The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-12-19
PATTERSON WILL BE HERE SATURDAY. Be Good Opportunity To
 Hear Noted Editor
WILL SPEAK ON PEACE
Has Known Statesmen and Promi- nent Men of Old Times and Links the Past With
 the Present

The visit of Henry Watterson,1 the distinguished editor of the Louisville Courier-Journal, to this city next Sat- urday evening will afford the citizens | of this district splendid opportu- | nlty to hear an address in support of | the ratification of the general arbitra- ton treaties of 1911 from the lips of one of the strongest members of the citizens national committee. One of the most picturesque figures of the newspaper world who links the past with the present, there is per- haps no man better known as an ed- itorial writer throughout the country than MT. Watterson. He belongs to that group of distinguished journalists in which Horace Greedy. Charles Dana. Henry Grady, Joe McCullagh, Harvey Scott and others were prominent. Their names are indelibly coupled with cer- tain newspapers just as Watterson's name is joined to the Courier-Journal.
 MT. Watterson, addressing President Taft at a recent Louisville meeting, said that he had personally known ev- cry President save the first five and the ninth. The first five were Wash ington, Adams, Jefferson, Madison and Monroe, and the ninth was William Henry Harrison. Many of the men, such as John Quincy Adams and Andrew Jackson, he must have known as a small boy when he lived in Washing ton. He was born in Washington and seems to have absorbed an interest in public affairs from the very begin ming.
 | In o11D af h fe+ fr,fn onel Watterson said: Among the Pres idents l have known was one who was candidate for 20 years before he was elected. His life was embittered by the swarm of men who came down upon him with promises that he had long forgotten and promises made by his friends in previous campaigns"
 Meant Buchanan
 He did not name the President. but t was evidently James Buchanan.
 Enthusiastically indorsing the arbi- ration treaties with France and Great
 ritain. Colonel Watterson is giving ne very best of his ability in urging leir ratification by the Senate. He has zen traveller in many foreign lands nd a keen observer of conditions in N-
 Fessed' is that the ratification of the
 bitration treaties will give to this eountry great prestige abroad
 The famous Kentucky editor was born in Washington in 1S4O. He served dur Ing the civil war as a Confederate staff 9sicer and chief of scouts in General ahnston's army
 He has attended democratic national
 1ventions most of the time as dele gate since 1872, and was temporary chair nan of one convention and chairman of log platform committees in the conven- tiens of 1880 and 1888.
 Id connection with Colonel Watterson's participation in national conventions one
 lis newspaper friends says:
 he first time l ever saw Colonel Wat-
 on was in 1888 at the national con- e ion which nominated Cleveland the
 Id time. It was at the old Southern notel in St. Louis, and 100 newspaper men had gathered in the vicinity of the room where the committee on resolutions was holding it's sessions. Some time dur irg the evening Colonel Watterson came out of the room and was at once sur rounded by the newspaper men. He held slip of paper in his hand. Before he read it. he said;
 Newspaper Mans Friend
 Gather around, boys, and come up where you can hear, and will read you the tariff plank
 He then read the part of the platform relating to the tariff In many conven- tons nothing is. given out by the com- mittee until after it has been presented to the convention, but Colonel Watterson was more of newspaper man than politician and he wanted tho newspaper men to have the tariff plank just as it was written
 Mr. Watterson is wanted as lecturer in many places. the last bid for him being the Pulitzer school of journalism in New York. where he has been re- quested to deliver speech to the first class that is formed in that school
 He was once member of Congress, serving from August 12 1876. until Marcn 3. 1877. He declined to again be a can- didate. and has declined every office offered him since.
 He is d success as a writer. author and orator, but newspaper men like him best as a writer. and he has been the guest Of every press club whatever body represents the newspaper profession in every city and town of consequence in the United States.
 The public has been cordially invited O attend the lecture to he given by Mir. Watterson.