The Progress., 1892-12-31
rnuusry and holds a record Of semetb,ng

| enuusry and holds a record Of srmethinp
! Ike 1900 ems " an hour Wish a few
/ SyS practice he would make it warm for
-Hr. HItier or ;n- other congressman who
; Farei L. enter the lists. There are other
Eipid rompositGs on Newspa per TOW. II.
-. Ms-rick, the brilliant editorial para-
(. iSrapLtr OF The Washington Post, is an old
'EosA" with .zick and rule in his hand.
Frank Hatt0G. the editor Of The Post. Is
an all round printer. Though rich and
.aZy nrNv, hc hiEs not fOr-o.ten the trjc,s
acarneG in the days of husi ling necessitv
before he was postmaster general in Ar
thur sscabines. and before Lc had dreamed
Of becoming one OF the most pros,erous
and certainly the most popular newspluer
editor IN Washington.
Twice since he became editor of The
rOst Hatton has alone and unaided gotten
91t extra editions of his paper. Once WAS
when me defalcation of Silcott. clerk tn
the sergeant-at-srms of the house Of rcura-
sentativs, was discovered. Silcott had run
away with lot of the money belonging In
members of congress, and of course the
t@Vn Wss In an uproar as soon as the ru !
NOR began TO travel around. Hatton WAS |
one OF the hrst TO hear Of it, and he jumped /
into a cab and gave the driver n dollar ex-
O.
iice of The Post. On arriving there he
found there wasn't printer. editor or
reporter IN sight. lie telephoned for
the pressman, sent the business Of
fee clerk out after newsboys and
then threw Off his coat. In thirty
minutes he bad set more type than either
Cummings or Wellman set in the same
Ien&th OF time in their contest. not stop
ping "a write out copy, but setting up IN
type just what he had heard about the sen
sation of the morning. As soon As he had
Hnished this part OF his task he made up''
the forms. stereotyped the page with the !
a!d OF The ianltor. who had had a little ey.
peIlence as helper 20 the boss of the metal
poi, ana within an hour of the moment at
which he heard Of SilcOtt's flight had the
newsboys on the street selling papers. This
was remarkable feat for one man 70 ner-
form, but it only shows what an all round
printer can do when he sees an oboortunitv
% beat all rivals.
VI course Hatton will have to 20 into
ne proposed typesetting contest. So will |
senator Hansbrough, of North Dakota. IN
washington Hansbrough is a dignified
tatesman, handsome and rather debonair
5ut II you want to see him in his element
20 out TO DEVILS Lake, in his state. ana Il
all Mt his printing office There Won viii G
nd him in the act of getting out the
'eekly issue. He not only sets type. bur q,
makes up the forms. lifts them with rreat VI -"
are upon the bed Of an old Wash w
lgton hand press (what world Of ~
1mance the very mention of an old
Washington hand press calls to mind.
ow one is reminded of the lever that
Ioves the world when he thinks of the
lge wooden handled fulcrum of that old @
yie but honorable and honored printing oo %,
achlneD, inks the form with black and y"
nnlng roller or works the press washes -
msef with the typical printing office 20
wel' and then folds the damp and smelly us
Gets and puts them up in wrappers. and pei
8 down with his little red subscriptjor IN
ok and writes the names and addresses ST.
all his subscribers and exchanges less