The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-10-30
CHAPTER VIII


being continuation of the same sub
Ject in the last part of the previous cnap-
ter, which came to an abrupt ending sat
urday night, in the midst of one OF the
"reminiscences of a Newspaper Man IN
Iopekap concerning the ASSOCIATED
Press. 1t is understood that these are
advance sheets from an alleged book.
with the above title, and which may, or
may not, come from the press about De
and in which case it will be found on sale
at all the book stores which attempt TO
handle it
1t might as well be stated right here
and now that this is probably the last
chapter of this work which will be per-
mitted to appear on the first page Of the
State Journal
The managing editor said last Satur-
day evening:
Cant you saw it Off I haven't
read the early chapters of this stuff
and doubt if our readers have READ
much of any of it.
1t is now 3 o'clock and we ought to
get TO press with the city edition so
we can set out our fifty carriers, catca
the early mails and be ready for the
football edition which we will have to
issue about o'clock 1t looks to me
that next week we are going to have
some good, big news and I want the
whole first page for it. There is moth
ing like a good frcnt; it doesn't make 50
much difference what is behind it, over
on the inside pages. The first page is
pretty nearly the whole thing for
naws.
THE people always read the first
page and then if they have time. may
be they read the editorial and the 9TH
er pages Of the inside sheets"
~att1ae Of oo,,~~o no 1,axya
got to get over on the editorial page
and stay there. for what the managing
editor says around a newspaper office
has to CO." and by the way, he SEEM
ed all swelled up Saturday evening
when he put the fine football edi-
ton to press at o'clock with a com
plete report Of the Lawrence game and
results of all the other important foot
ball games of the country.
All of this news, including the com
plete report of the Lawrence game,
came over the Associated Press wires
in the State Journal Office except St.
Marys, Lawrence and Manhattan,
which came in a splendid prompt
manner, through the quick service of
the Independent Telephone company.
1t is needless to say the newsboys
made Rome howl" with their cries 4
the football extra. This football extra
will be printed every Saturday evening
until the football games of the season
are over. about Thanksgiving.
Say" said the managing editor whc1
he got this far in scanning the copy
before he sent it down into the COM
posing room, what has all this got to
do with the alleged "Reminiscences of
a Newspaper Man?'
+'Well." said the writer If you want
me to give you information and tell
you what a "Reminiscences is. all right
Here is what the Standard dictionary
says:
A "Reminiscence" is: '"The calling
to mind and narration of incidents and
events within the range of personal
knowledge or experience. or that
which is thus recalled"
Now, this sort of thing held the at
tention of Noah Webster for awhile
and perhaps it will hold others until
can get over on the inside pages and
stay there and then we will stop this
clashing for positions The advertis-
ing manager, I understand, insists
upon charging 25 per cent above the
regular rates of 42 cents per inch for
the big advertisers, in cases where po-
sition is demanded
The writer opines that under the
definition as herein set down, he is en-
tirely within the range of his subject,
even if he commented today under the
heading of this Chapter VIII, upon
Taft's stay in Chicago Sunday, or the
death of that great journalist, Joseph
Pulitzer who breathed his last Sunday
afternoon at the historic town Of
Charleston, S. c.; or took William AL
len White down a peg or two" on his
Des Moines interview printed today.
"O1d Bill" should be careful. We
would not like to see him a mere
"Reminiscences" just because he might
desert Taft because Wall street inter
ests have deserted him. As for the
west Taft has not lost it yet William
can get this official next year. Taft is
not running now. not yet. but soon;
few conservative congressman got side
tracked. but that is a horse of a differ
ent color from Taft's big bay.