The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-11-10

Inter Ocean she had prophesied the
failure of the impending national Re
publican convention to nominate Judge
Gresham for President. She based this
belief upon her absolute knowledge
both of General Harison's strength and
Judge Gresham's weakness in Indiana,
whose electoral vote would be required
to confirm the choice of the conven-
ton. Like all the other Chicago papers,
the Inter-Ocean had endorsed Gresham,
When Miss Krout's prophecy was
verified Mr. Nixon sent for her and
asked "how she would like to go to
Indianapolis for the champaign. ~
mot at ALL" she replied promptly.
well, we have decided that you are
the one to CO." he said.
'In that case" he was told, "I will
go and do the best can"
Her family has been identified with
politics since the state was admitted
to the union, and she had wide ac-
quaintance with Indianans in public
life. She was received by General Har-
rison with remarkable cordiality, but
the chairman of the state central COM
mittee had not an exalted opinion of
womens capabilities as political cor
respondents and was very much dis
satisfied, saying: 81 think the Inter
Ocean should have sent a man.
Had Mr.. Nixon supposed that
would injure it's interests, financially or
politically" she answered, "he would
not have sent me here; he knows me,
and you do not"
She then requested the editor of the
InterOcean to send copy of each
issue containing what she should write
to General Harrison and the state
central committee. In three weeks the
committee was subscribing for six
thousand copies daily and sending
them throughout the state as campaign
documents.
Miss Krout wrote one hundred and
three letters in as many consecutive
Gays prior to the election and on cleo
ton day sent thirty eight short spec
ials and a two-column letter by wire
to her paper, writing continuously
from o'clock in the morning until 2
o'clock the next morning.
OF her work, as a whole, General
Harrison said to friend: 1T did more
for me than that of all the other cor
respondents combined" and he after
wards made practically the same
statements in a letter to her, an ex-
ceeding rare thing for him to do A
letter acknowledging "the service she
had rendered the Republican party"
was sent Mr.. Nixon, signed by all the
state off1clalS.
Perhaps the most important incident
or that seasons commission was get
ting and wiring TO the Inter-Qcean a
three thousand-word speech of General
Lew Wallace. of which hundreds of
thousands of copies were distributed
throughout the country. a special
train being sent TO indianapolis with
10000 papers containing the speech,
which the papers Of that city had mis-
sed
Upon her return to Chicago, Miss
krout was promoted 10 the editorial
STAFF OF the Inter-Ocean. Learning that
revolution was imminent in the
Hawaiin Islands she induced her edi-
tor TO send her 10 Honolulu. She
would have been the only special cor
respondent upon the ground at the
time Of the Queens deposition; but
two days before she was 10 set out
she made a misstep and broke her
foot This postponed her departure un-
III the revolution was an accomplished
fact But eventually, with the foot In
a Fllieate cast ana on crutches. she
made the Journey reached Honolulu
safely and remained until the Ameri.
cen flag was hauled down from the
government buildings ceremonial Of
which she was an eye witness Being