The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-09-16
AN EDITORS WIFE.
She Knew a Hawk From a Handsaw
and Said So.
From the St. Louis Republic

AOlA tAAO ~ 44OuLo AACpuDtlN~
There is a GOODNESS between the families
of a well-known rural editor and a Mis-
souri, congressman, occas;oned by the
editor and his wife differing in opinion on
the merits of the congressman.
The editor has long been an ardent ad e
mirer of the congress sman. The editor S
wife, on the other hand, has not hest.
tated to dub him demagogue on all oc-
casions, and has wondered what her hus-
band has discovered in him to admire so
much 1t annoyed her extremely to see
his paper teeming with panegyrics on
the craftsmanship, the wisdom and
sagacity of our fellow-rownsman,o of whom
our county is so justly proud " But she
is one of those rare women whose poiti-
cal prejudice against the congressman did
not interfere with her personal relations
with his family, so the EDITORS wife and
| daughters and the congressman's wife
and daughters were on the very best of
terms socially.
Soon after the congressman's election,
recognizing the fealty of his friend, the
editor, he said to him that if he wanted
the postOfice in his town he could have it
for the asking, as soon as the offensive
partisan who held it should receive his
just deserts. OF course the editor wanted
it, and he and his wife had ii all ar
ranged that he should continue to run
the paper while she sold the stamps, read
the postal cards and fulfilled the other
duties of the rural postofice. She was
so pleased that she had almost concluded
her husband was right, and that the con
gresham was indeed a statesman of large
caliber.
But when the congressman got to
Washington he was inundated with let
+-ters from various aspirants to the post
mastership, backed up with such strong
| Endorsements that it looked like each in
dividual claimant had the best call on the
job. AS the only way out of the guam
dairy, and TO escape any charge of favor
itism, the congressman arranged for his
townspeople to fight it out among them
selves by means OF primary election.
He was to recommend the candidate Sc
I lected, and he hoped the editors popu-
larity would pull him through But the
editor was beaten in a close finish by six
| votes The editor took his defeat in good
/ part, and it did not dimish his admira-
| tion for the congressman--on the con-
trary he saw in his disposition of his rival
asplrants another evidence of the broad
/ craftsmanship which subiugated his own
/ wishes TO those of his constituents. Not
/ so the editors wife. With her promise
| was a promise, which no subsequent
/ pressure should have power toatfect. She
/ did not say much, but bided her time
| 1t came in due season. Her husband
/ had to come TO st. Louis on business, and
/ he left her in charge, with full authority
/ as editor-in-chief to get out the paper,
| which was to appear on Thursday. Her
| first exercise of her new powers was to 90
/ over the proofs and to kill" every para
graph which contained the slightest com
/ plimentary allusion to the congressman
and the paper was largely devoted to ex-
] aaN.. l. ( "a
| ted to appear in articles of actual news,
| and then without comment. Then she re-
/ tired TO the sanctum and wrote a long
! leading editorial.
IL named no names of congressman or
| editors, but 10 was a scathing rebuke to
! those subservient editors who prosti-
tuted their talents and expended their
! gray matter and surplus energy in servile
adulation of alleged great men who, by
/ the accident of politics, were sent to
| Washington by men ADLER than them
selves, etc, etc, etc.
The editor wot not of his papers utter
! ances until he received a COPY in St.
! Louis. Then he went home in hot haste.
II his substitute had been a man there
might have been blood letting, and even
! as it was he is said TO have INDUCED in
some mild profanity as he inquired of his
wife what she meant by thus re-
| versing the policy Of his paper and hold
! ing him up TO ridicule. OF course, the
lady retorted that for one consecutive
week she had been fully authorized TO
act as editor, and as such she had taken
the opportunity of giving public utter
ance to her sentiments
The distracted editor had TO write an
explanation to his hero, placing the blame
where 10 belonged. The hero understood
the matter thoroughly before he got the
| letter. So did his wife and daugh ters.
And this is the reason that the erstwhile
wholly pleasant relations between the
families are at this writing a tribe
strained.