The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1907-03-28

United States located in st. Louis. He
was employed as an assistant sexton of
a cemetery there, until some occasional
contributions gained for him place on
Inc Westhche Post, German daily.
This was before he was twenty one. Ten
years later he became owner of the St
( Louis Post-Dispatch, having conscli-
dated the Post and Dispatch. Five
years thereafter he bought the New
York World, and advanced it to the
front ranks of American journalism
For years he has been almost blind, and
has had to depend upon an amanuensis
to read TO him. He has been always
feearlessly independent in politics. When
elected to Congress he resigned after
having served but few months. His
characteristic editorials are long and
exhaustive, 1t was an editorial of his
gold telegram to the st. Louis CON
vention. After Mr., Roosevelt s cleo
ton by tremendous majority, Mr.
Pulitzer at once predicted that Theo-
dore Roosevelt would be the first Presi-
dent to serve three terms. prophesy
which is giving certain presidential as
pirants no small amount Of uneasiness
Just at this time
Charles Emory Smith. editor of the
Philadelphia Press since 1880: is one of
the few men who keep alive the tradi-
tlons and practice of the old-time per.
sonal journalism. A pupil and disciple
OF Ihurlow Weed. he received fifteen
years of newspaper training ut Albany,
and went to Philadelphia When he
writes an editorial no one needs to be
told that "Smith wrote 1t - The
readers of the Press arc familiar with
his style, clear strong variety of Eng
lish which admits of no beating about
the bush, Mr., Smith has always been
a "a ron nd Ia1 L.
party In every national issue, although
he has often broken away from the
organization in his own State He on
posed Quay with much strength through
nearly all of that gentleman s rule.
Few editors are known by one particu.
lar article, but Mr., Smith IS editorial
on the Freedom of the Press. written
when Governor Pennypacker signed the
press-gag law, is probably his most
famous utterance it is a plea for the
freedom of the press which deserves
place among the classics of political
science. Mr.. Smith was Minister to
Russia during the latter half of Ben
was Postmaster General under McKin-
ley and Roosevelt, Just before the be-
ginning of the Spanish war Mr.. Smith
came 20 Washington, where he had
daily conferences with Mckinley. It
was through his editorials in the Press
that the country was informed of the
exact position OF the administration
President called him 10 the cabinet.
Gen. Harrison Grey Otis of the Los
Angeles Times is n veteran in more
ways than one. This fact was brought
out by an incident which happened n
few years ago In Mexico. l had been
sent 10 the Southern republic by n
m, hnP nf aI1 70 oh t,,,
view with President Porfirio Diaz on
a subject that was then an important
issues. Gen, Otis was one Of the
editors | represented, and in the course
Of my. conversation with the Mexican
executive it developed that he was a
great admircr OF the famous publisher
OF the Times. President DIaz said
''Few men ever become distinguished
IN even one line of endeavor but
great editor As a Young Young man nam
Gen. Otis took part in the nomination
of Abraham Lincoln at the Chicago
convention. being one OF the delegates
from Kentucky, When the call to
arms sounded in the Civil war, Young
Otis responded promptly He went into
the ranks and served throughout the
war, coming out a breyet Iieuteuant-
Colonel. He again offered his services
TO his country in the recent war with
Spain, and Ut was his brigade that
stormed and captured Caloocan in the
Philippines. During his long and
arduous war service he has fought in
fifteen actions, been twice wounded in
battle, and seven times promoted upon
merit Gen Otis is fond of telling
his first experience in journalism, -
which consisted of carrying laths for
plastering the country printing office,
IN which he became an apprentice in
the winter of 1851 and 1852, He
worked his way upward through many
positions until the Times was founded
in 1881, and his strong personality
has been steadily reflected in the
paper. For years he did nearly all the
editorial work on it, and the greatest
compliment ever bestowed on any
member Of the editorial staff today is
! to be told by some reader that an
article comes near the chief S own style
and method i'll handling an important
subject
! heard n war story of Gen Felix
Agnus, the genial editor and publisher
Of the Baltimore American, which
shows that even in the fercest con.
hicts there were always incidents to
prove the brotherhood of man. I think
it was during one of the engagements
around Richmond in the seven DAYS
! fight. Agnus, then Il Captain in
rank, fell, and his companions
thought he was mortally wounded The
/ fighting had been at close quarters
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