The New York herald., 1921-12-23
NATIONS EDITORS
I PAY HIGH TRIBUTE
Fought Bravely GO Years,
Faced Death Calmly and
Fearlessly.

Henfy Watterson's achievements as a
Journalist. writer. orator, soldier. legis-
lator and political counsellor receive
high tribute in editorials in the nations
press. Some of these follow:
The World, Henry watterson was
The last OF the second generation Of great
American journalists. Journal
ism was q profession to him which he
treated with distinguished respect, but
politics was . game TO be played for
the zest of playing It,. One must not
take 1t too seriously and he must be
good loser as we'll as a good winner
ABOVE all. he must not depend on 1t for
MS bread and butter, otherwise one be-
came merely gabler in government.
And so he went his way for sixty
years. fighting his battles braveiy and
1oyously. holiday soldier singing as he
plunged into the thick Of the fight. bear
Ing no malice and thinking as little evil
81 1t Is given to men to think. When the
end came life owed nothing"
The New York Tribunes Henry Wat
terson rose to the front rank in Amer
ican journalism largely because of the
pungency and often reckless candor of
his speech and writing. He wore his
heart and his opinions on his sleeve
He was for a thing or against it. He
was not a man of reservations. And
Test the public shouldn't catch his
thought. he employed generously his
natural aptitude for artistic exaggera-
tion''
The New York Times: "Col. Waiter
son. who bore and banded many a
curse Of angry times died without an
enemy Time had expunged the old re-
sentiments. Impulsive, politically ira
cund. often the victim of his vocabulary
and his instinct for salient phrases and
marrowy nicknames. he sometimes
wounded beyond his intention. He had
something of Charles Summers curious
inability to understand why people
copiously lambasted should be dissatis-
fled with the operation. Withal he was
placable and friendly. He had almost
as many reconciliations as quarrels"
The Evening Worlds Soldier, editor.
legislator, orator, political counsellor
the Colonel was all these. with the char
acteristic Wattersonian energy put into
each"
The Globe, Sixty years ago. or more.
young Southerner. son Of a Tennessee
Congressman, met with en- accident
which crushed the thumr ON his left
hand. To this misfortune American
journalism owes one of its most brilliant
figures Henry Watterson, last Of the
great personal editors, who died to-day,
full Of years and honors."
The New York Evening Posts with
Henry Watterson passes the last Of a
rotable group Of American editors.
Greeley was the dean of the company,
but only less powerful were Bowles.
Godkin, Dana, White. Raymond, Hal
stead and Watterson, and none of them
yielded even to Greeley in individual
force and brilliance. They represented
phase of journalism which for better
or worse has vanished, at least for the
time being"
The Evening Malls Throughout his
career Mr.. Watterson was, first of ALL
American. He was the friend Of leading
men of both parties in this country and
of most of the world. He combate'
sectionalism and narrow partisanship.
He urged unity and peace with all the
force of his marvellous rhetoric. IF his
enthusiasms seemed at times to get the
better Of his judgment. the reactions
were always toward sanity and larger
patriotism.
Journalism may well be proud of his
part In national consolidation and
achievement"
The Brooklyn Daily Eagle; "The key
note Of the Colonel's life was the idea
expressed by Lincoln, always to do the
right as God gives us to see the right
He was against Bryan and what he re-
garded as dishonest money. He had
been against the Ku Flux, though that
body was organized by his old chief,
Nat Forrest. He was always against
prohibition. And this explains his
power, his grip. his personal value to
what he espoused, his efficiency against
what he opposed. He kept his sover-
eighty under his hat. He was captain of
his own soul. This century Is not likely
to see another Henry Watterson.'
The Brooklyn Timess His carer is
an essential part of American history.
Andrew Jackson took this boy on his
knee. John Quincy Adams leaned on his
shoulder In his youth. He was a page
in Congress. When the civil war broke
out he enlisted and went to the front.
His papers, during the struggle, were
luminous, and his pleas for the comfort
of the common soldier were compelling.
After the war his passion was that of
Lincoln, the reconstruction of the Union
entire. the healing Of the great wounl
that civil strife had inflicted"