"He is now 33 years old, and it may safely be said that what he has done in his profession is a mere experiment compared with what he will do. His mind is broad, conservative and sympathetic. He has an intuitive knowledge of the relation that even the smallest political event bears to the future. He has a complete understanding of public affairs. He is not a partisan in any sense but he stands for pure democracy in every sense. The work that his predecessors began he will carry on and make perfect, and the Constitution, under his editorial control, will continue to grow in power and influence, not merely as a newspaper, but as the organ and representative of the people and the people's interests." The words are those of a Southern newsman--Joel Chandler Harris--written in 1897 to describe a colleague who had just been appointed his editor in...