The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-05-17
FROM THE WHEM

in our own line. don't like TO see ten
dency I'm the popular papers of the day to
make events which are horrible and re-
voting, prominent The vivid illustra-
tons OF murder. the parading of deformed
children who have been operated on in
hospitals, the monstrosities of humanity
and of nature; all these need to be eradi-
Gated from the papers of the day. There are
plenty of opportunities to present the pic
turesque, the grotesque, the unique the
Beautiful and the attractive events which
are of daily occurrence. And these should
be given preference so far as We are able
to. meeting the wants OF the public"
Mr.. III. d. Estabrook said I'm part: mo
thinking man would abolish the newspaper
to escape the tumult 1t creates, or exchange
II, with all its faults, for the newsless
blasphemy of pseudo savior. The Bible
nowhere counsels the suppression of news,
but is itself the compendium of news. some
sure. says the Bible. your sin will find
you OUT which implies that II was the AL
mighty's intention that sin should be pub
lished to the world. OF course there is
such a bad thing too much of a good
thing. and the qualification of my doctrine
that a newspaper is justified in publishing
the truth is that what ii publishes should
be the truth, the whole truth and nothing
but the truth. Some newspapers are great
sinners In this regard, but there is nothing
about an editor which exernpts him from
the sanction of the moral law"
Mr.. st. Clair McKelway, of the Brooklyn
Eagle, spoke about Political Reporting"
Bishop Fowler, the next speaker, said he
had never talked to so large an audience
as half the republic was gathered that lit
tie room, the nation being in the hands
of those present. This company. set on one
purpose. could make the nation do almost
anything they wanted the Nation TO do.
They were the springs that reached every
home fashioned every purpose-the sprinfs
that nodded the new and old common
wealths OF the Republic The great edi-
tor. he said. made up of a great in
carnation of human nature and just i'm pro-
portion as he failed TO embody that he
failed to succeed: he had to touch life on
every side. He did not think editors
the worst men in the world; that newspa-
pers were a missionary institution. An in
stitution, newspaper, a function should
be judged with reference to its purpose
what Ii was going TO do. The newspaper
business enterprise and papers
made to sell; a business was conducted
chiefly and primarily for the purpose of
making money. and he thought a
man had good a right to make a news
paper TO make money as he had to sell dry
goods and shoes for money. II he made
money by the process. he was under some
obligation to use the money and power for
good purposes. The responsibility rested
upon the individual who managed the
newspaper. The three great missionary
movements of the Christian centuries were
the conversion of St. Paul. the firing on
Fort Sumter and blowing up of the Maine
the latter sending us about our main bust
job" said the speaker. THE blowing of
the Maine made this Nation one. Our
job is to keep the peace of the world. for
we have ideas I'm our bullets and we wad
our guns with newspapers" [Applause.1
OMeara. of the Boston Journal who spoke
happily to the toast. THE men, God bless
them