Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-10-02

his Judgment az to tho length Of
speeches he plays an important part
iu the work Of presenting the country
a picture OF parliament which shall be
Iroportionatc In an ITS narts
When both houses are sitting ON the
same day Tho Times corps is divided.
six men being In one house. seven ia
the other When only one house is
sitting all OF them are available FOR
that place At quarter 10 three each
afternoon The Times stan is gathered
In lis own room In the house OF conn
mons ON the notice board is posted up
list Of the names OF the reporters and
the times at which they will be- expect
ed TO take their place In the reporting
box In the gallery. That list depends on
rota varying automatically
week by week At seven
minutes to three when the
doors OF the gallery are opened to the
press the three members of The Times
stan take their places in their three
special seats There is the reporter
who has To put down the words OF the
proceedings in shorthand. the SUM
mary writer whose duty it is 10 write
lucid but abbreviated account Of the
speeches in a running narrative. and
the chief who sits with them. watching
all that Is going on and regulating,
whenever he thinks IL necessary. the
work Of the reporter Up TN nine
o'clock in the evening each reporter
stays exactly fifteen minutes in the
box taking shorthand notes Of the pro-
cocdings In busy times the reporter
viii then have at least an hour and
a half TO transcribc his fifteen minutes
notes before being again called upon
to take his / lace In the gallery. In inn
portant periods Of debate every word
viii have to be taken down, and that
means that the reporters quarter OF
an hour of notes will result in three
quarters OF a column Of The Times.
Leading statesmen like the prime
minister and the leader of the OPP osi-
ton are always reported verbatim.
and other front bench politicians. and
occasionally private members also are
reported verbatim, the extent TO which
their uttcrances are reproduced de-
pending not merely upon their per-
sonal Importance but the importance OF
the occasion, their particular associa-
ton with the subject under discussion.
and tho worth of their words.
MAKING A REPUTATION.
Here Il IS that the judgment of The
Times stan tells. Tho chief, sitting
with his summary Writor and his re-
porter. will occasionally give a hint as
To the inclusion or omission of speech
or part Of a speech. His guidance
whether in or out of his seat In the gal
lery necessarily strikes a note which
gives "a tone TO the whole of the great
daily report. Very much, however de-
ponds on the reporters themselves They
cannot be expected TO possess expert
knowledge OF an the subjects. military.
naval financial, foreign, and technical.
that come before the house: but they
have what is nearly as experience
of the house itself. in MANY cases . very
long experience indeed; and this gCn-
orally enables them 10 estimate both
speeches and subjects at their real
value. A member may think his speech
very clever one. The reporter may
differ. II is the decision of the reporter
which tells II will be easily seen how
the judgment Of The Times men In the
gallery has made and is making par
iiamentary regulations
From Q o'clock In the evening the time
occupied bv each reporter i'm tho box is
lcsscncd because il is necessary az that
late hour that the manuscript. or
copy" as it is called. should reach The
Times office moro quickly and I'm small
or MATCHES From to $50 the re-
porters work in Commute turns. From
$3.50 TO 1880 in turns Of seven and one
half minutes, and from 1890 onWards
in turns of Ave minutes. Small con-
signments OF copy are thus constantly
ON the way 20 The Times Office. one
lot being dispatched before the one pre-
ceding il has reached Printing House
square II the house sits beyond II
three men are selected 10 stay ON, if
necessary. throughout the night in or
der to keep an abbreviated report in
progress for the paper.
II is not difficult. therefore. 10 see
that the report comes to be regarded as
something In the nature Of an official
document and that The Times not only
records history but plays a part an
making it-Frank Dilnot i'm tho London
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