Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-07-19

anCe of the editorial
page in making the character Of newspa-
per. He devoted his time and his energy to
that page and was in the habit of writing
from one to two columns a day. have said
writing"
He did not write, but dictated his articles
to an expert typewriter, who reproduced them
directly on the machine without the inter-
vention of shorthand notes. I have seen
him walking up and down his room declaim-
ing as If before an audience, gesticulating
and ending a rhetorical period with shout
of triumph The emotion which he put into
this sort of composition was so strong that
1t saturated his words and reproduced in the
reader the feeling that inspired them. have
seen him so moved that the tears filled his
eyes as he poured forth a procession of
sentences filled with an appeal to the noblest
sentiments of the electorate.
He was born in Missouri. but ne was edu-
Gated in New Jersey, chiefly by private tutors
in Trenton, where he lived with his grand
father, while his father was engaged as a
surgeon in the Civil War. He did some writ
ing for the Trenton newspapers, and. as he
grew older, he took an interest in politics.
He studied law and was admitted to the bar.
but he never practiced.
Delivering Frelinghuysen's Speech
One of his faVorite stories is how he cam
paigned New Jersey with Senator Frederick
II. Frelinghuysen. He was reporting the
political meetings for a New York paper
going from town to town with the speakers.
Frelinghuysen was late in arriving at one
meeting, and McKelway, who was known
to the committee, was asked to fill in the
time. He consented, and thought that he
could not do better than to tell the crowd
what the announced speaker would have
told them. He had heard Frelinghuysen's
speech every night for a week or two, and
he knew 1t though 1t were his own.
So he launched forth. When he was about
half way through Frelinghuysen came in.
He was in the middle Of an argument, and he
kept on until he had made the point But
before he stopped he noticed that Freling-
huysen suddenly sat up in his chair with
look of astonishment and then leaned back
with an amused smile. McKelway offered to
withdraw. but the crowd shouted, GO on!
Go on!" and Frelinghuysen insisted that he
should continue. He finished the speech
Then Frelinghuysen arose.
THE gentleman who has just spoken" he
said, with a quizzical look at McKelway
has said what should have wished to say
so much better ana so much more eloquently
than could have said 1t that viii not de-
tam yout save 10 say rev words in in
dorsement OF his remarks"
When he sat down he seized MeKelway's
hand and shook 1t heartily.
How in the world did you do it?" he asked
Explanations and apologies followed. and
there were no hard feelings.
Named the "carpet-baggers"
He coined many phrases that have become
the common language OF political discussion.
II was while he was employed on the New
York World that he called the reconstruct
ZIONIST Republican ofheeholders In the sonth
Carpet -baggers." He happened to be work
ing on the telegraph desk one nlght-the desk
which ne at one time shared with q. II.
Clement, who was editor OF the Boston Tran
script for years-When message came IA an
nouneing that the Administration was send
ing a lot of NoFtherners into the South. He
wrote a heading far e Ia which ne called ne