The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1899-02-18
PUBLIC MEN
AND THE PRESS.
St, Clair McKeIway Speaks Of Their
Relation TO Each Other,
PUBLICITY is THE NEED OF BOTH
The Publication OF Their Words Makes
Public Men Helpful 20 the Press
and the Latter Indispcnsa-
bic TO Them.

NEW YORK. Feb. 1.-THE annual ban
ourt of tAe American Newspaper pup
fishers Association. was htld lp-nlsnt
at The Waidorf-Astoria.
The guests table was presided over by
stephan O'Mcara, of Boston. Chairman
OMoara introduced ass tine first speaker
Lieutcuant-Ci0vCruor Woodruff. Who re-
.pondeG % the toast, Public Men ana
Their Relations 10 the Press.
So clair McKelway responded 10 the
toast "The Press and iis Relations 10
Public Men" he said in part.
MKELWAY'S SPEECH
"Ihe Relations Between cine frcss ana
Public Men are relations between oi'
set of men called ofilcchOIdcr- and anoth-
or set of men called editors, reporters
spOndcnts and the like ll sou re-
duco the inquiry To- matter OF relations
between two sets of men. each SCI are
fcctcd by consideration OF rnnho lnlFi
osts. 30 will be simpdned greatly Pup-
JIG men worthy of ine uaine wish t0 uene-
80 the city. State Or nation and believe
that tho ideas of their party are likely 10
do it Public journals have the same
wish and the same belief Public men
divide off nT parties So iu the main
do public Journals "The Relations Bee
tween the Press and Public Men are
primarily. therefore. those ~ alliance or
unliAeness OF belief. Party action U.s.
thus the one thing by which Public Men
and Public Journals affect one another.
THE Public men are factors on one part
and the Jubiic Journals arc factors on
another part Of the same field. The role
of he Public Man is the spoken word.
That IL the public journal is the written
word. But the spoken word, unless O.
ported. is not widely effective. And the
reported word If not largely read. is not
widely effective. The Public Nan needs
reporting. The report needs circulation.
Publicity U.s. the one need NJ n1'l
THEIR lNIERDEPENDENC
Experience. however. has proved some
THINGS The ordinary action Of Severn
mout is news hut it s. news that VIII not
alone make newspaper go. There IS
nothing but federal government news ~
the Congressional Record. Neither
miracle nor "a mandamus could secure
for b. a large circulation. There is
nothing but federal government news I'm
government books of official reports. IncY
cannot as rule Doe given away in large
numbers. There is nothing but munich
pal news In the City Record. A fact IN
if is as secret from general knowledge
az a principle is from those who differ
from me. when 10 Is buried In the Con-
sti-ution of the United States. You thus
See that the words of Pubic Men must
be subjected Co several conditions, before
they win Boz widely influential Unless
they are printed, TO start with. they
have no general vogue at all And the
sheets in which they are fully printed
and Of which they comprise ail the con-
tents arc likely TO escape general notice
bv unanimous consent Right here tho
most helpful Relation of the Press 10
Public Men comes in. II cOndenees what
they say within readable limits u points
that matter up IN agreeable or startling
STYLE n surrounds the matter with in-
terpretativo comment II accompanies or
follows 10 with interviews IL sometimes
illustrates ~ with pictures. And. most
of AN. 80 prints IL I'm connection with an
the news of vivid and vital interest that
II can gather from around the world The
condensation the Interpretation. the de-
vel0pment and the placement or environ
mcnt OF the words or acts Of Public Men
in the Press make the Press indispcns-
able 10 them and render them. not in
diepensable. but very helpful % the
Press