The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-03-30

10 thes ons Of his old friend. W. N
Haldeuian. IS answering. Anyon,
lwhc viii is welcome to assail what ap
pears in the editorial columns Of ths
courierJcurnai. but the man who says
1t Is not a great newspaper IS the en-.
lemy OF Henry watterson. .
Halstead In Many Wars.
No one of the great editors whose
names weer indissolubly linked With
the history of this nation in the two
decades after the Civil War had a
wider range of experience than did
Murat Halstead, who now lives in re,
tirement at Cincinnati On March 2
last he and his wife celebrated their
golden wedding anniversary. They
were married on March 2, 1857, and
took the train that night for Washing.
ton. where Mr.. Halstead arrived In
time to report the inauguration Of
President Buchanan on tbs 4th of the
month. He reported the trial and exc.
cution " John Brown, at that time be.
coming acquainted with Col. Robert E.
Lee. in command of the troops at Har-
Tiers Ferry. When the Civil War
came on Mr.. Halstead saw much SER
vice as a correspondent in the field,
returning to Cincinnati to take charge
of his paper after the war closed.
He was with Prince Bismarck in
the Franco-Purrian War. with weyler
in the Cuban Revolution. Just before
the American intervention, aud with
General Merritt In the Philippines in.
surrection. He has attended and re.
ported every national convention since
the one held in Charleston, in 1860,
with the exception of the last Demo.
cratic convention at st. Louis, when
Mr.. Parker was nominated. or an
intense nature and decided opinions
the Halstead of the editorial page was
tar from being colorIess writer. In
his day he probably caused more bitter
editorial controversies than any other
one man in America AS a CORE.
spondent he was always fair to both
sides, sometimes leaning little back.
ward in his desire to do justice but
always graphic and interesting. He
is one of the few remaining giants of
the days of personal Journalism in
the United States.
Editor and Diplomat.
Whltelaw Reid, the American ambas.
sador to Great Britain. began his jour.
nalistic career Just so years ago as
the editor of the Xenia (o.) News.
Later he becae reporter on the Gin.
cinnati Gazette. and during the hot
political contests of 1860 began writ.
Ing articles lo-isr ne signature
Agate" He Nook the field as a war
correspondent distinguishing himself
at the Battle of Shiloh by being the
only one to get his report through TO
the Northern newspa.l RS. His de-
Tense of Grant in that Battlefield re.
port has done much for the histort.
cal record of the great federal can.
tain. After few years In Washing.
ton he went to the New York Tribune
in 1868 and became associated with
Horace Greedy. When Mr.. Greedy died
In 1872 he. succeeded to the edftorsbln
and chief ownership of the Tribuna
one of the most powerful party organs
ever known.
~ i.stu uoesn f. h'ihce words wnen
- ..es eu.'oriais' and MS bitter at
., s"s upon Sonkiihs and Plat during
sne ta'ious iaetionai night OF the early
:, ..suees earned Tor him hatred that
n nas "e.er oeeh appeased. When Mr..
ne'u ~ehs US minister. to France he
put 'onh nay IN charge OF the Tribune.
@ ~heh Mr. mckinley came to
. .ne "n.te rouse, Mr. Reid would have
Deen Sent ABROAD but the Plat infiu'