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pretty well, if not promptly.

Richard L. Metcalfe was the editor in 1892. At his own request, he became a political writer for a couple of years. He recommended William Jennings Bryan for the editor's job.

Mr. Bryan became editor in 1896 when he was nominated for the presidency. The excitement of that campaign added to the paper's circulation. But its income was cut sharply by a heavy loss in advertising. This was due to a boycott of anti-Bryan business interests.

Mr. Metcalfe then resumed the editor's chair. He was a little reluctant to do so. He liked being a reporter, and wanted always to be a writer, specializing in telling about the perosnalities of the men and women who were in the the news.

But fate had stacked the cards in a different way for him. He was editor until 1905. Then he became editor of Bryan's Commoner. In later years he was civil governor of the Panama Canal Zone, Mayor of Omaha, and co-ordinator of Federal activities under the New Deal.

Some Famous Names

William R. Watson, who was destined to become one of the great officals of the paper, was a night reporter in 1895. He was 23 years old. During the first year, he alomst decided to look for another job. The paper owed him 80 dollars on his salary of 15 dollars a week.

Mr. Watson was a political writer during the Bryan campaign. He rose to telegraph editor and night editor . About 1900, shortly after his marriage, he was shifted to the dayside as an infromal managing editor. He was in charge of the the Sunday paper. He was formally named managing editor until he retired in 1935.

Harvey E. Newbranch, 23, came to the paper as a reporter late in 1898. He was to become one of the valuable members of the organization. His clear thinking and level-headed judgment proved exceedingly valuable to Publisher Hitchcock.

His first job was to cover the State Legislature. Then he came to Omaha and wrote some editorials. He was placed in charge of the editorial page in 1905, and was named editor in 1911.

Mr. Newbranch, now editor-in-chief, is in his fiftieth year of continuous service with the paper as this edition is printed.

Sandy G. V. Griswold, famed sports writer, came to the paper in 1896. "Sandy's Dope" was one of the first columns. His Sunday Stories "Forest, Field and Stream" won wide interest. He was nearly 8- years old when he died in 1929.

Guy R. Spencer, widely known cartoonist, joined the staff in 1899.

Engene O. Mayfield was a reporter in 1890. He later conducted the first Childrens Page under the name Rex. M. He and a reporter named E. H. Hemming worked together in helping to solve then [three words were cut off?] in 1906.

Other able writers of these times included Ernest C. Hunt, John Becan Ryan, Albert D. Fetterman, Frank P. Gallagher, Raymond Austin Eaton, Fred Nye, Carl Smith, Robert B. Peattie and his wife Elia W. Peattie who became famous as an author.

Beginning of Supremacy

William G. Grounse, a brother-in-law of Mr. Hitchcock, had joined the business staff in 1887. He was no an officer in the company and had charge of the business office and the circulation department.

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