The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-11-14

leans exchanges to reprint IS news 1e
the public. In Pittsburg, Cincinnati, Louis
enployed, called the river editor" wics
spe.ial duty IL was to watch the arrival Q
steamboats, from the East or South All
bring back to the Office the exchanges an
notes for the personal column.
4 There was no hurry about the rersrsre
= then. The editor and his force OF on
I fellow went to work in the morning. ,ih
ordinary people. and stopped at suIpe
, time, as did also all the printers. And 4
WAS not until years 1'terxI.d wh@ iit WI
arrived moro easily that the Nigh. wor'
. was begun The printers got 10 tie Office
earlier than the editors each morning. and
IT. two or three hours had the paper ou'
ready for the carriers 10 distribute.
Practically no attention was given tt
local affairs then. sensation wfith would
now occupy a conspicuous column was not
| considered worth writing UP. because such
things were Nothing unusual N Wes,ern
| towns at that day. That which occupied
the paper most was WITH bic political edi-
toriais. endless twattle from egot.s.ic oon-
| tributors under the caption ITO the Edi-
tor" and few fairly respectable literary
essays. proper attention Dsng yiseI, Of
course. to the news" from exchanges.
| In the West. and especially In the South,
the desire on the part OF the public for
sensational personalities In the newspaper
was Unsuitable. The editor said what he
pleosed about fellow, and the reader
caught II with eagerness. This curious APP
petite caused the establishment and Won
derful success OF two noted papers in Louis
vile, first. the Advertiser edited By Sbad-
rack Penn. aud later the Journal. by George
D. Prentice. The Advertiser was the most
influential jackson organ In the West and
the Journal the highest oracle OF the wings.
Fem Tns Kentuckian IN every sense OF
the word. splendidly built. fine looking in
telligently strong, and liberal hearted, ex-
ceDt in politics. He silenced every whig
scrlbbler who assaulted him until Prentice
In 1880 came West to write up Henry Clay,
and ut the importunate solicitation q the
wings agreed TO set up their oracle In
Louisville.
Penn was evidently anxious about the
shrew-eyed. witty little Yankee for here Is
the way he told of his coming to the people
OF Louisville after Prentice hal written
a finely satirical letter on Kentucky poll
tics for the Cincinnati Advertiser, and had
started for the Falls City George D.
Prentice and MIR. Buxton Of Cincinnati have
Issued proposals for the publishing OF a
daily paper In louisville, which IS 20 be
edited by Mr.. Prentice. We commend to
Mr.. Clay's friends the letter OF Mr. Prem
ttce az an erudite, chaste and verltable
production worthy Of the great editor who
is hereafter to figure as Mr.. Clay's cham
plon in the West We may moreover con-
graduate them I'm consequence of ,lie fair
prospect before them. for with the aid of
such an editor they can not full to effect
revolutions or revulsione in the |
political world. The occupants of all our |
fish markets VIII be confirmed in their |
devotion to the opposition beyond redemp- |
ion"
Prcntice's letter WAS republshed with |
The editorial
Ia. hi - l..
their anxiety to ses how Prentice treated |
bis adversary. The acute New Highlander
was well aware what he was about He
was quite courteous at first, but presently |
stabbed with his wit to such an extent that |
Penn bad to put aside his laborious way OF
writing and try the cuttngly amusing and
personal also. frentice's Journal lmmedi-
ltely become celebrated all over the United
states for the pungency of It's paragraphs
md the excellence of IT. editorials. In due
ime the English newspapers had regular
columns of "Prcnticeana" and the Journal
was widely quoted by the continental press
Renders In Louisville and the Mississippi
'alley would sooner have gone without
breakfast than to have missed the paper
with Its spicy treats" The attention OF
Tho entire Nation was drawn to the Falls
city by her wonderful editor and his influ-
ence in the affairs OF the country is said
10 have been such as no American editor
, 80 t,orasu uree'ey ever exercised few
l"o.e aoout Mr, Prentice VIII be interesting
- nuuer" readers 10 give mem an Idea OF
s ,l,, uoh' oeiebraten euitor OF the early time
'ar,S paper IN 'ue west.
"hen ne came TO LOUISVILLE he was slen-
Lev a.,u a'traV'l't IN person ana struck one
,,ulnVu,'te!y on peihg introduced as fell
wv Who 'urhea everything INTO joke
I'm ever So' ne pest ot hliil IN conversa-
o,i anu ne tVsother WIN ne priltena
~. ~, "'e oi,iue' sea 10 make the HE o. his
,, i Nv eui'o, miserable with heir tricks.
~ lNer eui'oI Hau come orislnally from
we leslon OF tne Kline ana they contin-
MY VA h,aue hlin 'had by calling him
Du'cn' frehuce was proud OF his ply
'Ioa' Strength ana considered himself an
'npeit wrestler, 'iten When tired OF put
.,nb uowh paragraphs ne would go into the
.ooin "here the printers We're at woik and
laNc u Wrestie win several OF them nearly
'Ways prlnElne Ills antagonist to tho floor.
ms sehe'oshy' ana also MS influence
' N ms readers wac remarkable, as the
vl'oMins incident VIII Illustrate, one OF
iis Intimate triends. who was school COM
J, missioner nnn IN Louisville wished to raise
louuo 10 purchase costly set of chemical
ipPa'alus Tor the TWO high schools OF the