The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1914-07-28

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the capacity Of "a ~a~e-earnsr work
Ing at what IN the inside appears -
a highly weatsd trade. however much
II may appear from The outside {.
be : noble and romantic profession
Mitchell on May 18th found aars~el.
on his way to niagara with the .at"r-
nation To go on. that none If those
connected with the me ttion would
have anything to do a Hears:
man lie ever knew u he incident
OF the torn-up card.
On the morning of MAY 10th SD
preme Court Justice Lamar and Judge
Lehman. the American delegates.
were seated OF the porch Of the Hotel
Prospect. on the American side. News
PAPER men known 10 them to tie wor-
thy Of their confidence were grouped
near them and a general family chat
Was in progress.
Into this cnat Il young man with a
hatchet face and d siiG htiy Southern
accent projected himself. He went
up TO Justice Lamar and Judge Ieh-
mar and introduced himself, since
none Of h reporters there made a
move to do SO. He old them his
name was Mitchell and tina ne had
come TO Niagara for Mr.. Hearst's New
York American.
He Joined the party-but there WAS
no further attempt to carry on the
conversation that had been interrupt
ed Reporters and delegates alike
seemed conscious of the need for re-
stralnt ia the presence of d Hears;
man.
Gets Silence Treatment.
Mitchell left the party after "a brie1
silence treatment Just inside tht
hotel doors he met robert r. Rose
the attache Of the State Department
at the negotiations. With Rose the
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Mitchell and the things for which
Mitchell stood.
Without any hesitation Rose re
versed Mitchelis away from
, the delegation. He forced him hacl
and personally introduced him to tn,
delegates giving at the same time
strong and uneQUlVocal guarantee tina
: the delegates would always find them
selves receiving a square deal from hi
friend and Old-tine associate Afte
that Justice Lamar and Judge Leh
; mann talked in MjtcheiIs presence
: admitting him freely TO the informa
discussion.
To each of the mediatOrS and to tn
: Mexican delegates Mitchell gave IN
pledge that he was not responsible f.
Hearsts editorial policies, that as
reporter he wanted to give the facts [
: the developments and to give ther
fairly. He was accepted on that basis
: and Was given respectful and ade
: Quate hearings when he came f.
news. Then n trouble began.
vi Sticks to TIC sacts.
n Mitchell flied a dispatch giving tt
actual developments. He was hop,
h fnl in tone, since the mood of all COZ
cerned was optimistic. Next d.
Mitchell bought d Hearst paper. y,
Sc one word of his dispatch was in Il
Sc paper. But h Niagara date line w;
ID there just the same. Nc person I
al the ground could possibly have wri
iy ten, with any regard for the facts. IL
l. story that appeared. 1t was d Hear
1e story-simmering with
IS that President Wilson was back,
N down and yielding in a humiliatil
m to each demand upon him.
az The issue for Hearst's man at \
r agara was interesting to himself, to /
ef the other reporters and TO MIR. Ro
ay who knew him. He had mace pc
IN sonal pledges; and he had been r
ne ceiVed on those pledges.
ne The Hearst home office was not
him an through which
could force owe to the public at lar
from Niagara "a trained mans obse
~ vations and views about a matter
On critical national moment. The ch
Hears paper was not a pa per tn
the reader could pick up with any a
surance that a dispatch dated at Nj
in graa than the desk of some writer
IL the Hearst offices.
ps Other reporters, whose papers pf
~. mitted them to - re the public hone
at news. looked n Mitchelfs pl.
to with mingled feelings. They all kne
II OF course, what had happened for tn
rk had been in the telegraph office VIII
u Mitchell wa writing, alongside thel
no selves. and in the questions PASS
on back and forth hey had become W
le- aware of the general nature OF Mite
~ ellis dispatch.
r. Home Cooking Shows.
Els The offense Of the first day was T
in the end. AS the Hearst papers wot
he continue to arrive the dispatch frt
Niagara Wouid continue to show e
dence of home-cooking in the Anne
can office. Some Of it would be gs
I'd uine and then there would he VIII
Ter paragraphs Of inserted material, Gle
rst erly designed to give an appearaT
lie of trouble in the mediation proce<