The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-02-19
SAM SMALL'S NEWSPAPER.
It's Policy Suddenly Changed When
He Went Out of Town.
Washington Post.

IA "
From all accounts Sam Smalrs Okla
homan, published at Oklahoma City, as
an organ of the administration, has run
elPenm a aGek. un TSe o oSiah or aGss st aqadro out
with q boom. with an editor-in-chief. Mr..
Small himself. a managing editor, one or
two assistant managing editors and a
Washington corr spondent, under instruc-
tons to "cover the field In from 600 to
1000 words by wire daily, .regardiess OF
Indians opened their eyes in amazement as
they read this prodigy Of journalistic enter
prise at the breakfast tables. 1t seems
came painfully apparent that something
had to be done to recoup the reserve fund:
and started on a revival tour among the
natives of Texas. Those who know say the
venture. despite temporary embarrass-
mentS, would have urvived the measles
and the other ills Of infancy if the editor
in-chief had continued to sit firm astride
Of his tripod, as all TIE mischief occurred
to establish the fact that beneath the caves
of his cuckoo household a nest of ravens
from Sa the managing editor down to the
junior carrier boy and the char m
was opposed to the adminissration: A
the brood Of evil spirits broke loose. The
managing editor, with the true INSTINCTS
Oh ms craft nnanulacIuren d speciai uiS-
ministration was numerically roasted. 1t
appeared over the initials of the regular
Correspondents dUu CIcdltu Id III
the remotest parts of Oklahoma, wherever
the friends of the administration were hold
ing postoffices. 1t spread with such rapid,
ity that it reached the ears of Mr.. Small
in the midst of q revival meeting In Texas.
He adjourned the meeting, cast himself into
the saddle of an impatient bronco, and
dashed for his life to the nearest railroad
station. When he entered the sanctum of
the Oklahoman a sombre cloud rested upon
muscles betrayed the excitement that was
churning his blood. What the result would
have been of Mr.. Smalrs deep-seated anger
Ii is hard to tell; but as he had not waited
to take up a collection at the last revival
meeting, and from all accounts there was
not enough funds to pay off the mutinous
force, mercy was allowed to temper JUS
tice, and 1t was decided to have a hear
ing The managing editor confessed that
he had faxed the Washington dispatch,
ent's initials to it. for fear of a libel suit:
No one on the force could be convicted Of
this breach of Journalistic etiquette, and the
was squared by fastening the guilt upon the
Intelligent compositor," who. seeing he
cised his tabled intelligence by supplying
the apparent omission of the letters.
had meanwhile compelled its competitors to
employ the services of Washington CORE
spondents. who were to send "all the news
in 200 words" They had seized with avid
ity upon the Washington special of their
hated rival, and were reproducing it in dis,
along toward home from the revival meet
ing, Ii stared him In the face from every
newspaper he picked up.
But what can a man do when he is de-
prived even OF the satisfaction of d~ischarg-
ing q rebellious managing editor for the
reasons referred to? There was no end of
trouble in the office of the great Okla
homan, and from the meager Information
obtainable at this end of the line it seems
that Mr.. Small concluded to give up the
hopeless task of representing the admins
tration in Oklahoma, and quite suddenly
abandoned the citizens thereof toe their ig-
mn nn6 nhlinnifU of nnnCnian1n TLo
Washington correspondent is meantime bid
ing Developments.