Devils Lake inter-ocean and Devils Lake free press. (Devils Lake, Ramsey County, N.D.) 1905-1909, 1906-05-18

productions appear to have achieved
acceptance rather for their sensational
reflections upon public men than
through intrinsic merit as historical
fiction. The magazine sleuths would
have it appear that all these years the
veteran correspondents have either
been asleep or entirely oblivious of the
Woodworking deeds and the perfidious
performers that mark and infest the
senate. Is the capacity of the daily
newspaper correspondent so marred as
that while otherwise faithfully repre-
senting his paper, he is blind to the
appalling evidence Of degeneracy in
the senate? *
There are two classes of newspaper
writer's in the work about the con-
gress. One is composed of reporters
for the press associations; the other of
special correspondents whose papers
receive the reports Of the first. The
one is little more than an impartial
|chronicler of events, without personal
or political bias, rarely on any ac-
count imparting the slightest suspic-
ion of sentiment. The special cores
pondent is more of a critic of what he
sees and hears. He is undeniably
freer and franker of expression and
criticism. While conforming to the
policy of his paper and expected to
give constant attention to the territory
his paper covers, he may make his
story graphic as may be, portraying
every dramatic scene, allowing to
escape him no sensation of general
no matter whom it may
hurt IN public life. As to the ability,
the fidelity, the accuracy and the in
tegrity of these correspondent it needs
not the testimony of members Of CON
gress who's special confidence they en-
JOY, it may all be well and safely left
to the masters of the great daily press
employing these correspondents and to
whom alone they are responsible. S5
1hat the Washington correspondents
DO not fear to report what they find
of public interest needs hardly to be
questioned. But that they have fallen
into the bad habit of overlooking sem
sations or of relating incidents OF
mportance that they imp pleasantly in
volEe prominent men is too absurd to
conside Not even during the ex-
tremely self-assertive Roosevelt ad-
;;nainistration have they failed to re-
sent every slur, however slight, upon
the freedom and integrity of the press.
There have been occasions within
most recent times iii which the special
Ecorresp tents, of all press writer's,
have contributed most to show the
public reprehensible tendencies to
Executive and to bureaucratic AFRO
fganee, and In SO doing have been dis
Itinetly effective for improved Official
I3conduct i S2
Why then should these same cores
| pondents stand In awe of the senate,
reporting only what is good Sof sena-
tors If the dali newspaper toilers
refrain from prostrating themselves
ibefore the mighty executive head of
the government, why should they
i crawl before mere legislative atoms III
4 the senate, magnifying their virtues
4 and rltirely missing and emitting
i their voices !?
he senators themselves knew that
4 the press gallery archers carry full
iqIivers !; that their darts are not
/ feafhered for It'll 1lation only and that
lthey are always keen for Legitimate
4 game and fire no random shots.
i he truth is the consensus of opinion
In the press gallery at this writing is
fthe senate is more sinned against than
I sinntn II is the truth OF the senate
4 as an institution, and 1t is the truth
i Of every member Of the body. News
paper correspond dents do not have to
4 stay In Washin gton longer than q
Esingle session ere they learn some
4 thing OF the hi gh value oil the senate
Ias an institution vital TO the power 81
this people to govern themselves.
| Corresp dents are pretty well ad.
lyised through their own researches
J! what the architects Of the republic iras
tended the senate to be: they are gen.
Ierally convinced that no other ingti-
tuition of the government 50 well
.lanswera the purpose for which 1T was
IconceiVed and constructed as the sen.
ate of the United States.
They have watched house ana senate
session after session year In and
year out It has enabled them To b.
Ipreciate the wisdom of the founders
OF the senate II constituting Ii as Il