Omaha daily bee., 1911-06-18
The Editor-in-C Chief.


scene which left an indelible impression my mind
The Edtor-in-Chief.
There drones on The Bee of old days
Each expected do six mems work. was will
ing to do fours and generally compromised on five
Mr. Rosewater and Al Sorenson constituted the
staff before my arrival the bearing the title of
editor and proprietor and the latter carrying the
den Of the city department. Mr.. Rosewater was par
excellence the all-round of the establishment.
He seemed to have obtained the secret of two of
attributes of Deity; he omnipresent and appar-
emily omntscient He wrote heavy editorials and
pungent editorial paragraphs contributed local poli
cal news to the city page, clipped selections for the
news columns selected items for those startling chest
nuts dubbed "Connubial Bliss" Peppermint Drops
and Honey for the Ladies'" regulated the business
office dozen times day, and took subscriptions
on the streets and advertising contracts from the
chants. used to think his only sorrow was that he
had not in addition been born steam engine SO he
could the presses They were about the only
thing in the establishment that he did not move. In
addition to his ordinary duties above named he
santly developed strong interest in local politics.
always had dozen fights and twice that number of
ward politicians his hands. On city or county
election days The Bee office was usually depopuated
and every man, from editor down. after rushing in
COPY early took whirl at the polls After hard
days work election day. followed by all night
session in collecting returns, the editor would bob
up sereney at o'clock the next morning with his
arm full of exchanges and his mouth full of sugges-
lions about the paper. the last always pertinent
not as uniformly agreeable His indomitable energy
his uncompromisng persistency and his invincible
pluck were at the wonder and admiration the
office. Carrying the heavy financial burden paper
depending alone its excellence for popular sup
port, and fighting its battles single-handed in the
darkest days he never doubted it's ultimate success
AMI hopefully increased expenses with every
of receipts. overworked himself, he took his own
high tension the of work, and found It diff
ficut to understand why all of his employees could
not endure cheerfully the same racking. This made
him often unpleasant employer but it dis
cplined his employees who found difficulty else
where In more than attaining the level of work OF
other offices.
Tho Local Pooh Bah.
The city editor another journalistic Pooh
Bah" He had other copy to edit but his own and
expected, with the aid OF paid locals to fill five
columns daily on the fourth page. He was religious
and society reporter reflector of the dongs OF the
courts and railways dramatic critic and sporting fire
and commercial editor at one and the time. His
duties began at O'Clock in the morning when he
meneed to turn in copy for the morning edition. then
printed at 1880, and ended when the news gave out
for the day In that interval OF twelve to eigh-
teen hours he expected to cover, solitary and
alone. the twelve scattered square miles OF and
dwellings which ten years ago comprised baiiwick
Of Omaha. The early morning round began immed-
ateiy after breakfast 1t comprised rapid visit to