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JUNE ON THE
Restful, delightful, interest:
trip like that 011 the Great Lake
the bonier line between the Ui
June is one of the most charmii
to take the trip.
For comfort the fine passe
Line have no superiors. As
ocean greyhounds which plowlows
sufficient time at all stoppi
to see something of the great
light the most distinctive sight
which frames them.
The trip through the Detr<
Clair, with its great ship canal i
through Lake Huron, the lock
great locks at the Soo, and the
across the upper end of Michi
features.
The voyage from Buffalo
hundred miles in the five days'
steamships Juniata and Tionesta
Detroit, Mackinac Island, the i
Hancock, and Duluth.
I he Anchor Line is the (j
sylvania Railroad, and the sei
standard set by the "Standard F
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lited States and Canada. And
ng months in the year in which
nger steamships of the Anchor
well appointed as the palatial
the Atlantic, their schedule alng
places to enable the traveler
lake cities and to view in days
of the lakes, and the scenery
:>it River, and through Lake St.
n the middle nf the Inlrp thrnrp
ing of the steamer through the
: passage of the Portage Entry
gan are novel and interesting
to Duluth covers over eleven
journey. Leaving Buffalo the
l make stops at Erie, Cleveland,
>00, Marquette, Houghton and
reat Lake Annex of the Pennvice
measures up to the high
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It when desiring advice or
information regarding their
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Gray Switches $4.75 now $3.00. . <
all prices, $5.00 now $4.00. [
$8.00 now $5.50.
Lee** Flair Medlcant, $1. Restores gray hair to *
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IOIJRNALISM SINCE =
EARLY JAMESTOWN 1
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iddress by C. S. Noyes Before ^
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Editorial Association. D,
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IT THE EXPOSITION TODAY
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'apt. John Smith Lacked Newspaper pI^
Support I con
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mi'UKTAHUJS UJ; llUS i'HJSSS Tl
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delations of Journalists to Presidents, tun'
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Past and Present?Rejected ^
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Criticisms.
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'ptHal Dispatch to The Star.
NORFOLK Va., June 13.?The National the
Idltorlal Association, meeting at the tr>-;
amestown exposition, spent a large part
f today on a pilgrimage to Jamestown yiri
stand, where they visited the scenes of the hav
riginal Jamestown settlement. There was "T1
ome speechmaklng on the boat going and wc
eturnlng from the island.
Last night the national editors held a
lemorial service for the members who had
lied during the past year.
One of the most notable papers read be- non
ore the association was that of Crosby S. 'n 1
?oyes, editor of The Washington Star, a lc
irhose subject was "Journalism Since ilca
amestown." Mr. Noyes said: nen
The
Captain John Smith. The
Standing here on the ground so thorough- or o
y identified with the name of Capt. John J'on
Imith, and recalling his remarkable serv
res for the establishment and preservation wjla
if the Jamestown colony, and the ingratl- bat<
ude with which these services were re- hav
laid by his fellow-colonists, we have oc- T)
asion to note how badly he was crippled sevt
>y failing to have an energetic, lndepend- pter
nt press to back him up in his great work, 'ng
Born In an English town in 157U, left ail mor
irphan under improper guardianship, es- mal
aping at an early age from the irksome com
lome life, he entered upon a career of thu:
easeless activities that only ended with getl
lis death. In 1G31, at the age of fifty-one. an I
He served In the continental wars of the of t
lerlod; then, desiring to see more of the tior
vorld, he enlisted In the war against the prei
rurks. He was captured and reduced to evei
lavery by the Turks, where he was treat- pori
id with brutal Indignity; but he killed his We
iruel master and fled for his life on his it i
iwner's horse, and after terrible hard- Moi
ihlps endured for nineteen days he reached rigl
i Russian outpost on the River Don; o
hence, after various desperate adventures gre
?y sea ana lana, ne returned 10 n.ngianu, wai
eaching his home In 1004, when he was tjje
:wenty-flve years old. tjpj
In the next year (1005) the restless ad- out
venturer entered upon another career of altj
wonderful experiences, throwing himself
mpetuously Into the colonizing projects of Kee
;he day, and for the settlement of Vlr- 0
jlnla. lie Joined the expedition of the t~\
London Company for South Virginia, that
sailed December, 160C. Hardly had the ex- i,
sedition got under way when Smith's itren- v;r
jous disposition to be doing something in n
the line of bettering the loose condition of be
affairs on board, brought him Into col- cou
llslon with the lazy loafers, the know- the
nothings and the mollycoddles of the party. RP?
