The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-07-17


Those Indiana literary fellows arc
causirg the National Press club Of
Washington no end OF worry, News
paper paTagraphehs may all scribblc
aquibs about the multiplicity Of the
Hoosier authors and talk about the lux
iuant growth Of literature on the banks
Of the Wabash-4t sounds funny and all
that, but the library committee Of the
Press club Il up against a real problem
and isn't inclined to treat the over-pro-
duetion Of Indiana writer's with laugh
Ger.
The trouble came about through the
agency Of one Thomas r. Ship. who
used to be city editor Of the Indian
apoiis News. and who, although now re-
Specially above the newspaper game as
secretary Of The Joint COMMITTEES on
Conserva ton. still has q warm regard
for the correspondents. When the
Press club moved 20 It's new quarters a
month Of 10 ag0 q big library was plan.
ned, wherein hard worked newspaper.
men might seek surcese from the tariff
and other dry subjects. A library com
mittee was accordingly appointed 70
seek contributions and install about
sixty feet ct books.
Tom shiua, who happens to be one Of
the leading lights ol the club and who,
incidentally. balls from Indiana. inform
ca the committee that he thought he
could persuade a publishing house in
Indianapolis, one Of the members o.
the firm being known 70 him personal
ly. to donate a set Of Indiana authors
to the club. The committee WIS over
ioyed, and told Tom 10 do his worst.
Shipp made q successful touch. He
got a letter from the book firm stating
that they'd sent a complete assortment
OF H0Osier literature. that Is all the
volumes by Indiana authors they'd ever
published. The assortment totalled up
to ~ books. Il included George AIDE.
James Whitcomb Riley, Booth Tarking
ton and other famous writer's Tom
Shipp was 50 pleased that he tipped
oil some Of the Indiana correspondents
md they wrote little pieces about It for
their papers.
Right there trouble butted in, The
first mail hack to Washington brought
the Library Committee this Letters
dianapolis publishing house has donat-
"a 4 set of books written bv Indiana
authors to the Press club. u ] beg to
state that that collection il not com.
plete. NV own work does not appear
to have been sent you. 1T wasn't print
ed BY that firm, and I haven't any
doubt but that they purposeiy neglected
mentioning my authorship out OF re-
venge-at any rate they refused 10
publish my book, and / had it private
IL printed later. In order to make your
library complete and remedy the glar
ing deficiency in not having my work,
] am forwarding You a copy under sep
arate cover Yours etc"
The next day another missive couch
ed in similar terms was received. Then
came more Books fairly flowed in ont
the library committee, and letters ar
rived BY every mail-they all roundlyl
berated the Indiana publishing house
and. merely in order that the collection
Of Indiana authors might be represent.
ed, begged the club to accept my own
traIng book"
The Library Committee Is now try
Inc to figure out some way Of getting
even with Tam Ship. TT has abandon
ed any fleeing idea it might have had
Of accommodating all Of lndiana's crop
Of literature within the limits Of the
Press club rooms.
After sitting through many weary
weeks of The tariff debate and witness
ing day after day the control which /
Senator Aldrich had over the situation,
IL remained for Senator Depew to dis.
cover and tiguratiyely take off his hat
to another boss, who, he intimated, I
could give acafds and spades" to any !
wifi whom he bad ever been acanaint. l