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CLARENCE R. PAUL DIES SUDDENLY.
EDITOR OF STATE JOURNAL VICTIM OF
APOPLEXY.
Expires in His Apartments on South Sixth Street—
Was Born in Evanston and Began Newspaper
Career as Legislative Reporter on
Chicago Tribune—Former Mem¬
ber of Republican State
Central Committee,
[The Illinois State Journal, May 22, 1908.]
Paul—Died, Thursday evening. May 21, 1908,
at his apartments, 4061^ South Sixth street, Mr,
Clarence Eichmond Paul, aged 54 years, 7 months,
18 days,
Mr. Paul was editor of The State Journal. His
death was sudden and unexpected, resulting from
an attack of apoplexy. Apparently he was in good
health until yesterday, when he was indisposed and
remained in his room.
George Bates, a colored man who has been tak¬
ing care of Mr. Paul's flat, attended him during
the afternoon. He did not realize that he was seri¬
ously ill until late in the evening, as Mr. Paul ap¬
parently was not suffering. At 5 o'clock Bates left
the flat to go to his supper. When he returned he
found that Mr. Paul was unconscious and called
Dr. N". S. Penick. When the physician arrived he
found that life was extinct.
The distressing news was soon known through¬
out the downtown district, where the acquaintance
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of the decedent was universal. A delegation of his
personal friends from the Sangamo club took
charge of affairs, pending word from relatives.
Mr. Paul had been editor and one of the active
management of The State Journal since the re¬
organization of the company in 1889. He was bom
Oct. 3, 1852, in St. Thomas, Ontario, Canada. His
father, E. E. Paul, was a well known resident of
Evanston, 111., which was his home until he came
to Springfield to reside.
Mr. Paul graduated from Northwestern univer¬
sity in Evanston in 1872, and the following year
engaged in newspaper work on the old Chicago
Post and Mail. His next employment was as
reporter for The Chicago Tribune. While a mem¬
ber of The Tribune staff Mr. Paul came to Spring¬
field as legislative correspondent of that newspaper.
His portrait appears in several photographs of the
early Illinois assemblies now hanging in the state
house.
Mr. Paul severed his Chicago connection to be¬
come city editor of The State Journal, then edited
by Paul Selby, who at present resides in Chicago.
At that time The State Journal plant was located
on North Sixth street, where Sikking's farm imple¬
ment establishment now stands. The late Mayor
John L. Phillips was foreman of The State Journal
job department at the time.
Through his political connection Mr. Paul be¬
came intimately associated with Senator Shelby M.
Cullom and, in 1885, he went to Washington with
the senator, to become clerk of the interstate com¬
merce commission, of which Senator Cullom was
chairman. He remained in Washington until
1889, when he and his associates, Lewis H. Miner
and H. F. Dorwin, assumed control of The State
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Journal, which has remained under the same man¬
agement continuously since that time.
Mr. Paul was a prominent factor in the Repub¬
lican party, although never seeking oifice. He was
a member of the Republican state central com¬
mittee from 1890 until 1892, and again from 1898
to 1900. He was a delegate to practically every
state, district and county convention for many
years.
While devoting practically his whole time to his
newspaper work, Mr. Paul formed a circle of
friends that covered the entire state and to many
of these he was authority on matters political. He
was an Odd Fellow and a member of the Sangamo
club and was a charter member of the Sigma Chi
fraternity chapter at Northwestern University.
Surviving are one brother and one sister: James
R. Paul, city editor of The Evanston Index and
formerly city editor of The State Journal; and
Mrs. Howard Farrand of Washington, Conn. An
aunt. Miss Susan E. Paul of St. Thomas, Ontario,
is the only other near relative.
Tribute by Dr. J. W. Scott.
Dr. J. W. Scott, who has known Clarence R.
