St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-02-16

WElIC pOSSlUly prluciptSS pay, hioH
sometimes don't.
The second newspaper venture at st.
Anthony was the Northwest Democrat,
which was launched in 1853. Prescott Il
Jones being the publishers. They con-
tinued the paper until July, 1851. when
the venerable Mai. w. A. Hotchkiss.
who is with us today, bought the office.
With spirit of enterprise, he concluded
that Minneapolis, which then had a
separate existence OH the west side or
the river, should have 4 newspaper, and.
as soon as he could obtain building,
removed to what might term Mime
apolis proper, or larger Minneapolis.
The major claims that this was
the first newspaper published in the
territory west of the Mississippi river.
and the territory extended pretty near
to sunset. | notice by the files of his
valuable paper that the major was evil
IDENTIFY inclined to be little frisky in
his younger days, for he parted his
name i'll the middle, and 1t stood at the
head of the Northwest Democrat wv.
Augustus HotchkisS, editor" But we
diScretionS, for by the COMMUNICATING
influence OF the editorial fraternity of
the state he has gained much wisdom,
and is today an honored and welcome
member of the fraternity, wearing the
well-earned title of major by active
service in the late war.
The motto of the original founders of
hlN ri nj
Good Men" But l notice in looking
over the files that w. Augustus dropped
the motto. l DO not know what sixniti-
canoe attached to this, for certainly he
was good" man himself, but i'll those
early days he may have thought 1t in
eXpedient for newspaper to declare
Itself as being sound" on anything. In
fact, question whether it is advisable
to be very sound" even at the present
time. Probably good motto Tor the
present era would be"Keep in the Swim.
and Let the MolaSses Run" If had
been Cumming with the -'early jour
naliSts," would have suggested some
plain Scriptural quotation like the
above, instead of the high-sounding
sentiments selected from Shakespeare
and other pagan works.
MAJ. Hotchkiss is among the three
DR. four OF the veteran "early
journalists" who is still in the harness,
The National Republican, at Preston,
Mimi, being the paper he row pub
fishes. lie continued the Democrat
untlt 1859, when he sold it to Mr.. Rus
al hN in 70
and it formed the foundation from
which the Minneapolis Tribune has
now arisen.
RETIRED TO THE PULPIT.
The Minneapolis Republican. estab-
iished at st. Anthony, October, 1854. was
who, regret to say. has since degeu-
GRATED, and is now Baptist clergyman
in Boston, was the editor. His motto
was: Absolute Right is the Highest
EXpediency." A motto which l trust
my brethren of the press will
ponier, and do what is right"
because it is "expedient." Three
years later, w. A. Croffut and Edwin
Clark bought the Republican and
changed the name to the Minnesota
st tie News. Mr.. Croffut is now in the
geological survey department at Wash
.ngtOn. Mr.. Crotfut sold his interest to
Uriah Thomas IN the spring of 1860.
For short time in 1857 Mr.. Croffut's
judgment gos the better of his pocket
book, and he ran a small daily paper.
This soon sank back to tri-weekly,
then to a weekly, and finally Mr.. Croft
flu, having sunk sufficient amount in
his venture, sank out himself. Daily
publication, however, was renewed in
December. 1860, and 1t was from that
sheet that Gov. Marshall obtained the
kilograms, as have already described.
In one of its weekly issues in December.
1860, it thus announces with large head
line, Arrival of the Telegraph"
I'VE had no time Oh Tuesday to arouse
our readers to the full importance of
she new event in the history of st. An
thOny. A telegraph office has been
established at the falls.''
The State News lived precariously
until 1868, when it was closed out
something like an old junk shop, and
Bill King, of the Atlas, bought the re-
mains. Bill travelled in person with the
express wagon which carted the corpse
from the East to the West side, where
the Atlas was in existence, and as he
was riding over with the last load he
remarked to his companion, 81 swore l
would live until | swallowed that
BANKED thing. and now have done it,
l am ready to die" am happy to
state, however. that the rest of US are
not as willing to part with our old-time
friend Bill King, and we rejoice that
he is still very much alive.
BILL KING ON DECK.
My old friend Augustus experience
was so contagious that the Minnesota
Democrat soon followed on the West
side. The Gazette also came to his res
cue IN 1858, and the State Atlas in 1859.
LII reaching the period of the Atlas. [
strike one of the most notable journal.
lists which Minnesota has ever pro-
duced in the person of William S.
King, but he was known in the less re-
spectfui era as plain Bill King. Even
though writing history, prefer to men
non ulm ny Tie clluedTluS term OF Bill,
just as l delight to call my
old friend of a quarter of a century,
previously alluded to. Augustus. There
is no use Of stilted Formally even in
history. 1 wish space and time would
permit me to give full chapter to the
journalistic career of Bill King; but l
promise myself the pleasure upon some
other occasion of doing justice to man
who has left his impress upon the news
papers and upon the state. l wrote Bill
and told him that was engaged in
making history, and asked him for a
little data concerning himself, and in q
most entertaining personal letter (thc
contents of which l am. of course, at
liberty TO use in my own way he made
L. L. IL.