The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-01-06
What Was wanted.

We have exhausted every means
available here 10 receive a copy OF the
Presidents message. Our last resort is
you Our paper. not being in either Of
the news associations. Is left IN the lurch.
leave at midnight. Meet me at Cham
berlin'S al o'clock
The name signed was 'Megargee.'
When ] returned to nv room was
laughing. Before had gone down / was
in 2 humor 10 XII not Only he uaqssn-
ger boy, but the whole telegraph outfit
Ny wife was glad that the message did
not bring her the news q the death or
serious illness OF any Of her relations. /
kept the engagement
II is tough, old fellow, said Mepar-
gee. but YOU as q newspaper man. know
how absolutely essential Il is that ou-
paper, being an afternoon AFFAIR. must
nave the message at The same time the
otheF afternoon papers nave H.
II viii ne delivered to the two houses
Of congress al 1910. and simultaneously
10 viii be on the streets OF PhUaseIDbfa
On the newspapers having the Associated
Press and the United Press. Now our
paper IS out in the cold. 81 being I'm
neither news association
MeEurger-s Bold scheme.
Well ! said, how in the world can
/ help YOU a. This late houre'
90 am Informed he replied. That the
Presidents private secretary has abso-
lutte control Of documents His name Is
Phillips. and ! know that he Is your per
scnal friend, as is the President II YOU
VIII explain the predieameht in which ]
am. ] feel sure he viii not fan me-
But ] said, think OF the hour il is.
washington IS slow place when you
want 10 reach The high officials. Starting
in toi The day, they do not begin 20 realize
they are awake officially until 10 is we'll
on 10 high noon Phillips. being q club
man, does rot retire until late. and we
would hardly dare 10 break iu on him AZ
his apartments az this hour ln the morn
ing
90 why norg' was the answer. 4 dared
90 break tu on goa, and Ga The worst
possible way ! knew that YOU would re-
spoud chlerlul!y- Otherwise ! would not
have done so. 10 was a ease OF "a friend
ia need
Would supply the Nerve.
GAS 10 nerve. leave that 20 me. Get
me wi:Liu the outer door al the apart
meuis Of the private secretary and 7 will
DO the rest. You do the smiling and IN
do the talking We are q good combIna-
tiOu on lines ike those which we are now
playing As for getting the document
over the wires and in type on time. leave
that also 70 me-
81 gave In Il was hard sIedding-a
kloudike-likc road 20 travel over. but
We got there. I viii not 60 into details.
The keeper Of the outer door was the in
dividusl who showed as how 90 do it, He
was . vcritablc friend al court. an old
cOlOred man. for whom 81 seems. / had
done a good turn IN earlier days.
Everything Worked Smoothly.
"MeRargee's Incompatible nerve. his
hypnotic poise his persuasive converse
tion, did the rest of the business. The
private secretary almost apOlOgized for
not being up earlier. and for having to
receive as IN pIiamas and 81 geTs; was
sorry We could not remain and breakfast
with him.
tIcgargcc got the message. He soon
hau it on the wires and 70 was on the
streets OF Philadelphia IN his newspaper
at che same time tho other papers ap-
pearcd.
That was nineteen years ago. md vet
we arc told iu the present era or the
bragEadocio newspaper publishers that
there Was no enterprise OF push iu the
making of newspapers at that time