Evening journal., 1905-11-17
" instances has become iniolor-

many instances has become intoler-
able"
The above is merely a sample Of the
way In which Senators and members
are talking and show that the Presia
dent win have an enthusiastic support
on this question. To be sure. there
will be members OF Congress and Sena-
tors who will oppose him as there is
a great diversity OF honest opinion on
this question. The railroads viii seek
10 delay action by an the parliamentary
tricks which are known and win be rep
resented here during the winter by
many able men, among them being q
number OF former members OF the Sem
ate and of the House. Former Senator
Faulkner of West Virginia has been
working on this subject for a number
of years and is admirably informed,
Mr. Samuel Spencer. President el the
Southern Railway viii this session, as
he has done fore several sessions. rep
resent the combination of railroads
formed by the Morgan interests I'm OPP
position 70 this legislation. Mr..
Spencer has a beautiful home In Wash
neton and 81 Is said that Stuyvesant
Fish, President of the Illinois Central.
will also have a residence here this
winter and possibly others OF like prom
inence
Considerable interest attaches to the
announcement that the general publi-
lefty burfu OF the railroad combination
would suspend operations as its work
had been very unsatisfactory 70 is said
THAT nearly two million dnllarsi (al-
Though this figure Ia probably excess
lsive) WAS raised by assessing the rail-
roads for this publicity campaign ana
Expensive headquarters were opened in
IChicaso and various Western cities and
imsny agents were sent throughout the
country TO Interview country editors
land to persuade them by one means
land another TO publish matter supplied
Il by the bureau. Offices We're also main-
tained In Boston and New York anu
/ some work was attempted in Wash
lington. The Washington work was
very unsuccessful. II opened with the
circulation Of what pHrp0rted to be-
accounts OF the hearings before the
Senate Committee last spring. These
accounts were prepared by parties who
! knew very little of the subject and who
could only see one side of IL.
They were circulated to the CORES
lpondents and sent by mail 10 the news
papers but owing 10 their biased char
lacter their many Inaccuracies and the
unknown source from which they
emanated little attention was paid 20
them by the correspondents here and
they received scant consideration at the
hands OF the editors throughout the
country. Occasionally a paper or COR
respondent would use the matter. but
as IL was often prepared In advance
ana the witnesses when heard did not
say the things attributed 10 them. and
in some eases did not appear at AN. this
class OF matter was early dlscredited.
since then nothing has been attempt
ied with the Newspaper correspondents
by this particular bureau although they
receive by mail large quantity of
matter from other sources. some of
which is available, but most OF which
IS not The local press representatives
lot the railroads supply am occasional
letter TO few correspondents whose
papers arc knwn to be favorabla to the
railroad interests.
The firm Of pubicits which had
charge Of the work in the West oriei-
mated in Boston aud then opaned an
office in New York Il did very weli as
4 long as 10 stuck TO fits original line
lot work, which was 10 write articles
Tor publication i'm newspapers or maea-
zines submitted strictly on their merits
MS news, making no charge for the
same. OF course they received their nav
irom the parties interested In having
the articles published and as l1ng as
lne matter was go ~ news they secured
the publication of considerable
lamount of it. For instance. on ono oc-
lcasion when great ship was TO bs
Launched in a foreign shipyard. a clp-
able man was sent abroad and articles
We're supplied TO the magazines and
newspapers describing the shin. its
Launching, etc. These articles were yeil
received as the launching was a ieeiti-
mate matter of ncws and the fact that
the shin itself and the line operatina
II received considerable free adver-
Using by this means was not held
against the press agents by either the
magazines or the newspapers.
But when they undertook a one
sided campaign on the railroad rate
lquestionsand attempted to secure tho
lpuDlication of matter by buying space
an the news and editorial columns. they
came a ''cropper." / am told that they
lmaintained luxurious headquarters In
Chicago and had small army OF em-
iployes They had a handsome suite OF
rooms In this city and four or five men
working for them last spring. This in
ldieates that the campaign was con-
iducted on scale OF luxury unknown
ian any other press campaign and Is
quite contrast between the modest
expenditures Of the organization which
started the railroad rate agitation. esti-
mated az less than S50o00. including an
tne expenses OF its press bureau and
the tons Of literature it distributed IL
'is too bad that so much sood railroad
money was wasted.