The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-11-12
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az bas Vice Presiden t-Elect Was once a
Resident OF the: smoky City.
Tells of His Experience In
Reporting Horace GreeIeys
N eetins IL: 1872.
ssss PITTsBURG.4 s Nov. II. Senator
Charles w. Fairbanks, OF Indiana,
tee Presid ent-elect. was at one time
resfdentS of Pittsburg. After grad
aating from the Ohio Wesleyan Uni
sYersity at Delaware, O., in 1872, be-
ling then but 20 years of age, he came
Pittsburg and was made manager
the Associated Press for this city,
western Pennsylvania and Eastern
Il Ohio. His Headquarters were in the
tern Union Telegraph Offices. II
7Tas his intention to register as a law
student here and study in some law
ssSyer's Office, but as he was a minor he
found that he would be obliged, under
g5Sfhea rules, to study for three years,
I'm be therefore abandoned the plan
sasnd85sreadS$taW= alone ana without reg
istering
Senator Fairban Ks liked Pittsburg
n UGH, remaining here until May,
Is. and talks interestingly Of his
!ssaxperienees IN the city. The late c..
Brigham and Richard Realf, the
spoet, were among his friends in the
SssstI in Pittsburg," he said to
correspondent, Through the ia
nous campaign for the Presidency
between General Grant and Horace
SreeIey Public sentiment ran high,
u and the contest was very exciting. A
great soldiers and sailors conven-
held here, which I report
led. ii FORAGE Greeley came 10 Pitts
burg shortly after, doubtless with the
u purpose OF trying TO counteractits eff
sfect. A btgcrowd was at the station
hen e old man got off the train,
wearing his wel-known white hat
coat One fellow yelling Gree
l=S1eyf Sreeley.' grabbed hold Of him,
y and vas dragged away. protesting Wig
ssorousIy- Mr.. Greeley spoke from the
sbalc ony the St Charles Hotel It
the, evening, and a rain was
@dal ling II he torches We're blazing all
around, and there was a big gather
stood near the speaker, and
enember as well as though it
yesterday, his white hair, his
sgIasses and his shriH, piping voice as
said on have but lately wit
messed IN your city the pomp, pag
and bIazonry OF civil war.
had man there to take the
peech III shorthand, and held an un-
breIl ID over him while he did it. He
mas to furnish me later with copy
5fSls1rfs hand, butwhi1e he was talling
9SreeTey speechSI had serious doubts
as8 whether the chicken tracks he
making would ever materialize
Unto anything 4 could use. After the
me ting u wrote the descriptive story
fSth eseYent, put it on the wire, and
then started out to get the speech
When entered the Office where was
meet him it was dark, except for
Il enc ght at the back end A man
ssat4there, and l said: Have you got
Greeley speech2' No. he replied,
@5sSo.andSSo has quit the game. He is
& drunk and has gone home
oWs wasn't lin a nice fix? | hur-
RED TO the Office OF the Post and met
I'M Breen Have. you got Greeley's
Il speech asked, Yes, he replied,
h the New York World sent us an adj
vance copy Of it, but stipulated that
a.. p. was not to be allowed to
have explained my situation to
him, and he finally said: Well, We
were told not 10 let the A. P have
the copy of the speech, but it is in
type now, and nothing was said
about the proofs. I guess I'll risk
n giving you a proof So he got me
proof, and with a lightened heart
rushed to the telegraph office and in
few. minutes Greeley's speech was
son the wires and going to all parts
a#of the country. That was one Of the
closest SLAVES l had in my limited
experience as a newspaper man,
4 Henry Hall.