The Arkansaw traveler., 1883-07-07
THE JOURNALISTS oRuDoE.
How a Misdiree,ed Bounce Made q Gres, Difference With ;he Blue
 Eyed Boy of Destiny.
New York Ledger

"R ght you are" yawned the other ..Waa, Is the matter Are yoa think ing of dying: or shaving your head and doing missionary work
 Nothing IS the mater. and an nc; going 70 do anything absurd reloinet the o.her = bu, something recalled te mind this afternoon little circumstance m he l.ves oi two men. which started a Ions chain of events oi ;he greatest con- sequence, completely changing the cur ren. of many careers. You have prob.- bl, heard ;he story before, bu, VII tell ;:o yoa anyway.
 ~tso ahead
 sometime after the war Whi,elaw Rea Was knocking around looking for good opening. He was one of those lucky war correspondents who were re- other ruling martial authority 10 a.- lach non de plume to everything ;hey sent 70 their journals from the front. This gave ,o their work personality and foEce that would not have otherwise attached 10 |. and when the war MAS over Mack Reid aHd ies others were well known. Horace Greeley had seen some of White law Keid's work. and liked II. lie eA.e the young man situation on the Zrs- tXee. Il Was one of those unsettled. an. satisfactory lobs one sometimes strikes on a nea spaper and Reld was dseontenied The salary was only : io q week. and he saw no prospect of advancement. One day he went over 10 see lohn Swinton. now chief of staff on the .>Ha. who was then managing editor on the Z;n;e5. and asked him for job. telling him he was not getting enough to enable him 10 hve as he wanted to live. and as he thought he ought 10 live. There was no place open on the 21,.fs just then. bu, Swinton promised to give him show the first op- portunity tha,was presented. Not long atierward he wrote Reid offering him werk. but the latter called to say that he had been promoted and his salary in- creased, and that he believed he would nor change. He had been promoted to do scrub editorial as the light para sraph work was called.
 A: this period John Russell Young was managing editor of ,he Tr;bune and Amos Cummings city editor. Young was conceded 10 be oQe of the very bes; news paper men of America, and his prospects were brilliant. Now comes the queer in- e!dent that upset everything and caused general shaking up.
 John Russell Young sen; messenger to Amos Cummings one day wllh Il note giving instructions about some assign ment of work. At the moment the boy gave the note 10 Cummings the latter MAS telling tramp printer. who Was implor- ing hin for dollar. tha, he would no, give him anything.
 "' Now. Amos. just gimme q dollar, this time. won't yer: pleaded the ban ner-carrier.
 "'l'il be d. d if will responded the lEasclble Cummings.
 The messenger wanted to hear no more. He flew back 10 Young and breathlessly told him iha, Cummings had taken his note and then sad he would be d-d If he would do IL
 Without waiting io make inquiries. Young wrote a note io Cummings dIs- charging him peremp.ouly. The beheaded city editor tried 10 see the manager and ;y and get an explanation. bu, Young would not give him a hearing, and sen, the curt message. You are discharged for insubordination and profanity
 .lears before this Cummings had saved Robert Bonner from heavy loss by AtC. f-caStI SQslOt Oil mat ONS sion had told the young man to call on him If he ever wanted favor. Cum mings gave him a call and reminded hm of the circumstance.
 What can do for you 7 asked Bon- Ter.
 "'You can give me letter to Charles A. Dana. want position on the .S1H. Dana was under the ve1f greatest obli- gations 10 Bonner who had advanced him money to pay for his stock m the Sas. Armed with 3 friendly note from Bonner. Cummings called on Dana. :; so happened that they were making some changes in the force at that iune,ure. England. the managing editor. having been put n charge of the business office. and other nlen moved abou. What did you lease the Z,fbKse for. Amos l: askeI Dana
 ".l was discharged for insubordina- ,ion and profanity. was inc reply.
 = think you are just the man l want for managing editor. sad Dana, and Amos was forthwith installed n ,ha; po- sition. A few weeks aftersard he Sar published full page sensation charging John Russell Young with stealing asso- ciated press dispatches and sending them to Philadelphia paper. Young los, his place. lost caste. and lost prestige. Two or three years aferward Cummings me, him on the street and greeted him with : Well. d-n you. you discharged me for insubordina,ion and profanity. and discharged you for stealing. Honors are easy. Good-day.'
 Whitelaw Reid was advanced to foung's chair, and when Horace Greeley temporarily retired from the control of the paper to run for president, Reid was put in charge. IL is generally supposed that Greeley died because he failed of election. That is mistake. He diei of broken heart because he though, that while he had been out he had been undermined by the man whom he had elevated. His editorials would not be published, and when he would protest he found he was without a voice He also