Paul for the last forty-three years and has been
more or less intimately associated with him for
that period, paid him the following tribute :
"The sudden death of any citizen whose name is
familiar to many citizens of a community is always
a painful shock, but the death of one who for more
than a quarter of a century has spoken daily to the
whole community, and always in its best interests
and always for the uplift of humanity, comes to all
with a peculiar sense of personal loss and bereave-
3
ment. The announcement of the sudden death of
Clarence E. Paul in the press generally this morn¬
ing will bring this sense of loss to thousands not
only in this city, but throughout the state, where
for many years his quiet influence has been known
and felt. The influence which he has wielded as
editor of The State Journal has been but a reflex
of his kindly and prominently sane personality.
His judgment of vital questions of government and
public policy was always judicially clear and his
dispassionate and temperate treatment of them
convincing and productive of results. The policy
of the paper with which he was connected was of
necessity constructive and progressive rather than
obstructive and deterrent. He was a believer in
humanity and in ultimate good and handled men
and methods with a charity which met the full
measure of charity in its broadest definition.
"To the community generally Mr. Paul was
known and respected for the high character of his
editorial work. Naturally a student, retiring and
self contained, but few knew him in close personal
relationship.
"Throughout boyhood and manhood for a peri¬
od of forty-three years the writer enjoyed to a
large extent that personal friendship which enables
him to bear tribute to one who never in all that
time either by word or deed wilfully put a stum¬
bling block in any pathway, but who threw many a
ray of light into dark spots and helped many a
weary blunderer over the hard places."
CLARENCE R. PAUL.
[The Illinois State Journal, May 22, 1908.]
Clarence K. Paul, for twenty years editor of The
Illinois State Journal, is dead. The end came last
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evening at his apartments. The circumstances
were such that the announcement was a shock to
his friends and newspaper and business associates.
They were not aware that he was seriously ill.
Mr. Paul had on Wednesday attended to his
duties at the oflBce in his usual manner. He left
late in the evening apparently in good health and
without indicating that he was indisposed. Yes¬
terday afternoon the attendant at his apartments
reported that he had been unable to arouse him at
the usual time; he supposed that Mr. Paul was
simply in a heavy sleep, but when repeated efforts
to awaken him failed, a physician was called.
When the latter arrived Mr. Paul had expired.
The slumber was that of death.
It is impossible to convey adequately the
emotions aroused among the members of The State
Journal staff by the sorrowful intelligence con¬
veyed in the physician's pronouncement. Ac¬
customed as they have been to daily association
with him, the knowledge that he will no longer
occupy his familiar place in the office is difficult of
realization. Those who have not been connected
with The State Journal will not understand. His
life since he became the editor has been centered
in the paper. He was seldom absent from the of¬
fice, took little active interest in outside matters
and lived within the limitations of his work. That
so loyal and so constant a member of the staff
should be called so suddenly was more than a
shock to his associates. It partook of a personal
bereavement.
Clarence R. Paul belonged to the highest type
of men in the professional world. He was by in¬
stinct and training a thorough gentleman, in all
the word implies. It was evidenced in his work.
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his conduct toward his fellows and his tempera¬
ment. Nature had given him a retiring, diffident
disposition, but there was in his character no ele¬
ment which counted for laek of courage. Patient,
urbane and indisposed to controversy and conten¬
tion of any sort, he was none the less courageous
and positive in his opinions. Since his connection
with The State Journal numerous occasions have
arisen when it was necessary for the editor to dis¬
play physical as well as moral stamnia and Mr.
Paul was wanting in neither. Tests of both came
frequently in the early days of the present manage¬
ment and his conduct under these circumstances
won for him the personal regard and respect of the
paper's most bitter enemies.
Nor has the position Mr. Paul has so long oc¬
cupied with The State Journal been one where it
was an easy matter to maintain an even tempera¬
ment. Newspaper work is, at the best, a laborious,
distracting occupation and where the ideals are
high the difficulties attendant upon obtaining them
are particularly aggravating. Mr. Paul was a
man of excellent education, capable of producing
the very best work himself and anxious at all times
to see the best work in the columns over which he
presided. The failures of his subordinates must
have irritated and annoyed him. A man who
could keep his temper under these circumstances
and could school himself to overlook and condone
these failures was no common type. In the con¬
fusing, disconcerting, exasperating daily work of
getting out a paper he was at once a balance and a
governor.
