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Library of Congress1910

Image 7 of The Birmingham age-herald (Birmingham, Ala.), May 16, 1910

I NEWSPAPER ENDOWMENT DISCUSSED BY EDITORS New York May 15Is there a place in the United States for an endowed news paper Is there need for such a paper Recent reports that Andrew Carnegie and John D Rockefeller are at least contem plating the provision of funds for the establishment of a national newspaper or newspapers which are to be conducted on i fin absolutely nonpartisan and nonsec tarian basis uninfluenced by any other consideration than the public good has aroused much public interest in this sug gestion With a view of ascertaining the viewn of the newspapermen of the country men who are peculiarly fitted to express an opinion on such a subject which will be worth listening to the Publishers Press has secured the opinion of some of the leading editors of the United States as to the necessity for or possibility of suc cess of a newspaper endowed either by private or public money Some of the fnoet Interesting opinions expressed fol low By Harrison Gray Otis editor and pub lisher of the Los Angeles Times and Mirror j I have your letter of the 1st inst stat ing that the suggestion has been recent ly made

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Library of Congress1900

Image 6 of The Republican journal (Belfast, Me.), May 31, 1900

THE HUMOR OF POLITICS Some Good Stories Told of Public Men by Hon Joint J Ingalls Some of the very best stories of poli tics were contributed recently to the Philadelphia Saturday Evening Post by ExSenator John Ingalls First he says Charles Sumner had no more sense of humor than a hippopotamus but there was something excessively hu morous about his colossal selfconscious ness of which it is no paradox to say he was apparently unconscious llis egotism was inordinately vast though innocent in its simplicity it was far from conceit and led to no dis paragement of his associates Indeed 1 doubt if lie ever instituted compari sons Probably Irant whom he hated and abused came the nearest to sizing him up when he said The reason Sumner doesnt believe in the Bible is because he didnt write it himself lie bad large intellectual powers but not so large as he imagined He had no inliuence on legislation He was un able to endure opposition If he could not have his own will he would do noth ing But this is not intended as an an alysis of his work or his character 1 started out to say that

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