The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-10-05

Retrospective View Of Decade
 oso Half With 1Re Adverti.rer.
BY D. w. McIVER.

- - - He Is now on The Denver Post. the news from him being to the effect that he fs doing well.
 Billy Brumby drifted away some Ave years ago and has passed out of sisht- He has talent and the ability to succeed, and that he will do so have never doubt and settle him down and he will then develop the talents with which he has been gifted by nature. He worked awhile in New York and is now said to be on the stan of The St. Louis Rep-olic. Wherever he is, he is assured that he has the best wishes of his old associates on The Ad- vertiser.
 In recent years there have bsen new men connected with the paper. but they soon pass out and ike meteor thels careers although brilliant are short and sweet. The present writing force is doing good work and their faces are presented in this issue.
 Retrospect and Prospect
 In the composing room Mr. ". ". Waldo, who was the ad. man, but who is now the foreman, is the only one left of the force when came. He has steod to his post all these years and steady promotion has been his reward
 In the business cfiice none fs left of the old force but the new men are kssp- ing pace with the progress of the times and are doing . great work in theiE as- partmcnt
 During my fifteen years with the paper I can truly say that my experiences has been most pleasant and my Associations most agreeable. I have been treated more as a principal than an employs and my Iabors have always been directed with my very best efforts to the success ana upbuilding of the paper.
 have seen men come and men go, but the old paper has gone on with direct and straightforward stand for principle and the right, and although not always being in the successful side. 1t has won the confidence and respect of the people who have become convinced that it ts controlled by principle and is not to be turned from its course by every passing breeze.
 In the fifteen years of my service on The Advertiser there has been wonderful and remarkable progress in the paper in all departments and if the same growth ts kept up for the next fifteen years 1t will have outstripped all other Southern newhpapers.
 Some Exciting Campaigns.
 During my service with The Advertiser there have been some bitter and exciting and I have taken an active part in them as 1t was my duty to follow up the candidates to make reports of their speeches and of their meetings.
 In 1890 the fight against Captain KoIb was the first real contest in the Demo cratic ranks in which The Advertiser had espoused the cause of any particular tn- dividual for nomination and that the fight was bitter and exciting one was mat ter of course. l reported many of the meetings of that campaign under some difficulties and sometimes with threatened danger to myself but I went rissht along in the discharge of my duty and was never harmed, although much abused and given many hard names
 In 1892 when Captain Kolb opposed Gov ernor Jones for renomination and then opposed him for the election, did much of the reporting of the speeches and pub lie meetings of the candidates and that was one of the most interesting cam paigns in all my experience. Governor Jones spoke with much force and power and not so much with oratory but with the manner and earnestness with which he said what he had to say. In an at- tractive and captivating way he caught the people and won them wherever they gave him a fair and patient hearing. Captain Kolb made an aggressive and effective canvass and it must be said of him that he made & strong, though ios- ing fight
 In the Oates and Johnston and Clarke and Johnston campaigns also did much of the outside work for the paper and in 1900 did some reporting. although thers was not much to do as The Advertiser took no part in the contest between tha candidates.
 The story of my connection with ths paper is one of toil and unceasing labor. though much of it has been pleasant and like all newspaper work is more or less attractive. When one gets into the news paper groove it is next to impossible to get out of it for a newspaper man Is not well fitted for any other business.