Show vaire valve of the newspaper some republican congressmen were discussing the presidents suggestion to shut out from the mails such news papers as have been printing indecent details of the thaw trial in new york mr littlefield of maine in bulged in a general review of the press its powers functions and eriv lieges it if it were not for the ant press of this country with its trained corps of representatives in washing ton he said I 1 don dont t know whether I 1 would care to serve in congress my experience here has taught me that the newspapers perform a service of inestimable value to the country I 1 sometimes think that congress would drift into many excesses it if the press gallery were not here to keep us in bounds |