The morning journal-courier., 1908-07-16

straight way, I'll write my resignation right now so quickly that you won't see me do it."
 How Harrison Got Him Out.
 President Harrison didn't get Troup out so easily, either. The republicans and mugwumps had had go much to say about civil service reform that when his term under Cleveland was up he put. that right up to them 1lhe first intlmation he had that any thing was going to happen was when he received letter from the late Senator Hawley saying that he and Senator Platt had settled on a man for Troup's successor and he suppos- ed the latter would like to resign rather than be replaced without the formalty Troup promptly wrote in reply that he had no thought of doing anything of the kind believed he had been administering the office efficient ly and asked on what account they wished him removed
 Hawley wrote back that he would be as frank as Troup had been, that his appointment had been made be- cause of politics and he was about to remove him and have another man appointed for the same reason. But Troup wouldn't resign. He wrote twice to William Windom, the secre- tary of the treasury, informing him of the situation and asking what pro priety ,here could be in removing him unless there were charges against him and. if there were, what was their nature. They were courteous let ters, and the second was registered and the registry card came back signed, but Windom didn't answer either The next Collector Trour ! knew he received notice that he was no longer Collector Troup, and tC turn over the impedimenta of the of. flee to his successor.
 Somewhat later he met the late Sen ator Platt of Connecticut, with whom ! he was very friendly-thought Plat was a republIcan--in the Fifth avenu, hotel In New York and Windom wa. with him.
 'I want 10 have you meet Secretar, Windom' said Platt and introduced him.
 "I don't know about Mr. Windom, remarked the ex-collector. I've writ ten him a couple of courteous letter to which he never gave any attention at all."
 What's that? Written mo letters :? Windom inquired Troup told him tn circumstances. 'Troup," said the sec retary when he had finished, puttin his hand on the New Haven man shoulder, that was long time ago,
 Col Troup gets that title from hi collectorshlp days. Some newspape man with a passion for abbreviatioi mentioned him as "Coll" Troup an : has done no military service, no served on a governors staff.
 In Boston Troup did his first news paper work, on William Lloyd Carr son'~ "IiberatOr," and became inbue with that great mans ideas, His eS periences in Boston were pleasant an : very cducative but he sought
 larger. sphere anu IDTbuBl lPIl' : from Garrison to Wendell Phillips ot taincd from the latter a letter to Joh Russell Young, then managing editC of the New York Tribune. This led a position with the Tribune, whei Troup staid some time, later going the Mail and still later to the Citizel n with Myles O'Reilly. Those days 4 the civil war and the later sos wei stirring times and many a tale Go ' Troup can tell of his association wit the great newspaper men prominel then. When the International Typ, graphical union was formed he b, came its secretary, for he was a pra
 teal printer, like many another wri
 CT of the day.
 The New Haven Union was starte u by a number of printers as a Sundf
 paper In 1870, the first Sunday pap, - in New England, But Sunday pape
 were unpopular then and it final
 suspended and reappeared in '7l as
 daily Shortly after Mir Troup boug'
 out his associates and became so
 owner. Those were parlous times f,
 the new daily, but the force of 1rour 0 personality carried it through and Il B Unions later years have been pro