New-York tribune., 1910-10-23
SUNDAY MAGAZINE FOR OCTOBER 2s. 1910
Washington Correspondents
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of YOUR victory and about your plans said
! the newspaper man.
"You lust write out for me what you think
l ought to say and let me see 1t, said the
! Congressman.
| The newspaper mans version was pre-
sented, heartily approved. and it went over
| the wires by Associated Press and to lndi-
vidual newspapers as the dlctlon and
| thought of the Congressman.
A veteran correspondent whom l know
was asked by a New York statesman of
national reputation to frame a resolution
| that the public mans constituents were de-
| manding. The newspaper man agreed, and
| the next day the resolution was presented by
| the New Yorker. 1t was not a technical
matter, in which instance congressman
| openly accept the form arranged by experts:
| it concerned a public question which had to
be stated clearly and in detail, the develop
ments of which created small sized scandal.
Facing a Change of Policy
lONE prominent Washington writer during
~ the entire winter session of 1901 had
been endeavoring to convince Senator that
he should introduce a measure relieving
railroad condition IN his State. The Senator,
obligated to certain railroad interests, de-
clined, and asked the newspaper man not to
press the matter publicly. Through friendly
motives the correspondent for awhile re-
Trained from mentioning the number of pc
titions for the measure that the Senator was
| receiving; but finally his conscience smote
him, and he printed a despatch something
in the manner of the following:
Senator Asterisk is understood to have pre-
| pared amendment to the Sherman antitrust
law the adoption of which would prevent the
purchase by the Maysburg & Eastern of the
Williamstown & Southern Railroad. against
which the entire State is protesting. 1t is be-
| lieved here that when the Senator'S courageous
stand becomes known he vii be deluged with
kilograms of congratulation. H, is Chairman
of the Interstate and Foreign Commerce Com
| mittee. and that his measure viii be passed is
believed probable.
Well. the deluge of congratulations came,
all right and the Senator dared not deny
that he had prepared the amendment. So
he sought out the newspaper man.
BLANK you!" he said. "Now that you've
got me in this fix. write the amendment
yourself and give it to me-
The newspaper man wrote it, ana he SO
worded it that not a single loophole could
be found; for this correspondent was ia
miliar with the capacities of attorneys in the
employ of railroads to file holes in legal steel
fabrics. 1t passed, and the Senator'S oppo-
sition for reelection dwindled away. As he
is the nominee of the dominant party in his
State, he is certain to be urned
Wouldn't Suppress the New.
| A MOTHER correspondent suspected a
Senator from his State of being the
beneficiary of ADLER minds. He believed that
a party leader presented this Senator with
prepared measures which had been agreed
to by leaders of the opposition, with the I'M
derStanding that they were to be stricken
from the completed bill in conference. He
could not prove his beliefs, however At the
solicitation of this Senator, the correspond
ent chronicled that the measures were intro
duced and agreed on by both parties as the
solution of vexed questions. Finally the CON