Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1892-01-30

politely explained the situation, at which
some Of the ticket holders retired with
apologies, perceiving tho justice of the
press position, while Others became an
cry and swore they would have the seats
to which their cards entitled them. all
the newspaper men in Washington IN
the contrary Notwithstanding. They
appealed to the speaker, who angrily Or
dered his doorkeeper to see that his tick.
cts were honored in the press gallery
But the speakers power was to expiTe
with the life of the congress in n few
hours, while the power of Newspaner
Row was to go on forever, and not nm Of
fetal could be found bold enough To at
tempt to storm the gallery by force.
Though the speaker fumed and swore in
his modification, the guard of newspa-
per men held their ground.
Not long ago number of senator's be.
came intensely angry at the corps of
correspondents and proposed to vent
their Ill will by passing resolution in
teriering with the use of the press gal
lery. General Boynton heard of the
contemplated move, and went at once TO
work to spike the enemy's gun. In
twenty-four hours he had ACCOMPLISHED
his purpose, and the threatened raid on
the press gallery was indefinitely post
poned.
General Boynton has done a great
service to the newspaper profession, not
only in these and many other practical
examples of his zeal and strength, but
in the example which he has invariably
offered of frankness, fidelity and faith in
his relations with public men. How
much he has done, consciously or uncon.
sciously, in helping to raise the tone of
journalism at the national capital cannot
DO told, but his influence must have been
tremendous, for every younger CORE
spondent for two generations has OBJ
served that the leader of the corps, the
man enjoying confidential relations with
presidents, senators, cabinet officers and
all sorts and conditions of public men,
was one whose unvarying rule was TO
keep faith and tell the truth.
For many years by virtue of his char.
acter and position, General Boynton has
had entree at the executive mansion and
in all the great executive offices here He
has not only enjoyed the confidence of
public men, but has had great influence
over them. They have asked his advice,
have needed his warnings. He has on
the one side educated public men into
taking proper views of the rights and
functions of the press, and on the other
his example and counsel have inculcated
in newspaper workers more exalted
conception of their dignity, responsible
ty and duties
General Boynton retired from the post
which he had so long filed because the
new management of his paper wanted
more modern, more sensational treat
ment of the news of the capital. His
parting from his employers was without
quarrel or bitterness, and no higher COM
pliment could be paid this Nestor Of
Newspaper Row than that offered by the
manager of the paper. 1--WE want sensa-
tional news" said he, "and we know.
general, that you would not send that
If you could, aud could not afford to do
it If you wanted to-" Happily career
of twenty-seven years as sentry at the
capital is not TO be marred by any
straining after the sensational.
The lovable private character Of Gen
era Boynton has not served to soften
his public correspondence into inanity.
On the contrary he has been aggressive
and searching in his reviews of public
men, and it has come 10 be saying in
Washington that "the general is either
loved or feared by everybody" An ex-
ample Of Boynton's power is found in
the case of ex-Speaker Keifer, whose
mistake in making war on the CORE
spondents led to his early retirement to
private life; and another example is
found in the case of Senator Harlan Of
Iowa.
General Boynton having published an
article about some Cherokee Indian
frauds, Senator Harlan, who had been
secretary of the interior before going TO
the senate, took the matter as a personal
insult to himself, and rose in his place
in the senate and made bitter attack
upon Boynton, charging him with false
hood, matchmaking and many other Of
lenses. Correspondence and controversy
followed, and Boynton, so placid, so
generous, 80 just in all the private rela-
lions Of life, became a veritable blood
hound on Harlan's trail. The articles
which he published, the exposures which
he made, led to Harlan's defeat for re-
election and to his permanent retirement.
Boynton's controversy with General
Sherman became unnecessarily bitter
through n misconception on the latter's
part of Boynton's motives. When Gen
eral Sherman's memoirs appeared Boyn-
ton criticized the authors lack of accu-
racy, and with the industry for which
he is noted dug out of the official rec
ords surprising number of facts not in
harmony with SherInan's statements.
General Sherman's friends looked upon
this as an attack on Old Tecumsehs
character and career, and a spirited con-
troversy followed, in which General
Boynton showed his ability to take care
of himself. This controversy really grew
out Of Boynton's ardent attachment to
the Army of the Cumberland, in which
he had served, and his devotion to the
memory of General Thomas
General Boynton is only fifty-six years
old. He is a native Of Massachusetts,
the son Of a preacher, and was graduated
from the Kentucky Military institute.