Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1885-02-27

tn. wrong olli,.n The Times man Wa~
-hrrwd enough To take in the situation
from the outset. ~ Indicated by the
conversation he f:.i~ncd a full knowledge
nf the arrangement. Feeling assured
lhat the lhrc" papcr> would ''back him
il" determined that if ii was the message
that the man had he >hoHid not take ii
away with him.
Are you positive there is no other
copy out?''
pledge you my word on it" said tha
stranger.
lay ii down here said the T5m,s.
''caIl around Monday morning and
YOU Il get Your money, on condition
that no other newspaper, have it.
.'All right said the stranger. and
ti"rrIIpon he laid upon the corre>pond-
eats table a printed copy of the Pr">i-
dents message. and departed. The
IiH,S man quickly thrust ii into his
pocket and ha>,rncd to find his part
nrrS" of the Chicago Times and Gin
cnnati ENYUjrcr. There was great re-
ioirn" II they perfected their plans for
getting the m, SSarr of 10 their respect
i've papers without lis leaking out. The
least slip in the arrangements might
prove fatal. In order that they might
not excite suspicion along the Row they
hired for the nigh; Il room at the Ebhltt
House, which they used Is their 'hcad-
quarters They decided To- admit the
Bo>ion Globo into the combination.
which would make the cost of the mes
sa%r 500 To each of the four papers.
fl., Il; q nn..b t,,.t al.
graphing it as u special being about
SlUO. The Giohc man wired his paper
on the subject and received a reply that
he might give 500 and no more. The
other fellows refused Ia let the Giobc in
unless il would pay is full snare; so
the Boston people did not have the mes
SAGE t" mix with their bran-porr,drr.
In the meantime the New York. Chi
ca@o and Cincinnati papers had trlr
~raphed their representatives fully ap-
provin" the arrangement. and tcllin"
them To secure il at any price. The
mc>t discreet of their number was ont
to privately interview the manager of
the telegraph office. and invoke upon
him all the curses in the calendar if he
permitted anybody in that Office. through
which it must 90. To give il away
The precious copy" was deposited in
his hands with full Instructions and the
three lucky journalists Salintered down
along the Row. They called upon their
friends. the wrctchCd correspondents of
old fogv journals. who had not enter
prise enough to do so easy thing aS
getting Presidents Message two DAYS
ahead time. They inquired for 'ncw>"
rs if they had not already furnished
could handle. and asked lc>pairin~ly if
anybody hal heard anything about the
message. All this time the ten or twelve
thousand words were chasing each other
over half Il dozen wires To each of the
three cities.
Next morning the Row showed early
signs OF animation. The representatives
OF the two 1imcScS and the Enguirtr
knew the BOYS would be around bctimcS
to continue with rcdoublcd vigor their
hunt for the message. as this would be
the last day Of grace. Conscious of the
entire success of their scheme the three
met by appointment and went down the
Row To see the boys and hear the re-
turns come IN.
Half Il dozen able journalists were
standing in front of General Boynton ;
office. As the trio came up they ac-
costel the former with:
Have YOU got on to the message
yct?"
mo. have you9" was the reply.
"Well." said the New York man, IL
sent it to the Times last night
There was stare of wild amazcmcnt
on the faces of the disgusted group.
Their eyes opened still wider when tn,
two others chimed in:
'The Cincinnati people are all read
ing it in the Enquirer this morning.
ME, too" said the Chicago Time,
man.
And those who "got left" walked
sadly away. At that time there wa,
nothing on earth that had any Interest
to them.
walked up the street they met the cor
respondent OF the Chicago Tribune. |,
WAS now their time To be surprised. and
particularly he of the Chicago Times.
His utter demoraization may be i'm
agincd when the 1fibunc. with broat
smile on his face. said to them:
We'll. boys. that was a good job
You deserve credit mark. But thu
Tribanc has got the message all th'
samcr'
And this proved to he true. In som,
way the Iribnnc people had the ide;
that ii would appear that morning il
New York. The difference in time o
an hour afforded the possibility of hav
ing it tclcgraphed from that city i'm
mediately upon its publication, and We
the amount of matter To he handlct
was 50 large as to render the feat 4
difficult one. In carrying out sucl
Il scheme it was necessary tina
the issue in Chicago be made Il
nearly as possible even with the Times
In anticipation of such IN attempt. an,
To prevent i, if possible the New Yorl
Times delayed its issue fifteen or twent
minutes. until it could he no longer KEEP
back and meet the early outgoin:
trains.
The Chicago Tribune people had tn
impression that it was the liord tha
had the message. and kept that Ollie
closely pcketcd all the latter part q
the night. 1'hay also had their Skin
mishrrS nj each of the other Offices. Tn
first copy Of the Times that appeare
on the street was snatched up by Il req
reseniatiye Of Chicago paper, VIII
went with it at his utmost speed to tn
telegraph office. The manager of Tn
latter had been notified OF the Job an,
had ready ali the operators that coul'
be employed. Corresponding arrange
mrnts were made at the other en'
OF the line. and the message in section
went huzzing over twenty wires. Their
being little ordinary business at tina
time of day they had full possession c
the line. At the Tr'bunc Office in CHI
cago there was the utmost activity
Every printer was at his ''case.' an
editors and proof-readers by the dozc
gave their best energies to the worl
The marvellous feat was accon
pl;shrd in an incredibly short spac
of time. In little more tha
an hour from the issue Of ii
Times in New York the entire messag
apurar,u i'm the Trii,Nue on the stree