rhey revolted against his leadership, and wai
plotted to hang him on the false charge of to
conspiracy; but they failed In their project. Mr
On landing, on the 2flth of April, 1H07,
on the island they named Jamestown, they do^
refused to allow him to take his seat as It i
councilman, to which office he had been rec
appointed. anc
A Strenuous Character.
He challenged their charges, and, as w? T
ire told, so established his Innocence that Ma
President Wingfield was adjudged to give Jou
lim ?200 as damages. He was then admit- the
ed to the council. Thereafter Smith was fou
.he life and soul of the colony. He com- ver
jelled the loafers to work, declaring that twc
;hose who would not work should starve.
Many times he saved the colony from atlc
itarvation by his daring enterprise, through a (
which, by diplomacy and the force of gun- sm.
jowder, he succeeded In procuring supplies
)f Indian corn. In one of these expeditions Thi
le was captured by the Indians, carried be- g{a
'ore the "Sour King Powhatan" (as Smith Xre
lescribed him), condemned to death, and
n-hen the fatal club was hanging over his ma
lead was saved from death by the inter- t
position of the adorable Pocahontas. jnt
The story of this rescue has been dis- ]jnl
puted, but there is no way in which her 0?
constant efforts afterward for the welfare g
Df the colonists can be explained, except on jn ?
:he theory that her sympathies and perhaps
ler affections had been warmly enlisted in naj
uehalf of Smith on this occasion. jBSl
John Smith then established good rela- en0
ions with the Indians, and administered ma;
he colony with masterly effectiveness. But arr
>n the arrival of a fresh body of 500 disor- no
ierly colonists, who refused to acknowledge
his leadership, his authority came to
in end. r >p
We can fancy the quitters, the standpat- p
:ers, the do-nothings, the know-nothings,
:he reactionaries and the mollycoddles sit- W'1
ing around on the tree stumps at James- sen
own, grumbling about the beastly climate, flve
lie blarsted mosquitoes, and the bloody diet
>f Indian corn provided by Smith; and
jlanning to kill him and sa:I away for Eng- eno
and. con
Then when he was disabled by an explo- nal
iion of gunpowder and was obliged to go 'na'
lome for surgical treatment, never to re- ?'
:urn to Virginia, his enemies thought they sPe
vere happily rid of him, but they soon am'
ame to realize what they had lost by his P'c(
lenarture. In the winter after he left. Pur
itarvation <?ame upon them, and, lacking ant'
lis energetic aid, they were reduced to the *'ua
no.st desperate straits to sustain existence. Pic(
Jut of -MM) persons in the colony in October, tiv<
IGWi, when Smith left the colony, all but Pur
died by the following March. the
One of the" sixty survivors of "the starv- pM'
ng tline," Richard Potts, gave a remark- 'n t
ible expression of his exalted estimate of sco.
Smith's character as follows: tha
"What shall I say, but thus we lost him, he
hat in all his proceedings made justice raoi
lis first guide, and experience his second; is
ver hating baseness, sloth, pride and un- life
vorthiness more than any dangers; that rnir
lever allowed more for himself than his val
loldiers with him; that upon no danger Ha
vould send them where he would not lead divi
hem himself; that would never see us want ere:
vhat he either had or could by any means key
ret us; that would ratl.er want than bor
ow, or starve than not pay; that loved ac- ma]
ions more than words, and hated falsehood caij
md covetousness worse than death; whose rap
ulventures were our lives, and whose loss egc,
)ur deaths." <ou
What a fine, noble character Is here pre- ' ?
iented In this voluntary tribute by one who
tad served with Smith and knew him well.
