The Cleveland leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1865-1865, 1865-06-27
DAILY LEADER
TUESDAY, JUNE "a, 1853.
NEssPAPBRIlL GOSSIP.
The Personnel of the New York News.
paper Press,


IN 7. Corr Spoade0ee Chicago publican
a great deal has been said concerning
the retirement Of Governor Raymond
1rGm the Times, and the incoming OF
/ ThurloW Weed as mansger-in chief
There Is no truth in it. nor il Mr.. Ray
mond going to Earope-hiE family have
| gone and intend remaining abroad for 8
year. Mr.. Weeds only connection with
| the Times Is that of an editorial writer or
occasional contributor over his own sigma
ture. Mr.. John Swinton, who has been
the managing editor since Mr.. Wilson's
departure, has resigned, and is succeeded
| by Mr.. Morrison, one Of ths sblest writers
on the newspaper press. Governor Ray
mond ret4ins the active management of
the paper and will not permit his Con-
gressionsl duties to interfere with it.
Since Mr.. Dsns's resignation leaVen of
discomfort has worked divisions in the old
Tribune Office, and changes innumersble
have been made, while the most important
are yet 70 be made. Tbechief conspirstors
at the time Of Mr.. Gays accession to pow
er were Oliver J Johuson, of the init Slavery
Standard, TheOdare Tilton, of the bIdepeH-
dent, and S. II. Gay. Mr. Gay had hardly
AOUlE6hAChk6O nllu66ll MuEA No u6N6lDDEQ
any amount of annoying fussiness and
quarrelled with every body in the Office.
One by one the workers left him. Frank
0'HaTson resigned, and is now night editor
in the Times; Mr.. Webb, the librarian and
index keeper, resigned, AMI now occupies a
like position on the Tunes; Bungsy the
fancy writer and descriptiveist was per-
mitted 10 retire and has gone west; Mr..
England, for years the city editor, couldn't
stand the pressure and left for New Jersey,
where he is growing grapes, relieving his
lsbors by waiting In Sam Drsper's ante.
room, while Sunday reporters and cores
pondents have refused 10 write under the
Gay regime
The conspirstors are again at work. Mr..
Oliver johnson, finding the Standard
source Of neither profit nor power, has lefs
il and is casting about for a place. He
and Tilton have put their heads together,
and with sundry others have succeeded in
forming q combination who will turn Mr.. |
Gay into the cold at the next annual meet |
ing, while Mr.. johnson, one of the weak !
sst OF the Wesk, viii take his place. |
Tilton is hoping TO have the po- |
sition at fome future time for himself is |
nstter Of question, as his present field, the |
affords him ample scope.
The Herald jOgs along in Its accustomed
path. Young Jim" doesn't develop
newspaper TALENT but his Play Bill"
lnder The management of Mr.. Ryan, is
,oining money. The Express difficulty
lss not yet been settled. It's profits dur
ng the last quarter were $4,000. Mr..
)lark's counsel stated in court that they
lad been offered S25, 600 for the one sixth
'Wned by Clark, by parties who proposed
nsklng 8 frst-class evening newspaper
t is generally understood that the active
'arty in the new enterprise was Alex. @.
Nilsson, for ten years managing editor of
be Times, who was mRnu@uVreing in be-
slf OF himself and Mr.. Howard. The
oUrt favored the claim of the Brookses,
nd for the present the plan has fallen
trough.
Ben. Woods retirement from the edito-
isl charge Of the Daily NeWS has been
nnOunced heretofore. Wood has never
Iritten line for the paper, but bis ideas
ave ruled, and his suggestions were al
sys the IUdder. To Messfs. PRAY and
slay-the former 8 veteran actor, the lat
Il ssnguine young southerner-the edi-
AiNA ONt "S Bi'eAI wine OuAgo hc-
unn acted as censor. Mr.. Armstrong,
'rmeTlY OF the New York Times, was and
the managing editor. The only change
the papers persoaeL Is the substitution !
Mitchell for Wood, Mitchell, however, ,
rites, while Wood only inspired. 1t is
,nerslly understood Wood sank in the
sighboThood of Sl5O,0OO by his paper
,oper, which was fully made up by the 6
ngular amount of corporation pay fur !
shed without stint and without fairness.
nder the new regime the politics of the
eiOs will be radically sristocratic, out
irOding HerOd in its assertion of Mozsrt-
q doctrines, and testing TO the full the
Illi6ility of the Democratic extremist as
sll as the monumental patience of the :
le men of the country. {