The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1894-01-06
Especial Corresnonnence

HOUSE PRESS GALLERY
men who WELD greater influence upon their
country and their time than these whose
portraits han" where they serve as u con-
slant inspiration to the CORRESPONDENTS of
the press who frequent the lobby. Here
correspondents may sit writing their dis.
patches with the eyes of their editor in
chief looking down upon them.
Men of Mark.
Fully one-thrd of these great men of the
press, these manipulators of the greatest
OF all modern engines have had experience
as Washington correspondents Whitclaw
Reid, editor of the New York Trihmnc
used to be correspondent here of a Cincin.
natl paper, and later of the very paper of
which he Is now the editor. He wrote let
ters over the signature of Agate" which
attracted great deal of attention. and
which i'll time attained Il certain authority
rs representing the inside politics and
thoughts of the capital. 1t is one of the
traditions of the capital that Mr. Reid
aimed first of all in his work ut trustworthi
ness, reliability.
Charles y. Dana, distinguished author
OF the IF you see it in The Sun it's so" Tor
was IL the almost rs distinguished publish
or, William NJ. LATHAM, who originated this
famous and useful phrase:), has his portrait
here OF course. The gallery of great Jour
nallsts would not be complete without Mr.
Dana portrait. 1t is Il modest picture. n
small photograph, hanging in a simple
frame of black wood. But if you look
CLOSELY at II you Will see that it is re-
markablc photograph, one of the finest that
ol,.,a, - % PioiuciiS' Ihere Is
al NH; "'ii "s wei Us IN an
tbo ,,so 80 49,. s i;'.,. '"iuS pe.ter
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h..t .,r,a,..,, WV l",iNa "H one Oh 'he
M, ,,l''',, .'Piic'o III INC country,
49,, o,, ~, I', ms piece WIN loving SIKH
Mr. han, n'<r1. t''', '0u.7o p,c.ure oi
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'S''ns i'"ii'"er'
~ '"' ,"'tH - 'he portrait OF Joseph
a " -" mas i!"" 'iic most remarkable
career .. an the Journalists i'll the collec
.io'l' ana thIS Is saying good deal, for
.no'e are nF'lliail'' giraffe, dashing, adven-
."'ous men on ineaG walls. 1t Is not so
''''''S 9''' S'icc -Hr' iullt|er was working
80 e" 'on79"ofeila!l III IT. Louis, and work
"7 "'Hi'c CoIofei men III that. He was
So".S' needy strong ana willing To earn
ms ~: liVii'S at any honorable employment.
ii'S rise from such II humble station to the
position oi wealth ana influence which he
Nv" Os'"Pc' "o"it make II line topic for Il
i'tc"u e'sie american speech by one of the
. q VINO draw so'ooO year on the
i ;,ooi oe'o"' VIZ runner was once Wash
.nS'o'i corresponding himself and, oddly
tho W. Vas neie "S 'he representative OF
VIC ->'" ofA gun
Host of Stars.
Other editors whose faces adorn the col
icctlon, and who have at one time or an.
otner had experience as workers in the press
galleries OF the capitol, are William Penn
NIXON, who worked like n hero to build up
the chicago Inter Ocean. and to pull it
through the ills which infant journals are
heir to, only To see control of the propcrty
eventually pass into other but worthy
hands; Melville +. Stone, who was one of
the founders of the Chicago News, n man
oil wonderful energy and activity, who had
somewhat similar experience and who &c
no" Vhe manager OF the Associated Press;
tH.:,I ~ .Ue1TaHor III thiS post, the veteran
Nina iii''', ~ henry Smith the celebrated
.u .s' ii"iiuS' dubbed general since he was
p,oiiiotei Vi pupiicity and good many
V :" .nilss aO 'hc worlds fair and who
ID nUW dDOuU 10 take to the lpptnra fialH