The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1908-12-10
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fapcr Read Before the ChautauQuG Circle.
n IOTHING amuses me more than !
nj to read what is served up from
/ time TO time by the press in
comparing things American to
English. Now don't want you to run
away with the idea that the curse of
the yellow journal is confined to the
United States. do not wish to infer
any such meaning, bat do say that it
is more rampant and gives the public
more misinformatiOn than In any two
countries in the world. No one knows
better than those connected with it
that such is the case. If q pig gets out
of box car in New York, clever writ
ers spin yarn q mile long. What can
be expected when they begin to write
up such things as sport, railroads,
newspapers, etc. One would think
that there were no papers outside OF
New York. One paper in that city
thought it made great hit by asking
tho question why in the name of COM
mon sense the English reporters, in re-
porting q speech or debateinthe House
of Commons. put in the cheers, groans,
laughter and applause the members in
dulRed in. 1t said that if reader did
not know when to laugh or to feel like
cheering or groaning he ought to be
aeft in the dark. The writer of that
article is very much in the dark. The
press have what is considered q sacred
right to report al that takes place
there.
One of the greatest lawsuits in his
tory came about thru the action of
Hsnsaid; it tied up the House of Lords
and the Judges aad was never settled
but accepted as precedent. If the
American press took the pains to re-
port all that goes on in Congress the
spelibinders would have a rough time
when they took the stump at elections.
For dramatic effect nothing could be
greater than to get hold of az old pa
Der and read one of the mighty Dan
OConnel orations, where he pleads the
cause and woes of Ireland, where he
made points which Charles Dickens
said made him cry, and which accord
ing to the papers were received with
cheers and groans. have laughed
many a time over Dickens disposition
of the editor of the Eatanewall Gazette
in Pickwick papers.
Another writer lets out on municipal
corruption and points out the remedy
by adopting the Galveston plar. Thi'
plan is nothing more than the old UI
ban Council plan passed In EnGlant
1851 having been out of date for som'
time. In the opinion of the conserva
tive English they passed tie Count!
Council B IL of which even the Ameri
can experts have nothing but praise
The London County Council is model
In time some city, say st. Louis, will
take it and it will become the ST. Loui
plan. The Galveston plan dates from
the fiood-Of that city.
A member of this circle dealt wit
railroad records at eur last meeting
He missed two important ones which
will give. The fastest long-distanc
run in the world is done twelve time
q day on the Great " estern railw a
between London and Bristol, 11S1
miles in l2O minutes. The longest ru
made without stop is done ten time
a day between London and Liverpoo
2Ol miles at 81 miles an hour for tn
whole Journey. The efastest In Americ
without stop is from New York
Albany, 143 miles at So miles an hou
the same train makes Buffalo 40 mile
In 500 minutes, about 81 hours. III
traiu on the North Western runs frol
London to Glasgow, 400 miles in
hours; for three or four miles tran
have run at speed of over 100 mill
an hour. The Belgians claim that the
built an engine that can run at tt
rate of 100 miles an hour and mainta
that speed for full hour.
Some Of the statistics given by Il
press in the recent election were We
misleading. The way the word billie
is used shows that they do not kno
what billion means. In England
billion means one million millions;
America one thousand millions. Sor