It is difficult to associate with a man of Mr.
Paul's physical characteristics a spirit such as he
really possessed. Under the most trying circum-
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stances he gave none of the ordinary signs of dis¬
pleasure or vexation. His inborn courtesy forbade
it and the even, equable rules governing his treat¬
ment of those associated with him made it impossi¬
ble. In all the years he was at the head of The
State Journal's editorial department, no employe
of the paper can remember a harsh criticism or an
unreasonable order issued by Mr. Paul. With the
faults of those for whose work he was responsible
he was more than charitable. Those who have
deserved, but have been spared his displeasure,
would render tribute to the memory of his kindly
forbearance. They will long mourn the leader who
was no master, except in the mastery of superior
ability and attainments.
Mr. Paul was not a business man. His devotion
to his profession made it impossible that he should
have been one. His memory will be cherished by
his associates as that of a talented, courteous, hon¬
est and courageous gentleman. No more fitting
tribute than this memory can be paid to the char¬
acter of Mr. Paul.
DEATH OF CLARENCE PAUL.
[The Illinois State Kegister, May 22, 1908.]
The editor of the State Kegister just as the
editorial page is being closed is informed that Mr.
Clarence Paul, the editor of The State Journal,
died very suddenly about eight o'clock last night.
It is with profound sorrow that we receive the an¬
nouncement of the death of Mr. Paul, who for
about a score of years has filled the editorial chair
of The Journal. He had a wide acquaintance
throughout the state in newspaper and political
circles and was highly esteemed for his many ad¬
mirable traits of character. He was a genial
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gentleman, a Journalist of recognized ability, and
wide information. The profession of Journalism
in Illinois has lost a respected and valuable mem¬
ber in the death of Clarence Paul. Peace to his
ashes.
[Springfield Daily News, May 22, 1908.]
To those who knew him well the death of Mr.
Clarence E. Paul is inexpressibly sad. During his
life they were fortunate. In his death they are
deprived of one of nature's noblemen. It was the
fortune of some to know him well. It was the mis¬
fortune of many that they knew him little. Mr.
Paul was of an exceptionally retiring disposition.
He was modest almost to a fault. Though for
twenty years associated with The Illinois State
Journal, during which time he was a member of
the Kepublican state central committee, and his
work made a distinct impress upon political and
newspaper history, he formed comparatively few
acquaintances, while the number who knew him
intimately was even smaller.
He was content to do his work and to do it well.
He was cordial in all dealings with his fellow men,
but found his greatest pleasures in the companion¬
ship of his desk and his work. He came and went
with marked regularity in the daily routine of his
labors.
He was a student of the world. Kemarkably
well informed on every subject, he was peculiarly
fitted to perform the work of an editorial writer.
Taking always a deep interest in Kepublican pol¬
itics of Illinois, he knew all the leaders well. He
had a perfect knowledge of the game of practical
politics from observation rather than from partici¬
pation. His service on the state committee took
g
the dignified form of advice and counsel rather
than of work and execution. His judgment was
recognized by all, and many a successful operation
in politics received its first impetus in the advice
and suggestion of Mr. Paul.
His modesty naturally caused him to under¬
estimate himself and his own talents. For any¬
thing he did or advised he never took to himself
credit and apparently seemed not to care; he was
content to see it done and to see the results satis¬
factory.
The death of a man like Mr. Paul, who is ever
content to do and serve for the good of others, is
always a public loss; but when death strikes him
down in the prime of life the misfortune is doubly
great. Probably upon no shaft can be inscribed a
catalogue of great things Mr. Paul did, but it is
equally true that no volume can correctly list and
describe the silent and constant infiuence of this
one man in the shifting activities of the men and
women among whom he daily performed his work.
