Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1895-11-14
HE DIDN'T SUCCEED.
Tho Man Who Started Out to SEQ a Ne
Yo-k Editor.


Tho Man Who Started Out to SEQ a New
Yo-k Editor.
/ fell in with man the other day
who introduced himself as the editor
and proprietor of a weekly paper in
PENNSYLVANIA. He had come in to New
York for brief vacation, and being in
town he felt it his duty to pay his re-
spects to the leading editors.
II didn't want 'em to think l didn't
know what belonged to good man.
ners," he explained to me, land SO
thought I'd call and pass the time o
day. | went to the Office of one big
paper and told 'em l wanted to see the
editor. shall never forget how was
used"
Didn't you see him?" asked.
mo. waited till nine o'clock in
the morning, so as to be sure to catch
him down, but they said he didn't
show up till noon. Then they wanted
my card, and wanted to know what
particular business / had with him,
and they were so finicky about it that
] finally told 'em to go to pot The
idea of an editor not getting down till
noon or afterl The idea of having to
go to all that trouble to see him! Why,
he couldn't hold place two weeks on
any weekly paper in our state"
.Yes, it's rather hard to get at a New
York editor" said, unless you have
important business"
II can't say as my business was so
dreadfully important, / just wanted to
shake hands and tell him ] was in New
York to purchase a paper-cutter and
look around for a day or two. Maybe
] should have asked him out to take a
glass of beer"
Ibid you try any other paper?"
"Oh! yes / went over to another
Office. Two years ago had an article
in my paper saying that this paper was
the favorite in our town, and l sent
'em a marked copy. didn't want any
thanks for it, but thought I'd run up
and shake hands with the editor and
ask him how job work was and get his
advice about a paper-cutter. l got up
stairs and found fence across the
room and a boy on the inside who
wanted my card. 1t was ten o'clock,
and vet the editor hadn't come down,
nor sent any word when he would
come! Seems to ME that's ,unny way
to edit a newspaper. There isn't a
morning in the year that / amt down
to my office at half-past seven o'clock,
and nobody has to wait at the foot of
the stairs and send me up his card"
Its the New York way, you
know" said as saw that his feelings
were hurt
"Yes. and Fdon't like it. / tried it
again at the Office of another daily
paper. They said the editor was in,
but so awfully busy that must excuse
him. If he was figuring on the cost of
a thousand hand-bills or big circus
advertisement it was all right to refuse
to see any one, but l sort O. got the
idea that he didn't care a continental
whether / was in town or not. All
right if he don't. / was thinking of
getting some new wood type for my
Job office, and wanted to ask his opin-
ion about il. but I'm not going to
crawl TO anyone. 1t was about the
same thing over at the fourth place l
tried. I've had many a notice in my
paper about the founder of this paper,
and supported him when he was a can
didate for president, and only last year
/ let one of my subscribers publish a
poem on the present editor. thought
I'd run up and see him for few min
utes, and answer any questions about
crops out our way, but l found another
boy waiting for my card, and another
message that the editor was out. They
said he was in Europe, but l didn't
swallow that. How's man in Europe
going to run a newspaper in New
York? Could / edit my paper from
here?'
Then you didn't get to see any New
York editors?" / asked.
Not a one, | don't want tor he in
dignantly replied. 'If the New York
editors can do without me l can do
without them. I'll send 'em word by
letter that I'm in town, and if they
want me to come up, all right; other
wise they can go to grass! And let
me tell you something. Some of these
high-toned, way-up chaps will take in
my town some day and decide to call
at the Banner Office. I'll have a boy
at the foot of the stairs, and another
at the head, and a rail fence across
the Office, and when the card comes up
I'll be figuring on how many auction
bills can print for two dollars in cash
and I'll send down word:
Tell that New York editor I'm so
cussedly busy to-day that l can't even
see the advance agent of circus who
wants to run a four-column ADM.
Quad, in Detroit Free Press.