Another writer speaks of him ns broad- T
ninded and unselfish, as "the statesman, cuj?
he soldier, the writer, the navigator, the ? f
;xplorer, who founded the English race in
Vmerica." carl
His biographer, Tudor Jenks, says "this T!
jrave, patient, resoureeiui, nonest English- ties
nan and soldier has been awarded n lower h ,,
>laee In history than he has earned."
Fohn Smith and Theodore Roosevelt, of
Capt. John Smith's achievements In the
vay of planting and sustaining the Eng- thei
lsh colony under the most formidable dlffl- T
ultles were as worthy of glorification as In <
he deeds of Theodore Roosevelt, but he ?y i
lacked the aid of the newspaper press that k111
has so greatly helped the latter In his up- any
ward career. tert
The newspapers have given Mr. Roose- a 8
,-elt their vigorous support in his reform or
x>licies; have exploited all his sayings and lian
loings through the twenty-four hours pf Th?
:he day; glorified the man find his work T
ind made his name a household word in a"
?very home in the land. mei
Mr. Koosrveu nas seemea somewhat slow ule
In acknowledging his indebtedness to the tho
press, but perhaps he will think of it some tlle
day when he is not too busy. lovl
He Needed the Newspapers. pap
Capt. John Smith had no such newspaper ls
aid, and his great deeds have thereby gone
"unhonored and unsung." moi
Sad to say there Is not la ail Virginia tha
>y a statue, portrait, bust, medallion, Iniption,
not even a souvenir spoon, to be
id to do honor to the brave, eagaclous
1 whose services were of such value on
alf of the Infant colony that was the
ndatlon of the grand Old Dominion!
0 babies, cities, towns or counties have
n named for him. perhaps because he
s the commonplace, unpoetlc, monosyle
name of Smith, which would not fit in
1 with the aristocratic euphonious names
the W'ashingtons. Jeffersons, Madleons,
iroes, Berkeleys, Masons, Randolphs
Pendletons.
creditable Neglect to Honor Smith.
oubtless this discreditable neglect of the
:e to do honor to Capt. John Smith will
remedied by the patriotic and energetic
Pfl of t'hp Association fnr thp Ptpsppva
i of Virginia Antiquities, who have al3y
accomplished a great work In that
at Jamestown Island and other historic
?es.
9 has already been said, the failure of
n Smith to obtain proper support in his
tentlons with the disorderly colonists
i because he had no vigorous press to
k him up, ecourge his enemies and tight
battles.
tie first newspaper published in England,
Weekly News, was started in 1622,
teen years after John Smith had left
jlnla for home, broken in health and fore.
uc inoi iicwopapt-i ^irunencu in rtinrriin
blick Occurrences) was started In Bosin
168i>.
tie first in Virginia, the Virginia Gae,
in 1730; the second, the Richmond
lulrer, in 1804.
bough late in arriving, the press of Vira,
from the date of the establishment
he Richmond Enquirer, lias been one of
ablest and most Influential in the councertainly
in the southern half.
ad the wishes of Sir William Berkeley,
old reactionary royalist governor of
?inia, been realized, that state would
e waited a long time for a newspaper.
iank God," said the governor In 1671.
: have neither tree schools nor printing
is, and I hope may not have for a liun1
years to come."