[The Springfield Record, May 22, 1908.]
Clarence E. Paul, editor of The State Journal,
is dead.
This is more than the mere announcement of
the demise of one of Springfield's citizens, but
carries with it the announcement of a great loss,
not only to this city but to the state at large.
Mr. Paul belonged to that type of professional
men whose responsibilities to the community in
which he is employed are manifold, and in ful¬
filling these obligations he has always displayed
that untiring energy, courage and moral stamnia
so necessary to the well being of the community.
His judgment on questions of vital importance
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to the city and state, in which he was so greatly
interested, was always sought by men high in the
ranks of statesmanship, and that he had not
abused that trust is evidenced in the high tributes
paid him by his associates, and those who had
occasion to meet him in his daily walk of life.
To the community in which he so long labored,
Mr. Paul was known and respected for the high
character of his ideals, and here in this city his
loss will be an irreparable one.
FUNERAL PLANS ARE COMPLETED.
REMAINS OF C. R. PAUL WILL BE INTERRED
IN CHICAGO.
Body Will Be Taken From Apartments on South
Sixth Street to Home of H. F. Dorwin, Where
Services Will Be Held at 10 O'Clock
This Morning—Local Newspaper
Men Meet and Adopt
Resolutions.
[The Illinois State Journal, May 22, 1908.]
Paul—The remains of Clarence K. Paul, editor
of The State Journal, whose sudden death oc¬
curred Thursday evening, will be sent to the old
home at Evanston today. The interment will take
place tomorrow afternoon in the family lot at Rose
Hill, Chicago. Services at Rose Hill will be con¬
ducted by Rev. Dr. Greene, pastor of First Baptist
church of Evanston.
Mr. James R. Paul, city editor of The Evanston
Index, arrived in Springfield yesterday to take
charge of the remains of his brother. A committee
from Springfield Lodge No. 6, Independent Order
of Odd Fellows, of which the decedent was a mem-
10
ber called upon the bereaved brother and extended
their sympathies and offered their offices in the
obsequies.
The remains will be removed from the apart¬
ment, 4061/2 South Sixth street, at 9 o'clock this
morning to the home of H. F. Dorwin, business
manager of The State Journal, 606 South Fourth
street, where services will be held at 10 o'clock this
morning. Eev. E. B. Sogers, pastor of Central
Baptist church will officiate. The services will be
attended by the employes of the departments of
The State Journal, with which Mr. Paul was asso¬
ciated, by other newspaper men of the city and by
members of the Sigma Chi fraternity, of which
Mr. Paul was a charter member of the Northwest-
em University chapter.
Following the services the remains will be es¬
corted to the Chicago & Alton passenger station,
and will be taken on the Alton Limited to Chi¬
cago. The pallbearers will be: Lewis H. Miner,
H. F. Dorwin, S. Leigh Call, William B. Jess,
Harry H. Dickerman and Allan H. Smith.
Telegrams of sympathy and expressing of grief
over the untimely demise of Mr. Paul were re¬
ceived yesterday from various points throughout
the country. Among them was a message to Lewis
H. Miner, managing editor of The State Journal,
from Melville E. Stone of New York, general
manager of the Associated Press, as follows :
"I am greatly grieved to hear of the death of
Clarence Paul. He was a friend of thirty years
standing.
(Signed) Melville E. Stone."
At a meeting of the members of the local press
held yesterday afternoon, appropriate action was
taken on the death of Clarence K. Paul, late editor
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of The Illinois State Journal. Thomas Eees was
chosen as chairman and Walter L. Patteson as sec¬
retary of the meeting. A committee on resolutions
was appointed, consisting of Vincent Y. Dallman,
Walter L. Patteson and 0. P. Bassett. A commit¬
tee was also named to secure a suitable floral of¬
fering on behalf of the press, consisting of H. W.
