The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1911-01-02

Omaha Bee and others Of the same
class have the brains and energy to
succeed in any department OF the
newspaper business
Frank Whitehead has been with
John McLain for many years. and
until the latter acquired the Wash
ington Post Whitehead was mem
Der of the Cincinnati Enquirer's staff
in this city. Tom Dawson and Ar
thur johnson are Colorado men, ana
each man owns ranch out there. to
which they go when the sun gets not
here IN summer. Dawson Is
nerhew of former Senator Teller and
was clerk of his committee here for
a long time, having a line of news
naner work at the same time. John
son came with former Senator Fat
terson, liked 1t here and remained
after Patterson went back home with
an "ex" prefixed to his title.
asked Allen something about
lanes Gordon Bennett, the owner OF
the New York Herald, the other day,
and he talked to me quite interest
ingIy of that remarkable man. Most
of Mr. Benefits time is spent IN
Paris France. where the counterpart
Of his New York paper Is publlshed'
under the name of the Paris Herald
He rarely visits the United STATES
and when he does he remains but d
few days; but his room In the her
aid building is always kept ready FOR
his arrival. HisAesk is busted every
morning. his inkwell filled MS pens
and pencils placed in order ana
everything else just to his hano, lot
nobody is ever quite sure OF the tlme
of his arrival. His last WISH oe-
Cured some months ago, ana ne re-
NAMED Just six days; put ne aiu
something like six months WORK III
that time. Daily reports are maze 10
hin. from the office, and daily IN
structions, received by cable, "heh
Mr.. Bennett Is not at sea on MS
Yacht. He is 60 years old now, put
is Welding nothing of his great VI
rility to age. He employs and as
signs the men on the Herald hlH-
self recently sending the managing
editor to the post OF correspondent
for the paper in London, promoting
the city editor to the position OF
managing editor and selecting ne ~
reporters. The New York paper gets
its foreign news from the Paris Of
flee, while the former sends the lat
ter a full summary of its American
news every day. Mr.. Bennett is a
bachelor, does not think much OF
Roosevelt is fond of the sea, does
daring things with his paper, like
sending Stanley to Africa in search
of the long-lost Livingston, and
found him, and allows no slow man
about him.
Former Vice President Fairbanks
told this story on his recent return
from his trip around the world:
Upon his arrival in Constantinople
the American consul and the local
correspondent of the New York Her
aid were the first to CAP on him
after he had reached his }otel. Al
Pekin, China, the Herald <orrespon-
dent was ahead Of the oksul. At
TOXIC the two, consul and l(orrespon-
dent, came again togethtr. Vat Ma
rila the correspondent Was again
first. And so # was. nip apd tuck
between these two, UNI Mr. Fair
banks reached London There, he
had hardly gotten to b room when
there was a sharp wr4 at his door
and, in response to his invitation to
enter, a young man burst into the
room, saw at glance that no one
else was there, and exclaimed in
We'll, we have beaten
them for once!" He proved to be
the London correspondent of the
Few York TimeE
O'Laughlin met Roosevelt at the
mouth OF tb< Nile, on his return
from his~African trip, and accom-
panlSu him through Europe. He 1t
Vas who attempted to arrange with
Secretary Merry del Val a meeting
between Roosevelt and the pope, be-
ing himself an ardent Catholic; but,
as will be remembered, the proposed
m eeting halted when, in answer to
the secretary's question If Roose-
welt, despite the pope's objection,
would attend a meeting at the Meth
dist church in Rome, after leaving
the pope, O'Laughlin promptly re-
Piled; Roosevelt is just the man
to do it.!
Ed Snyder of the Omaha Bee is all
enthusiastic member of the Ancient
Order of the Mystic Shrine. and
takes a prominent part in their great
ceremonial sessions He shines, also,
in the proceedings OF the famous
Gridiron club, when these fellows put
the statesmen and reinstatement OF
the nation, from president down, Oh
the grill and roast them to turn,
and whose dinners men fortunate
enough to receive an invitation cross
the continent to attend.
Henry Watterson never went
about the White House while Roose'
welt was here, but is frequent and
always welcome visitor there now.
1t is said he told the president the
other day, following a recent 1u-
dicial appointment, that when re-
publicen and a Unitarian (meaning
Taft Appoints a democrat, Cath
olic and a one-legged Confederate
soldier to be chief justice of the su-
preme court (meaning White). 1t
looks to me like the war is over.
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