Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-08-16


49, . chicago Record Herald, is largely
w nerhaps chiefly due to the num-
a at ot,itors whom President Roose-
so1t has appointed to or retained IN
oace and the marked Improvement
md conduct of congress and the ad-
~,ncement of the standard OF legls-
.:on can he attributed solely to the
.oosa4 nun1per of editors in the
.o+o chamber and the house of rep
resentatiyes.
r,,oro fave been several nota bic adj
ations recently, and the next congress
a,nnises to be even better than the
,osi because the proportion CT news
,onor men mas been considerably in
creased
IN the senate we have Hawley and
uansboroush. beth journalists of dis
4i,rticn. aad CIalke of Arkansas. ia
miliarlv known in MS sphere Of use
fulneys as cid cotton top was raised
newspaper office and Iai.i the foun
dation CT his fame While at a printers
case.
VbiIa laws o. ne exact sciences
would nc- -=Tmit us to call Senator
Patterson OF tie Rocky Mountain News
ard Senator Carmack of the Memphis
=
signed by an inscrutabe providence to
conspicuous part in the solution OF
They fill the role Of the angels that
treu'.le the pool and keep things stir
RED al to the best of their ability, be-
sides furnishing awful examples OF
good men gene wrong.
Senator Clark of Montana is not
eAad!y che Of us. He belongs to the
paymaster's department rather than
to the Feportorial corps, and has the
honor OF meeting the pay roll in sew
elal enterprising newspaper Offices,
humble but useful position.
J. Adam Beae cf Pine City. Mimi,
differs from Senator Clark il the re-
spect that his manuscript Is interest
ing frGm an intellectual, as Senator
Clarks is interesting from a financial
point Of view. 1-e has spent NEST of
his life in a newspaper. office, and
is first-class reporter: hence he can
net help making hrst-ciass congress
nan.
And then there is Fred lan6is oI IN
diana. who at one time was a neWspa
per correspondent at Washington, and
acquired Wisdom. which Solomon tells
us is much more valuable than wealth.
Gilbert Mcneil Hitchcock, editor of
the Omaha World-Herald will be a
valuable and welcome addition to the
newspaper circle of Washington He
is man of learning and ability. He
does what he thinks is right regard
less OF consequences, and is the kind
of Democrat who can be elected to
congress in a Republican district. His
father served the state of Nebraska
II the United States senate with hon.
or and usefulness, and his son has !
inherited his character and qualifica
tions
One Of the most notable additions tt
the legislative corps of Journalists |
Is William R. Hearst of New York |
City, son of the late Senator Hearst of !
California, the proprietor of four or |
i've yellowish tinted journals and !
candidate for the presidency of the |
United States.
The other newspaper gentlemen l
nave mentioned will be assisted in |
framing legislation by Charles Freder-
lck Scott. who edits the Register, a |
rafting good country newspaper down
al Iola, the gas country Of Kansas !
also by Carter Glass, the editor and |
owner of two papers both daily, the !
News and the Advance of Lynchburg; |
oE Morris Shepheard, who in his auto /
biography says that he is Literary !
editor Texas Woodman and Woodman :
Journal"
Three of the Tennessee members, as
well as one of the senators. are news
paper men-Mr. BrownlOw, who served
Win his uncle, the famous "Parson,
BrOMnl0W of the Knoxville Whig.