The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-03-19
MR.. Babies STORY.
New Capital Editor Said Nothing
About Trouble.

A. c. Babize, the staff correspondent
of the Chicago Times Herald, who has
bought stock in the Capital company,
and who is slated to be managing editor
of the paper if it is continued as d
Christian daily. wired his paper nothing
concerning the disagreement in the
Capital management-at least nothing
appears in the Sunday morning edition
of Times-Rerald.
In the Times Herald of Saturday, Mr.
Babize, in a signed article, says con-
cerning the future of the Capital:
THE owners of the Capital will favor
a marked change in the future conduct
of the paper after Charles NJ Sheldon
leaves the editorial chair tomorrow. In
just what manner and to what extent
this change will be carried out will be
decided at a meeting of the stockhold-
ers Monday. Such is the announcement
made this afternoon by F. o. Popenoe,
chief owner of the paper.
The conviction has been growing
upon u.s. said Mr.. Popenoe, that this is
the opportunity to carry out the work
which Mr. Sheldon has begun, and while
it may take years to achieve our object,
it will be the result of experience and
years Of learning. eW viii undertake to
publish the paper on a higher basis. In
just what way this will be done will be
determined by the response to the edi-
tOrial which Mr.. Sheldon is preparing
for tomorrOw's publication
""What special changes are you con-
templating?
- we will have newsier paper than
Mr.. Sheldon has made. But many of
Mr.. Sheldon's suggestions will be car
ried out. Mr.. Sheldon himself will be
associated in a friendly way with the
paper, and he viii lend his hearty CO.
operation and aid. In our Judgment
such a paper will have a circulation of
100 000'
The editorial prepared by Mr.. Shell
don calls upon the subscribers of the
1z.Igl ft,-
ments concerning the continuation of a
paper conducted on Sheldon lines.
so far as known no changes in the
present staff of the Capital will be
made. Gen. J. K. Hudson will continue
to have charge of the editorial columns
with Harold I. Chase, the associate ed
itOr. All branches of the news service
however, will be in charge of a new
man, a. Chicago newspaper man of long
experience in metropolitan journalism.
His position will practically be that of
managing editor. Both Gen. Hudson
and Mr.. Chase are in perfect accord
with the plans of MrPopenoe, and both
felt that, with the impetus given to the
Capital through the Sheldon edition, the
paper has a great future before it,
1t is evident that at the time Mr.
Babize wrote the last paragraph he did
not expect any opposition to the Chris
tian daily from Gen. Hudson. The only
reference he made to the proposed
change in his telegram to the Sunday
Tim Herald, after the row in the Cap
ital management had developed, is the
following:
THE future policy of the Capital will
be along the lines suggested by Mr.
Sheldon, although. of course, the paper
win be newsy. The details for conduct
ing the new Capital have not yet been
worked out but the plan probbly will be
agreed upon and announced after the
meeting of the directors Monday So
far as is known there will be no change
in the personnel of the editorial staff
except the appointment of A. c. Babize
a Chicago newspaper man, to be man
aging editor, a new position on the
Capital. this work in the past having
been performed by the editor in chief,
Gen. Hudson"