But the odds will be against him." "I don't see it," said Joan, with decision.
"I'm afraid you haven't yet grasped the power of the Press," he answered with a smile.

"Phillips speaks occasionally to five thousand people.
Carleton addresses every day a circle of five million readers." "Yes, but when Phillips does speak, he speaks to the whole country," retorted Joan.
"Through the medium of Carleton and his like; and just so far as they allow his influence to permeate beyond the platform," answered Greyson.
"But they report his speeches.

They are bound to," explained Joan.
"It doesn't read quite the same," he answered.

"Phillips goes home under the impression that he has made a great success and has roused the country.

He and millions of other readers learn from the next morning's headlines that it was 'A Tame Speech' that he made.