The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1884-07-14
)I-RNALISTIC GENIUSES.
,,LDERs OF PUBLIC OPINION,
Il . Account of Those Who do the Scrib'
Bling for New York Newspapers
Cranks and Others-How They
~ are Paid-Other Facts.

entric, others run to set cut OF the fl!
air. or never cut it, a few revel in be- a.
no regarded as entirely different from VI
IA average run of mankind. With
are exceptions, the well-known charac- Sc
Iers on the New York Press have o. =.
armed their regulations by dlnt OF haru -
work., ready pen and close atteIIlon W
b,,siness. Men like Joe Howard, WIN
biS truly bohemian ways, or Geo. AL u
fred T5wnsend, with his ready pen, y !,
sfand out conspicuously, their letters |,
Izhp acceptable everywhere. They 7
xnoW everybody and everybody knows
fhem, and five minutes conversation
ran easily be turned out as column IN :
feryiew, and, strangely, every word Will /
4rree with the well-known sentiments
ofs the man who is reported. a
M JOE HOWARD.
.,lEo, to know Joe Howard, jr., is to
Krcue ones self unknown in New York.
jHis rather premature issuance OF u
,proclamation for President Lincoln in
'fhe early days of the civil war cost Joseph
his liberty, and at the tinkle Of Stewards |
<liftle bell the doors of Fort Lafayette
closed upon him with a very unGom-
fortable bang. Here he lanquished Tor
soveral weeks until his friend, Henry
Wand Beecher, secured his release ny
messing Oft the act of Howard rs harm
LAS amusement. In the halcyon days
~ the Tweed regime Joe owned ana
tdited the Star, then strong ring |
ionrnal. Funny stories are told OF how |
.1ffe brought "Old Brains" Sweeney, |
(*onnolly and Tweed TO terms and Sc |
cured an unlimited amount OF pubic
Z nrintng. Joe is now on the Herald,
suggesting subjects to be worked up and
handling big Stories, such as national
ronyentions, for which he receives 500
neck. He has easily made and as
aasily spent several fortunes. and ~
aueh a "hail- fellow-well that if he
wAre millionaire to-day he would be
I,enniless in year. Money is valuable
\ 20 him only for what it will purchase,
and rs to healthy bank account, that
would be too much trouble. At Il press
lcub banquet where Gen. Grant spoke,
s. Joe was called upon, and he made Grant
Vince by saving: lone rule of our press
club should be adopted by the Nation
81 We never allow man to be elected for
a third term" Joe is a re ldy speaker,
full of wit and socable to fault.
NYM CRlNkLE.
A, c. Wheeler, who writes under the
nom dc plume of Nym Crinlle, is a
Z metropolitan newspaper character nc
Z is about y years of age, with iloWlns
silken beard, and always dresses in the
ilbl2llI Vi ltSlliOil III law Nv NJ
fashionable tailors busily employed al
the time measuring and fitting him 10
II new STYLES MIN can dash OFF NOR
vitriol to the square inch than any MAJ
in the profession, and is never so haPp.
II as wheA engaged i'll controversy. i'll
coat tails trail on the ground, ana ther
is d standing invitation for some one !
n tread on them. lrving's man Erlda
( tried il recently, and Crinkie hgur;
tI,nnt,iaol InpT wit
n him. Hatton is said to have He'd to III
d continent, where all papers are pul
u lished in a foreign tongue, so as not
u read Crinkle's retorts. Crinkle is
q married man, and lives luXurlously
q an uptown mansion. His library
said TO be one Of the choicest in IL
3 City.
M WILLIE WINTER.
Il tS The great apostle of moderation
\ Everything but language is Willie WI
Her, the poet-laureate ana drama'
90 -itic extraordinary of the Irlbun
4 With ample ambrosial locks, an eye,
. fne frenzy rolling and love OF I
n extravagant in pen pictures, the reau
81 III that journal cannot fail to discoV
This gentleman's style. II, perchance
N |lnew play is given and WINTER mas
sW description of it on the following NOR
v III ing, the Vassar girls Immediately j
MA hi singing the old song:
II q. Willie, we have missed you
Winter il Il good-iOoking young mi
N a member of the Lotus CLUB, OF cour
y and is always at the banquets gwen
al Ills social organization. Willie dra
q n salary of $50 week from the TrlOu
and has besides, an income from
N poems, which are published III Dc
h form.
NIL .-.z;l, l;fn ni Whitpluw Rclu
lr Aenied hook, and his Office career
" nearly 80. He is the most dliiicuit u
s. 40 rel access to, perhaps, III New IL
ihS visitor running Il gauntlet o
D. annl army of messengers, private
rntnries and electric bells. Nr. i
y. nrst came into notice as a war cor
nonden., his letters being sig
d l ]. \ Gate some controversy AROSE
..arninp his description Of one OF l
a ssherlnnll's battles, the soldiers VINO
M ticinnted declaring that Agate was
y. nn,tr the scene of carnage. aud %rot,
e. ItE latter Durnly from Imagination. fcri
NJ ..,.tbis was the beginning of the war aga
h ,his distinguished editor, which
n ,nWes i'm labor circles-a sort OF cor
" .eysnts casting their shadows rs IL
y, When Greeley was so severely sum
the Presidential bee, Whltclaw sec
=, control Ofthe Tribune, supercVuliisi
Y, Dana and ultimately Mr.. Greeley,
M aud Reid do not speak as they pass
Al NH on account of this promotion,
"a vov Reid had the tall tower hun
arIrtod. and located his sanctum II
h tower lust beneath the clock, anu tH
q I'm suc6 kind friends rs Jay Gould,
liam Walter Phelps and u. O. Mill
nov owns OF controls both the Iri
N, newspaper and building. Atthe pr
81 he is engaged in u war with Iyposi
M. cnl Union 80. Il, and through thehl
NJ the Knights of Labor Hence tue
n9 nm ,esthefo-n sort of Oscar Wilde
Nd .o' lilies and very partial to Blain
,. latOOod man.
F AMOS j. CUMMINGS.
M Amongthe working Journalists
York few stand moro dCservedly
Ia than Amos j. Cummings, OF the
nh ~ ue knows everybody of note, and l
g il known by thousands he has
Nh met, Amos eni0ysliie and large
t mud n he has rowing comm
4E writes when he feels like it, alwg
SIS carving his powers for big io
rm III ottnnds all State and National c,
ON M. ,ions. lives like n prince and writ,
le, ~ exnert. He has done some Sp,
y an nne wo,k, one OF his best being
W. nose of the murder of Howard, I'll
4 rlar, in the Wcstchestcr county
,TR by his pals, for destroying the OLD
NV ~ UUonor among thieves An
icr voted q page to the story, divide
oc, .L.. cIaptors of thrilling interest lie
10 w s Dawock aud the interest on i've
w olSun stock his total income beln'
'b1 $4,000 a year. 1t was under III
49, nwemont that the Sun took It's gr,
w, M ward leap. Amos is II good-lOok'
w" good-natured man and il fl
- Young journalists.
W JOHN A, GREENE,
Evorybody's friend is the dist
shS M ing trait of John A, Greene, city
VII ofthe Journal. John began lie
~ % porter, and had charge Of tho CT
y and politics for the Times TO