The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1917-03-14


usually in some insignificant and in
convenient quarters.
Holloway & Davis were the publish
ers of the Palladium-David P. Hollo
way and Benjamin w. Davis. Mr
Holloway, who was the editor in chief
was also a politician of considerable
note, having represented the county
in both the house and senate of the
state legislature, and had held an ap
pointment under President Fillmore as
a land office inspector. Mr.. Davis was
an all round man in the mechanical
department, serving as foreman, com
positor, pressman, etc, as occasion de
manded. '~
Recalls Other compositors.
The compositors in the office were
Calvin r. johnson, Robert o. Dormer
s. II. Jamison, Wesley and David
Fleming, and Samuel L. Johnson, John
Rhinehart was the pressman, and had
charge Of an old Adams lifting bed
book power press on which the pa
pers, as well as such jobs as it could
be utilized for, were printed. There
were two old Washington hand press.
es for job work, but no job presses
whatever.
Beside the Palladium there was also
printed the Indiana Farmer, of which
Holloway & Davis were publishers,
and "The Lilly" published by Mrs.
Mary B. Birdsall. They were both
semi-monthly with a circulation Of
about 5000 each, and the Palladium
about 1,100. The Lilly was original
ly published at Rochester, N. Y, by
Mrs. Amelia Bloomer, and was a
"Woman's Rights" advocate.
Known as Fast compositor.
G.. R. Johnson was noted as fast
compositor at that time, and averaged
his six thousand ems for each day Of
the week. He was afterward con-
nected with different Richmond pa
pers as a publisher, reporter, city
editor, ETC., and was again a compost.
tor on the Palladium in the middle
nineties, the last I knew Of him. He
was q soldier in the civil war. Mr..
Dormer was chosen clerk in the
state legislature convening in Janu-
ary, 1855, and again to like position
Der of the same year, and had some
position In Washington during the
civil war. S. l.. Johnson was in the
army during the war, afterward mar
ried the eldest daughter of B. W.
Davis, was with the Palladium again,
later going to Indianapolis, and few
years ago was with the Burford Co.
Rhinehart went to Minnesota, located
a claim, and began farming. A land
prospector was found murdered near
his home, he was charged with the
crime, and lynched. It was afterward
shown that he was innocent. David
Fleming died in the Soldiers Home at
Dayton some years ago. a'+e+ ~s''
The Palladium was a pronounced
Whig paper, and had been such from
the time of it's tablishment, about
1928. My entry as an apprentice was
but short time prior to the eonven-
ing Of the first congress under the
administration of Presidence Pearce,
at which was presented the proposit-
ion of Senator Douglas for the repeal
of the Missouri compromise of 1920.
by bill for the organization of the
Territories of Kansas and Nebraska.
Under the provisions of the compro-
mise the territory embraced had been
set apart and dedicated to freedom
from slavery, but by this bill popular
was to have an inning
by the people to vote upon the ques-
tion, and prior thereto there should be
no restrictions as to property being
taken into the territory, slaves being
recognized as property.
The Whigs Opposed Measure.
The Wings of the North were bitter.
ly opposed to this measure, while at