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Show A GKEAT LAWYER Tt'KNS EDITOR. Hon. Thomas M. Patterson, of Denver, Den-ver, has purchased a controlling interest inter-est in tho Uocky Mountain News, and as soon as ho can close out his law practico he will take editorial charge of the paper. Under his direction the people of Colorado may look for a more vigorous aud offensive warfare in bo-half bo-half of the democracy of that state than has hitherto been carried on by that paper. Mr. Patterson as a lawyer stands high in Colorado, and in fact "has a national reputation. How he will succeed as an editor remains to bo seen. If he proves as good an editor as he is a lawyer the News will become a paper of great influence, aud tho democracy of Colorado will have reason to rejoice at the step taken by Mr. Patterson. Just why Mr. Patterson should abandon a lucrative law practice for the uncertainties uncer-tainties of an editorial career is a mystery. mys-tery. Perhaps he has au ambition to become a United States senator, and thinks that the Kews will provo the surest vehicle to convey him to the ua-tional ua-tional capital. His career as editor will be watched with a great deal of interest not only by the people of Colorado but by the entire west. |