Evening journal., 1912-11-19
NEW NEWS OF YESTERDAY
"A knowledge Of History that
a Political War Horse
Recommended
BY HOLLAND.

One of the founders of the New
York World in 1860 was Mantop Mar
bic A few years after this news
paper was started MI Marble became
its sole. proprietor He was both
proprietor and editor until 1876.
Mr. Marble gained a national and
even international reputation as an
American journalist Under his edi-
torship The World secured recogni-
ton for the scholarship which its edi-
tOrial page constantly revealed and
especially for the very brilliant corps
OF assistants and correspondents
which Mr. Marble gathered around
him.
Mr. Marble was very anxious to Sc
cure as correspondent Of his news
paper at Albany, New IOrk's capital,
a man of erudition, capable OF writing
not only we'll, but brilliantly, and one
who possessed "a great fund Of his
torical information He made several
attempts 10 End a correspondent of
that kind and was almost despairmg
when his attention was called to o
young man who had been only a year
or two out of college. After some
conversation with this young man Mr..
Marble congratulated himself that he
had at last found the person who
would make "a very great success as
Albany correspondent for the New
York World.
This was in 1874. At that time Cen
oral James w Hustled was Speaker of
the lower house of the New York
state Legislature. General Hustled
was a man of great Influence in New
York state aud International fepu-
tation as a Republican leader He
was a personal friend of Manton Mar
BILE. who was i'm fact a constituent
OF his, since Mr. Marbles country
home was I'M a town In Westchester
county, which was a part of the leg
islative district which General Hustled
represented.
MIR. Marble. with the young corre-
spondent. went TO Albany day or so
before The beginning of the session OF
1874 After day spent showing the
new correspondent around the capitol
and other public buildings, Mr.. Mar
Bile took him to General Husted's
rooms at thc old Telavan House The
general greeted both very cordially.
Said Mr.. Marble
~ have brought my young man to
Albany for the purpose of breaking
him I'm as our correspondent. I have
/ told him that you viii be the most
valuable friend and source of inior-
nation he viii find here I know that
you viii give him every assistance in
/ your power"
"Of course. I viii General Hustled
replied ."Why, I'll let him come and
sit at the Speakers desk with me for
! a day or two SO that can point
out to him the different members OF
the Assembly and tell him all about
| them
81 have appointed him our Albany
] correspondent Mr. Marble continued
because he has unusual qualihca-
tions Let me tell you what they arc
! First Of all, he is college graduate.
"That is we'll enough but IL isn't
! necessary General Hustled replied.
"NeXt. ho lis thoroughly versed in
ancient and i'm English history.
"That is well enough" General
! Hustled replied "but it doesn't count
much here against a thorough know
ledge of the history of Tammany
i Hail.
"ln addition. continued Mr.. Marble
''he reads and speaks fiuently both
| French and Italian, and he is a mas
! ter of Sanskrit."
"No consequence here, said General
Hustled "But if YOU told me that he
understood the Irish language then
/ would say 10 you that he was espe.
cially qualified to serve you as cor
respondent. for we have a lot of en-.
thusiastic Irish-Americans in the Leg
islature this year and they would sim
ply dOte on a man who was able Il
| speak irish"
Young man." and General Hustet
turned TO the would-be CORES pondent
forget your French and your Ital
ian, forget your ancient history, anC
then, If you have got good common
sense. as ! am sure you have. you vii
make q competent correspondent"
Copyright, 1912. by r J. Edwards
All rights reserved).
Tomorrow Mr. Edwards viii tell o
cone of Democracy's Amazing Ways