Owingsville outlook. [volume] (Owingsville, Ky.) 1879-192?, 1899-04-20

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to the Public Printer to be printed
marked rush" :" The copy was re
ceived about half past three o'clock
and the proceedings of the com.
mission, making 325 printed pages
was printed and bound and 10000
copies ready for distribution by
o'clock the next day.
The present Public Printer, Hon
F. w. Palmer, of Illinois, is a gen.
tleman of eminent worth and in.
tegrity, and too much cannot be
said in praise of his methods and
business-like manner in superin-
tending this great printing oilic
General Palmer is an old news
paper man and printer, and has
devoted the best years of his life to
the newspaper business and the
good of the Grand Old Party. He
has been at the head of several
large metropolitan dailies, was
postmaster of the city of Chicago,
and occupied the position of Public
Printer under President Harrison's 8
administration. President McKin-
ley, recognizing his experience and
ability, wisely chose him as the
best-fitted man for the high posi-
tion he now holds.
General Palmer is a gentleman
thoroughly identified with the
growth of his country and the State
of Illinois. He has served his
country as II legislator in the halls
of Congress, and was one of the
most able members ever sent from
his State. "A maE'ripe with expe-
rience, and one who has been
participant in many public enter
prises, he is today enjoying the
vigorous old age Of a life well spent.
General Palmer has as his assist
ant Mr.. o. j. Ricketts,, of Illinois,
who Is said to be one of the most
accommodating gentlemen that has
ever held down the position of pri-
vate secretary to the Public Print
er. Polite and accommodating. Mr..
Ricketts, stands ever ready to at
tend to the wants of the people
whom he is serving, and the bust
ness of his office is like clockwork.
In our years of work in the news
paper field, we have never met any
one we think more of than we do
young Ricketts,. The writer hopes
some day to see him represent his
people in the halls of Congress,
where he would be a shining light.
Capt. Ii. F. Bryan, foreman OF
the g. p. o.. is one of the best
posted men in the United States
when it comes to printing of all
kinds. He has been in the office
for about thirty years, and under
stands the business from the first
floor to the "sky parlor." His years
of good work have won for him a
name that will last in the history
Of the G. p. U. until time shall have
ended all things. In the opinion
Of the writer there are but few, if
any, that could fill the place as to the
manner born as does the present
foreman. He is well thought of by
the men who hold responsible posi-
tions under him, and when you
take into consideration the amount
of work he superintends Captain
Bryan is not an idle man by any
means. We tip our beaver to the
foreman of the G. p. o. with hope
that our relations in the future will
be even more pleasant than they
have been in the past.
Hon. Albert Cottle, foreman of
the fourth division (of which I'm an
ex-member), is a genial and urbane
gentleman, and printer of the
''old skule." He Is man thor
oughly fitted to direct the efforts
and skill of the l25 men under him.
His able assistants, Jessie Grant.
j. II. Kahlert, Clarence Lewis, Jno.
M. Winchester, ID. w. Fleming, G.
o. Doten and G.. 5. Bonhart, are all
men who have not only made the
printing business study, but have
mastered every branch, and no di-
vision in the G. o. p. can boast of
more competent crew than can
the fourth, from the foreman to the
laborers.
The printers have succeeded,
through efforts of Senator Lodge,
in having an amendment tackled
onto the sundry civil bill increasing
the pay of compositors to fifty
cents per hour. This was the wages
the printers received st one time,
but by an act of Congress Feb. l6,
1877, they we're cut down to forty
cents per hour. OF all the employees
in Uncle Sans" vineyard the
Printer Lads" are without doubt
the hardest workers-and the pass
age of this bill was the proper thing.
Pm at present doing time" in
the press room under that prince of
good fellows Col. A. W. Graham,
who is ably ASSISTED by Ray Proud
ley. Col. Graham, who has been in