The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1896-06-02

as that Of Colonel Mulberry Sellers Of
acticnal fame. and his life has been a
full Of ups and downs As a New HAmp-
shire road
Brick Pomeruy was born In Elmira,
n. Y. on Christmas day. 1888 When
be was A., he became a printers
devil" For three ysars be worked at
the trade. and then plunged boldly into
the sea Of journalism.
At Corning. n. Y. he started his
first paper and married hts first wife
Both ventures were unsnccessful He
went 10 Athens. Pa. and started aDoth-
CT paper. but fared still worse At the
end of two years be gave up IN disgust
and went 20 Wisconsin. where IN the
little town Of Horizon, ho started The
ArEus II WAS In this paper that ap-
peared tho Brick Dust Sketches which
gained for him his unique sobriquet
He became proinincnt In politics -
an active Democrat and was rewarded
by being appointed deputy United
States marshal, but was % outspoken
in favor of Stephen A. Douglas that be
lost his ofice After one or two moro
unsuccessful newspaper ventures be
landed at Lacrosse and bought q half
interest In a paper called Tho Union
and Democrat His spartner Ths BRICK
inridge Democrat however. and they
failed 10 agree on the editorial policy.
They settled the matter by each taking
one-hah Of the paper. and for weeks the
sheet appeared with scorching denun-
Citations Of Douglas on the inside and
hot shot for Breckinridge On the out.
side. Finally Pomeroy secured q con.
trolling interest In the paper. ousted
the other man and changed its name d
Tho Democrat This was the paper thal
In time became known as Brick Pom
eruy's Democrat
As an editor his vigorous and out
spoken way Of setting forth his opin
ions made for him thousands Of activ,
enemies and lots Of enthusiastic frienda
When the war broke out pomeroy wa
for the Union heart and soul He mad
stirring speeches filed hts paper viii
patriotic editorials and PERSONAL,
helped 10 oouip and send out three com
panieS He was commissioned - q sec
ond lioutcp mt unattached, aud wen
to the front a. q war correspondent
Soon the tone Of his writings began b
change. BE denounced the commander
Of the Unicu forces and the policy O
the administration. His attacks were .
bitter and were kept mp % unceasingl
that he soon became the most unpopu
lar man in the army, He was orderc
out Of the lines and returned 10 Ia
crosse. where he continued his attack
In a moro virulont tone than ever
Ono day there appeared in The Dem
ocrat that famous editorial In whic
the wish was expressed that II Lincol
refused 10 keep the pledges made In hi
second inaugural some daring han
might strike a poinard into his broas'
A few weeks after this Lincoln was n
sassinated, and the editorial was ropul
ished far and wide II Pomeroy ha
been within reach then he would surel
have been hanged.
But the editorial had another rosul
Il made his paper extremely populI
throughout the south, and the circull
tion went up 20 100, 900. he was AZ n
food tide of prosperity then and spol
the money that onmo rolling in with
lavish hand About this time he M
Boss" Tweed. who induced him 10 5
TO New York city and establish a pap
{ thcro In the interest Of the Tweed RIM
He did %, aud for a time his paper vi
, wonderfully prosperous but he qua
. relied with Tweed and had to lea'
Now York in hurry TO escape beir
arrested ON trumped MP charge
!. He went back TO Laor,sse and =
vived Tho Democrat making Il 4
4 organ Of the 0rcenback rarty. Then B