No Reporters.
lit the title of "newspaper" was a misler,
for the journals published anywhere
Surope or America in those days. It was
ing time before the collection and pubtion
of news events came to be a promlt
feature of the so-called newspapers,
press reporter had not yet appeared.
re was not a solitary reporter, omuiui
therwise, at the meeting of the constltual
convention in 1787, and had it not
i for James Madison, who undertook
arduous labor of keeping a record of
it was said and done, the important de-s
on the federal Constitution would not
e been preserved.
le reporter had not yet arrived thlrty n
years later when, in 1K>4, Daniel Webdelivered
a famous address at the layof
the corner stone of the Bunker Hill
lument. Gen. Lafayette. who was then
ting a tour of the country and was welled
everywhere with unprecedented ensiasm,
was present; and this fact, toler
with the fame of the orator, drew
Immense throng of people from all parts
:he country. This Bunker Hill celebrai,
with the speech of Webster, and the
sence af Qen. Lafayette, was the great
nt of the period, yet there was no reter
present to note the proceedings. Mr.
bster wrote out his address and placed
it the disposition of the Bunker Hill
nomanf A ccacIq t inn whfl cni<. thp pnnv
it for >300.
nly one report was made of Webster's
at speech in reply to Hayne, and that
s by Joseph Gales, the senior editor of
National Intelligencer, who, in the muliclty
of his duties, was unable to write
Ills stenographic notes, and but for the
of Mrs. Gales, who volunteered to do
work, tills masterly speech might have
n lost to the world.
n the 28th of September, 1837, Mr. Webr
made a very able speech on the curcy
question In reply to Mr. Calhoun.
Webster was then at the height of his
le as an orator?a fame that has never
n reached by any other man In this
ntry. Vast crowds assembled whenever
re was an opportunity to hear him
ak; yet, incredible as it may seem, there
s not a reporter present on this occasion
make a record of this notable speech.
Webster, writing to a friend, says:
If you can believe It, no reporter took
vn a single word of it. I had to gather
together from my own notes, my own
frlan/la' rt?r>rvl 1 c-r*i tnnc
unruuuiio, x? .viiu.I
the letters of the letter writers."
Journalism Then and Now.
here is a tradition afloat that one day In
rch, 1848, the National Intelligencer, a
rnal that then held the first rank In
public regard, appeared with two of Its
c pages occupied by a government adttsement
of mail lettings, and the other
> were filled with an exhaustive editorial
the tariff, with the exception of three
kfuls of news matter at the bottom of
column, with a single-line heading in
ill caps, announcing a revolution In
ince and the abdication of Ixjuis Philippe,
s story may be a somewhat embroidered
tement of the facts, but It does not
atly exaggerate me reiauve vaiuca ui
jortance in which editorial and news
tters were held by Journalists.
he single city reporter engaged on the
elligencer used to complain that he was
ited by his employers to half a column
respectable commonplace."
ut there has been progress in journalism
ie%-enty years?not altogether for the betThe
narrow, two-paged, half-sheet Jourhas
developed into the paper (Sunday
le) of 100 pages or more, and containing
ugh matter, if issued in book form, to
ke a fair-sized library. The reporter has
ived in omnipresent force, and there Is
paucity of news matter?such as It is.
The Penny Dreadful.
ake a copy of a moderm up-to-date
iny Dreadful. You will find It packed
h horrors, many of them so precious In
sational atrocity as to require, for each,
sets of Job type headlines, and a con?'>'1
n# *V>o moln f^aturPQ r?f t Vio
rmlty in great primer type In boxed
apartments, preliminary to the longer
ratlve. The front page and several
de pages are devoted to lurid depictions
the great scandal-murder case, the
clal thriller of the day, with pictures
I biographies of the woman in the case;
;ures and biographies of the villain who
sued the woman In the case; pictures
I biographies of the more or less crazy
band who killed the pursuing villain;
:ures and biographies of all the rela?s,
friends and acquaintances of the
sued woman, the pursuing Villain, and
killing avenger; pictures and blograes
of the judge, the Jury and the lawyers
he case; pictures and biographies of the
res of alienists who deposed variously
t the avenging husband was crazy when
killed the pursuing villain and sane the
ment after; or that he was born crazy,
crazy now, and will, be crazy all his
The paper will be spaced out with
lor horrors of considerable sensational
ue. There will l^e reports of Black
nd assassinations, rapes, elopements.
