Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-12-07
THEY KNOW NEWS
Journalism is Well Represented in
the New Congress.
FROM ALL DIRECTI0 IN 5
Distinguished Legislators Connected
With Newspapers.
WRITERS AND PUBLISHERS

Congress. Ordinarily, Congress is made up
from the ranks of the legal profession, and
while this is true to q greater or less de-
gree in regard to the present Congress, 1t
contains in its ranks larger percentage or
newspaper men than usually. In oosh
House and Senate there are men who have
served time" in the re- nks of journalism.
Some are owners, some editors. some were
correspondents. and some still act in that
capacity In connection with their congress
ssonal duties. it is an interesting fact, in
this connection, that a very large proper
ton of the newspaper statesmen come from
the north, very few OF the thirty-dve or
forty who have had newspaper experience
coming from south of Mason and Dixon
line.
New England Journalists.
New England is very prolific in journa-
nstic statesmen. Maine. supplies two. for
Congressman Dingley is pro0ietor and edi-
tor of the Daily and Weekly Journal at his
home Lewiston, Me-, and Congressman
Boutele is proprietor and editor Of the
Bangor Wing and Courier. Senator Gal
linger of New Hampshire was printer in
early life. and now contributes good deal
to the medical journals of the country, hav-
ing followed the profession of surgery and
medicine prior to his election to Congress.
Representative Barrett of Massachusetts
was several years cOrreSpOn-
dent to the Boston Advertiser. and for the
past ten years has been its managing editor
and chief proprietor Representative Nc
Call Of Massachusetts was, at one time, edi-
tor of the Boston Advertiser, and since that
a lawyer. Senator Lodge OF Massachusetts
is another who is well known and admired.
His political and literary work has been of
great value. and a matter of pride to his
Massachusetts friends. Senator Hawley Of
Connecticut Is owner Of the Hartford
Courant, and was formerly it's editor.
From the Empire State.
New York state has of itself numerous
corps of new spaper men in Congress. Lem
uel E. Quigg of the New York Press, for
merly of the Tribune, is one of the most
prominent from the empire state. He is
only thirty-two years old, but has been.
since the age CT seventeen, connected with
newspaper work in and about New York
city. He was prominently connected with
the management of the last republican ma
tional committee, having charge of the
newspaper work at headquarters. Shortly
after this, vacancy In one of the New
York districts gave him chance to make
race for Congress. which he did success
fully, in the face of a strong democratic
majority Of former years.
Amos j. Cummings, who has been several
years In Congress. is well known as news
connected with the New York Sun, to which
he sent brilliant letters during several
years of his service in Congress.
Richard c. Mccormick of the first dis
trict is an old newspaper man, having serv-
ed as war correspondent both at home and
abroad for New York papers. He has done
more or less journalistic and literary work
In later years
editor of the Johnston N.YD Journal in
early life, and served as a reporter in Troy
while studying law, since which he has fol-
lowed his legal profession.
George N bn
twentieth district, has been for many years
journalist at Albany beginning newspa-
per work on the Albany Express in 1884,
serving official reporter for the Associat-
editing the Albany Evening Journal in 1889
From Pennsylvania
The keystone state is thoroughly well rep
resented in the ranks OF Journalism in Con-
gress. RepresentatlNe John b. Robinson,
representative of the sixth district, speaks
of himself in his autobiography as "a law
yer and journalist and says that he was
editor of the Delaware County Gazette,
1SSl-S2; space writer ard correspondent for
the Philadelphia Times. Pittsburg CONNER
cal Gazette for several years; at present
proprietor of the Media Ledger"
Representative Hart of the eighth Penn
sylvania district was proprietor ami editor
OF the paper at his home, Nyack, N Y of
winch he speaks in his autobiography as
thc reading democratic newspaper of his
fection.' He conducted it successfully UNI
Til 1SSi, when he removed to Pennsylvania
and entered the real estate and insurance
business, but still has more or less of a
'hankering" for journalism.
Representative Scranton of Scranton. Pa
Is proprietor of the Scranton Republican
which he founded In 1867, and which safely
carried him into Congress, where he has
been nearly a decade.
Representative Acheson of the TWENTY
fourth Pennsylvania district says of him
self in the autobiography: WAS a news
PAPER correspondent for several years, and
In 1879 purchased the Washington Pa) Oh
server. Of which he has since been editor;
In 1889 he established daily edition of the
Observer; was elected president of the Ed
itorial Association: In January, 1893, and IN
June of the same year, was chosen as secre-
tary of the national association.
From the SOUTH
Looking to the south for journalistic con-
tribLtors to Congress it is found that Rep
resentative Russell of Georgia has been
twenty-one years editor of the cambridge
Democrat George C. Crowther of ST Jo-
seph, Mo-. was for more than decade. en-
gagged in newspaper work In the state of
Kansas. Representative Tracey of Spring.
field, Mo-, was for years editor of a repu.-
lican newspaper at that place. Representa-
tive Bartholdt of st. Louis is editor-in-chief
of the St. Louis Tribune, Il German da{ly
attaining his majority. Congressman Pritch-
ard of North Carolina apprenticed in
the JonesbcTo' Trlhune-HeraId office in early
years becoming joint editor and owner of
the Roam Mountain Republican, and ac-
quired his taste for politics by reason OF his
newspaper work. Senator Butler of the
same state is proprietor of the Clinton Cau-
casian. of which he says that it has prob
ably the largest circulation. and is one of
the most influential in the state" Henry
r. Gibson Of Knoxville. Tenn. founded the
Knoxville Tribune in 1870. In 1882 he be-
came editor of the Knoxville Daily Chron-
icle. then the only morning republican paper
between the Ohio river and the gulf
From the West.
Looking west of the Alleghanies Journal
Ism has been recognized very generously
Charles Z. Taft of one of the Cincinnati
districts is proprietor of the Times-Star
which he has made one OF the most vaIu-
able and successful newspapers of that
city. Representative Downing of the six
tenth Illinois district, the only dcunocra:
from that state, has published the Vir-
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