The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1893-07-20

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Ry. twas Surprised at his reply, for he
had seemed somewhat detected during
narinterview and had admitted that his
money was about gone. But he fatty
refusad TO take my advice or to admit its
sSaIndnzSs.
'sHaxe you read the morning papers
todsyF he asked me. nodded. "Well,"
he Menton, .sif you read them as did
you noticsd that most Of the New York
ers who got iaase print today were born
somewhere elsa A lot Of them were
country hdys. and they are successful
New Workers. now because they came
hereand staid here till they made places
for themselves. You may give me all
the advice you want to, but shall stay
in New York. Il my money gives out
before gsH located, I shall go back and
earn enough money to make another at
tempt, but shall not give up"
examined the papers after the boy
had gone cut, and / found that he was
right More New Workers. who were not
born here. were mentioned than natives
by very large majority.
Those who have made shining marks
In the newspaper field are almost all
from tha Ur1tsbde. Charles A. Dana was
born In Hfnslaale, n. H, and began ac-
tive life as clerk or man Of all work in
a shore in Buffalo. After he had been
there for time he entered Harvard, but
did not finish the course He went to
work on The Tribune under Greeley in
l647, after the failure of the famous
Brook Farm experiment. He left The
Tribune IN 1868 to serve as assistant Sec
Rotary of war and when the civil strife
was over essayed the establishment of
daily newspaper in Chicago without sue
cess. When he came to New York the
second time, it was to reorganize The
Sun, and his success with that paper is
of course known of all men.
Mr.. Dana's most trusted ieutenants,
too, are outsiders. Chester S. Lord.
managing editor, whose personality is
visible In The Sums news columns every
day IN the year, came from Oswego
John Swinton, though thoroughly Amer
lean IN sentiment, is native of Dundee,
Scotland. Amos ]. Cummings was born
in Conkling, Broome county, N. Y, and
was the son Of one country minister and
grandson of another. He came to New
York and set type on The Tribune. He
was among tho early volunteers when
the civil war broke out and fought
through to charlottesville Then he
came back and was one of those who de-
Tended The Tribune Office at the time Of
the draft riots. Since then he has been
q Now Yorker in every sense, his abb
sence being only for recreation or when
necessary to be in his seat as a member
of congress. His early experiences were
quite as tough as any my young friend
from Indiana Is ever likely to go through
here, but he is not sorry he persevered.
Joseph Pulitzer is another outside man
who has won in the struggle here,
though before he came he had learned
how to fight and won enough success to
satisfy most men.
Foster Coates, the bright and capable
managing editor Of The Commercial I'D
Vertiser, was an Ohio boy, and his fight
has all been in New York, for he began
TO climb the ladder Of success as an Of
flee boy in the sanctum Of The Mail and
Express. John A. Cockerill, editor of
The Morning Advertiser, was country
boy, too, and was born in Adams coun-
ty, o. His early fighting was all done
elsewhere, and when he came here with
MIR. Pulitzer he had won bright repu-
tation by reason Of his successes in Gin
cinnati, st. Louis and elsewhere.
Whitelaw Reid of The Tribune is an
Ohioan, as every one knows, and his re-
wards have been great Bradford Mer-
rill Of The Press is New Highlander by
birth, but he had made a solid reputa-
hon before he came here by his achieve
hents on the Philadelphia Press. George
". Turner Of The Recorder and John
w. Ksiser, managing editor of the same
paper, nsre both born out of New York.
f. j. E9wards was bora in Connecticut,
was Q saporsss for The Sun. Washington
oerusspshaspt, and editor of The Even'
big Eua, and now writes the famous
f'Tzsilala' letters fsr the Philadelphia
Psass, aud tho Chicago tribune. John
Gilasasr S1eea caane haxssf from Kentpcky
10 be snaaiaStHg editor Of The World I'M
der saslbefs ana is now doing someof
Tbs bSst EslrTspt magazine work. Julian
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