The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1912-12-15
Twenty Years of Newspapering
- Around This Nation -
BY billiard Bruce
BY billiard Bruce

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,nrt graduates Tor ne same iob a. z
da.iar cheaper. but that 10 rreferred q
a3uer man Tor q little more money.
ben he could set hlm. soon after
that disguised with what ! came %
thfnk ~ az educated u,eannssz. pure
ard simple. I packed up my few
ufidiy bclonEnEa and departed for
q 10nel Lanrtrv's Springfield Union.
one Of the really lnfiuentiai O. o. p.
c-rsns 81 the Bay stats. I Wuz there
On September g. 1891. the day that
raw the fatal shooting down % VII
liam Mckinley. az ho stood on the
American side % NiaTara, and looking
over into Canadian soil made bis one
frank admission that srecr trade re-
lafiona with the Dominion must come
some time. helped % set Qua the
evening extra. ~ which AZ least 5000
copies we're sold for = dime aplecs
on the trains ard the three roads go
ing through Springfield. and that night
7 save up. overcome BY heat proHtra-
tion-fhe day had seen the glass about
stf m the shade en- through that sec
tion--and was taken 10 my Connecfi-
cut home. where ] lay In a preoarioua
c., dition for several days. my ar
fiction resulting On my withdrawal
sur the next eight months from the
newspaper making occupation.
ouit ths EHste east
NJ neuf and last Massachusetts, sx-
rerienCe waH a matter Of ls months
IN Greenaeld, a beautiful county seat
town four miles from the scene q
tic terrible nseraeld massacre o.
,7a4. one q the most atrocious per-
furmannes that ever stained the pages
- American history. put never liked
ths overbenring. autocrntic. high
brow element % western Massachu-
sets. the most arlstocratic corner.
verify believe. % this whole universe
and a reEion where a man from an
/ other section must live a very pious
/ TIE for az least no years before bis
rev neighbors are willing % come
F ont uifh the ErudEing admission.
E affer an. he may not be a bank ah-
sc,naer or q horse thief. I packed
my bag again. thls time determined
/ o. set AZ far away a. ! might from
the people who viii not tell you the
I time ~ DAY. or give you a HIGHT or
Ghact you 90 the poatofnce without
T the Formally ~ q personal introduc-
/ tiou from some member 81 their own
exclusive club whose relatives have
been written % IN WHO'S VINO In
I america for a. least i've successive
vriumes. ! aw enough OF the down
I East anobocracy IN those 70 weeks 10
last my stomach for a life time. and
T Z DO not want any more OF the ~nrst
i families" On mine
When Johndss Cot Fined
n n HHs 90
TIE northwestern ohio on aelds. just
In time b So thc nrst prosecution %
the STANDARD ou Company. Flndlay.
End ths whole o. Hancock county. Il
4 standard. there are. I grant a num-
her 81 independent producers who ct
aionR after e fashion. but almost ev-
cry man Jack uho acc1mpliahea any
thlne ln Hancock e. On some way OF
other tied up with Uncle Johndee
Rockefolier. and the TIVE papers I
edited that winter. while TIRE regular
Incumbent - that complicated sob
was On the legislature a. Columbus.
wetc out-and-out standard organs.
The biE on monopoly is not unpopu-
lar there. there g. indeed. no reason
whv m should he dinllked 81 al. Cor
ether ycu Ike Mr. RorkefeIlsr'a
me- hodu or not. the fact remains that
the concern Of which he is ire prin-
cipai owner pays liberal wages. treats
ifa help with the utmost consideration
pensions on q iot % the Old fellows
that have been faithful and. on the
/ hole is rather benevolent and
generous octopus % northwestern
ohio. Wherefore. this prosecution on
ne Part 81 william r. David. a new
and rather younE district attorney
waa not alsrminEiy popular.
Il dnes seem queer o. thiuk ~. bal
TIE probate court On an OHIO counts
a. criminal Jurisdiction. while ths
r. mmon pleas "a = cfvu court main.
ly Prosecutor David brought his al
D ssntlona before the probate court
where sat Judge Gideon q Banker
He could not hrtnG them before IN,
common pleas There sat Judge Wi.
Ham v. Duncan. who owns stock
he admits it-in the STANDARD on
a e m. vsrdiet-oh. A~full
The trial worked Sc slow was
alouE FOR 90 DAYS and every bil
ueaspapgr in New York and ChiraE,
and Philadelphia and other news cen.
teru where no expense r. spared q
set reaL vital stuH. sent their best
uosf high priced men 90 crowd IN.
NrNaF Table ln tnn little Naucuct
cesntv court house The hotels werl
fuil The harronma Of F1ndlay wer
given permission 70 cell an extrs
hour at night The mayor told IN,
: teaderloin nnlice not 90 be zoo rouH.
? with the strangers - every sort an
p dcacrirtion who iamused into town q
. aee What ~Bnr' David. accused 81
& havinT hts eve on the Euveruorahln
{ uonId succeed On doing 90 the stan
. dnrd David. By ths uay. was threat
: ennd but uke spunky charlie WHIT
uan iu the Becker case. BE- GOT DO
. Ir ths collar uhen De- was Eurrcste.
2 he ought fn 60 bach ard forth wlti
q hodvruard lie said he needed u.
% fngfyruard more substantial than fh'
e smith a Wssson - that he aIwayI
b carries. even when. 81 a sunday. "A
!. teaches ciaHH In the preshy terlal
SUNDAY school David vas not touch
. "A. but his political ambitions. n an
b BE- had fell dead when the iury O.
i Judge Bankers court after 1G hour
. cf sweating iu thc smallest viiesf