New-York tribune., 1896-08-28
I56 WEST 10TH STREET.
WILLIAM HENRY SMITHS WORh.
THE VETERAN NEWSMANS BHIi'lANl
ACHIEVEMENTS IN THE OLD ASSOCl-
ATED PRESS.
From The 10 lrnallst.


figure in the work of news-eoilectihig i On ,,rrd m
tcnsive plan ID. H. Craig whose dea,n ovcultrp I
He was once the autocrat of the news business III
the East and his Western coadjutor was heotse
Hicks whose headquarters were at CIeNeldhu'
Mr. Craigs principal a sistans were Mrssrs. COB COB
right. of Washington; Fulton Of Batimore. sa ana
Blanchard. Of Boston. al OF OF 'nes' me-" ''''
The power Of Craig and Hicks was suddenly
broken one daV by little man named Jdm,S w.
Simonton lie was one OF those who, Win iienlGS
J. Raymond. founded "The New York Iifnrs, anu r
calcitr3 correspondent Of that paper III WHS"mS-
ton for several years In l@6 Mt Simoniiom .no Wno
had purchased an interest In THE San franciseo
Call' and "The Bulletin" came on from the laclnc
Coast with an unpleasant light in ms eyes 10 I,e I
why his news service so unsatisfactory ne
had complained TO Craig and mad received no AZ
tention beyond being referred TO Hicks ror S%olne %
hand and he courted attack on his managrmtht
from any source He was Ike . Viliise puaS M W,'o
ns'tr s noned Tefore the bar Of The Senate and
sent TO prison the plea that ne was a coIl1u
macious witness. and he forced Craig 10 the wall
When the New-York Associated Press was r"aaH a
IG bIs ''r nl"cc? sIf simenton replied that he would
take it temporarily until somebody coud D Iouru ~
to fiji the b-with the result that ne Staypu, III
the position for a period of fourteen years retrhs
ION Mr Simonton died at Napa city. CAL In 1ssi
and Mr. Simonfon der onstrated that they were
nnrtners I'm more senses than Oue-was also elimn-
ated and it was then that William Henry smith Int
came to the front manager or the WcS"rh t
branch of the service His influence was I'M
mediatey felt and under his diplomatic toucn an an
ndcnendont organization the western ASsoeiaiieu
Press was created and II worked IN compin'tlo"
with the Ncw-York Associated Press anu nne , h'a,
ter's successor. The United Press ior NOR & nan %
tventy wears prior 20 1898 when there was an
other and much more serious dlsdsI'c"''"' -"
tween the East and the West
HIS CONTEST WITH HUEsroN.
In 1S,2 Mr. rfueston involved the Ncw-York As
sociated Press in a disturbance with the western
Associated Press which the pacific overtures OF
Mr. Smith which had generally prevailed with
Mr Simonton We're powerless to allay lhere h"u
been numberless occasions during the preceding ten
,nodated with fight by Mr. Smith but they were
together although their correspondence was u,-
liehtfullv varikc when viewed by persons NOT krF
te he Injured by the result Of the battle II one
sGoiid ryrr be- precipitated. But Hueston. who
had formerly been MIR. Simontons prlnGipal asSist.
some years He was the European representative
of the NewYork and Western Associate 3 80,
his contact with British institutions BESIDES TINS
one OF the famous Louisiana llgfLs i in nav The War
with credit on the Confederate siue III t'' ottv
~ re ma had soh oefh and was familiar with the mystery
College and Of the Columbia College Law School IN
New YORK ana m his fHpfiec@ @@cnaT III ed him to
MAKE most brilliant and unequy4iG9iai STGeTS Iry
smith and was defeated. \ truce was agreed upon;
Hest9n M ienGercdy mlk s6t@d Pr5s which was
accepted and pending permanent setIirinIn' Ii % ne
sisted by ,irorge J. Leach. was in charge OF
affairs Among those who were active IN Drn,Siins Drn,SiIs
yppe' w~pe Wiam Henry urlbert George Jones Isaac
W England and David NJ. stone All Of them Ike
Iinrston Brooks and Leach, sleep the d','p SUM
Ter from which there l. no physlcd' ""Hh'n'"b'
MIR SMITHS MAsTERLY MANAGEMENT.