Drees, frightful railroad wrecks, massa3
of Jews In Russia, ^Christians In Tur;
gruesome stories of starvation and
pse-eatlng cannibalism in China, and
nifold horrors and atrocities reported by
le, telephone, wired and wireless teleghy.
No quarter of the globe will have
aped the searchlight of the enterprising
rnal in quest of malodorous, putrid hapings.
A Carnival of Crime.
he whole make-up of the paper is calited
to Impress upon the reader the bethat
there is an universal, world-wide
nival of crime going on all the time.
hara a ra nlr>f n foa nf Vil/1 nn> ?> ?? * ?1
uv>v u>w vo vt Uiuvuuo IIIUUSII UBI"
In semi-human form?pig-eyed, potied,
scowling villains?representing trust
;ials, captains of industry and employers
labor generally, as jumping upon the
imon people with demoniacal glee; crushtliem,
grinding them and maltreating
n In every conceivable way.
he paper is pessimieltlc and anarchistic
;very line. It incites the laboring man,
i parade of his grievances, to go out and
somebody, preferably his employer, but
body In a position of authority, or m&sihip?a
President of the United StafBS,
overnor. a Judge, a captain of Industry,
any one who has by the work of his
da or brains made a success in life,
re Is nothing hopeful or inspiring in it.
his is a wicked world, growing worse
the time. There is no honor among
i or women. The big fish are eating
little fish, and the little fish are eating
minnows, and the minnows are eating
spawn. It teaches to hate instead of
Ing one another.
* *A
c inot girtuco me appearance or such a
ier as representative of modern Journalhas
a discouraging look, but on a closer
Br, when it Is seen that the newspapers
this degraded class can be counted alat
upon the fingers of one hand, and
t the clean, a&ne, reputable Journal*
| Lansfc
| 420 to 426 '
*k Tlhr<p<p So(f*r.8fliHs
Ill Mm 1ft 11 w var j^/ >y vy U 1ft
Women's Fine Swiss Ribbed Pants,
knee length, ruffle of lace
around bottom. 39c value.
Tomorrow, each
i Friday I
| Dress Goods in Re
X Albatross, Nun's Veiling, Cr<
t in good lengths and all colors, inch
tmere, Poplin, Figured Batiste,
a shirt waist or an entire dress; sc
Y We want to clean 'em up in a day,
* worth coming for early, for dress
we say take your choice at, per ya
I Black Qcodls K
X A (Tbsy F?r All-wool and Moh
Y Tr Goods; lengths from I
from the piece, 69c to $
i Smiting Rem
I A(H)r For 56-^^ Fancy Suit:
? vUJ>/(^f yards to 6 yards; $1.00
X 69c.
11,000 Yards Si
| Two
| Lot 1?1,000 vards of Remnan
X and weaves. Among them you wi
i? Louisines, Taffetas, Satins, Libert
? lengths in Black Liberty Satin, als
Net. Lengths from i to 15 yards.
Lot 2?In this lot you will find
A Taffetas and Louisines, some Plain
X SILK Pongees; a few good len,
and Pongees. Lengths from 1 to
I $1.25, for
! White and Color
$ Displayed on three separate
4 partment. We will put on sale all
?? mulated in the past week. These
a nants bought expressly f?r the oc
three lots?and range in price fro
0 choice,
| 5c yd. 8o$4c 3
1 15c White Aul
2,500 yards White Auto Cloth,
a finish and full shrunken?these ar
X for suits, skirts, children's wear an
one of*the best known of its kind 0
a over at 15c a yard; some short len
Y pieces, lhis lot while it lasts on t
X White Goods Department, 8t
of the country number 20,000 or more, we
can take a more cheerful view of the situation.
