Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1885-08-25
JOURNALISM orr WEsr
Bili Nye Relates How He u.ed to Run y
PAPER III u Frontier Town.


The Wisconsin Press association held It's
twenty-eighth annual meeting at White
water Tuesday The address was delivered
10y Bin Nye, in which he said.
WY first experience in journalism was in
western town in which | was a total
stranger. went there with 30 cents, but
had il concealed in the lining OF my clothes,
so that no one would have suspected it II
they met me had no friends, and no.
ticed that when | got off the train the baud
was not there to meet me. got chance to
work on morning paper. It used
TO go to press before dark, SO always had
my evenings to myself and | always liked
that part of 1t. | worked on that paper a
year, and might have continued if the pre-
| prietors had not changed it to an evening q
| paper. Then co:npsny incorporated itself
aud started paper OF which ! took charge
| The paper was published in the loft of a
livery stable. That is the reason they called
it a stock company. You could come up the
stairs into the office, or you could twist the
tail Of the iron gray mule aud take the
| elevator.
alt wasn't much Of a paper bu, it cost
| SIG 600 year 10 run it, and it come out SIX
days in the week no matter what the weather
was. We took the Associated press news by
telegraph part OF the time and part OF the
time relied on a copy OF the Cheyenne morn.
ing papers which we got Of the conductor OF
the early freight. We got great many spe
cisl kilograms from Washington in that way
and when the freight train got in late had
to guess nj what congress was doing and fN
| up column OF telegraph the best | could
There was rival evening paper there, aut
sometimes it would send a smart boy down tC
the tram and get hold Of our special tele
grams, and sonnet, mss the conductor would
20 away on picnic and take our Cheyenne
paper with him.
| Sometimes the Indians would send US IL
az item. 1t was most generally in the obitu.
ary line. With the Sioux on the north anC
the peaceful Utes on the south, we were pret
~ sure Of some kind OF news during tn,
summer. The parks used to be occupied by
white men winters aud Indians summers
Summer was really the pleasantest time TO gC
into the parks, but the Indians had been il
the habit OF going there at that season, ant
they were go Clansh that white mar
couldn't have much tun with them, so the,
decided that they would not go there in tn,
summer. Several Of our best subscriber
were killed by the peaceful Utes.
1--WE had n rising young hOrsethlet in Wy
oming in those days who got into jail b,
some freak ot justice, and it was 80 odd for
horsethiet TO get into jail that alluded to |
edtorally. The horse'hief had distinguishes
himself from the common, vulgar horse
thieves Of his time by wearing a large mouth
II Kind of tull dress, eight-day mouth. HI
very rarely smiled, but when he did, h
had to hold the top OF his head on will
both hands. | remember that | spoke o
this in the paper, forgetting that he nigh
criticise me when he got out OF Jail. Whei
he did get out a. ain he stated that he woul
shoot me on sight, bu. friends advised m
not TO have his blood on my hands, AMI
took their advice, SO haven't had a partlci
OF his blood on either Of my hands. For tw
or three months didn't know but he woul
drop into the Office any minute and CRITICS
me, hut one dav friend told me that he ha
been hanged in Mon ana Then ! began t
mirgle in society and didn't have to get i
my coal with double barrel shotgun an
more. After that was always conservstiv
in relation to horse -'hieves until we got tn
: report OF the vigilance committee"