The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-05-24
EpIToRIALREVIsIoN.

THE TALK DELIVERED by Editor
I Henry Watters0n before the Ma
tionaI Editorial association at ST. Louis
+ recently ON what may property be
/ termed the decadeuce of the editorial
page. has called out number of more
/ or less interesting comments One Of
+ the most original of these was pub
Iished by the Rochester. n. Y. ChrOn-
I icIe. A man who is said 60 Doe an ed
itorial writer is quoted by the Chron-
icle as saying;
.I ann firm believer in revision. I
write my leader today and lay II aside
until tomorrow. when ] so ever it care
I tuIly.-addius fresh thoughts or taking out
uudesira bile stuff. The next ddF I dress
{ it up until 10 pleases me: then 10 goes TO
{ the composing room and is put in type
] go over the proof and make many
/ changes, sometimes rewriting the entire
article W men t-e preot Is corrected I
/ toss uU penny. If it falls heads 1 pub
I Iish the icadeH- IL tails destroy if.
IF the man who said that really is an
I editorial writer for a daily newspaper
the oftener his coin falls "tails" the
better Off his paper is. But one can
+ hardly believe DE does write editorials
/ for a daily paper. The most important
feature of a newspaper editorial is its
pertneEce. in the modern newspaper
/ Office the event of dag before yesterday
+ is ancient history. Therefore the writer
who waits for two 0r three days before
/ commenting on some olive" subject and
+ then revises his editorial for three or
four days more, might almost as well
+ discuss the mythology of the ancients.
/ Revision is good thing and care is
a good thing in writing editorials. but
/ 81 the writer is sure of his facts. if he
+ knows what he wants to say. or what
/ the paper wants him TO say, he has
+ mo- business occupying am editorial posi-
ti0u If be cannot get ont his leader
/ within hours instead of days. Other
/ wise. Dy the time he is ready to make
/ his comment his readers have lost i'm
/ terest iH the subject. This. of course,
refers only 20 leaders.
other editorial matter is often pre-
pared days iu advance Of publication,
and it can be revised and re-revised
4 TO suit The writer and his paper.
! Dr Hyatt. the weather man. has one
/ oa The Herald. He predicted fair and
warmer weather for sunday. Natural
I Iy it WAS fair and much warmer on
I Sunday. but one of The HefaIds young
/ Hen. u ii facetious moment. accused
/ the good doctor Of having missed his
+ guess. Iu view of The kind of weather
/ the doctor has been furnishing lately,
! he has am apology coming which is
+ hereby rendered with renewed assur-
/ auc=s of The Herald's most distin-
guisbed consideration.
/ The necessity for blowing Up the
Russian cruiser Bcgatyr. caused by the
fast that she went ashore off Vladiyo-
I slok. reminds us that IL is always
ulsesl to Keep batteships in the water.
I where they are supposed 90 belong. AS
a result of this experience. the COM
mander Of lbe Bosatyr viii probably
/ change his system.
/ A Chicago preacher declares that the
/ Smoot inquiry was mere trick on the
part Of the AI0rmoHs to get their doc
/ uines before the world. However. We
/ do not believe that Senator smoot him
/ self instigatcd the inquiry or con-
I LflDule4 amy money 10 jas support.
+ Arrangements have been made,
( through the Marconi wireless tele-
graph. % publish a daily paper on one
of the transatlantic lines The man
/ who wants 60 get away from every
thing IS ending the task harder ala the
/ time
William Jennings Bryan says he ex-
poets 10 attend the ST. Louis conven-
ton as delegate. WelL rather. And
he'll probably snake the big meeting a
iat liveller than ii might otherwise be.
A FreHehman who has just died in
+ IoHa left three widows 10 contest for
/ bis estate. lie must have looked upon
death as welcome release ffom his
earthly troubles.