The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1905-05-05

this hatred he was never able to OYER
come.
hut the incident With Dickinson was
,lot me only one which led to r.. u.
Hartman asking President Burt TO
resign Tor some more diplomatic man.
WIN the ordinary amount of foresight
IN his treatment of newspaper men.
MIR. Burt Night Vet be holding down.
me management of the Union Pacific.
But he grew suspicious and even par
fu!ous liz dealing with the press.
In the good old Iii Sinson DAYS the
mon Pacific headquarters was con-
sldefed q good source of news by the
reporters. The good fellowship OF
DICKINSON permeated down to the low
est einploNe i'm the office. and the Dress
was always welcome. After Big Ed
left, and Burt vas in supreme com
inafld. things went entirely the other
a lom Orr. the assistant to Presi-
dcnt Burt, grew suspicious. Ii always
greeted the reporters with the reply
hat there was nothing doing" Tn
boys knew better, and it Didn't help
thelr tired heels and injured feelings to
be turned down by the orders of Rurt
1T gradually became known that
President Burt was against the idea OF
giving the papers amy news. Railroad
news In Omaha, with three headuuar-
copy" and President Burt became
gradually disliked. Being shut off from
the HEADQUARTERS, the reporters had
time tc dig up the truth about the con-
di1ion of the rolling stock i'm the big
shops, and the manner in which The
green men We're handling it. OF course
they were absolutely barred from the
shops by President Burt's orders. but
a tired mechanic. seated in a cool bar
room with a foaming glass of beer that
some reporter had paid for, naturally
told the ruth about conditions in the
shops. These things finally reached
the ears of L. II. Hartman, for a rail
road clipping bureau misses nothing
INA Is printed in regard to its road. a
who was a good fellow zoos
up with the story of the Overland
Limited standing on d level prairie for
Two hours trying to get up steam. and
me story OF the woman who became i'll
after she left Omah for Ogden, be-
same national property. If President
lsurt mad kept the boys busy cleaning
around headquarters, these
stories would never have been told.
Finally E. H. Hartman read these
Omaha stories until he concluded to-
make a tour westward himself. He
Travelled over the Southern Pacific to
the coast. and then took the Union Pa.
clflc TO Omaha. He looked over tho
shops on the way. and when he reached
omaha, 1t is said, his mind WAS made
up that President Burt must go OF
tile foau Woul be bankrupt. MIR. Har-
rinlan was met at the depot in Omaha
by a delegation of newspaper men.
The told him, gently, what they
thought of President Burt. and MIR
had been Informed before of
their opinion.
me reporters Immediately made a guess
President Burt was TO lose his
job, and that the strike of the Union
PACING shopmen would be settled by
Mr.. Hartman. They guessed right.
When. on a Sunday afternoon. it
eaked out that President Burt was to
resign. there was much rejoicing among
the newspaper men in Omaha. In the
of that event the boys had their
revenge for Il long session of mistreat-
.ent. Mr.. Burt had his own way, but
1t cost him the presidency.
This idea of having his own way, Of
no opposition. is the chief
characteristic of Horace G.. Burt. There
is not a man in Omaha. or on the Union
Pacific railroad for that matter. who
doubts the engineering ability of Mr..
They know tina he has a mind
ana experience large enough to cope
With physical problems that might come
In the digging of the Panama canal
they will tell of his experience
his general manager, Big Ed
ind With the newspaper boys i'm Oma-
Ia.
This, perhaps, is Why T. p. Shonts.
md not Horace q. Burt, will dig the
Panama canal.