The age-herald., 1898-05-24
HENRI PATTERSON
 FOR MANAGER
BY MYLO MANNING.

President Mckinley while appointing great many men to military positions has overlooked a few bets. There are a great many people in private life who are willing to serve their country as staff officers. Good pay and comparatively little danger. The president has appointed too many men who have not expressed any particularly hostile sentiment toward Spain, those who have evidenced no desire to whip the dons and avenge the insult of the Spaniards against the battleship Maine.
 There is one man in the United States who has undergone a complete transforma- ton of opinions and actions since the war opened up. Before the declaration of war this particular gentleman was more hostile to America than Is Larry Godlxin, editor of the New York Evening Post. The per- son referred to Is none other than the dis tinguished warrior. the Honorable Henri Watterson, the battle editor of the Louls- vile Courier-Journal. At the beginning of the trouble between this country and Spain, after the blowing up of the Maine, Colonel Watterson was in the front rank protesting against any possible hostility with Spain and in favor of apologizing to that country for it's having blown up the American bat tleship. MT. Watterson saw in war great disaster to this country. He saw tho shrinkage of values. He saw a condition of affairs that could not be tolerated by any true patriot
 He was so opposed to trouble that his paper did not even print war news of the day emanating from Washington For weeks and weeks the Louisville Courier Journal practically suppressed all of the news bearing upon the possibility of war. Mr. watterson threw himself to the front of the danger-line in opposition to war. He took pleasure in denoupcing every other man in the United States as a jngo and an enemy of the country who di1 not think as he did. Mir Watterson was belllgerent in his opposition to the war. He grabbed on to the Mark Hanna and Steve Ell1ins end of every game they played. MT. Wat terson was the one champion of the Spanish bond-holding element.
 What a change has come over the fiery, untamed Kentucky editor! Since hostilitiea have begun there is no greater warrior in the United States than Colonel Watterson. He writes of nothing but blood, thinks ot nothing but blood, and would, if permitted to have his way, build ships from human bones and make the seas run red with blood. Report comes from Louisville that the great editor is living exclusively cn raw beef. One of the most reputable butcher shops in the Kentucky metropolis has been engaged to supply Colonel Wat terson with a complete outfit of raw ma terial four times a day. When the able Kentucky editor now proceeds to write hts war editorials he bathes his pen in blood, not ink. He has made the Courier Journal the great war organ of the south. It is understood that a new perfecting press Is to be lined up in the sub-cellar of tho Courler-Journal building and in future it will be printed in red Red ink will not bo used, but the purest blood from Kentuckys thorough-breds will be the liquids used in molstening the type on the Courier-Iour- nal's new press
 Colonel watterson has made himsels a strategy board, secretary of the navy, a president of the United States and all the admirals of the sea. It is evident to every one now who reads MT. Watterson's advice 10 the administration that the president haS made a great mistake in not appointing the Kentuckian as the master spirit directing both the land and naval forces. MT. Wat terson occupies a different position in this war from what he did in the war between the states. MT. Watterson during those stirring days was busily engaged in rum ming. He was keeping as far in front of the enemy possible, but yet was far enough to be out of danger. MT. Watterson has done no running during the war be- tween the United States and Spain. He has not had an opportunity to run. If President Mckinley will assign MT. Watterson to manage the war it will soon be brought 10 a successful close. Cuba will be freed, Mania and Porto Rica will be annexed, and the American flag wiM float over all the govern ment buildings at Madrid. MT. Watterson is now armed to the teeth The adminlstra- ton has now made a great blunder ia not recognizing Colonel Watterson's superior war talent.