Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-03-20

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year. He was good writer. however, and
he could have made big income outside Of
his official career, and he made, am told,
something like $50, 600 out of the magazine
publication of his history Of Lincoln.
Began at Five Dollars Week.
When Whitelaw Reid came to Washing
ton he was not making much more than
Colonel Hay. He began here IS CORE
helped out his salary by getting an appoint
ment as librarian Of the House of Repre-
sentatives He had been engaged in news
paper work in Ohio, and heard him once
say that his first work as correspondent
was on the Cincinnati Imaes and that his
wages were S. week. He soon made q
reputation here at Washington, and he
added to the fame he had gotten as war cor
respondent He was given an interest in
the Cincinnati Gazette, and then went to the
New York 1+i6ame and made fortune.
Both Hay and Reid have been good friends
for years, and during Mr.. Reid's shorter abb
sences in Europe, Colonel Hay has some
times taken his place as the editor OF the
New York Tribune
Colonel Hay is charming writer, and has
true poetic genius. Years ago he wrote
'The Pike County Ballads" in order to ridi-
cule the dialect poems of Bret Harte and
Joaquin Miller, and he was rather surprised
when he found his poetry taken in sober
earnest and himself famous through it. He
is, am told, rather ashamed of these poems
now, and his work in poetry which has
lately appeared in the Century has been on a
higher plane. During his stay in Spain he
wrote ''Castilian Days" and if he remains
in Paris we may get some Of his pretty
pictures of French life.
Senator Ingalls, and the Reporters.
Speaking about public men as writer's, I
understand that Senator ingalls, is again
working on the Washington novel which he
had about ready for the press when the fire
occurred at his house in Atchison and burned
his valuable library. This FIRE destroyed
large amount Of manuscript and important
letters and it wiped out in one night the
bottled up results of Senator Ingalls, intel
lectual life. INGALLS, had way of keeping
his notes upon the subjects he was studying
in the shape Of marginal references on the
pages of the books connected with them. If
bright sentence or q bright idea struck
him while he was reading he jotted it down
on the side Of the page and his memory was
such that he could always tell just where
such q note was to be. found and his library.
was, in this way the half of his soul He is
Q very rapid writer and he writes, if any
thing, better than he talks He has not
been doing much writing since he left the
Senate, but he has been put in . bad light
right along by the reporters and by his
enemies in Kansas. He has, metaphorically
speaking, been kicked and cufed in every
direction and by everybody, and his recent
statement as to how his own party treated
ample Of the actions of some Of his other So
called friends.
Trouble Made by Lying Writer.
Not long ago he came to Chicago. He
arrived at the hotel with binding head
ache and a bad cold and went to his room,
giving directions that he would see no one
The reporters of the various papers called
and sent up their cards and the word was
sent back that Mr. Ingalls, was not in. This
was the case from time to time during the
whole afternoon and evening, and the next
day there appeared in one Of the papers what
purpofted to be an interview with ingalls,.
1t stated that he could make big money
out Of all the information he gave to the
and he had no ideas to furnish
gratis in the shape of interviews
This talk was copied FAR and wide, and
the other newspaper men of the country
who did not know ingalls, put him down as
. snob and fool. The truth of the matter
was that Ingalls, had no talk whatever with
this correspondent, but the man had some
spite against him and ,made up the inter-
view out of whole cloth. The day it ap-
ioA Lax
man was at once discharged from the news
paper. |
He Called Ingalls, Liar.
Had he said he was sick instead Of saving
he was not in to the reporters at Chicago, he
might have had no trouble. It was this
apparent falsehood which made some of them
angry and one of them told me last night his
with the Senator at this time.
Said he:
'sWe hung around that hotel all afternoon |
and we could not get at Ingalls,. I sent up
nv card three times and it came back every |
time with the reply that the Senator was not |
in. At last saw = telegraph messenger |
come in with . telegram fer Ingalls, and I |
bhought to make surety sure by giving nv I
,ard to him. If the message stayed the /
Senator was in and would know he was
playing me false if my card came back. |
sent it up and the message stayed and
lown came my card with the same story. I
was rather angry and took out my card
Ind wrote on the head of it, Senator John
J. Ingalls,, what a liar you are?' and signed
ny name to it. put the card in an envel- /,
,pe and left it in the Senator'S box. The
,ext day again sent up my card and I was
old to come right mp. Senator Ingalls, first
'sked me what I meant by the. card I had
Ient him. told him my experience In try
ng to set at him and said was mad at the
Fay he had answered me. He explained
hat he had refused to see anyone because he
vas sick and he then began to chat with mo
md gave me . very good Interview. He did
tot seem very angry at my action in writing
he note and he passed the whole thing of