. Colonel Mcclure. OF The fh'iauei-
phia Times was expected to speak, but WIS "''''e
to be- present.
MIR. WOODRUFFs SPEECH
As soon az the coffee cups had been pusheu aslu'
Mr.. OAicara raped ,or attention. ana "''r ''''.1s
Inc his hearers with lis humor for few minutes
,erI,..1 I ioutonant-,;overnor Woodruff as the
6rst sneaker Tho latter was enthuslasucdn'
greeted ana spoke IN part follows on the top'''
..public Men and Their Relations to the Press
Ny knowledge Of most public men r Is D"9y" of the
b.,t / read about them ~ the coldH"H :, ,,@r
newspapors and ntcr that me GeS,eJb , bands ~ has
44n.ar4i vory ilreey on the number Of times they
have appeared before you on occtsioiiliSi s.N' 90 w
"i ,f how would We know what is going on IN Sne
world were not for the newsRap1r man oninon.
,6a most striking type Of American ptogressioa
Turn to me Te,i MIN 'Nmcr.an civic supremacy
r and thoif The capital Of the Philippines, TURN
!" 'ne erannilne for territorial supremacy; turn
10 the north. Wnere, anna u' Bd,.iia 're,ith
ngt;, fra@ ta frozcn earth t6Tn lie south. to he
shores Of long-sunefng Cuoa' no" Il"eInrb erb~o tSn
'Ig rg,rc.etble irreSistibc gladhand newspaper man
WIN be- found with sharpened pe"ch ana HoSe io'
"ITIo stood ON the bridge by the side Of schey
S"anish f5ct al Santiago? Who continued the
writing of bis story atlcr ne Ga5 Imo I,on9 WHO
unto death by Mauser bullet at Sah JuaH tbo dis
raced 10 h.ne hong 10 puL on t.I tg.I",sb shins in
patches Of how Dewey sank tnt oniv last week
at Caloocan in the PhPPnss IN otwspSper 1g eef!G mani
Aside from the higher destiny IW'ofru m o,re IRON, n
elevation of this beloved country oI ours ours 1nr@ HUn
seconeclass TO one OF trf arcompsRcd through
deeds ~ supreme hcroism so grapncay y poUn6itions
Surrounding our win spain have Temoyedi we ;bst t
ms hone forever every socuQnai pi y... ,,d tha
ncwspacr pu6lshor OF the North instead OF iighe
ing each oher WIN .hG d o 81 wow now clasp hands
as brothers. as you have tonight win no ooou'
c4fsm @ IN to ,51lon 9'a1 yGu to return for moment to the
subject of nv toast THE Relations or Public Men
70 fbc Pr If an official proves himself honest
terost for tho constituents no Is depuIeq 10 sjab,
3e e@ rs 'yd abNSd he viii find that the criticism Of
fho nov 4rqpcrs will De confined 10 party Hles @ anu
P2r pGlcy ,Se asiinF IN Confidence of constitu
env not The yecsng honor o 0itber 0f H 1t aiis nor
newspaTors, tho dishonest one has JUST cause 10
You ncv~paper men constitute an impregginlaable
phalanN Of advancement ana clEllIId'lv " 49,
ever tie black-andwhite nag ot tne NV ntMsphPr, r,
is u,f,lroJ thore tho preiudces and passions born
Of the past. that cling mstlke 10 .ae XII
honor 70 the newspaper IN its hgnt for the hetter
mont If humankind
WHAT MR.. MKELWAY SAID
ST. clair McKelway was the next speaker nc
started laugh at the outset by c'iticslh7 ,"e I'm
nor Committees naming Of the toosts. as they hai
assigned 10 him m, topic OF THE Press In It's Re
latlon IN Public Men" which he declared. was the
Same toast 20 which his predecessor had respond
cd and said that ne would only Insult the hrst
enoaker tv attempting to improve upon his re-
marie Nj McKelway continued I'm part as follows:
And now having treated the committee to "hat'
rs committee and as publishers, they deserve
lct s see about The Relations OF the Press TO PUP
De- Mon" T think the relations are improving Fuo-
U. mon are finding that the rowdy press can 90
Them no harm The decent press are finding that
ro,,d- ra.l. men can do them 10 harm-or good.
There are rowdy puolic mon There are rowdy
Newspapers. They have natural affinity for one
another The other kind OF puonc men ana the
other kind OF newspapers are letting that hFSt
As ior the relations Of the other sort Of public
men and The other sort oi newspapers me PUBIC
men are merely men in public trusts ana me news news
uapors arc merely eXpOucnts OF news and views
conducted 0y men trained IN that art and duty;
The public men are iao,oIs on 0 PA nart a'l of the
same field. The role OF the public man Is the
SPOKEN Wotoi I14t & 1I o ego3en word unless re-
| ported f. not widely effective And the reported
The puoli. man needs reportnr. The report needs
Calculation. Publicity IS the one need OF both -,
bad pos-liues Of consolation Politics is mint mimic
| Only one gets them IN any one place. hut no party
is ever wholly out = lower lor IL & tuccreuS % & III
parts of each state when II loses IN II IN tne nam
! Ecpuhl-aus are elected IN spots in the SonIn ana
Democrats IN Ne"-Eng.anq a. SnoLt e aras
Of parties 10 wage sham patue over sIutl; al ~ ~
| is possible. But tho conspirators invariably tail
| honest and yludictiye fight And on large scale
! or over O. large area such conspiracy Is inpos-
".t & lil,.., ..~ ,Io s7roe sn4cc Two parties can
| neither occupy nor impair tally divide the SAM
! trusts This is the salt that saves pohtlcS 10
! fon.sfv and 10 sincerity IL IS the same way with
iournaiisn Parers compete for circulation. for ap-
probation for advertisements for news. ana are as
courageous energec and as Gom62iys as
times has as repuisN. aspects ana asShrles b,v ti
consequences as war. for it is form Of war: pHt
| it prevents that couusion Of journalism Y;i Wnlch
should De- as malisu as the coluson Of pontlca
parties and BE- happily as lnPosspe colI,,aiod ~
politician ana n'"s'per I1tnor st ie'is ie tbs case
have shown how and why newspaper men ana ana
poiliilt are "'''. M eo,av necessary to show how
! thcy should preserve sturdy independence anI !
Tr,'se,ir,iJ ribiic an is as helpless the press
! dcfvlng public man is foolish. There IL one thlng
/ oven a bad uev-sUap per cannot hurt ana tnat Is 4
sane brave aud honest publ, man. and even a
/ good newspaper cannot carry 10 long pubic re
! su.-t n rihlfc dcinagogue. trickstcr or coward
! 4 party may have such swing for whllc tluI
! it can succeed with unfit. incapable or unworthy
mon bur g. rcars n harvest OF disaster and Of dis
| rcp.ite from an seed of error. Every admniStIi.
| lion IS tree. Every tree brineein iorth @ @uult
AFRAID newspaper neither has the respect OF iea!-
| ers nor the support OF followers. Both the factS
| iust stated show that newspapers should require
public men 10 stand boy their OWN weight or TO iall
! iv lack Of it and public men should require news
/ ptpcrs 10 do the same thing. How many news
/ paper ueu have written messages FOR Iutyoral or
! tlll.rrarorial num9kulla. or speeches Tor leslS-
| lati,c. Congressional or piuto'rauc runians oT
| ronJlcsi And how many newspaper men are proud
! m tnot form az brain courtcrfctiu- and ot max
| ina others reputation on false WetenccS! ,