Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1915-10-06
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Billy Sunday
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By
ALEXANDER CORKEY
Copy1itht. 1918. By ths
H. X. Fly Co.
CHAPTER XIV.
The New Editor.

X ed delegation that visited
meeting Of the city council a
few evenings later and protested
against the evil conditions. McCrea at
tackled them with hard words. but
finally resolution advocating reform
was passed.
The next day Mr.. Graham called on
Mr.. Rutledge and told him his crusade
was annoying to the towns business
interests. The answer Mr.. Graham re-
ceiVed was that he was to be removed
from the position of trustee Of the
Central church. Edgar Prince was to
be substituted.
Graham left in anger and had con-
ference with the mayor, Roland Greg.
DRY. Bud McCrea and several other
councilmen. Something must be done
to end the war on graft and crime.
III we can get control Of the Courier
and drive out of Bronson that English
mutt Nelson we can soon get things
settled again." said Roland Gregory.
This view was agreed to by several
of the men, especially Ned Rowlands.
II think I have a plan." said Mr..
Graham, speaking In low voice. He
looked around the company Of men
anxiously. He then outlined in detail
his plans to get possession of the Cou-
rier, and turn it back to its old custom
Of supporting the McCrea policies in
Bronson.
The scheme outlined by MI. Graham
pleased the conference immensely.
I'VE can get around Mr.. Marchmount
If you offer him proposition like
that" said McCrea, when Mr.. Graham
had finished. The lawyers project pro-
posed the blackening Of the name of
Reginald Nelson, as his eager advocacy
Of the peoples cause was most bitterly
resented by some of the Industrial mag
mates as we'll as by the politicians Of
the McCrea type.
In addition to ending the career Of
Reginald Nelson in Bronson they plan
ned to acquire control over the Courier
by offering Mr.. Marchmount large
bonus for his majority of the shares of
stock in the company controlling the
paper. I'VE will tempt Mr.. March
mount to sell the paper by agreeing to
to make Reginald Nelson the editor as
his successor" said MI. Graham, land
then We will sell some stock to Nelson,
enough to get him badly in debt. We
will let him imagine he is editor for a
month or two, and then we can pull
our strings and throw him out and
start the stories. That will be the end
of the Englishman.'
Mr.. Graham sauntered into the Office
of the Courier one morning q week or
so after the conference Of the Nc
Crea supporters. He had heard that
the editor was in poor health, and he
felt that the time was propitious to
breach the subject of the sale of the
Courier.
"You need good rest, my friend"
rejo1ned Mr.. Graham. "Why don't you
give up work for a year and take q
good trip to Europe7 It will add ten
years to your life.''
Il have been thinking sometimes that
ought to take real vacation" re-
| sponded the editor YEARLY.
1.-THE Courier has had a successful
career, and you are now we'll able to
retire. Would you care to sell out?"
"Sell outT' The editor repeated the
words quickly and looked at Mr.. Ora.
ham.
Yes. You know there are always
people looking for a good Investment,
and your newspaper Is considered q
paying venture"
1T Is more prosperous at present
than ever before. That young Eng.
lishman, Mr.. Nelson, has been sue.
cessful above all my hopes in making
the paper popular with the great mass
OF workingmen who are so numerous
In Bronson. When a paper has a list
of subscribers like the Courier it is
easy to get advertising contracts which
make a newspaper pay"
what kind Of an editor in chief
would Mr.. Nelson make?" asked Mr.
Graham In matter Of fact tones.
He could take my place tomorrow
and make the Courier one Of the most
influential papers in southern Michi
gan in less than year," replied Mr.
Marchmount with enthusiasm. 81
can't understand where the boy gets
bis knowledge Of the business. He
must have had some experience in Eng
land. but it is strange how quiet ht
keeps about his own private life in The
old country. Mr.. Nelson is a goot
deal of a mystery to me-"
"Seriously, Mr.. Marchmount," said
the lawyer, II have friend who would