Clendenin, 0. P. Bassett and J. D. Edmond. The
chairman was authorized to appoint a committee
to represent the press at the funeral. They will
accompany the remains to the depot and perhaps
to Evanston, where the interment will be made.
The committee on resolutions reported the follow¬
ing tribute of respect to the memory of the de¬
ceased :
We, the members of the press of Springfield,
111., lay this tribute upon the bier of our friend
and co-worker, Clarence E. Paul, who has early
entered into the rest that cometh sweet after toil.
With a record of over a quarter of a century of
earnest work devoted to his profession in this
community, he has left behind him an enduring
memory enshrined in the hearts of all whose lives
touched his. Some of us have known him since
his earliest entrance into the field of local jour¬
nalism, others for a shorter time, but all to love
and esteem him for his noble and manly qualities
and for his conscientious devotion to duty. As an
editor he was able, fearless and thoroughly equipped
by nature and education for the responsible posi¬
tion which he filled.
In his death The Illinois State Journal, of which
he was editor for nearly twenty years, has suffered
a loss well nigh irreparable.
As a man, Clarence E. Paul was modest and un¬
assuming. Though firm in his convictions and
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able at all times to defend his position, he was ever
tolerant and just in his estimate of his opponent.
In his social relations he was most happy in the
possession of the qualities that attract friendship.
At all times he was that model of true manhood,
a kind and courteous gentleman. By those with
whom he was daily associated in the affairs of
business he was generally beloved and respected.
Through his prominent connection with political
affairs he had formed a large acquaintance with
eminent men of the state and nation, and to these
the news of his death comes as tidings of peculiar
sadness.
Stricken down, as he was, in the bloom of his
manhood and the fullness of his powers, we can
but feel deep regret for the possibilities that seem
to have been cut short, while, at the same time
we feel thankfulness and pride when we contem¬
plate what has been achieved.
We, his brethren of the press, extend to his as¬
sociates in business, his friends and especially to
the bereaved relatives, our most sincere sympathy.
HIS WORK APPRECIATED.
[The Illinois State Journal, May 23, 1908.]
Numerous messages and notes of sympathy re¬
ceived by The State Journal following the sad
news of the death of its editor testify eloquently
to the esteem and respect entertained throughout
the country for Clarence E. Paul. There is in
every communication received a tone of genuine¬
ness that leaves no doubt concerning the feelings
of the author. They show appreciation of both the
ability and the character of the dead editor and
impress forcibly upon the paper the loss it has sus¬
tained through his sudden death. Contemplation
13
of the sentiments expressed indicate that the im¬
mediate associates of Mr. Paul only shared the
feelings of a great many others in their regard
for him as a professional man and a gentleman.
AVhat is true of those who have written and tele¬
graphed The State Journal is equally true of those
who have called at the office and who have dis¬
cussed the event elsewhere in the city. From every
one has come the sympathetic word of regret and
sorrow. Men who did not know Mr. Paul per¬
sonally and who did not even enjoy passing ac¬
quaintance with him knew of his work, ability and
high character. They, too, understand what his
death means to the newspaper profession in
Springfield and the State of Illinois. That they
do is justification of his long years of labor, mod¬
estly performed though it was, and without self-
glorification and self-seeking.
In this period of extravagant editorial utterance,
when so many are engaged in breeding distrust of
their fellows, fostering vain political and econom¬
ical delusions and doing much to disturb and
harrass the minds of men, it is gratifying to know
that so many have been impressed with the judg¬
ment and sanity of a man who cared nothing for
the limelight. It gives faith in the ultimate sound¬
ness of our kind—faith than beneath all the froth
and foam there is a power of discernment and an
ability to analyze which will forbid the making of
serious mistakes.
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PAY TRIBUTE TO CLARENCE R.
PAUL.
FRIENDS OF LATE EDITOR ATTEND FUNERAL
SERVICES.
Sermon Is Delivered by Rev. Euclid B. Rogers, Pastor
of Central Baptist Church—Remains Are Taken
to Chicago on Alton Limited, Where
Interment Will Be Made This
Afternoon in Rose Hill
Cemetery.