Steam-Engine in Breeches.
Daniel Webster was once characterized
as "a steam-engine In breeches." This appellation
fits Theodore Roosevelt?the Incarnation
of restless energy?much better
than IVfthotar nrhnoo err a a nnarprH of mind
and body were displayed with a stately dignity
that did not comport with the driving
powers of a steam-engine. %
Theodore Roosevelt is a steam-engine
working always under high pressure. He
works all day under full steam, and when
he takes an hour or two in the evening for
recreative exercise he goes off like a steamengine.
If he starts out for a walk he
rushes at a pace that speedily put him
out of sight of the companion who has unwarily
accepted an invitation to accompany
him. If on horseback. the result is
the Barne. Away he goes in the lead,
making desperate Jumps over high fences
and wide watercourses. If he hunts bears,
or plays golf, or foot ball, or lawn tennis,
It is ever in like fashion; whether he hunts,
rides, walks or plays, he always goes at
it in steam-engine style.
With his remarkable equipment of
strength of mind and body and his apparently
unlimited powers of endurance, he
Beems qualified to continue ttirs not pace indefinitely.
But very few people are built
that way, and It Is not a wise thine to do
to encourage the unfit multitude to run
their motors at high speed when they
have not the strength or intelligence to
guide them properly.
The Strenuous Life.
Mr. Roosevelt said In his address on "The
Strenuous Life," delivered in Chicago, April
10, 180JC
"1 wish to -preach, not the doctrine of ignoble
ease, but the doctrine of the strenuous
life, the life of toll and effort, or labor
and strife; to preach that highest form of
success which comes not to the man who
desires mere easy peace, but to the man
who does not shrink from danger, from
hardship, or from bitter toil, and who out
of these wins the splendid ultimate triumph."
This is admirable doctrine In a way, and
in this case at least Mr. Roosevelt practices
what he preaches by devoting all his
energies to the exposition of the life of effort.
labor and strife which wins the splen
did ultimate triumph. But it will bo noted
that he nowhere has a word urging the
practica of the rules of equity, even-handed
justice, the spirit of toleration, and the exercise
of the reasoning powers, and a calm,
temperate judgment in the transactions of
life.
He preaches always the gospel of hurry.
You must not be lazy, and you must do
things always on the rush. This Impetuous
haste with which Mr. Roosevelt does things
is the cause of many of his errors of judgment.
Boosevelt Unique.
Theodore Roosevelt is an unique specimen,
incapable of classification. He Is a
law to himself. His activities range from
the colossal to the infinitesimal. By a masterly
feat of statesmanship he puts an end
to a great and appallingly destructive war
between two nations on the other side of
the globe; earning thereby the Nobel prize
and the applause of the world. Then he
stoops to a petty, fussy attempt to prevent
his cabinet officers and other subordinates
and visitors to the White House from talking
to the reporters.
President Roosevelt has performed a wonderful
work at the time when It was most
needed. His appearance In the field Just
when the Harrimans and the Rockefellers
and the rest of the grabber gang were In
the act of strangling all individual enterprise
and effort was as opportune as the
arrival of the Monitor at Fortress Monroe
when the ironclad Merrimac had come out
to finish up the work of destroying all our
wooden navy.
Press and Presidents.
Our rulers, state or national, since the
days of Gov. Berkeley, have, with two or
three exceptions, been on friendly terms
with the press. Andrew Jackson owed the
success of his administration, next to his
own vigorous personality, to the services
of the able newspaper men he had around
him, who supported his policies, cudgeled his
enemies and licked his crude but forceful
utterances Into shape. While he had capable
men for his official advisers, he relied
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Lots.
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upon Ms "kitchen cabinet"?Blair, Kendall,
Hill and Noah?for his effective bud
port.
