Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1894-01-06


country ana their time than these whose
portraits hang where they serve as 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-third of these great men Of the
press, these manipulators OF the greatest
of all modern engines, have had experience
AS Washington correspondents. Whitelaw
Reid, editor of the New York Tribune,
used to be correspondent here of a Cincin-
matt paper, and later OF the very paper Of
which lie is now the editor. He wrote let
tiers over the signature of Agate" which
attracted a great deal of attention. and
| which in sine attained a certain authority
| as representing the inside politics and
| thoughts of the capital. Ii is one of the
traditions of the capital that Mr.. Reid
| aimed first Of all in his work at trustworthi-
| ness, reliability.
Charles A. Dana, distinguished author
| of the III you see it in The Sun it's so" Tor
| was it the almost as distinguished publish
| err, William NJ Laffan, who originated this
| famous and useful phrase9), has his portrait
| here of course. The gallery of great jour
nalists would not be complete without Mr..
| Danas portrait. 1t is modest picture, a
| small photograph, hanging in Il simple
| frame of black wood But if you look
| closely at it you will see that it is Il re-
| markable photograph, one of The finest that
! the art is capable of producing There is
| character in Il photograph as well rs in an
oil painting, and no one understands better
the use of posing, of light and shade than
.,ff ta
best amateur photographers in the country,
and who made this piece with loving skill
and care. Perhaps the modest picture of
Mr. Dana is more looked at and talked
about than any other in the gallery.
The Dashing Pulitzer.
Not far away is the portrait of Joseph
Pulitzer, who has had the most remarkable
career of all the journalists in the collec-
ton, and this is saying good deal, for
there are brilliant, erratic, dashing, adven-
turous men on these walls. 1t is not so
many years since Mr. Pulitzer was working
as a longshorcman in st. Louis, and work
ing beside colored men at that. He was
Young, needy, strong and willing to earn
his living ut any honorable employment.
His rise from such humble station to the
position of wealth and influence which he
now occupies would make II fine topic for
spread eagle American speech by one of the
demagogues who draw 5000 a year on hhe
floor below Mr. Pulitzer was once Wash
ington correspondent himself and, oddly
enough. was here as the Representative of
the New York sun.
A Host of Stars.
Other editors whose faces adorn the col
lection, and who have at one time OF an
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galleries of the capitol. are William Penn
Nixon. who worked like n hero to build up
the Chicago Inter Ocean, and to pull 1t
through the Ills which infant Journals are
heir to. only to see control of the property
eventually pass into other but worthy
hands; Melville i. Stone, who was one OF
the founders OF the Chicago News, man
of wonderful energy and activity, who had
a somewhat similar experience and who Is
now the mar ager of the Associated Press:
his predecessor in this post, the veteran
William Henry Smith; the celebrated
Moses Handy. dubbed general since he was
nronoter of publicity and good misny
,ther things at the Worlds far and VINO
\ no,,. aboui 20 take to the lecture field
and make another fortune for himself: Mu-
rat Halstea.t, the Field Marshal, brilliant
writer, splendid fellow, cranky but adm.ra-
h,e who believes in a newspaper man
who is strong enough to be able to 81: down
and interview himself out of his general
Store of knowledge instead of running alter
SONIC man with an accidental reputation
who doesn't know half so mneh-Halstead.
who seems to be the same yesterday, to-day
and forever and vino writes every day with
!, pen The ahhors II typewriter as much as
.n,ne handwriting men dictate, Colonef
Homes formerly of Florida and st. Lofts.
now editor Of the New York World, man
Who has fore mixed with fussiness. and
ybo pets along in the world all the time
inst as his enemies are predicting he Is
,l,o,,t, 70 stot.: Grady, the eloquent. whose
voice and pen will sing and speak no mote.
and WILLIAMS w. Armstrong, formerly OF
,he Cleveland Plain Dealer, who in a mo
| ,,ert of alteration from the true princlp'es
Of the profes sion was prevailed upon to sc-
cept postofilce.
or the Old school.
| What an interesting lot, OF men 'ncse
.hree dozen great editors are! And now
anew n would be to write two pages instead
- two colum MS about them! First in every
ave after the portrait of Mr.. Dana Is ti,as
~ Joseph Meslil., the veteran OF tne e IN,
o. ca1 ~ Tribune. Mr.. Mediil is abous AZ nus
It'll able to do first class days work: lie
. one Of the old fashioned sort OF editors,