The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1913-07-19
Willy WOMAN WON
She Made Up Her Mind to Get
That News, and She Got It.
A FINE FIX FOR A PRESIDENT.

anne Hoyaus tro WoSneF or NeWsPapeF
Interviews. Tricksd John Quincy
Adams and 6ad9ersd Him Into Civ
ING Up the Information She Wanted.
In clearing the ground for some i'm
proyements in Potomac park il Wash
ington the contractor some time age
removed stone that for nearly a cen
fury was a quaint landmark In the m
tional capital. 1t Is called the Anne
Royal stone and my on tue bank
Of the river just opposite the White
House, about twenty feet back from,
the waters edge. at the top of grass
covered knoll.
1t was on this stone that Anne Roy
all sat when she had her famous inter
view with President John Quincy All
ams-at least. SO runs the story thar
has been handed down for three Ic:
erations by the inhabitants OF Wash
ington.
And. according 10 that story. It would
appear that the good lady for whou'
the stone was named was not only Il
person of energy. but was endowed
with considerable grim determination
as we'll She evidently had good
strong will OF her own and an active
uind OF her own. and wheb these tws
started to work In concert IN dpatil,
earnest results were bound to follow
Whether the good lady's sense OF hui
NOR was cTamped or extensive til,
reader must determine for himself.
Anne Royal was In sort the mother
Of modern Journalism. She was tli'
originator of the interview" She first
In the little sheet that she published
in Washington In the second and thir,
decades OF the last century. derartes
from the dry forms thnt had Away
characterized newspapers.
She did not contine herself to mer
summary of current happenings. eve
spiced with careful ESSAYS on abstrac
subjects, after the manner OF Steel
or Addison. She struck Iirlnly the pei
s0nal note" She wrote and printe
things about public men as they wer
: l
startling effect OF which we cannot n
nlize today. Her paper was called II
Washington Paul Fry and afterwar
the Huntress
. During the administration of Jol
! Quincy Adams congress passed &c
, tain bill. the signing or veto Of whit
by the president was nlntter Of !
tense public interest In those da.
the interview Of the president by
newspaper man was nnheard VI. nj
|, no one mad the temerity to ask N
!, Adams what he would do Ia the matt,
Hut there was one exception amO
the timorous journalists Of that da
It was Anne Royal. She dared TO a
ply ut the White House for IL conf
: ence with the president. the avow
object Of which was to learn from b
y his Intentions concerning the bill.
Poor Anne. however, was kept ut
. discoucaging distance. Day after d
as she waylaid the president. only to
n foiied by his attendants. But she {
not grow discouraged. She iearr
that every morning. immediately ut
nc rising. the president walked to
ID bunk Of the Potomac. some half a
in the rear Of the White House, a
there. after taking Oh bis cloth
= plunged into the stream for swim.
- One morning when the preside
e after swimming far cut into the sire;
nu turned to make his way bnck tow
ns the shore tie was nstOuished to |
re- sitting upon his clothing. which he
i. left upon stone on the bank. 81
tacled female with look VI great
he termina ton. II was Anne Royalt. ,
iss beside her were u pen and bottle
vn. ink. aud In bsr hand was a sheet
ing paper.
e's woman. departr' sputtered
,et. president as he swan mp into the $
OF lows where be could touch the bot
,se- a-tiptoe.
md .You know who ! am. MIR. ri
1ia- dent" said The woman. land you b
,m what want. I'm going to sit
day until you tell me what yom intend
the Ing with that Cherokee Indian bill
ter .'G0 away. woman. shouted
~ president This Is scandaluusr
Its scandalous." Anne IL repo
=. to have said "that the people Of
:" country have to resort to such exit
measures to. 6nd omt what their |
'pe ants are going to do. You give ms
Information that I am entitled to;