The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-03-30
Whsa Baby was sick, We gave her Caster
When she was Child, she cried fer Castorias
When she became Miss, she elans te Castefias
when she had Children. she gave them CasseEa

Ino0rc OF the 81. Louis RepuDnc, OF whom
the country has recently heard a great deal,
and there are many others, only not quite
so noted. But it must not be supposed
that all Washington journalists are Of a
jocular sort. There is as much variety of
character among newspaper men as others,
if not more. And we have among US re-
Ggious leaders, men very successful in bust
ness and others of that class which every
one can recognize and no one can describe
the class who seem to have been bowed
down and their original nature completely
changed by some great sorrow or long run
of adverse fortune.
Prominent In Many Ways.
One of the incest men in Washington
worlds II. B. T. Mcfarland Of the Bos-
ton Herald and Philadelphia Record, who
is the son of an old correspondent Of war
times and was educated for the law, but
fell into his fathers business by sort Of
destiny. He is deacon Of the Church of the
Covenant, President Harrison's church,
superintendent Of that church's mission
school in Georgetown and very active
member of the Salvation Army
Fred Perry Powers, now in New York,
was while here an elder in the same church,
and William Eleroy Curtis Is a member
Just at present, it must be added, Mr.. Cur
tbs has need OF pretty strong moral support,
for he has several little but heated discus
sions on his hands He is after the scalp of
Josiah Quincy, is ripping up the lithograph-
10 scheme and administering ON some of the
concerns of the bureau of American repub-
lies. in addition to doing work for the
Chicago Record and performing other lit
erary labors. He is prominent in many
ways outside of journalism. With branch
of the tariff commission in 1852 he went to
South America and wrote the report He
was then correspondent of the Chicago
News. Later he was executive officer Of
the Pan-American conference of 1885 80
and still later established the bureau of
American republics. He has acquired a
good deal Of wealth for a newspaper man,
but it has not yet operated to relax his en-
ergy.
Old Timers.
Another tolerably serious man is E. J.
Gibson of the Philadelphia Press. His
hearing Is defective, but he has scored some
great Scoops" especially In getting adj
vance information on tariff bills The boys
speak Of him as "fy" on finance and tariff,
and he was the first to exploit the fact that
the senate finance committee had decided
to wipe out the reciprocity treaty. Judge
j. j. Noah Of The Rocky Mountain News
is ranked among the serious thinkers, with
an unusually good grasp on the general
course Of legislation and politics. f. A |
Of the Baltimore Sun is one of
the old timers, who reported the senate from !
the gallery many years ago, before any re- /
porters were allowed on the floor, and did |
it well He has silver gray hair, looks like |
q successful stockbroker, is man of some !
wealth and acquires information without I
saying much.
Another remarkably observant man, who |
seems to acquire informa On easily and |
hold it tenaciously, is the well known John /
NJ. Carson of the Philadelphia Ledger, who |
was clerk Of the ways and means commit
tee in two former congresses and is an ex-
pert on tariff. In fact, he is said to be the
only journalist in Washington who thor
Dughly understands the Mckinley bill. He
makes tour of the doubtful states during
each presidential campaign, and his letters
ID the prospects are quoted as high author.
ty. Another writer somewhat in the Wit
riolic line at times is Z. c. Dunnen of the
New York Times, and if he has any special
y it Is an acquaintance with foreign affairs.
Lige Halford's Brother.
In these days correspondents have SO
many privileges on the floor of the house
and every one mas SO many opportunities to
get solid with the members from his stats
hat, so far as general legislation is con-
,erned, there is not much possibility of
making one of those scoops" the rush for
which formerly madeup so much of the life
If Washington journalism. Among those
Who have permanent sit in the house
s A. j. Halford, who represents the United
Press and sits little in front and Just to
he left of the speaker. He is younger