Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-03-01

|DEPEW SPEAKS
OF REPORTERS.
Every one who had theprivilege OF at
the eloquent speech which was made by.
Senator Depew when he was called or by
President West. Senator Depew spoke
extemporaneously, but 1.-THE special re-
quest of the Sunday News hehas written
out his remarks. Senator Depew said:
my experience with the Amer
can reporters is more frequent and varied
than that of any other man in the coun-
try. He is at my house at breakfast to
secure copy for the afternoon paper; he
comes in the afternoon and the evening
to my house or office for views or news
on the financial or railway situation, ex-
or dead people who may for the moment
fill the public eye, or to secure a dictated
article, ostensibly for one paper, but, fail
ing in that, to he sold for SPACE in the
open market. The Efforts of the mail re-
l pOllt dut tdI1Cu NY Tile AlIlNUSC daily dp.
| pearance of that modern light of journal
ism, the lady reporter. As a rule, she is
young, pretty, fresh an inexperienced.
The altocrat OF the editorial room las
blue-pendiled her to secure views on rs
marriage a failure?' and, Whether it is
better to enter into domestic happiness
young n What would you do with
500 if you never had a dollar before"
Whether it pays to be honest?' and the
general trend Of the notices in the copy
book.
II have never received anything but
cofrsi dera tion, kindness and fair treat
ment from the reportDrial fraternity,
and never have been knowingly misre-
ported Or misrepresented. / have gone
SO far as to tell the whole story when
It would have been injurious, if not ruin
o,ls, to me to have it all printed at that
time, trusting to thehonbr OF the report
err to print only 50 much Of it as was wise
to revea because that mach could not
be understood by him and intelIigemtly
written up unless he knew the whole The
'flySin the amber of this relation to jour-
nalism IL THAT always yielding to the re-
quest or the pressure of the reporter for
an interview, the editor, who seems to be
etefnally an antagonistic relations with
the. reportorial corps, generally remarks
Ia his columns that, as usual, Chauncey
has sought an opportunity to ventilate
his views for the public.
II count it one of thevaluable reminis-
censes of a varied and busy life, which
has brought nae in contract with most of
the notable people In this country n in
Europe in the last quarter of a. century,
to have known intimately three of the
great leaders of American journalism
Thurlow Weed, Henry J. Raymond and
Horace Greeley.
| Weed was a great editor. and a con-
summate party leader. He controlled the
policy and the organization OF his party
for thirty years in the state of New York.
There was not a trick or device. not a
method or plan by which control could be
had OF the party machinery or success
had for the party at the polls which was
not always at the command of this ex-
traordinary man.. F1e had a double ma
ture. On the one side, a practical politi-
clan who believed all Things fair for sue
cess. and, on theother side, a man with
a very high ideal of craftsmanship, and
an uncommon anxiety to have New York
represented by that idea in the govern
ment at Washington. Ee selected q phil
osopher, a man of ideas, a statesman with
no faculty for parity management, or for
partisan success, and gave all the bene-
At Of his skill, his labors md his genius
to keep that statesman-WilIiam H. Sew
ard-in public life, aiming to crown his
efforts by having his ideal and his idol
become president OF the United States
and retiring. disappointed and grelved.
when Lincoln carried off the prize.
Harry ]. Raymond c~onspicuously re-
futed the principle found in mental phil.
osophies that two faculties of the mind
nno work ait the same time. I served
one term in ~thelegislature Of the state of
New York with him, de a veteran and I
a boy. I have seen him sit at the repor-
tOrlal desk In the house OF assembly writ
Ing editorials for the New York Times. Of
which he was the editor-edit orials which
became inspiration and text for newspa
perS and orators throughout the country
while he was participating in an impor-
t.ant debate n following it so closely
that as opportunity. occurred he would
take his place upon the floor to reply to
the ATTACK or lead an assault. Those edi-
torials, as I would look them over. rot
only preserved the continuity of his jdea.
but there without interlineation or eras.
ure.
Horace Greeley was a man Of eenius.
a great editor. but a failure in the practi-
cal affairs Of life. He cared little for ma
terial gain. and wal ready at any time
to sacrifice his fortune OF his income for
am idea. His editorials were the irspira.
ton of millions of readers, who regarded
him q a inspired prophet. He was un-
certain because Of his enlotiana. nature.
but always ready to confess a fault or
acknowledge an error. illustrating his
absorption and impatience o. Interrupt
taon. I was waiting at his desk one dav
while he was writing an editorial. A SUBJ
scription f1end came in. constantly trying
to interrupt, Greeley kicking al him WITH
his foot while his pen went on. He final
~ turned sharply and said, in his hish
shrill voice. screaming it out: Tel, n, |
what you want; tell me 1uisk. and. in one
sentence The man said L want a sinh |
scription. Mr.. Greedy, for a caus, wts..l,
will prevent a Thousand OF cur feliow-b.-I
ings from going to HE'LL Mr.. greeley
shouted; I Will not give YOU a cent: Their.
don't half enough go there now and re-