The Savannah morning news., 1904-07-10

ner world a few months ago When 1o-
,ner Davenport left the Hearst papers
and signed with the World.
It was not that Hearst men had
never before deserted to Pulitzer's
standard, for this had often happened,
but with Homer Davenport it was diff
farent. He was so thoroughly a pro-
duct of the Hearst newspaper school
that those who knew him and his
work could not possibly imagine him
working against the young exponent
of the new Journalism from California
There were not wanting plenty of
persons to prophecy that the cartoon
ist would soon leave the World and go
hack to the Hearst aggregation, and
the first part of their prophesying
speedily came true, for not more than
half a dozen Davenport cartoons in
all appeared in Mr.. Pulitzer's sheet.
After the last of his World cartoons
Davenport disappeared entirely from
the ken of the New Yorker whose in
terests are all conferred in his own
town, until one day last week.
That day the morning papers con-
tanned an identical advertisement that,
-
cartoons would appear exclusively in
one of the afternoon metropolitan
journals. Not one in ten thousand
New Workers. could possibly have
guessed what paper it was had the
announcement been made with the
name left out, for it was the Evening
Mail, formerly the Mail and Express,
Republican in politics and fairly de-
scribed as standing for everything to
which the Hearst newspapers are con-
stitutionally and Numerically OPP
posed.
Soberly speaking, it seemed at first,
too curious to be true that Homer
Davenport should yoke up on a Re-
publican paper, and no doubt a large
number of New Workers bought the
Evening Mail on that first day to see
how the cartoonist would train under
his new colors.
Most of those who studied that first
cartoon found it vastly amusing and
highly significant of the cartoonists
thoroughly informed with the spirit of
the days political news, though not in
fused with any Republican note.
Published almost upon the eve of the
National Democratic Convention, which
has since then been convened in st.
Louis the chief message of the car
toon was to emphasize the divided i'm
pulses of the Democratic leaders most
talked about in the public press at this
time. Hill and Parker; Murphy, Tam
many and Mcclellan; Bryan and
Hearst, these were shown travelling
conventionward, divided into groups as
here Indicated. Apart from the others
Grover Cleveland plodded along with
his fishing tackle on his shoulder, and
sun further apart pranced German.
Each figure and the completed compo-
sltlon were as effective as Davenports
cartoons usually are; the figure of
Hearst was a genuine triumph.
Davenport draws his former employ
er as tall, thin somewhat lackadaisi-
cal and generally run-to-seed dude
over one shoulder he carries treas
ure bag, once apparently filled to
bursting with coin and paper currency
all kinds of money" in fact-besides
Watches, jewelry and divers other val
liable things.
Both the nature of the bags contents.
ana that it was once full to bursting
are shown by the dribbling stream of
dollars and assorted treasures that is
escaping from the bag and strewing
the ground behind the young man as
ne stalks along, keeping step in unison
with his companion, the "Commoner'
OF Lincoln, Neb.
On the Hearst countenance rests an
expression of extreme vacuity and las
stude, which contrasts sharply with
me \satkrning smile playing over the
lace Mr.. Bryan. To those familiar
win the career of Mr.. Hearst, as it
Is generally understood in New York,
tne hgure representing him in Daven-
port first Republican cartoon is little
less than an epitome of his whole per-
sonal history, and there is no doubt
mat the present personal attitude to-
ward the Emperor of all the yellow
journalists is revealed most wildly by
the drawing.
Homer Davenport is physically as
striking as the very best of his car
toons ever was.
He is a good deal more than six
Ieet tan; he is broad of shoulder. deep
vi chest; his manner and face are
nearly and engaging; his voice is loud
ana cheerful. his legs and arms are
iohg and swinging, his hands are like
MANS his feet are true pedestals, and
ne makes friends with every
meets ~
Davenport lives over in Jersey
III one of the Oranges, I believe
where ne has a collection of birds
second only in size, l am told, to the
94Eldry OF the greatest show on earth
ne ne also possesses dog kennels Of
soile consequence, likewise a herd Of
SodIs. Goats. indeed. may be said to
~. pe ms one chief hobby. He believes
eney VIII eventually be one of his
ttIpultrys staple products, and that
icy VIII do the land on which they
DiiU,"se almost as much good as they
VIII the pocketbooks of their own.
80 he has made a most exhaustive
study of their habits, customs and re-
g.ulIements; their economic possibili-
res RS and their mental limitations.
Ducks on goats are understood TO
LIKE up very important part of the
davenport library.
g. as cartoonist Homer Davenport
y, direct descendant of the late
inolllas Mast who. thirty years ago.
,"Joyed the greatest vogue ever given
w, cartoonist i'm the United States
Wv WHeh Mast was helping with his PEN
ba 70 tear down the old Tweed ring
port was a lad out in Oregon,
SIT ne delights sometimes to de-
ME with a wealth OF picturesque
prsl5se' Just how the Mast cartoors
and ambition.
nal. nough Mast never received as big
DIS Davenport has been credited
g. eHIeHEs1EE's grsLIsH
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