. Scannell's New Jersey first citizens : biographies and portraits of the notable living men and women of New Jersey with informing glimpses into the state's history and affairs. of the•Riverside Press. CaptainJamison was one of the bestknown of the old school journ-alists of the south and this wise guidance Bu-chanan was enabled to add thejournalistic touch to an educa-tion which had been obtainedin private schools of Missouri and Illinois. After two years of service on the Riverside Press, when he was in histwenty-fifth year, he established, as its manager, the first daily newspap
. Scannell's New Jersey first citizens : biographies and portraits of the notable living men and women of New Jersey with informing glimpses into the state's history and affairs. of the•Riverside Press. CaptainJamison was one of the bestknown of the old school journ-alists of the south and this wise guidance Bu-chanan was enabled to add thejournalistic touch to an educa-tion which had been obtainedin private schools of Missouri and Illinois. After two years of service on the Riverside Press, when he was in histwenty-fifth year, he established, as its manager, the first daily newspaperever published in Pike coimty. It was as editor of this paper that ChampClark, later Speaker of the House of Representatives, first actively enteredpolitical life and made himself known outside the lines of the county. Onaccount of a busuiess disagreement with the owners of the paper, Buchananwithdrew and began the publication of an opposition daily. In this enter-prise he was financially supported by men then and since prominent in thepolitics of the nation and upon the bench, among whom were ColonelDavid P. Dyer, United States Senator and later Justice of the United. Buchanan 71 States District Court, and Judge T. J. C. Fagg, for years a leading mem-ber of tlie Missouri bar and Judge of the State Supreme court. The papersuspended publication soon after the election of 1876 and Buchanan re-turned to the Riverside Press. In 1878 he was attracted by the great silverdiscoveries in Colorado and joined the throng that headed for that stateand fortune. Instead, however, of grasping the pick and shovel to dig forwealth, Buchanan gave way to the call of the blood, and again took updaily newspaper work. He was editor of the Denver Daily Democrat in1878 and 1879 and advertising manager of the Daily Republican, whichsucceeded the Democrat in the latter part of 1S79. During 1880 and 1881he was connected with newspapers in Leadville, Colorado, which was thena hustling mining town of 35
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