[The Illinois State Journal, May 23, 1908.]
The funeral of Clarence E. Paul, editor of
The State Journal, was held at 10 o'clock yes¬
terday morning at the residence of H. F. Dorwin,
business manager of The State Journal, 606 South
Fourth street. Following the services, at which
Rev. E. B. Rogers, pastor of the Central Baptist
church, officiated, the remains were sent at 12
o'clock noon, via the Chicago & Alton, to Evans-
ton, where the interment will be made this after¬
noon.
The services throughout were marked with the
same simplicity and earnestness which character¬
ized the life of the decedent. In addition to the
presence of the most intimate friends of Mr. Paul,
the employes of the editorial department of The
State Journal and representatives of other news¬
papers of the city attended in a body.
Representatives of the Sigma Chi fraternity of
Northwestern University, an order of which Mr.
Paul was a charter member, also were present.
The floral offerings were of unusual number and
exceptionally beautiful designs were sent by each
department of The State Journal, by members of
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the Sigma Chi fraternity, and from the other
newspaper men of the city and local organizations
of which the late editor was a member.
The funeral sermon delivered by Eev. Mr. Eogers
was largely a message of sympathy and hopeful¬
ness for the friends who were so intimately asso¬
ciated with the decedent during his long years of
usefulness in this city. The speaker dwelt on the
fact that Mr. Paul, himself, would have deprecated
a lengthy eulogy of his life as his innate modesty
forbade him ever to claim more attention from his
friends than his position demanded.
His very unobtrusiveness caused his loss to be
the more keenly felt by those friends who had
labored for years beside him, declared Mr. Eogers.
The hope they feel is in the truth brought to the
world by Jesus, the Great Teacher, that death is
not the ending, not an accident of life, but an
incident by which mortals pass into a larger,
broader and more glorious sphere where many
hope to meet again.
Preceding the funeral services the remains were
viewed by the friends gathered to pay their last
respects to the one they honored and loved for
years. At the conclusion of the services the re¬
mains were taken to the Chicago & Alton depot,
escorted by the newspaper men of the city.
The pallbearers were Lewis H. Miner, H. P.
Dorwin, S. Leigh Call, William B. Jess, Harry H.
Dickerman and Allan H. Smith.
The remains were put aboard the Limited and
were accompanied to Chicago by James Paul, a
brother of the decedent, and H. F. Dorwin, busi¬
ness manager of The State Journal. The inter¬
ment will be made this afternoon in the family
lot in Eose Hill cemetery, Evanston. Services at
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the grave will be conducted by Eev, Dr. Greene,
pastor of the Baptist church of Evanston.
During the funeral services all departments of
The State Journal were closed as a mark of respect
for the decedent.
CLARENCE RICHMOND PAUL.
[Harvard Herald.]
Clarence K. Paul, editor of The Illinois State
Journal at Springfield, died last Thursday at his
home in the capital city. Mr. Paul had an exten¬
sive acquaintance throughout the state and he was
held in high esteem, his abilities and affable man¬
ners winning for him the respect and admiration
of a wide circle of friends, to whom the news of
his untimely death came with a feeling of sorrow.
[Girard Gazette.]
Clarence Paul, for years the leading editor of
The Springfield Journal, died at his home in
Springfield last Thursday night. Mr. Paul was a
journalist endowed with high attainments and
beloved by all the journalists of the state. Cour¬
teous, able and fearless he was looked upon as a
leader in the profession and his death will be
greatly mourned by all newspaper editors in the
state.
CLARENCE RICHMOND PAUL.
[Quincy Whig.]
Clarence R. Paul was a prominent figure in the
affairs of the Republican party of this state. Al¬
ways loyal to the party without seeking any re¬
munerative party post, considerable attention was
paid to his loyal, unselfish party counsels. For
several years he was a member of the state Repub¬
lican committee. When a younger man he was for
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a time private secretary of Senator Cullom. He
had a host of friends throughout the state who
will sincerely mourn his death.
