The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1901-12-24
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CAN FRANCISCO, Dec. lo. Miss
y Mary II. Krout who is Well
~ known in Hawaii. f. now the as-
sociatc editor OF the Home Magazin" In
New York city. Miss Krout has writ
ten n great deal about Hawaii since
the days Of the revolution, when she
went to Honolulu as the staff cOrre-
spondent of the Chicago Inter-Ocean.
She was last in Honolulu about n year
and a half ago, when she was the
guest of Mrs. VIM. e. Wilder. Miss
/ Krout has a warm sense of humor and
when engaged in a controversy in
Honolulu did not take amiss the head
line of the Pacific Commercial Adver-
tiser. Miss Krout Is Sour"
/ The Los Angeles Times mentions
Miss Krout as an example OF the pos
sibilities for women in Journalism.
From associate editor of "A country pa
per in Crawfordsvile, Indiana. Miss
Krout has attained high position in
the newspaper world
! While a subordinate writer on the In
ter Ocean she prophesied the failure OF
the impending national republican con-
vention to nominate Judge Gresham for
absolute knowledge both of General Har-
rison's strength and Judge Gresham $
| weakness in Indiana, whose electoral
vote would he required to confirm the
choice of the convention. Like all the
other Chicago papers the Inter Ocean
indorsod Gresham. when Miss Krouts
prophecy was verified. Mr.. Nixon sent
for her and asked chow she would like
to go to indianapolis for the campaign
nt at al Sh O.
"Wen, we have decided that you are
, the one to 60" he said
ON that case" he was told, 81 will &c
and do the best | can"
Her family had been identified with pol
itics since the State was admitted to the
Union, and she had wide acquaintance
with Indianans In public life. She was
! received by General Harrison with re-
markable cordlality. but the chairman
, of the state Central Committee had no
an exalted opinion Of women's capabili
ties as political correspondents. and wa:
I very much dissatisfied, saying: Il thnl
= the Inter Ocean should have sent
man"
Had Mr.. Nixon supposed that | woul,
. injurc its interests, financially or politi
cally." she answered, "he would not hav
q sent me here; he knows me, and you d.
n not"
She then requested the editor OF tn
: Inter Ocean to send "A copy of each issu
n containing what she should write to Gen
cral Harrison and the State Contra
g Committee. In three weeks the commit
o tee was subscribing for G000 copies dali
and sending them throughout the Stat
= as campaign documents.
4 Miss Krout wrote l03 letters in as man
consecutive days, prior to the election
: and on election day sent th!rty-eigh
+ short specials and n two-coumn lette
by wire to her paper writing continu
n ousy from 2 o'clock in the morning vi
- til . o'clock the next morning.
OF her work, as a whole. General Hal
@ rison said to friend 1T did more fC
l. me than that of all the other correspond
cnts combined and he afterwards mad
le practically the same statement in lie
m ter to her, an exceedingly rare thing fC
him to do. A letter acknowledging "tf
g. service she had rendered the republica
N party" was sent Mr.. Nixon. signed i
all the State officials.
~ Perhaps the most important incider
a of that seasons commission was Eettir
and wiring to the Inter Ocean n 30OO-wol
H. speech of Gen. Lew Wallace, of whiC
sh hundreds of thousands of copies We
distributed throughout the country,
le special train being sent to Indianapol
l. with $1,000 papers, containing the speec
which the papers of that city ha
in missed.