he paragraphs. By the same sign,
when your notes are lacking in direct quotations, bring in as many of
the quotations as possible at the beginning of the report and let the
indirect summary occupy the end where it may be cut off by the editor if
he does not wish to run it.

Here is a good illustration of a part of the body of a good speech
report--it is the second paragraph of one of the stories quoted under
the "Speaker" beginning above:

| "I can not account for the moral |
|revolution that is sweeping over the |
|South," he continued. "The sentiment |
|against whisky is deeper than the mere |
|desire to get it away from the black man.|
|That same sentiment is found in counties |
|that contain no negro population. People |
|who say that the law will not be enforced|
|have not been in the South.--B. T. |
|Washington's speech, _Milwaukee |
|Sentinel._ |

You will notice that although the above paragraph is composed entirely
of direct quotation it has no quotation mark at the end. This is, of
course, in accordance with the old rule of rhetoric which says that in a
continuous quotation each paragraph shall begin with a quotation mark
but only the last shall be closed by a quotation mark.

To illustrate the errors that may be made in reporting speeches we might
write the above paragraph as follows:

| Mr. Washington continued by saying that|
|he could not account for the revolution |
|that is sweeping over the South. "The |
|sentiment against whisky is deeper than |
|the mere desire to get it away from the |
|black man." He says that "the same |
|sentiment is found in counties that |
|contain no negro population." People who |
|say that the law will not be enforced |
|"have not been in the South," according |
|to Booker T. Washington. |

The clumsiness of this mingling of direct and indirect quotation is very
clear, as is the weakness of beginning with an explanation that is
really subordinate.

Much more could be said about the reporting of speeches. Very few things
will make a man so angry as the misquoting of his words. Therefor