Garland Globe | 1907-03-02 | Page 6 | Value of the Newspaper

Value of the Newspaper. Somo Republican congressmen were discussing tho president's suggestion to shut out from tho malls such nows-papers nows-papers as havo been printing Indecent details of tho Tlmw trial In New York. Mr. Ldttlcflcld of Malno Indulged In-dulged In n general rovlew of tho press, its powers, functions nnd privileges. priv-ileges. "If It were not for tho vigilant press of this country, with its trained corps of rcpresentntlvos in Washington," Washing-ton," ho said, "I don't know whether I would euro to servo In congress. My cxpcrlcnco hero bus taught me that tho nowspapors perform a sorvlco of inestimable value to tho country. 1 sometimes think thnt congress would drift into ninny excesses if tho press gallery wero not hero to keep us In bounds."