Show r END ND OF A CRISIS The press gallery crisis in the Ger German German German man reichstag is ended The member who hurled the Insulting epithet swine at the gentlemen of oC the press has apologized and the boycott bo placed upon the reichstag by the newspaper newspapermen men has been lifted The Germans who like to read reichstag reports will again find them In abundance in their newspapers The The incident has not been without value Rlue for it has shown in fn n a forcible manner the tho dependence of oC the German lawmakers upon their press Herr who used the the offen offensive sive epithet thought he heard jeers from the press gallery while he was making a speech The chances are that no newspaper man was as guilty of any such discourtesy Certainly no American reporter of sufficient stand standing standIng standing ing to entitle him to o a place in a legislative press gallery gallory would be guilty of anything lilt that We can c n hardly conceive of oneo one o 0 far forget forgetting I ting himself But If oiw 0 on should no I speaker would be justified t in designating designating nI the entire a all an swine Besides in this country the offend offending offending offendIng ing correspondent would be promptly and summarily dealt with both by b his newspaper and by his colleagues If I his newspaper refused to discharge him he would be barred and properly prop rl so from the press gallery ti tiThe I The really interesting feature f of the tho reichstag Incident however Is the demonstration of ot the press power over a legislative body bod There is an anold anold anold old poem poe once recited here very ef effectively effectively by Frederick Warde Varde which deals with ancient peoples and their civilizations that have passed away no reporters and so they died is the burden of the poem We wonder how many speeches would die before they were born If their authors knew they would never be published In a newspaper It is easy e sy to believe that the pro of congress would be cut down at least There The There would still be some debate but he making of speeches for purely political Uti liti cal eal reasons and for home consumption would be eliminated almost Entirely Especially is this true if i addition to the boycott there should a passed a resolution denying the free fee use of the mails malls to members of congress For the congressmen Make r ake the mail mall pouches fairly scream n with the weight of their campaign literature at this time of the year ye r The same rule would apply to les lesser lesser lessor ser sor bodies to state fate ate legislatures to school boards and a d even to city coun though some Salt Lake City coun councilmen would probably talk just for forthe forthe forthe the pleasure of hearing the sound of their own voices But the business of the council would be transacted In about the time now required ed ed On tho the other hand band the rights ol of the public are entitled to consideration consideration tion Many people are interested in knowing what their public officers are saying Their only way to find out is through the newspapers And nd those who do not wish to know can always find something in the paper that does Interest them |