The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-09-25
AN EDITOR FROM Hawaii.
Some Queer Episodes in Walter
G. Smiths Newspaper Career
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6. Smiths Newspaper Career
From the New York sun.
Mr. Walter G. Smith, the young Ameri-
4 can editor, who made such stir in Ha-
wall in his conduct of the Star, which he
founded and used fearlessly in his attacks
m Hawaiian royalty and it's supporters,
returned recently to his former home,
sherwood. in this state. His old friends
greeted him enthusiastically, and have
been listening eagerly to the narratives
he has told of the many exciting episodes
in Hawaii during the time of suspense
which MIR. Cleveland and Mr.. Gresham
inflicted upon the residents there. Mr..
4 Smith has also brought home some anus
Il ing anecdotes.
The system of jail management in the
II islands is peculiar. 1t is the custom there
TO rent out the prisoners to citizens as
Il laborers at so much day. Every one
Il who pretends to any social standing in
d Honolulu has a telephone in his house
and a conversation over it like this is said
10 be OF frequent occurrence:
is this the Jail"
YES "
"Well. won't you please send up a muir
4 derer to the house to-day! That burglar
H You sent up yesterday was not satisfact-
ory'"
The prisoners are required to return to
the ails before o'clock every night. Mr.
Smith is said to have asked the keeper
what he did when the prisoners failed to
return.
What do I do" asked the keeper in
surprise at such question. why, sir,
lock EN- out.'
1t will be remembered that Mr.. Smith
was threatened with assassination by
"ParamOur Wilson" because Smith dared
to give expression to Wilson's scandalous
relations with the royal house. Upon re
ceipt of the news TO expect death, Smith
went out on the streets armed and eX-
posed himself purposely TO meet his an
tagonist. The other man didn't shoot,
but Smith was none the less ready for
emergencies.
1t turns out, however, that this WASH t
Smith, first experience Of this kind in
newspaper life. Before Smith went TO
Hawaii he edited a newspaper in San
Diego, Cal There was a ugbOat captain
there who came from Smiths native
place, Sherwood. One day the editor
found in a paper sent to him from his old
home an extract from letter that the
tugbOat captain had sent home, and which
because of the glowing account it gave of
the writer's success. got inLo print as an
instance Of what push would do IN the far
west. The tugooat captain referred to
himself as the captain of "a large
steamer and so exaggerated his position
in life that he appeared TO be one of the
magnates of the town. Smith, in a spirit
OF fun, reprinted the article without com
meut
Soon after its publication a sound of
heavy feet was heard rushing up the
stairs to the editorial rooms of the paper.
The excited tugboat captain dashed in
and inquired for Editor Smith. He hadn't
come down vet. the bow said.
WELL you tell him. said the captain,
that shall be here tomorrow morning
at 10 o'clock to shoot him dead. l give
hin warning"
Smith received the message, and has
n acknowledged since that he did not like
white feather He procured two large
revolvers, had them cooked and hidden
under newspaper on his desk that had
been thrown down carelessly, as IL
seemed, and tried to show no concern
when on the following day the lookout re-
ported that the angry captain was headed
Tor the Office exactly on time. He burst
n INTO Smiths office, and the latter's right
hand stole under the newspaper and
graSped one of the cooked reyolvers.
Il WIN tremendous amount of profanity
tne captain shouted;
=. What did you mean by printing that
thing about me2n
You wrote it, didn't you?" asked
smith, as his hand stole under the paper
ana grasped the second revolver, and
0otn hands began 10 tip up the muzzles
!or instant use, the editor at the same
'me trying to conceal his trepidation.
Yes, | wrote it, but what the blankety
!uaaaLnhety blank did you mean by printing
III / choose to reprint such an article, ~
nj
coming up still more, and his hands shak-
ing little more, ! have a right to do
You have, have you}"
4es, have"
Well do you know what ! am going
Wu asked the furious captain.
NO, DON'T" said Smith, prepared
no" TO shoot and kill if his trembling
N4nls would permit him to hit the mark.
ma ven, am going to 90 down stairs
ana stop my paper"