The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-12-18

could. no doubt. have received any
honor he wanted at the hands of the
democratic party. But the greasers
were not to his liking. He returned to
Denver. much to the delight of the
Denver people, and especially the
newspaper men, but his stay was snort.
The old gang was rapidly going TO
pieces. II was no in mortal man TO
stand the strain to which all had been
subjected. and only a few bore II for
several years. Field went to Chicago,
Rothacker to Omaha. Ziegenfuss came
to Montana. Others left, going To
New York or San Francisco. and ;ul-
lien came to Montana. Several Of
the old Denver men have died, others
lag superfiuous on the stage. others
have found comparative rest on coun-
try papers. and Julien is coroner-elect
of Silver Bow county. having headed
his tickle in the late rambl II
seems that almost every one in Butte
voted for Julien. where he is so well
known and evidently well liked. judg-
ing from the majority he received.
1t Is hardly necessary for me to
speak of Mr.. Jullien's newspaper work
in Montana. as 1t Is well known to all
newspaper men. 1t has been of a high
order. He did good work In Butte
and better i'm Great Falls. when he bad
charge of the columns Of the Tribune.
If / were asked / would say. as far az
my judgment goes. that Mr.. Julien.
though good in all kinds OF newspa-
per work, is best as an editorial writer.
He possesses the faculty of stating
simply and clearly i'm a few words
what he wants to say. i have never
known but two men his equals in this
respect and they are lawyers-Tom
Macon of Denver and Warren Toole
Of Helena. He has what Is called h
simple style. that seems so easy yet
is so hard. and can not he acquired
by any one unless especially mentally
equipped for such an effort. Another
thing. Mr.. Julien will not undertake TO
do two things at once and. consequently.
he Is never ~slovenly, as so many of
us are who let pass what we should
not but must. under stress of circum-
stances. But Mr.. Julien Is not a
plodder. He writes easily and grace
fully. owing to his ability, no doubt,
to analyze quickly. / doubt IL he ever
attempts to put pen to paper unless
he has the outlines of what he Is go
ing to say arranged to his satisfac-
ton i'm his mind. There is no inspira-
ton in this, but 1t is something FAR
superior correct mental training
which must be early acquired. Many
of US waste good gray tissue in men
tai efforts by not knowing exactly
what mental muscles to bring into
play for the effort. Mr.. Julien does
not do this. He does not accomplish
a giant swing by main strength. but
with a grace that evokes admiration.
Though painetaking and careful. he
is able to turn out a large amount OF
COPY at short notice. and in reading
what he writes IL does not impress you
as having been written to order and
against space. though IL may have
been. That is the genius of newspaper
writing. The scholar in his library.
with plenty of time at command, can
turn out an excellent magazine arti-
Gle. but place him In an editorial room.
where time "a so important. give him
a subject and tell him to make a
stick" or a column out of IL. and nine
times out of ten he will make a botch
of IL. Mr.. Julien wouldn't: therefore
he may be considered a thorough news
paper man.
1 do not believe there is one Of the
fraternity in Montana hat il not graf
fled because of Mr.. Jullien's election
to the Office he will soon assume. 1t
will yield him a good income and. be-
sides that. he will be free from n
worry and bother and trouble every
writer has who grinds yrist.
good. bad and Indifferent. IL would he
gratifying TO me to know that all
newspaper men who have been long
in the harness were provided for the
next few years with something equal
IN as good as Phi Julien has: and
may ne in time get something better.
HENRY o.. COLLINS.