The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-08-24
FINCH TALKS OF ANTHONY.
Lawrence Editor Discusses Life of
Leavenworth Veteran.

| c. S. Finch says in the Lawrence Ga
zette:
| Monday was Colonel D. r. Anthony's
S0th birthday. What makes the event
/ particularly felicitouS is that he re-
Gently survived a severe attack of sick
ness. 1t was four weeks ago that the
news was sent from LeaVenworth that
| the valiant and distinguished editor was
dying, but he upset the calculations of
his physicians as he had done before,
and now is almost recovered from the
attack To attain the age of four score
and maintain mentality as vigorous
as it was in youth almost sets at de-
1ance the laws of nature, but Colonel
Anthony is remarkable man. He
comes from a family noted for its long
evity and sturdy stock. He traces his
lineage back for centuries and all of
his ancestors lived to ripe old ages. His
sister, Susan B. Anthony, is IS with
none of her wonderful faculties inn
paired.
In the fullness of life, when the state
for whose preservation he fought and
which owes much to him, is one of the
most enlightened commemorative in
the union; with a son and a grandson
bearing in full the same name. Daniel
r. Anthony, Colonel Anthony can view
the world with complacency and con-
tentment. While he is a rich man, as
rich men go in Kansas, being worth
probably quarter million, his life has
not been devoted to the accumulation
of money. Had he devoted his tremen-
dous energy and great mental gifts to
the gathering of fortune, he could
easily have amassed millions.
Colonel Anthony has been maligned
and illuminated probably more than
any other man in Kansas. The abuse
and VituperatiOn nave come largely
from men whose CRAFTS and unscrup-
ulous means he has opposed. He has
lived to triumph over his enemies.
While he is an implacable hater, he is
not vindictive, and once he has an en-
envy beaten, he never perSecuteS him.
He is a staunch friend and has befriend-
ed hundreds. His training has been of
great assistance in educating young
men who entered his employ. Many
graduates from his office have attained
the highest positions in metropolitan
newspaper circles, a fact of which he
is very proud.
Had Colonel Anthony been a little
more diplomatic, had he not entertain
ed at all times such pronounced views,
he might have had any office within
the gift of the people of Kansas. But
he was educated in the 'old school,"
in the days which tried mems souls
when grit and force were more eff
fective than the milder methods.
When Kansas was a battle ground be-
tween the free state men and the
slave element, Colonel Anthony's pow
erful and picturesque eloquence kim
died in mems breasts the fire of pat
riotism. He was a natural leader and
led his followers into the thick of the
in a Kansas volunteer regiment, and
had a gallant and honorable war rec
ord. He then gave up the sword for
the pen, and has welded the more
peaceful instrument almost uninter-
ruptedly ever since. He sold out the
Leavenworth Times about twenty
years ago to a syndicate for 500, 900.
The syndicate was made up principal
ly of men from Maine. The two men
who took executive charge were a
man named Smith, and one named
Dingley, the latter a son of Congress-
man Dingley. They did not make a
success of the paper, and a short time
later Colonel Anthony bought it
back, paying a much lower figure
than the price he had sold it for.
In common with his admirers all
over Kansas, the Gazette hopes that
Colonel Anthony will live for years
yet, and learn to enjoy in quiet and
peace the honors he has so well
earned.