The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1883-04-14
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AAAs NNOAoOI oCuuCtNS NAIS PAO'
proprietor of the New York Herald,
has always been very anxious to create
the impression that the success of the
great daily was not due so much to the
shreWdness Of the elder Bennett, or the
talent of the managing editor, as it was
to the supernatural cuteness of him
self, the said James Gordon. The
truth is that much of the success of the
Herald is due to the ability and zeal
OF Connery, who was for many years
managing editor of the concern. All
Bennett really did was to come around
every once in awhile, when he was
tight, and disorganize things so by his
foolish orders that it took weeks to
get the machine running properly
again. Connery, however, was smart
enough never to intimate to Bennett
that he (Connery) had anything to do
with the paper coming out in time. He
used to tell Bennett, and others who
were likely to repeat to Bennett what
he said, that James Gordon was the
lite and soul of the concern, and that
as far as the success of tho Herald was
concerned he (Connery) was Of no
more real value than a big yellow dog
on the roof of a house when the chin
ney was on fire. When Bennett heard
that Connery was talking such foolish
ness, no raised his salary, for tatfy,
even from a crazy man, is not without
its effect. Connery, at first, declined to
receive any salary, giving as 4 reason
for his refusal that he was really not
earning the salary he was getting al
ready. MIR. Bennett was highly
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obsequious mendacity. AS managing
editor, Connery may have kept on
managing the alleged editor, Bennett
indefinitely, had it not been for an
employee on the editorial staff whom
Connery discharged for incompetency.
The bounced journalist brooded over
his supposed wrongs, and sworc ven-
geance against Connery. knowing
the weakness of Bennett, he resolved
to take mean advantage Of it. lie
obtained a position on New York
daily, and very soon there began to ap-
pear in the paper paragraphs in which
Connery was eulogized. He was
spoken Of in one as tho life of the
Herald. Next day he was alluded to
as the soul of the great daily, its back
bone, its controlling genius, etc. Par
agraphs of like character began to
appear in other Eastern papers, and the
point made prominent in all of them
was that j. G. Bennett was a mere
cipher in the management of his own
paper, and that without Connery the
Herald would soon fall to pieces.
These papers reached Bennett no mat
er what part of the world he was in
and around each paragraphs mention,
ing Connery there was blue pencil
mark. Result: Connery is no longer
managing editor Of the New York
Herald.
The enemy of Connery had no doubt
read that the ancient Romans were in
the habit of tying up their enemies and
smearing them with honey, so that
they might be stung to death by bees
and wasps. Just so, Connery's op-
ponent smeared him all over with taffy
in order that Jim Bennett, the envious
journalistic wasp, should sting his
faithful employee. The difference be-
tween Connery's enemy and Bennett is,
that while the former is sly and ma
licious, Bennett is stupid and malicious.
Ierds ,Sitti1ys.
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