, 1877-12-12

nli leaving The ground eDne one aakc,l the chal-
lcngcA party how he cou!d be 80 cool rn1cr sucF.
snltl he, don't ray anything about II. had tho
dead wood on fn ail the while. Ii ho hadn't |
gin n, would and reckon that's the way 1t
Is IN t't' h9at." ,,a.x
Onc r, t,,o f,c.bo.t fo,,,,rr. ~ thc fown. from
'" ~. ~ ., " ,',.1',.,,s, -
a1oarha'ist'e s1ahapoins' Is tho 'htsoaae1'ou Oh
tho I'ost, tho new Democratic paper. Mccthn-
!cal,y II Is susccpttble OF great many improve
ucnt. whI1c ct1ltorIo,ly Il annears 10 be as able
as ca, crt,1. NJ, i,s nnlticai ada ,,sun,y arc.
r =. e"'s'a w Ms to"s'sA, ,ss,, su as. ~ 49,. 49,
nc main inss'ea.of or neaa os'll % oi tns ven
turo Ia etllson l1utchtns. OF Missouri, man
whosc ptcuo,ncpaI SUCCESSES and brilliant fall
IRE. cntfiic him 10 at least n passtpo mention.
ifutch;ns VIVA @ orrauIzcd "a The East, somewhere,
Vermont or New Hampshire, forget which,
and having met with great disappointment in
cn,,eaynrinn 10 unite The functions Of aospci ex-
where PREACHERS were few and politicians mex.
rertcuced. Dy dns Of i'ara labor and
strict economy he managed to amass 4 cook
plupdcr i,o took up bis line OF march for st.
nee,el ] tie spoat ot the kettle VIII an o| iani-
press, and tic result was the 81. Louis Timer,
tlrag-uet, with meshcs fine enough to catch even
Tic e,nnlleat "shlncrs." 1t was while warming
over civilization in tho cuok-stovc oven that
Itutchiua cams In contact with tho late Lewis
proper shape, marked "grcat manh m thH
dough- and Blluvcl him In to cuuk ~ United
statcs senator. At that tlme young llntchins
had but limited political aspirations for himself.
| iIc act lila mind upon becoming q Warwick,
contentcd to t,ako and unnake great men; b 1t
| tho bco l,e had trained turned ungrnscfully
| upon Him and stunr him with a ,lcslro
f,,r Congressional honors. In those days lie was
| modest and. not being satisfied that lie was 4
proper F1ai, for tho position, he failed to sup
| uort himself very strongly lii his own papur,
and ls was teIentcd. But It built M tho 1ii1ts.
Democrats, seeing that tho paper wins dis
eliminating enough to knuw wllnm to "tlamn
with faint praise" tuok hold Of It, and II soon
bcraulc tho acknowledged organ Of the Missouri
finally bcsamo sufficiently influential to elect
lIutcj,tps to the Legislature. E,tlcr while l,o
was IL tic body, o. shurtly after t1lu expiration
Of hts torn, lie sold hls o"-thrl interest In tho
E.uuis Di.,aiea. R1nning for tic Legislature
tg, ter en,.npaIS, Es al and immediately assumed @ cd Tic
the H0use n1t HI, pot :u
influence on his journalistic SUCCESS. liz
| deprecated Ia value a. D iicwapapcr
manager In the same ratio that he appreciated
s n o s Ssas V ss sas
| In Msspurt'e Cupltal. Tho question arose Upon
| pt,stpominr Payment OF the State bonds. Totu
! teyUlts, 0Cu Ut thc ahlcsL lawyers In the State,
baCkcL by two-th!rds 81 tlia tlouss. favored tho
ooetponemeht. ausen,,s W.. ~. tne Go.'teo I'M
| titled to his scat, cuiu1G.l that postpnncment
was practically reputation. There was not
sLuule speaker on his side except himself Kcy-
| uolIs hal prepared httnhclf for months, and ls
sunportcrs numbered u!nong them somo nl the
bust dcbatera ~ tliu leEis!at4Ta. "a thrco
| unys' hattie, during which uutehIn8 stood
alolct lie, by tic !orrc Of his arguments, over
catne Reynolds, ind OIL tho voto an ovcrwhrInl-
S ,ns. '..' ~ Il" .t fannra vt mia. m rst.ord
WA "ns .a us u .n Ss i,o,,,a. n,, ns,nn " A'
aHM "p,t s!uGte~nu.;ueu WI. Ntu!1i gi A..
But lIuscl![l1b' rnec as journalist appeared to
| huYu Tull. lie subsequently rcEaihed possession
Ut tho If'7stx. but It didn't seem TO work, nnu
| he Wns admitted to ttie {}nr. IN the keulal0tk
ut lis study liz nppcarcl 10 realize the source
! ~ ii. mivtnGoa nr1 hrcnktnr Innsc frn,n fftc
ssocjatInns that had weighed him down, he has
conc 10 Washington to try his hand ngni.l. III
startling tic Ivrt i,s appears tn have gone back
to the old principles tint usaae tho Tin.s sue.