Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1883-04-15
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E-- Aboas WhtssssW Bed,
tn, editor Of the New York Trih.,.
Re - one Of the public men in ~
,coapArys whom gtt > easier TO ats.s
mar Estly to crfticlse. > Lex bis -,
meat Ar itself. or course Hon..
dreeley v.is great man. No man =
AZ AIiAsnDw, hAs. ever written -
stronaly ana % simply - Mr.. GreeIss
love his ma uloFy. BE save me b.
frst noeitjon Il . yer had on & great ne~s
naner. PM ~ h tween Reid and Cir
les. how deea The record stand? Itb
simply that Mr.. ca, eeaey edited a gresi
big country nevspo 1er, while Mr.. ReIs
edits . journal that n nks with the foc,
most OF the world, . T!na! that even
American is proud Of .Heid can new,
write as Greeley wrote, Nut he mskes
better paper than the enAn white phi.
losopher could ever make. But II ua
my purpose to make cosaparisens.
started out TO say something abost Mr.
Reid's way Of working. 81 one tame I
knew something about IL. He may b.
different now in his way Of working.
have never known . great edNor attend
20 closely TO details rs Mr.. Reid. l.
used to be his habit to come Down "a
the Tribune Office, In the afternNsn Aud
10 through his bushel Of letters md "a.
ports. He would first 20 over his sus.
mess managers daily report, ~,
through the reports Of the different r.
partments Of the paper. Then to tn
letters. He used TO have and has ye.
no doubt, q wonderful faculty OF klov.
ing what Q letter contained the minut.
he put his eye on it. Almost in SCI.
ond il was in the hand OF his private
secretary on the other side Of the table.
wko In short hand entered the ansU ec
on the back ut Mr.. Reds dict ssion. |
do not believe there b an editor in the
whole COUNTRY who attends % CLOSELY
to the administrative branch Of hin pc.
per. His secretary used to write the
answers during the day, and leu q
night Mr.. Reid would sign then. He
has rare faculty OF judgment la esti.
mating men. In the old days, when
Bayard Taylor, John Hay, Moose Hsa.
dy, Ike Bromley, John Haxxari. zeS
White, and the ether good fellows wer,
: happy family N the Tribune house
lot was the proper one to write on sny
subject that came up. But Mr.. Reid b
rich and powerful BOW and perhaps be
n like many Of us-he does not wotk
unless he is Obliged 10.
The Supreme Gosrt judges.
The Judges OF the Supreme Court.
of the United State may point moral
NJ to brain-work. There are ~ you
know, reader, nine judges. With thn~
exceptions they write their opinion IN
the morning. Poor devils, they an
really entitley to our sympathy. They
sit four or five hours every day
except Saturday. On that day they
get together in the consultation room
and 20 ever the cases OF the week, com.
pare notes and agree on decision.
Then the Chief Justice names the judge
who il to prepare the opinion Of great
court Oh q great case that must stand
rs the upQuestioned Interpretation Of
the law. When In the Judge to prrpar-
this opinion? Shall he do II aftcr he
comes home from the court, tired aud
sleepy? No. Shall he prepare il shG
dinner? No; for he has always engage.
ments, and most Of the time he hS
TO dine out. After he returns from
dinners and parties? Well, cant
Judge. For my own part, | like 10
work ut night II ] must work, but II
Judge In full OF ternpin, canvas backs,
and champagne he cant
work ut night, and he can't feel like
In the morning-but ] give IL
up, and come back 70 my original pro
position, that everyone must decide fr /
himselfin the matter OF brain work.
TIE sppaxss Aabtties.
had intended 10 tell you something
Of Sprague, Of Rhode Island, and TO
give you some points about him when
he WAS in the Senate, and when hh
wife was the most beautiful woman IN
and when he and hi
father-in-law, Chief jus
ice Chase, lived together In regal style
Il the corner Of Sixth and +. Streets,
but | haven't time. How Chase want
ID to preside ut the White House. BS
can tell OF these things this coming
when subjects will lie -csrcr
han they are now.
hear all sorts Of good words for the
new General, Judge Grs
ham. Everybody who knows him hn
but words OF praise for him H'
goes into big,a very big office. II he al
tends TO It's duties faithfully, he viii
have no time for loaiing :.or for cere
Poor Mr.. Howe, ~ noble .
character a. ever WINS known In thu
has passed away. lie wNi
many respects great man, but he w
too old to do the work I'm his depart
ment, and Mr.. Hatton was really Vi.
general.