Later than Jackson. Abraham Lincoln and
William MeKlnley, the kindliest and most
tactful of our Presidents, were the most
considerate In their treatment of the press.
James Buchanan, with characteristic Inaptness,
got Into collision with the press
very early In his administration; and he
made the great mistake of his life when
he undertook to punish that very able journalist
and politician. John W. Forney, who
had made him President. forney had the
presumption to criticise some of Buchanan's
weak, vacillating policies, thereby Incurring
the vindictive hostility of the latter.
Buchanan contemptuously styled Forney "a
dead duck:" but the editor lived long
enough to see Buchanan leave the White
House In disgrace, and to give vigorous aid
himself to the work of putting Abraham
Lincoln in the place he had so feebly filled.
Grover Cleveland during his flr9t term
was complaisant to the press, though
never very cordial. But on his second
terft). Inflated with the Idea of his own |
greatness, he first assumed a condescending
and then a menacing tone toward the
press. Then when he undertook to champion
the infamous Queen Lll, who insisted
upon killing all the missionaries who hnd
taken part In her deposition from the
Hawaiian mrone, ne was snarpiy criticised
by the preps for his un-American. un-Christian
course. He hotly resented these censures
and sought to Vunlsh the offending
Journals by cutting off all access to news
sources at the White House and at the departments;
but he did not succeed, and ,
Dan. Lamont, his best friend and most
sagacious adviser, was the first to revolt t
against Cleveland's order, and he gave out
all the news on hand, with strict Impartiality
to friend or foe of the administration,
among the newspaper men.
Dan. Lamont had a mind of his own,
and was not so subservient to presidential
dictation as some later cabinet oflicers
have been.
Theodore Roosevelt during his first term
was In very cordial relations with the
newspaper men, and expressed a hearty ap- !
preciation of their services in his support
all through Ms career, from the time when
he first entered upon Ills reform crusade
as civil service commissioner in Washing
ton. But, entering upon his second term,
a little Inflated, perhaps, by his election by
such an overwhelming majority, he took on
a somewhat dictatorial tone toward the
press. He seemed to think, and with some
reason, that he had been commissioned by
the people to carry out, with autocratic
powers, his grand schemes for the correction
of great public abuses. He had an intense
desire to accomplish this herculean
task in the briefest time possible, and he
was impatient of any criticisnj^or question
of his infallibility as to the manner of his
going about the big Job.
"Fearless and Truthful Criticism''
Wanted.
He lias declared himself in favor of
"clean, healthy newspapers, witli clean,
healthy criticisms, which shall be fearless
and truthful;" but when It comes to the
test, it is seen that he does not relish these
lciti ifPS cilia u uiiuui LI iin iriiua ? ncii mcj
are exercised at his expense.
When the newspapers have admonished
him that if he would make a little less (
haste In his official utterances he would
save himself from the commission of many
inconsiderate and unjust acts. '
That his hasty approval of the brutal <
deeds of his subordinates at the White <
House when the "knock-ilown and dray- ,
out" outrage was committed upon Mrs. ;
Minor Morris, a refined, cultured, respecta- m
ble Christian woman, was an act of cruel, (
heartless injustice. !
That, acting in haste, when some callow
youngster catcnes ins capricious raney, ne
Jumps him into high office over the heads
of men of experience and tested ability, he
does grave injustice to a set of meritorious
officers who are entitled by every consideration
of right to promotion in regular order.
That if he would stop io county twentyfive
(the old admonition given to hastytongued
people) before yielding to the
temptation to can reputable* citizens liars
and horse thieves, it might save him some
violations of good manners and good taste,
and would make him a better exemplar to
the youth of the country, who are looking
to him for guidance in the conduct of life.
That it would be advisable for him to go
a little slow when undertaking to concen
trate all the powers of government at the
White House.
These are among the numerous sugges- tlonB
made by the press to the President.
