. Thirty years in Washington; or, Life and scenes in our national capital. Portraying the wonderfuloperations in all the great departments, and describing every important function of our national go vernment ... With sketches of the presidents and their wives ... from Washington's to Roosevelt's administration . ials Who Leak—How Great Secrets AreUnconsciously Divulged — Putting This and That Together —Reporters Tactics — Keeping an Eye on the State Department —Scenting News— AVork Is Easy When Times Are Newsy — Study-ing the Weak and Strong Points of Public Men — At the Mercy ofNewspapers. AS
. Thirty years in Washington; or, Life and scenes in our national capital. Portraying the wonderfuloperations in all the great departments, and describing every important function of our national go vernment ... With sketches of the presidents and their wives ... from Washington's to Roosevelt's administration . ials Who Leak—How Great Secrets AreUnconsciously Divulged — Putting This and That Together —Reporters Tactics — Keeping an Eye on the State Department —Scenting News— AVork Is Easy When Times Are Newsy — Study-ing the Weak and Strong Points of Public Men — At the Mercy ofNewspapers. ASSING along the streets immediately east of theTreasury building, a glance at the windowsand doorways on either side reveals numeroussigns indicating that the great daily newspapersthe country meet and touch here. It is preemi-nently the vortex into which is ever being swept all thenews of the government, and from here it is sent out allover the country, every hour of the day and for a greaterpart of the night. Into this teeming center run many in the still hours of the night may be heard the cease-less click of the telegraph, the constant pattering of manyfeet, and the almost continuous rolling of cabs. Here, bothwith thoroughness and dispatch is shaped the news, the gos- (509). 510 HOW THE NEWS IS GATHERED. sip, arid the discussions of Washington affairs that are readat tens of thousands of breakfast-tables on the followingmorning, and here every day is also collected a similar gristfor the evening papers. The ordinary individual, accustomed to Washington life,may see little but a monotonous routine—the meeting andadjournment of Congress, long and dry debates, successiveroll-calls, the never-ending grinding of the departmental this is quite as monotonous to a Washington news corre-spondent as to any one else. What inevitably happensevery day is of little or no importance to him. As a rulehis field of operations is beneath the surface of t
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