The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1914-03-20

story"
Sed Washington correspondent
chases up to the White House, and
pasiently sticks around until the Cab
binet session is over, Notwithstanding
the fact that he could have very plees-
emily spent that time down at the
Press Club playing Kelly Pool. The
meeting FINELY brakes up aftur 1t has
spoiled the hole afturnoon for sed cor.
respondent. The Secretary of State
Gums out looking bland, bleek and
blank; sed correspondent tackles sed
Secretary; the Secretery obsurves
that "it is Mise day." The cores
pondint admits it, and enquiries Of him
If the Mexican Crisis is about reddy
to be punctured?" The Secretary fixes
him with bold glare, from his left
eye. while with his rite eye he signals
his carriage to approach, and remarks
that it mite snow tomorrer." In des-
perasion the correspondent grabs him
by the top button of his coat, and blunt
~ asks him If the Cabinet discussed
the Mexican situasion. Then in the
most, confidential manner the Secre-
terry will ask him what is the Mexican
situation?" and will add probability,
I'VE only talked of rowteen matturs."
On actual count the Cabinet cents
the Mexican situasion has becum SO
accute. has devoted nine thousend fore
hundred and forty two hours to dis
cussion of "rowteen matttrs." There
must be sumthing doing in "rowteen
matturs" of startling interest to the
country. whatever they air.
Rite Il Anyhow.
What is this correspondence do?
The news Edditur is cold and Lnfeel-
ing pursun menny miles away, whose
bump of sympathy would make the
beef trust look charritabull. The Cor
respondent knows that unless he kicks
in a good story ON the Mexican situa-
sion that his prospects of ever paying
an incum tax will be refused about six
dollars a week He proseeds, there
fore to rite story of thrilling inter-
rest. He declares that the Cabinet,
aftur three hours of heeted discussion
adjourned with grave Eases and burn
ing thirst. He says armed intLTven-
sion in Mexico will cum, in the event
sumthing don't happen to prevent It,
and he thinks it brobabull that sum-
thing will.
He draws inspirasion frum his i'm
maginasion and Book Beer. and indites
a Mexican story, that raises the hair
on the beds of his reeders. He drags
in the War Department, and declares
that a man high in offisial sircles"
was seen polishing up the well known
tocksin of War for immediate use. He
invites the country to believe that dip
plomatic relasions air strained, and
that the two countries air getting
reddy to lay aside diploming for the
sword and skattur gun. But he Gums
eileen with the News Edditur, and the
public don't believe him emmy how, SO
what's the use?
Now who is to blame for that story?
Sertainly the leest to blame is the
man who rote it. If the Cabinet Of
fiser hald told him the facts-he would
have ritten them-cents he didn't he
.rote 'em emmy how. and then next day
gets a fiat denyal from sed Cabinet
offiser, and thus gets two stories.
But the public in the end gets the
facts. and gets them thro' the newspa-
purs. A newspaper man cancum neer-
er. riting the reel facts in a situasion
like the Mexican affair. without hav-
wing a single one before him, than the
average Cabinet offiser can tell them
emmy how. I've tried it. Yours trooly.
BILL VINES.
Washington, ID. c.