The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1902-09-05
lA NEWSPAPER SCOOP.
HOW IT WAS OBTAINED WITHOUT
ANY DEPARTMENT LEAK.

HOW IT WAS OBTAINED WITHOUT
ANY DEPARTMENT LEAK.
Sources Of Informauon Of which
the Alert and quick ygitted Corse-
4 sDondent Ii Always Ready to Take
Legitinate Advantages.
every once I'm awhile one reads ia
the newspapers of the determination
OF some one Of the high government
officials to discover the source Of the
leak 0f . piece Of news which n was
not desired should be given out at that
particular time, remarked an old
Washington correspondent, "and with
out giving the solution 20 the secret
escapes of public Information. as they
vary, win tell you of one instance
which serves to show how news ap-
pears In print In what Is considered By
all concerned to be asfery mysterious
manner. Like all mysteries. when un-
raveIed II is wondered that It was not
thought Of before. Ny story b en-
tdrely . part Of the secret sources of
Information which all correspondents
have more or less at their disposal
and which often comes from the ont
side and not from the insIde of The
departments.
Some time ago-fhe precise tine =
not essential q de story-a vefy I'M
portant public matter WAS up for -
termination by the president : Al of
the larger metropolitan dailieo were
particularly interested. rs IL dldz noe
have to do especially With Wanhing-
ton, and the entire correspo0tent4
world at the capItnl was on tks quI
vive to get It. Including myself An
channels which were usually tapped
By the initiated were found to be a.
barren as desert stream in midsum-
mer. Telegrams from the home ofBcee
poured into our various bureaus here
couci,ed In imperative. language that
the news must be obtained. evidently
In the belief that all correspondents
have to do Is to go out, ask o0lcialo
for the desired Information and re-
ceive IT. coupled with good cigar and
\ bottle Of wine. Az matter Of faet,
when ofncials wish to keep secrst =
piece Of information, an possible hop
holes Of escape are securely padlocked.
and It is the exception that II gets out.
81 had about given up hope Of secuE.
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