But baa he welcomed these "fearless mid i
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truthful criticisms" he has invited. In the
proper appreciative spirit? Not a bit of It.
He goes on In his old way, doing things In
a hasty. Ill-considered manner, and his
output of vituperous epithets is rather
larger than ever. ?
No Quarrel With the President.
But the newspaper men have no quarrel
with tlie President. There is some friction
between them, but no rupture; and Secretary
Loeb dispenses the White House news
with tact and intelligence.
And whether Mr. Roosevelt Is elected by
acclamation for a third term, or rules by
deputy In the shape of a President designated
by him, or whether, after an Interval
of four years, he shall again take the presl
aency, ne will receive the cordial support
of the press in all his great efforts for the
public good and the national welfare. At
the* same time, the press will reserve the
right to "fearlessly and truthfully" criticise
his acts when they are inconsiderate
and unjust.
The newspapers have nothing to ask of
him but fair treatment. They will not b?
unduly elated If he pats them on the back,
and their equanimity will not be greatly
disturbed should he give them the cold
shoulder. They hold themselves to be ordained
preachers as well as Mr. Iloosevelt.
miu niey win Keep irieir puipits lor ail
time, for Presidents may come and Pre?dents
may go, but the press, like Tennyson's
brook, goes on forever.
Mr. Roosevelt has no real animoiity to
the press, and I fancy he has no keener
enjoyment In life than In association with
bright newspaper men; as. for instance, at
a Gridiron dinner, when, after a busy day
superintending the affairs of the universe,
he drops in upon one of these entertainments
an\i enters into the spirit of the occasion
with all the glee of a school boy Just
let out for the holidays; and his laughter
Is the heartiest to be heard when the Gridiron
boys are giving him a pretty hot roast
Dver some of his official eccentricities.
After all, Theodore Roosevelt Is a good
deal of a boy yet, as well as a most masterful
President!
The Era of Good Feeling.
Since the time when Horace Greeley,
using epithets as sultry as any In the ricli
White House vocabulary, shouted to- the
venerable poet-editor, William Culvert
Bryant, "You lie, you villain, and you know
Pt!" the newspapers, growing ashamed of
these coarse brutalities of speech, hav.i
some to the use of a more polished weapon
than the meat-ax In their warfares. They
:arry on their controversies, for the most
part, with dignity and good temper.
They have no sectional bickerings as of
jld. The era of good feeling now existing
jetween the north and the south, the wearers
of the blue and the gray, has been
Drought about largely through the influ
?nce 01 tne press. in vius trappy wiimv
such press organizations as the National
Editorial Association, the Gridiron Club of
Washington and kindred associations
throughout the country have been important
factors.
Ordered by the Commissioners.
The Commissioners issued the following *
jrders today:
That the following water matns be laid
tinder the provisions of an act of Congress ^
ipproved April 22. liKH, the same being nec;ssary,
in the judgment of the Commission
?rs. lor tne pudiic saieiy, uraiui, luuuvit,
md convenience:
Five hundred and seventy-flve feet, more
)r l?ss, of 8-inch water main In Kearney
street, west of 10th street northeast.
h ive hundred and seventy-flve feet more
5r less, of 8-lnch water main in Naylor
street, between 2 id and 2jth streets southeast.
That the following service sewer l>e constructed
under the provisions of said act:
Sewers In ISth street northeast, 171 feet
lorthward from E street and E street
lortheast between INth and ltfth streets.
That Monroe street northwest between
IHth street ana iioimi-aa piace. oe repaneu
with macadam, at an estimated cost oC
M'Oo. chargeable to the appropriation for
epairs to county roade. 1?07.
That sewer be constructed in 13th street
K>rthwest, crossing Pennsylvania avenue,
it an estimated cost of $1,225, chargeable to
he appropriation for main and pipe sewers.
It matters little what It Is that you want
-whether a situation or a servant?a
'want" ad. in The Star will reach the perion
wno can fill your need.