The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1910-10-01
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= HERE Lush than hypocrisy In
" q. It's oft-repeatcd description Of the
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Evcning Prcss's stan ~ happy fam
ily' ard consequently there
EER SNV than usual when mt length
K6%A0 rift appeared In the lutte aud ve.inS dis
u@H@E cords marred the long existent harmony.
RRx&E The trouble originated In the "sassng'
OF sereo,yper By "devl' from the
press room, but It taken up by the
respective forcncn Of those two depart
ments ard gradually spread until 1t in
viewed c. r. and McCabe themselves. G.. T.. It should
y. explained, owEer Of the Press and McCabe
rs arbitrary, quarrelsone aud utterly loyal managing
.itor
It Is lamentabe fact that the slightest dsaffec-
ton In newspaper office invariably makes itself felt
Ia the quality OF the paper turned out In the present
istancc tho trouble showed itself the miserable
fixtures that appeared In the Press. McCabe had
!,a; pridcd himself on the papers cuts-cear clean.
Svs!gcccted. with fine contrasts OF light and dark
s::d for three weeks they had shown forth the
per consistently blurred, indstinct ugly. And
10 had done his best to locate the trouble without
,aecess.
O. himself had been highly nettled over the state
81 affairs. Coming Into McCabes Office that morning
hc had thrown down a copy Of the last edition Of
tie day before.
Flow long Is this thing going keep up?' he
.iked ansrily Yesterday the Bulletin printed
front page picture ours, with Its cheap paper
leap Ink. and cheap presses, and 1t made also
s.a OF ours. We're getting on. beautiful. artistic
n .l;h.clnss magazine all right"
n Mct,abes face Redeemed. Justc bic criticism
w pcr didn't often enough for him to be uscl
In II.
"The trouble is" he explained. "there are so many
Ya involved In tho production CT good that it's
.S;:lt locate the responsibility In the first place.
tss photographers got to make a good print, with
1 cay cf sharp contrasts Then the cngravers got
;ssc good plate. II lie etchcs II fraction Of an
i too deep too shallow, the j:'s up. Then the
r. reotyper gets into the game I'm suspicious Of
r. .:ers n he doesn't mount the cut In the form
.s, rlght. bascs his mat too long too short.
go ~, Ia arg Of dozea particulars. the thing
sr".cs out Same wcy wish the press II
t'eY ioG't fee! t.c Ink r.y the particular spot
II there's too much nc.Jture Ia the air, II the
cnsi!iy Cr tie WE rs9er drors o., don't get
rests. s;s:". each OF these is blaming 1t
OIL the otnsr a:.. - &C. mechanic enough to tell
w.os lyia:. r., :e.,y We! satisfied that Walters
n lie man who's .y@: t.ic ..:is up. but can't prove
I've watched every fern ,i-oush the stereotyping
FOR week. but he p-e;cads TO be doing his best,
follows all the Suggestions l make with suspicious
Hiacrity and the pictures than before.
YM Icant get the goods him"
What's he got against yOu:' inquired G. T.
"oh. nothing against me- but he's sore Herman
csi he wants to put It NJ to the press room"
q. T. ruminated q moment. Then he said the mean
cst thing he had uttered to McCabe in the
years Of their working together II guess you're a
little OF your feed" he observed watching the other
man closely. "why don't you take vacation Of
roupls Of weeks and let Goodrich try h~ hand the
jobg"
flush became In comparison like water to wine. 'If
:oure not satisfied with my work." he began. holly,
".ou Gun set"
hut G. T. wouldn't even give him the satisfaction
Il rcslgniug.
oh to hell with that sort Of taik he said shortly
Get busy. DO something. Fire somebody. want
10 Improvement" And he walked out Of the
room.
When Mr.. Robert J. Walker ushered into Nc
Cabes sanctum that same morning he carried himself
po'npously as always, but there undercurrent
Of uueasincss In his manner which McCabe promptly
detected ard wondered at. Mr.. Walker was senior
member Of the firm OF Walker and Stockbridge, own
Of the biggest department store In town. and In
sdcntall, the biggest advertisers He was short and
stout and sweaty and his normal talk exploded from
lis lips like the Gathering Of gasoline engine
"want to ask . little favor Of you Mr.. McCabe"
- besau mopping his fat baldlsh head with his hand
koechef. "rherc was little accident the river
rad last night A little automobile smash-up in
wolch my concerned. Unde stand your man
Rogers has got wind Of It. It's q tier Of public
importance and II you can zee your way clear, wish
yos wouldn't use It,"
He looked at Mccabe anxIousy. He had heard
tales Of the managing editor Of the Pvess and his
attitude toward the suppression Of news
~How did IL happen?" asked McCabe.
WY, barrier In the road where 1t being re
pa1Rs4 Bob turned aside suddenly to avoid II and
Gnashsd Into . lamp post Machine was wrecked
a. b was thrown out. But lie wasn't hurt. The
oepsy isn't worth anything"
WAS the chauffeur hurt- inquired the latter.
These was no chauffeur. Bob drove the car him
go
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