Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-06-04

always been brought up to respect the
newspaper profession. Down in our part
of the country. in the days when my bring
ing up was being accomplished. the news
paper editor was the most respected and
most feared man in the community. He
was always the best shot in the town.
otherwise he would not have been able to
keep his paper running.
In our town the editor was sprightly
young fellow who came there suddenly
from the states and resented the slightest
inquiry into his antecedents He was
mighty bright man. and my father became
his best friend. 1 frequently visited the Of
fee with the old man and the editor seemed
to take quite shine to me. Of course
thought he was the whole thing and ac-
cepted everything he said as gospel. He
would often tell me about his business.
and al last l asked him to take me in with
him. when was old enough to think about
going into business. He told me | could
report local items. and l often raked up
good piece of news. 1t all had to be very
carefully edited though. and l never recog-
| nzed anything but the subject when it
! came out in the paper. My friend told me
all young men had to begin Ike that. how
ever and took it all in good part.
After A year or two the paper
thought l was about prepared to come east
and take a job on one of the big dailies
[ preached the subject to the editor and
he laughed at me He said l could never
hold my end up with the eastern men. In
the first place. he said l would have to be
An expert stenographer and a rapid and
careful penmar. l wrote east to some OF
my friends and asked them to find out the
qualifications most desired. and | was told
about the same thing. I then decided that
| would not be newspaper man In the
east or anywhere else. ana quit the Du5l-
ness then and there.
"A few years ago l came to this city on
some business and I thought l would take
look at the aggregation OF correspondents
no. sol 70 Gp hn n u
est in the business. I was introduced to
several OF the men on the row and one day
found my way into the Senate press gal
| iery AS sat there / did not see a single
man taking shorthand notes. but they all
| appeared to be interested In the ladies who
were sitting in the reserved al'eries Once
| OF twice overheard a group of men in con-
versation and most of them appeared to he
| talking about the sudden drop in sugar or
the rise in the price of wheat. I did not see
more than one or two men who were pay
| ing the slightest attention to the venerable
members of the Senate.
Every once in a while man would yell
/ Postal or Western Union" and a mes
! senger boy would bolt through the crowd
about the door with d fist full of the worst
looking copy I ever saw. After whl e
went into the rooms in the Of the gal
/ iery. where the men gather to tell stories.
| and had chance to see some of the cor
respondents at work at the long table that
4 fills of the fOomS. OF all the penmaH-
| ship | ever saw in my life those men took
! the pie How in the world the telegraph
/ operator could make out what was scrawl-
me There was one of my ideals shattered
! I had always believed that newspaper men
| were the best penmen on earth.
But then came the Queerest thing. |
reckon I met about half a hundred corre-
| spondents during my stay in the city. all
1 of them men who send out daily verbatim
| reports of the speeches. etc. delivered in
| Congress. and only three of those men were
I ,tnr ,hArz 7 had anil kyny hat
! twenty years ago I might have been a cor
respondent myself. have made it my bust
\ ness to inquire and don't believe you will
find three shorthand men in hundred re-
| porters. That Is the queerest thing l have
seen In many year
Representative suzer and group OF
| friends were discussing the formers plans
| in event OF the bursting. prematurely. of
/ his vice presidential boom. at the head
quarters Of the democratic national COM
! mittce at the Metropolitan last night
| When I announced myself recep-
| tive candidate for the democratic nominal
! ton for Vice President said Mr.. Sulzer.
| II resolved that l would not become 4
| candidate for governor of New York.
| have made 1t a plan never to run for two
| positions at once. and will not recede from
| that resolve now. 1 have received excellent
| reports from all over the country and
| have been greatly encouraged. I have the
| New York. New Jersey and Pennsylvania
delegations instructed to vote for me. In
fact. when the convention meets think I
I will have all of the New England states.
Some of the southern states are promised
me also Texas holds good many friends
| Of mine. and believe there will be a stiff
ight for me there l also have good hold
| OH the democrats of Virginia. and I hope
| the delegation from that state will go to
Kansas City instructed to vote for me-
| The announcement made last night