New-York tribune., 1921-12-23
Veteran of Campaigns waged
Chiefly With a Mighty
Pen. but With Sword as
Well. Was 81 Years Old
Leader Among Journalists
His Passing Comes Soon Af-
ter 56th Wedding Anni-
,ersary. ON Tuesday Last

His death took place to-day at the
semiaosc Hotel and came peacefully.
he retained consciousness almost TO
the very end. conversing during his last
ssls hcur rith his wife, son and Gaugh-
ter
The immediate cause was heart fail
IRE. superinduced BY congestion of The
anas. Tuesday The venerable editor
contracted cold and while seated in
shasr yesterday. soon after breakfast,
Nc suTercd an acute bronchial stack
and was ordered to hss bed by his ply
sicisn. His condition grew worse dur
ns she dsy and night and the end csmc
a. e:l5 O'Clock this morning.
Thus Marse Henry passed 30 that
seautsfn' shore" where, last October,
se wrote tis comrades Of the Confcd
,rstr Arely nc WAS sure the bonnie
slse aar viil be flying at the fore and
lie bands w.lI be playing Dixie on
ssrsds ard che pretty girls Will be dis
trbutirr The Chattanooga Rebel the
he war between the states 70 groups
u ragged. fed-roseG angels who have
sot forgotten fre rebei Yell"
Married Flfty-six Years
Three weeks ago. in scccrdanca with
hss snnus custom, CaioHei Wstterson
ss,ne 20 Florida iie had enjoyed him
ssl< here. bis son said. Hn epent IS
=reat desl o+ tfs time r tH~ open air.
IL
Characteristic nf hir-. He always re-
esrred 20 his apartment at paper
s,,nc 10 ~e4d the Now York and 1.o1is-
vile papers. which arrived before noon
faesday Colorcl ard Mrs. " Nstterson
,sIehsatsd thsir fifty-si1th wedding
wnsvsrssry The coioncl was high
spirits for the acessior. Oniy members
i tAe family formed the group in th-
Wattersor apartment at the hotel.
celonci Nattcrson's Fiorids winters
asve been passed largely at Fort Myer
and Il was fis W. cntion 20 GO &c that
piace when bis condition improved sufi-
isntly 10 take the trip.
A Simris funeral service will be held
ss-fnorrosv and will be attended only
og membeys OK the family.
The hcdy or Colonel n sttersoa. IL
~ss said hv his son, Henry Wattcrson,
spring II then viii be taken % Louis
sl:.e for burial in the family plot in
fhe Cave Hill Cemetery. MRS. Waiter
sen. her son said. IS deiicste, and be-
exuss of her condition IL is considered
inad~isahle 10 return North before
sprjaz.
Hundreds Of messages of coincidence
wtre received today by Mrs. " after
son from old friends of Colonel Wat
tersor and newspapc- men in sli parts
u the country VINO were trained under
AiTl. One, peculiarly touching. was
from Arthur Krook. editor Of ''The
Louisville Times"
slim and are weeping for the death
81 Old Marster." il read.
Jim" is Jim Wilson, aged negro
ssEvant. who has resided at the Wat
Serson home for many years.
Colonel Watterson was one OF the
ast survivors OF the old school OF
american journalism, becoming a world
syure as editor of THE Louisville
Courier Journal"
Opponent OF the League
When he announced ti-at he intended
ssysring his relationship with the
paper, which had existed for more than
half q century, it vas 30 thoroughly
characteristic of Henry W atterson that
8 provoked only passing notice. being
taken Rs the merest matter OF course.
For fifty wears he had been the editor
y The tourcr-J Journal; iNdeed, he
nai been that paper Itself. No other
snar.ia American journalism had for &
lSnger time and so d greater degree
been identified with single great
paper. Then, in the fullncss OF years
-<, IN,
emeritus. And finally. rather than for
moment sauction Us approval Of a
league Of nations policy which he he
eved would Violate American prin-
EirleS and impair American independ
face, lie resigued and reuouncsd that
sonnection
Henry Natterson may almost be said
y nave been born to be what he long
vas, the Dean Of American Journalism
MS father before him. Harvey NJ. Wat
scrsor, was well known Jour
aalast, editor of 1.-THE Washington
yn'on, as we'll as the successor OF
sames 4. Polk as a Representative in
ohgrcss from Tennessee, and 4 proui-
Psnl speaker, writer and man of public
Malrs, Henry was born in Washing
'ois on February 16, 1s40, and in that
r'ss spent most of his early life.
4 have sat-" he once said, upon the
saee OF Andrew Jackson, and / recall
senn Qnincy Adams as little old man
Who would put his arm about rny neck
snu trot me through the corridors and
1858 the rotunda to the Congress
h, nonal Library, then in the Capitol
osiaing' and get nc books to read
An Editor at Eighteen
bsing Of delicate physique and with
seaeetve vision, he was educated al
"emc' with the exception of few
S.ars under the tuition of the Rev. DR.
TTsso.ge Emlen Hare, of Philadelphia
10. eminent divine instructed him
ssieluily IN belleE-lettrcs and music
wv enus gave him admirable equip
asns aor entry upon his fathers pro
1eSsion. While yet in his teens the
s"si served as reporter in the Con.
sssfssisnal ssasal galleries. and also as a u,u-
& ssas and dramatic critic, achieving
a,t;., usa success " tn a series OF sketches
il.''ed prsmatis Persona
a,aa: ~ hose years he also wrote shori
sss. sss.ss and poems. At the age o.
ns,ae nsmeeen ne became the editor of "The
Isa;nnocratic Review" at Washington
1sa saes 3 peing a regular contributor to
r;t, states daily paper OF that
&pss, ana an occasional contributor &c
f;a.Pers Weekly" and other publica-
ns;s., Durlng the Presidential cam.
49, OF 1860 he wrote the lead;ns
Psorisss for "The States" though
as;tes a. fryor was ncnainaily It's chic,
The outbreak of the Civil Wa,
Hs 1ssa the whole current OF his life
su,raa, ,s,e Washington in 1861 and re,
ns.asa nnsa nome TO Tennessee, where, il
21rtoper, he hora,,a .v.sex..nA o.;4.- =