The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1895-12-12

success and much more enjoyable than the
banquets of other days, which have come |
to be too formal for the pleasure of those |
who have attended them President John !
Jay Edison of the local association will |
formally welcome the league at one of the |
conventions sessions, and an address of
welcome will probably also be delivered by !
one of the commissioners Of the District.
1t is believed that the convention, as o
whole, will be one Of the most profitable
ever held Papers will be read and ad
dresses delivered by Moorfleld Storey Of
Boston, Sherman 8. Rogers of Buffalo,
John W. Ella of Chicago, william Dudley
Foulke of Indiana Herbert Welsh of Phil
adelphia, Richard H. Dana of Cambridge,
| Herman Justi Of Nashville and +. l.. Sid
dons Of Washington Curiously enough,
| the league has never before held conven-
ton at the national capital, though the
reason Is not hard to discover being sim
| ply the fact that until this year there was
| no local civil service reform organization
| in Washington. 1t Is partly due to the
fact that this will be the first convention
in that city that expectations are rather
high with regard to attendance. The sec
retary of the league Mr. George McAneny
of New York, is authority for the state
ment that the number present will be
larger than at any previous convention.
All municipal reform associations and
affiliated organizations have been requested
to send delegates, and the number of ia
vorable responses has been very large.
President Carl Schurz Is far and away
the most interesting man of all those who
will be present at this convention. His
life history Is we'll known to the public at
large, especially those of middle life and
older, and even those who disagree with
him on many points of public policy must
be unanimous in admiration of his pluck
and his devotion to whatever he considers
right. His deeds in behalf of human lib
erty during the revolution of 1s4s, his es
cape from prison, his early career as jour
nalist in the United States, his part as one
of the defenders Of the Union in the civil
war, his political course since the close OF
that great struggle and his later journal
istio work need not be reoounted. But
there Is one achievement that must be Sol
to his credit of which only comparatively
few are ooRnizant. 1t was Carl Schur;
who discovered" Joseph Pulitzer YoJ
may smile If you like at this statement
but It Is true that the editor of the New
York World owes more to Carl Sohur
than to any other person in the world ex
cepting himself,
Here Is the story In about the form 1t !
frequently told on the streets of st. Louis
After the war Pulitzer who was soldie
in the Federal army, worked his way I
that city, crossing the river from East 81
Louis on a ferryboat and working hi
passage as a fireman. 1t Is understoo
that he continued to be a fireman on
ferryboat for some days after his arrival
It was not for very long, however, and be
fore many months had passed he had sue
oeeded In so improving his personal fol
tunes as to be able to dress himself like
prosperous young man. One day Ca
Schurz had some business on the leveC
where Pulitzer was just then spendin
most of his time looking for something
turn up and frequently acting as an II
terpreter Schurz had some business wit
IA recently arrived European immigrar
" who spoke neither English nor German, br
Le some language or dialect OF south centr'
n Europe. Although Schurz is an accom-
T plished linguist, he could not make I'll
d foreigner understand what was wanted
,e nor could the foreigner make himself olei
l. to Mr.. Schurz At this juncture Pulitze
I. who was near by, offered his services,
"a the great satisfaction of both Schurz an
T. the immigrant. After the business ha
A. been concluded Schurz asked for the nan
n of the young man who had helped hin
,e and from that time Pulitzer's fortunes b
r gan to rise. He became first reporter O
ly the German newspaper OF which Schul
was the editor and afterward became cd
~ tor in place Of Schurs and also part owl
n er SO great did Pulitzer's influence upo
A. the paper become that Schurz was oblig6
70 a few years later to buy the younger ma
n, out, and the money he theu received form
n cd the nucleus OF the greal sums which
Of has since expended In winning his way
Of great financial success as newspaper pu
IN Usher.
as A strip of oilcloth is recommended
D. the best possible belt lining, retainiI
~ its stiffness to the limit of wearing
= There are now 800 women physician
". of whom 83 are Jewesses, who are
gl- attendance in Jewish hospitals.
no Tie world is Gods epistIe Co ma
kind his thoughts are flashing upon
r from everJ direction. Plato
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