The morning call., 1892-01-19
MODEST MICHAEL.
4 Fine Example of journalistic
Generosity.

The ambition of De Young to become
President of the International League OF
Press Clubs is not recent conception. He
attended the meeting Of the league at Pitts
burg last year, and by lavish expenditure
Of money at bars and cigar stands,
and his repeated assurance that he was
the only journalist on the Pacific Coast,
he managed to exact from the delegates
pledges of support for his candidacy. He
even made his new-fOund friends believe
that he himself had really written the art-
cles published over his signature in one or
two monthly magazines.
PerceiYing the strong animOsity existing
in the Press Club Of San Francisco against
his election to tho league presidency as a
representative local journalist, and APP
preciating the fact that the club was about
10 elect a. delegates TO the convention men,
beTs who repeatedly stated their opposition
to him. De Young announced that he would
not be a candidate for President Of the
league, and that if nominated he would
withdraw his name. Solely on this under
standing he was elected a delegate to the
convention, the members OF the club voting
for him on their belief in his promise.
There are many members of the local
Press Club who even % so far as to say that
if the Eastern delegates, In view OF their
enlightenment, since their arrival in this
city. regarding De \ Oung's position in social
and Journalistic circles, will still adhere to
pledges made under a misrepresentation OF
the individual and ignorant OF his record
the club, in the event Of De Young secur-
ing the presidency Of the league, would feel
obliged 10 withdraw from that organization.
MIKE AND MS MEN.
De Young has assured his Eastern &C
Quaintances that he is the warm friend OF
the working newspaper man, and his re-
p1rters appreciate the generosity Of their
employer when some poor fellow, strug-
Cling for a living on De Young's paper
turns in . cents worth of "space," and in
order to secure payment is obliged, accord
ing 10 De Oung's rule, to spend nickel OF
the amount due him TO procure copy OF the
paper containing his space"
A striking instance Of the sympathetic
MichaePs appreciation OF and desire TO re-
lieve the unpleaSantness of reportorial duty
occurred recently when he made one Of his
series of assaults against the closed door
leading u San Francisco society.
One Of the brightest reporters on his paper
was summoned to the private Office OF De
Young. Il have instructed the city editor"
said the latter, Ito detail you for the dinner
party at my house. / shall expect you 10
wear evening dress. but, Of course, l can't
have q reporter sitting at my table, so You
can just stand behind the servants and
listen to the speeches.
"a sort Of upper turnkey, 7 suppose?"
4uCitGu VIC iCHoIltAF chlLd'tltttAJs
hid IN A CLOSET.
"Weu. no; l don't mean that" said his
sympathetic employer. You can just
stand about, and my guests will suppose
Won have charge of the servants"
With an spithet not usually considered
mpljmeut3Iy, the reporter declined this
IatteTing assignment, consigned his en-
poyer t. very tropical regions, and resigned
his position on the paner.
a few DAYS ago lie Young's paper
sc0oped all its Coutem 2oraries in a three
column article containing modest account
Of a dinner party given TO the members of
the Governing Board of the league at the
house occupied by De Young on Califor-
MA street. 4 reporter was sent to tho
residence, with Instructions to report with
elaborateueSs OF detail every movement Of
the host and bis journalistic guests. Al
though il was a dinner given by one who
claims TO be newspaper man TO newspaper
men, the reporter, Of course. could not be
given seat at my table" out, instead, was
Struggled into a small closet or pantry ad-
joining the Iing-TOOm.