Mr. Smith succeeded Mr.. Brooks as soon as the
details of It new contract between the New-forK
Associated Press and The Western Associated Press
/ could be- agreed upon. and for nearly ten years he
WAS i'm full command OF both orsaniHi tons ne
Trou,nt order out of chaos. improved the service.
Perfected the lraSeo-wire system lhtrouu'eu ,i.c
typewriter among press operators; nl'I, n,ouns r &
yiv,ndi with the growing and restless rlNHl Oh ne
Associated Prcss-viz The lhiel iirStSi anu ,t ~.
, posiiion of the Associated Press as an orsahlIa
Hon mat up 10 1891 It's service was the best the
st of i, to lis members and clients was the least.
/ and the franchises owned 10y It's newspapers W'rr
The most valuable az any time during rs history
I;rt the situation WAS not satisfactory To certain
gentlemen In Chicago ana tn'y so n@1ass9 ma 1, H,i
Smith and 50 Disguised the managers OF ne t n'u
Press that the latter put AN fnd To i"r ipd mipuui
vvendi O'tober 20 ls;l ana Mr 5 H',I srreynY
Element that finally destroyed the original Western
'hs rb the New-York Associated Press which it
did in December. ss2 is now IN cnaise OF lhnr n r.
Mr. Smith sustained great loss In the drath oi
his wife. which csme when he was heing Sroursrd @
a further blow was dealt him more recently ny tHe
sudden death of his daughter Mrs TharlrS mar poot X
surrounded 10y his books and a vast amount 9i I,,i'
er}"rd T. ilaycs and his Administration as PresI-
dent.
4 MANY-sIDED NATURE.
As We talked Of literary matters he was 50 fluent
and genial and knew well how kind he had
been 10 the unfortunate, how hrm he could be win
/ his equals and how determined and almost DEFIANT
he was with his supcriors when h thought they
were i'm the wrong-ts talked, say. could not
make it seem that this was the man VINO, wheh
! General Logan, then a Senator from LIMOS nau a
supposed he would lind In the new Collector OF the
/ port of Chicago under President Hayes a man who
would be- as clay i'm the hands OF me potter, mac niu
proven a foeman worthy OF even Iogan,s unwaVer1
/ ing steel 1t all reminded me OF what overheard
! Henry NJ STANLEY say lady at a reception in
! New York some years ago. Mature never intended
m. said STANLEY FOR an explorer / was created
| to sit by my own hreside and be man of peace
,I, necessties Of the case | went to Africa
iuctantly I'm the first place and return there with
eyer-increasing reluctance" lie who had kept the
sriie and nugnacious Smonton in line. who had
made a brilliant campaign and won the victory when
the Napoloonic methods Of liueston compelled him
I tn do battle or surrender and who had not been
afraid of the great Logan when their views OF pub
: lie duty In conflict was by nature a sWe'tly
| gentle and lovablc man. | think, perhaps. he read
Shakespeare when he was young. and thought we'll
Of Poloniuss advice TO laeres TO beware or getung
into a quarrel but. when once in. to make things as
Interesting as possible But his preference was for
peace and the quiet OF home life. for books and pic-
nres and the soothing influences Of all natural phe-
4 nomona The woods were his friend and the songs
OF the birds and the sghinf of the winds about Lost
| Rock were 10 him sweetest music.
Ills friends may take think. this bit of comfort
ont of what to Us a. his untimely death some
| OF us-thc more the bctter-bcleNe IN Emerson :
| theory of reincarnaton and. although Mr. Smith
| di4d when he was in his sXty-hrd year II is true
| that not one man in "A hundred having similar ad
! vantagcs and opportunities has developed intel
lectually and spiritually as fnN as he had In. 80.
| r. In the wisdom of the Creator. man begins on
| the next plane Of existence at the point where he
stopped on this plane then but few who had lived
hett.r fitted spiritually for the higher life than he
| whose brief hour here was rounded with sleep at
Lost Rock little while aga but wh2se soul goes
marching on WALTER J. PHILLIPS
Suicide or YOTNG NAN.