The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1900-03-29

8iCItu us eultOr Oh Inc IllUb oH StFeid
4occasions during Mr.. Nagle's temporary
Sabsence from the city, and in after years
twas pleased to say that he regarded il
rs no inconsiderable compliment that he
yhad been chosen to do editorial work ON
sthe paper. Mr.. Maggie was informed OF
THAT statement and showed his appre-
sciation Of it by occasionally mentioning
sit TO his friends with evident gratilica-
Ation.
Mr. Nagle Independence in the con
3duct of his paper has been the subject of
imuch comment Yet Notwithstanding
athat independence, he had great respect
dfor the opinion and good judgment of
5his readers, and gave them due consid-
!eration He could not and did not yield
III convictions on matters involving
fgreas principles, in order to secure or re-
ltain the appreciation Of his subscribers.
lBut he had too much regard for their
Intelligence and for their rights TO make
Sthe paper his personal organ or to make
lii the medium of nnsecmly discussion,
Frivolous articles, or of any matter or
communication which was offensive to
Egoo1 taste or propfiety. While under
This charge no parent need scan the col
Aumns of The Pilot before permitting his
$child to read It, No reader could com
splain that the paper gave space to sub
Elects in which he had no interest and
(which related solely to personal griev-
,ances Of the editor. 1t was not a con-
atroversial organ so far as local contem-
sporaries were concerned The Pilot dis
scussed topics from its editors point Of
view. If other editors held different
views on the same subjects, that did not
laggrieve the Pilot nor give il cause for
quarrel If controversy were forced up
ION it, the argument was not pursued to
'the point at which it was worn thread
bare and readers were wcaried, and
rarely if ever was it SO conducted on the
part of The Pilot rs to disturb the pleas
aant relations which it is believed Mr..
maggie always sought to maintain with
sother newspapers. And he was able to
pursue this course without causing any.
,one TO believe or suspect that he ever
,shrank from controversy because of any,
fear that to engage III it might discredit'
him. His capacity as thinker and
Writer were so far conceded, at least in
later years, that he felt quite at libertyl
to either accept or decline invitations To-
debate without giving him.
self serious concern as to the source
from which the invitation came or as
TO how his professional reputation might,
.be affected by the proposed controversy. 1
In the career of every able LAWYER,
there comes u time when his ability is
50 well known that hencefOrth he ceases
to consider whether the result Of trial
III which he engages rs counsel can af-
feet adversely his standing at the bar
In the progress which he has made he,
has passed the point up TO which it was
necessary for him to consider that ques-
ton Those who understood Mr.. Maggie 81
powers will not pronounce it too partial |
a Judgment to say that, in his profess
sion the time has passed when he need
measure his opponent before consenting
TO meet him in defense of any principle
to which The Pilot was committed or in
which its editor believed
Mr. Nagle's style of writing must have
had merit for il certainly won for him n
large measure of recognition 1t was
easy without being REDUNDANT it wasH
graceful without loss of force or vigor q
it was simple and unpretentious withouts
ANY sacrifice Of elegance. He had reads
with care and discrimination most ofI
the works which are entitled to rank asT
English classics. In his earlier years he
became and thereafter he never ceaseda
TO be a student of expression He ref
gardcd Shakespeare, Gibbon, Burke and
Macaulay as the great masters of Eng
Fish style and that was one of the rea-
sons why he studied them with more
than ordinary application. 1t would
nevertheless be difficult to Indicate
wherein if at all his own style seems to5
pave been in any wise affected by hisa
study Of the three last named authors
'aud he certainly cannot,be said to haveI
taken the writings of either of them for
p modcl Mr., Maggie regarded the Spring
licld Republican rs one of the best edits
led newspapers in this country, He had
observed il with that idea in mind forl
nearly twenty-five years, and his opinion1
|pf II to the last was rs stated Thee
|clearncss and simplicity of its style andS
4 It's use Of short, crisp Angles Saxon words /
| n preference TO those derived from otherj
asources seems to have impressed himi
ffavorably, for the same preference is ap-S
parent in his own style in later years
| At the time of the Venezuelan control
fyersy, President Elliot of Harvard said1
kthat the highest development of charac-i
! ter which American newspapers had