Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-01-31
PENNYPACKER'S
MESSAGE OF 1905
Governor Tells of His Fight for
State Regulation of News
papers
rENNyrAcKER AuroBrocn,rmy->o. q,

If WOULD he an advantage If the
houses had counsel charged with the
duty OF ascertaining the relation of pro-
posed legislation to existing laws, and of
seeing that legislation is so expressed as
10 accomplish the object intended. It is not
to be expected that legislators should
nave technical training in law, and it is
ran to them that they should he supplied
with such assistance. At the last session
several meritorious acts were necessarily
vetoed because of imperfect construction.
, n!cre part Of the message which appears II
ne ne manuscript is omitted in the newspaper seria
At the last session of the General As.
sembly an act was passed recurring news.
papers to exercise reasonable care with
respect TO what they published, and
further recurring them to print upon
tho editorial page the names of those re.
Sponshle for the publication. Although.
as was natural, il caused some adverse
criticism upon the part of many of those
affected by II. the requirement of the pub.
ilcatlon of the names of the editors and
business managers was at once obeyed
by the press of the State aud the act
mas resulted i'm marked Improvement
IN the amenities of journalism in so far
as they concern persons i'm private life.
II is also evident that the act met with
the grateful approval of the people. At
the recent election, of those members of
the Senate and House who voted for this
nlIl seventy-siN We're re.elected and two
were de1eateu. Oi those VINO N.tod
against the bill, tWenty-eight were re.
elected and ten were defeated. OF those
who voted against the bill 263 per cent,
and of those who supported il % per cent
were ueleated. further legislation is re.
CURED for the protection of the Common
Weaitn from the INJURY to her reputation
and the disadvantage to the admnistra-
tiOD of her affairs which arise from the
prevalent dissemination OF scandalous in,
Nentions concerning her officials ana
thelr enOftS IN hef behaif.
II Is not only an unseemly spec
tacIe, but 1t is crime which
the state ought to punish when day
after day the mayor of one of her
monster compomnded from the ilIustra.
IONS IONS Oh T3pe ralaeontolosy ana DoreS
, nM'Ie, ne eillolceh.eIl5 oI tllp nlu','.i, it
1'M 10 l,iileue" tI'u '',ei ,n,,, w ~.
,'ate - Soiiuvi ~, ieu. Nt i'ie ,, "
.ycos me- ,hal sIllce tile vIE VI hpe'tN "
tne press became a snlppoletn, the reia.
tio. Ol t'le ueWSp"l,et 10 tle 'oNPII IIl'le,'
Iud tle peo''e mas peei' very Hu'li i'oul'
nsu' 40 ruIer nov Slta ny uIN'hS 'lsilI ~
ilIS pdiitt az" VIRUS lttt'eS ue Iast!St
" rol'l'ut iIS SuuJScta II, SoiIe "ia.iie i
az III" oNn VIII ii' an VII VIZ o'i'', - LiuilU
me newspaper VIII sometimes necone
ing information lor tneIr Soou' put d
,oiiilherCiaI venture tile "uJu'ct Vl
"ualIiVSS must ti'S Iidlh upJe'' va
eN'HteUce II 10 aiu l'S PatIolIS III stI,.I-
IN" MaLeS, as a,lH!ou9 "
l" tlein aH SlaFtllhS poStuie9 az ~ t,I'us
I,oSter' lhIS HleaiS tildt ''ie Itttuue vi
,lle Statesnl"n Wi'h iespect W 'nei'' 5 i,,un'
ne 'ildiiSe" WIN tlle cidIlSt III co'iul-
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i'ldii' t'o y"uIit.S S ~ VHH vl.eu , ,o'' tC -,
certaih aiiu Iurthef the H''rlcS.S vi Wv @
PtopIe sun ouHuIilb tue,lI' ~ ,'v ~ S sv
,llieS' Whau lS poi,uldiiE 'nucu Se'oM
JourHaiSiu, win us slosS ii, ne"uIii5H' 10 i'a
Nuis"i anu ptrNtiteu "lt, w. leli0n ",
Suldtious events ana ioli4"le c'lilies' "u"
az the o'her - HPtouiH W newspaper
"'Se"Se' IL S"'hi''7 i'''''o'"'
Specifir Newspaner
There is daily newspaper Of
wide circulation pubhShed IN the
city of Philadelphia, ostensibly by
pennsylvania corporation. ms
corporation was chartered May is,
1899, with an authorized capital stock or
S2o.OOO. OF winch Inc amount actuaJlN
paid into the treasury or the corporation
was $500. So far as the records IN the
office Of the Secretary of the Common
wealth SHOW this amount mas never heeh
increased. n tWeily-Stol! pullullS On
the main street in the heart OF the city,
ldlSs'iN lthACu ou' iOi b''''' "''' D'''N'
business purposes. bears It's name since
its incorporation 1t has paid 10 the COM
monwealth in taxes S3.I3. since IT'S con-
troll of what had been useful ana Vener:
able newspaper began, every Mayor OF
Philadelphia, every foNefhor' every
United states Senator, save one VINO ms
only been in office iour weeks ana every
Legislature of the commonwealth mas
been subjected 10 a daily flood in its col.
umns not of adverse comment nut OF
invented untruths. The state expended
a considerable sum of money upon the
celebration of Pennsylvania Day August
sjtion in an effort to impress upon the
nation the importance OF heI pat tticipa.
tlon IN lhe Settler,eht Vi tne nS9.' ny
bulldlnS anu hhuch vi Ml,at ,' aile pu, oi
eNhlpllloh We're eNceptioiiahS ii,eI l'oi tuua' rs
But tne gentleman put III ouais VI ~.
asrlculturai eAnlo,t at tiie oSeHet ISL
in 81. LOUIS Two iotS ol seIuS, 'tse US, u.s.
ing $l"oo ana the oIheI apou. 90 a.io
put upon piates' Nltlout IA ne SUM ,.
brea ioous nailuiactu,eu 5 III Sai ,i'' ioma
states the various pLouu.iH vi 'pin ,I
Wherever nnaue' anu au'eu tt,e.ii .'I, W IitH
display ne haa peell se'eo.e", w ioph On.
ing politcal ai'iild llo,le, rs, petnuae VI llie
connection Win lile IehlIos wanna 7tott