[Alton Telegraph.]
Clarence E. Paul, for twenty years editor of
The Illinois State Journal at Springfield, was
found dead in his bed yesterday evening. His
death was caused by apoplexy. He was one of the
best known editors in the state and was among the
ablest in the west.
[Evanston Index.]
He was entirely wrapped up in his work. In
college, a student of marked ability, and in his pro¬
fession recognized as a forceful, trenchant writer,
his interests were few beyond his own office. He
took some interest in politics, never caring for
office himself, but being for a great many years
a member of the Eepublican state central com¬
mittee and wielding a forceful influence in state
politics.
[Carllnville Enquirer.]
Clarence Paul, editor of The Illinois State Jour-
nal, died Thursday night. He was one of the
ablest editors in Illinois and his death came as a
shock to the newspaper fraternity of the state. For
the past twenty years he has been connected with
the editorial staff of The Joumal and his work has
made a deep impress upon political and newspaper
history of the state. He was of a quiet and retir¬
ing disposition and did not seek office. He was
cordial in all his dealings with his fellow men, but
found his greatest pleasures in the companionship
of his desk and his work.
The death of Clarence E. Paul, editor of The
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[Chapalgn Gazette.]
Illinois state Journal, is the taking away of a
most capable and companionable man. He was 56
years old, and a graduate of Northwestern Univer¬
sity and had been editor of The Journal since
1889.
[Fuel.]
Illinois journalism has lost a valued member
by the death of Clarence E. Paul, editor of the
Illinois State Journal. Mr. Paul died suddenly
last Thursday at his home in Springfield. The
press of the state has without exception paid high
tribute to his work and his memory, but none of
them have said a word to which he was not justly
entitled. Telegrams of sympathy came not only
from all parts of Illinois, but from the best repre¬
sentatives of editorial work in all states. For over
a quarter of a century his work in Springfield has
been known and venerated. A man in his position
is rarely known to a large circle in person; the
exacting duties of the editor of a daily paper of
high standing takes all the time that a man of the
best qualities can give it, for journalism is a jeal¬
ous mistress and brooks no rivals. Conscientious
work in that vocation fills the life of any man who
undertakes it. Mr. Paul was devoted to his pro¬
fession.
He was able and fearless, but at the same time
tolerant and just. The courage of his convictions
was strengthened by his true conservatism. Yield¬
ing nothing of what he believed was right and just,
he yet knew that men differed and gave every man
d)'ie credit as he deserved it—^the credit of being
honest in his opinions where these were honest,
and when he found it necessary to attack in the
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interest of what he believed truth, he attacked
beliefs and principles, not the men who conscien¬
tiously entertained them. He was equipped by
nature and by training for his work, and was
trained in that older school of journalism that is
too seldom found in this day of sensationalism and
play that is too often for a purpose. His purpose
was always high, and his good judgment recog¬
nized by those who came in contact with him. For
he was modest and retiring by nature and so that
he did his work well cared not for the popular ap¬
plause. Yet he was recognized by all as a man
whose wise counsel made him a leader of men.
[Carllnvllle Democrat.]
Clarence E. Paul, for more than twenty years
associated prominently with the editorial and busi¬
ness management of The Illinois State Journal,
died suddenly in Springfield last Thursday of
heart failure. His death came as a great shock to
thousands of friends and admirers throughout the
state. He was a successful newspaper man. He
was devoted and faithful to his work. For years
the editorial columns of The State Journal abound¬
ed with his sound and ably written articles. He
was excessively modest. When things were done
which he favored he was satisfied, even though the
credit due him was not given to him. Mr. Paul
was a splendid example of an accomplished, refined
American gentleman. He was always ccfurteous
and always obliging. By his writings he played
an important part in the affairs of Illinois. His
death, coming at a time when he was just in the
prime of life, is a great loss to the state and re¬
moves a most charming character from the sphere
of active life.
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