Show LONG o U a L LET ET HIM HIAl WAVE VA YEI Henry Watterson of the Louis Louisville ille Courier Courier- Journal has evoked ed much interesting comment and reminiscence by bJ his declaration that he lie is too old declines to accept to become a rascal and therefore the nomination of his bis party to be Governor of Ken Ken- tucky ky Col Watterson says of himself office l folding means nothing ing personally to him TIe lie alc al al- already lead ready c holds a life office ce That life office is the editorship edi edi- of the most influential newspaper in the South To hold such a position is still a a. great honor though its power has waned Mr Watterson is the last of his race yet in harness Murat Halstead Halstead Hal Hal- stead of the tho Cincinnati Commercial now the Commercial Com Corn mercial Tribune still Ih- Ih lives but he lie is no longer atthe atthe at atthe the head of or the great newspaper he made so famous The rest of the galaxy of bright lights who shone RO so brilliantly and burned with so 80 much fire lire during and after fitter the Civil war war Charles Charles A. A Dana of the Sun James Gordon Bennett Sr of the Herald Horace Greeley of the Tribune Jo Joseph eph Medill Madill of the Chicago Chicago Chi Chi- cago Tribune nelll Henry J J. of the New York Times Samuel Bowles of the Springfield Republican and George W. W Childs of the Public Ledger all are arc gone Their great journals ha have e passed to other hands They ar are newspapers now now not not organs of opinion The day when a newspaper be it C even Cn n a weekly could live ie on the publication of one individuals individual's individuals individual's ual's opinion is gone bone Henry Watterson's opinions do not keep the Journal Courier-Journal alive aliTe The They merely add to its popularity among the old folks foHn now fast dying oil ofT Much of the editorial matter in the Louisville Louisville Louis Louis- ville paper is not from the venerable editors editor's pen but from the younger men who have learned his ideas and style Still he lie rules in th the sanctum and his rule is one a a. king might be proud of When Then he speaks his readers listen and other journalists haven barken to fo this Nestor of the American press Col Watterson is right says an admiring contemporary P in his belief that on office ce means nothing personally per per- to him who stands at the head of a a. great modern journal not merel merely 0 b by inheritance but bilt whether l by creation or b by gift is come conic into possession possession posses posses- sion slOn of such fluch a mighty might engine with ability to handle handlei i it conscious also of what the a power and the responsibility responsibility of of such a stati station n is and living ing up to the loftiest t ideals of journalism as bravely and nobly as any men attain their aspirations in other walks of life And long may maJ Ma Marse se Henri wave wage |