The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-08-17

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SiTHE& LONDON TIMES AND some OF
l Tt1E THINGS 1T HAS DONE,
Why .erhc sThunierer., rs such /.
4 II Power In Europe-The History o
tho Times Is the History of the
4 world since the Paper Started
! The London Times is the most com
plete and thorough news record pub
lished In any language. Its law re
Sports, written by barristers of stand
ing, are essential to all English law.
| yers. Its accounts of parliament form
"a convenient reference for public and
| private libraries throughout the world
In every department it gives a full re
port of what has happened.
The paper was started in 17So under
the name of the Daily Universal Reg
ister, which was changed to the Lon
don Times in 17SS. In 1903 it begun its
great development under John Wal
ter. ~ ~
It is no vain compliment to say that
the Times is part of British civilian
ton. For over hundred years it has
belonged, with the Established church
and the British constitution. to the his
toric greatness of the race.
you cannot buy the Times its ed
itos. proudly said when powerful
man sought to silence its thunder, and
the words might well be written i'll let
ters of gold across the portal OF Print
ing House square. You cannot buy the
Times.
Lord Randolph Churchill III that dra-
matte moment when, locking up the
wonderful budget which nobody has
ever seen. he stepped for the last time
out Of the treasury IN Whitehall, hailed
a hanson and drovesto the Office OF the
Times. In ten minutes he was the,
EDITORS room telling the editor the.
news which was next morning to star
tie the political world.
of course you will support me-
Lord Randolph said in his own way.
No" said the editor, While Lord
Randolph STOOD aghast
But there is not another paper III
England which would not be grateful
for such a piece of Information ex-
claimed the wondering statesman. and
the editor agreed. But would Lord
Randolph take the news to any other
paper? He might do so, and not Il
word should appear; in the Times the
next day. Lord Randolph left his Sc
cret with the Times and left the office,
we may be sure, rejecting on the Won
derful character OF the one thing in the
world which no man could buy The
Times the next morning reproved him
severely for deserving his coIlea CUES.
1t has been SO FROM the beginning..|
The Times was u child of four when
its founder. the first John Walter, was
put into Jail for. censuring the Duke OF
York. But they could not impriSon the
Times, and even While John Walter. |
was in Newgate he was sentenced |
again for severely criticising the
Prince of Wales and accusing the Duke I
of Clarence CT leaving his ship without
leave.
The government withdrew its aGrer-e
tiseu,ents and it's printing contrccts5
but the Times went on its incorruptible
way. It made cabinets and broke
them. exposed plots and averted them.
AT least once, at q cost of $4,000. the
Times npDed in the bud an intcrna-
ticaGl conspiracy which might have
ruiEel half the banks in Europe. and
there are two scholarships in London
schools endowed by a !. thanksgiving /
fund then raised to the Times
When the railway mania was at its
highest the Times sacrificed fortune.
ID advertisements by denouncing thcj
spirit of recklessness Which was broad.
liiG neither the penalties Of the law,
he enmitics of statesmen nor the loss
If revenue has awaited against the
'e:s l,iess determination OF the Times TIC
IA the thing 1t thinks.
There were dramatic spectac3es at
ines. wl:an the great newspaper
'og:@,,it not, only its own bat foreign
rov2::iEents. Napoleon himself. WHO
IN editor more than IA array. is
;:Ii!! Is have wanted to bring IL, acton
c. .i::j,! against the TINES, and G;.i-
~, ,iht. ir:ucl minister. OF i later cay. +.
(: i ...crc. To puI.sa tic Times for is
:eiit:i::.sss he Gct:sine< " eo;s!!;-t
i I;;t.,!&;. delaying its tlis3;atca-a I't:s
lie i4s-9e.su.tl. 81 Ia.in Walter II was
% sii&s:.ii fer h;,.1.
g's,.c sir,sation ii iil<ii;i was el':.5,e. =
III Etile i'i.aes established an .oT@f;s,@t!
oE:te to England without t31,sl:..s;;@-
f;',.ltts. Ting InI::.!2 Inai! &S:3 l-t:.
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i1t,;;'i;i AMI there haE<el lis I2:lcs3t 20
& D:isSet.@er on al Austrian sSts-:In9e,9f
:,fi:i.Ia to-. Triest. Thence The lfre=- :
!Gus packet was dispatched vi;t os-s ,
and to Dover. where :, special traii1~l
isiited to bring it up 10 Lonlcn. =