American, old ben butler is said. Yesterday morning the angel of death acting under the devils orders took him from earth and landed him in hell and all the southern countries there are no tears and no regrets, he lived only too long. He has the last remove from earth and pity the double the position he has secured a. They dont write them like fat anymore. Is my view that editorials by and large have got more water down over the years and the greatest editorials i believe were written around the late 1890s to the 1930s or the 1940s and as newspapers became more homogenized the editorial pages became more homogenized, the editorial began there have been great editorials written in the last 20 years. I have limited space in this book. I didnt think more recent editorials were as great as some of the earlier ones. Im mentioned chain newspapers. The first chain owner was frank muncie and he died in 1925 and when he died, the daily gazette wrote this. Frank manzi, the great publisher is dea