The New Editor (1911)
Dick Roberts, a young newspaper reporter, out of a job, becomes assistance editor to Silas P. Bunker, owner of the Mayville "Clarion." In a novel comedy incident, Dick meets Clarabel Bussy, and the young people promptly fall in love with each other. Clarabel's mother is the president of the "Woman's Suffrage Club of Mayville," and the leader of the ladies in a fight for town ownership of the water works against the private company. President Perkins of the water company, has just had a consultation with Roman, the local political boss, and the two have drafted a compromising letter to their state senator, demanding his support and the defeat in the legislature of the town ownership water works bill. The two men leave the room, and Mrs. Bussy enters to plead her cause with Perkins. She writes on the back of the compromising letter some notes for her speech, and then leaves, after a stormy talk with Perkins. When Perkins discovers the loss of the letter, he bribes the editor of the "Clarion" to keep all Suffragette items out of his paper. Then Roman gets some loafers to break up the "Woman's Suffrage Meeting." The women storm the "Clarion" office, when the editor refuses to print their statements. Then Mrs. Bussy buys the "Clarion" and makes Dick editor. Dick finds Perkins' compromising letter among the sheets of Mrs. Bussy's speech, and despite the desertion of his compositor and printer, he gets out an extra edition, exposing the water company gang.
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| Filmmakers | Role |
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| Joseph A. Golden | Director |
| William Nicholas Selig | Producer |
| Cast | Role |
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| Otis Thayer | |
| William Duncan | |
| True Boardman | |
| Kathryn Bond |
