The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-04-06

Champ Clark, whose eloquence has
charmed thousands of religious enthu-
slasts at Chautauqua-how many are
aware that he once presided at the
editorial tripod of the Riverside Press.
of Louisiana, Mo- Here stands James
NJ Griggs of Georgia, CHEEKY and deb
omar, with blue eyes and yellow hair
and aspirations for political prefer
ment in the Congressional Campaign
Committee. Even the biogra phical
sketches fail to record that he once
ran the intellectual department of the
Berrien County News. Edgar Weeks
of Michigan is another newspaper man
hiding his light under a bushel. Men
VINO heard his magnificent speech on
the pension bill may be surprised to
learn that he was once the editor of
the Mount Clemens Monitor. Near by
you see stalwart figure with clear
complexion and a white mustache.
This is the chairman of the Commit
tee of Printing, Joel p. Heatwole of
Minnesota. He is the illustricus pro-
prietor of the Mortified News, a fact
unrecorded in the sketches. Like
Weeks. Heatwole is also a practical
printer.
Wherever you turn on the floor of
the House you confront a newspaper
man. At your side stands modest
James r. Young of Philadelphia,
Washington correspondent of Horace
Greeley's Tribune in its palmiest days
and now one of the editors of the
Philadelphia Star. He is a brother of
the late John Russell Young, who died
While librarian of Congress. Howard
Mutchler of Easton is another newspa-
per contribution from the keystone
state. He is the editor and owner of
the Easton Daily Express and the
Northampton Democrat. This is
Mutchler's second term, in Congress.
He was elected to the Fifty-third Con-
gress to fill the vacancy created by the
death of his father. Away off on the
other side of the House you find an
other Pennsylvania editor, Ernest f.
Acheson of the Washington Observer.
Acheson's name heads the roll call of
the House. He is worthy member of
the Committee on Rivers and HarborS
and is serving his fourth term in Con-
gress. Tennessee is represented by
two newspaper men, Walter P. Brown
low of the Jonesville Herald and Tri-
bune and Henry r. Gibson of the
Knoxville Chronicle. Brownlow is a
nephew of old Parson Brownlow, and
was once a reporter for the Knoxville
Wing. Other newspaper men in the
House are Thomas j. Selby of Illinois,
once owner of the Jersey County Dem
ocrat; Frederick j. Kern, editor of the
BellVille News Democrat George w.
Cromer of Indiana, of the Muncie
Times; Charles F. Scott of Kansas, ed
itor of the lola Register Vincent Bore
ing of Kentucky, publisher of the
Mountain Echo of London; John
Dougherty, once editor of the Liberty
Tribune, Mo-; Charles f. Cochran, late
editor of the ST. Joseph Gazette; Ru-
dolph Kieberg of Texas, who establish
ed the Cuero Star, and Dennis t.
Flynn of Oklahoma, once editor of the
Riverside Leader of Iowa. Aside from
these there are two New England edi-
tors well worth consideration. They
are Samuel w. Mccall for eight
months the editor-n-chief of the Bos-
ton Advertiser, and Edwin c. Burleigh,
the third editor of the Kennebec Jour
nal who has been sent to Congress.
New York presents George B. McClel-
Ian, once a well-known reporter in the
metropolis; Oliver H. p. Belmont, p J
prietor of the Verdict, and George N.
Southwick of Albany, once managing
editor of the Evening Journal of that
city. Another man of prominence is
Dick Bartholdt, of st. Louis. He was
editor of the St. Louis Tribune when
first elected to Congress. Last of all
comes William Alden Smith, who sup
pliments his income with dividends
drawn from the Grand Rapids Herald.
The promotion of so many newspaper
men to the halls of Congress recalls
the remarkable distich said to have
been written by John r. Mclean:
Mans a vapor
Full of woes;
Starts paper,
Up he goes
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