The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1913-11-13

| which she spoke showed 1uw tna.t-
iul she was her husband was net Ii
politics. Mrs. Hayes was quick to sa,
what she thought along the same line
| by adding:
And DR.. Hayes doesn't have to at
all, you know. He says he does 1t for
the good of the party"
This would have been all very in
teresting to Kendall If he had had the
entire evening to spend in such pleas
ant company. Time was pressing,
however, and in the few minutes still
at his disposal he wished to sound
Belmont News.
Kendall! looked closely at the you're
man whom he had already set down
as an opponent. Physically Wright
seemed no shirker of combat. His
shoulders were broad and his body
we'll developed. Led to believe from,
his knowledge of the reformer type
that he would find Joe Wright long
haired theorist and Utopian dreamer,
the lawyer found instead self-pos-
sessed, well-balanced young man. The
newspaper owners manner, even IN
repose, was judicial. To Kendalls
thinking he had the air Of man who
would not oe swayed by prejudice or
liking. 1t was his part, however, as
special pleader, to make Wright
think himself too much an idealist--'
if he could-in opposing the just
claims of the tock-yard company.
Il suppose you found the News
somewhat run down when you took
hold of it," Kendall remarked casually
Yes, the name was about all
bought"
II thought the paper had a pretty
good mechanical plant interjected
Gilbert.
Instinctively Wright felt the con-
certed action masked under the inno-
cent question and the remark by Gil
bert. Just what Kendall had to gain
he did not know, but since he recog-
nized him as a representative of large
interests he thought best to let him
know what stand the News might be
expected to take. It was just as we'll
that Gilbert should have it clearly in
mind also. If the clients of these men
were playing the game fair and
square they would welcome his kind
of newspaper. If they weren't, and
Wright knew there had been lapses
from grace on the part Of some OF
them, he hoped they would recognize
in the paper the power which would
first seek to prevent, and, failing in
| 1xse %~ 1IyR Il.
bert's allusion tc The good mechanical
plant he seized upon for tes;t.
"That's true, the News has good
mechanical plant" He paused to let
that sink in before he continued.
Somehow or other when think Of a
newspaper / never think of that side
of it. l have in mind only the feel
ing of confidence with which a news
paper inspires it's readers"
What do you think the ideal news
paper is like?" asked Judge Gilbert.
He wanted to know to what kind OF
star this young man had hitched his
wagon.
1.-THE ideal newspaper is one which
has no ak to grind, and no personal
animus in the discussion of private at
fairs OF public questions, but only a
constant regard for the truth and the
lasting welfare of the state"
Kendall went to what he considered
the heart of the matter.
aren't you leaving out Of consid
Grafton, Mr.. Wright, that everything
this government, events but com
promise?"
mo, ! recognize that, and believe
in compromise. Without 1t we would
still be cave jewellers. 1t Is exactly
because of this everpresent compro
mise that an honest newspaper IL Sc
valuable. It must see to 1t that thi'
] compromise is open and above board
> It mustn't be the giveand-take trade
of low politicians in the back room O
a saloon or the far more dangeroul
" trades Of men higher up and powerful
3 interests; not that kind Of compro
mise, which after all is sale of some
+ thing one does not legally own to on
e who cannot or will not secure 1t hon
estly. l tell you that the majorit,
e must rule fairly and with prope
u Difference for the rights of the minor
e ity. that's where a newspaper can b
of service:"
S Having decided to deliver a nroae
# side, Wright had gone about 1t wit
y great enthusiasm. The sight OF Mrs
l. Hayes gazing wonderingly at him, TO
p she did not understand what h
meant, caused the editor to break o.
l. with a laugh. He recognized tina
n Judge Gilbert's drawing-room was nc
e the proper place for lengthy expos
1T ton of his views.
% "Tm afraid I'm preaching" he apo
e ogized, land there's nothing hat
H. more than that"
[e mot at ALL" protested Kendall
" "Your views interest me greatly, M
n Wright. When l come again am g
ing to see how far along you ara o
III tho road tn the ideal"