Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1871-12-17
THE NEWSPAPERS OF NEW YORK.
Some Facts About the Press of New York
City How the Papers are Edited and by
Whom.
Correspondence Knoxville Chronicle.I

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ing more powerful and useful. There is
in no profession greater ability, directed
by higher motives than is to be found in
the editorial corps of the leading journals
of this great city. These men are of course
liable to err and are sometimes imposed
upon by cunning schemers, but theysare as
a class as little governed by corrupt infiu-
ences as any other profession.
The work, and money. daily bestowed
upon the newspapers of this city is very
great. The work is always done under
great pressure and the money expended
lavishly. Competition is so great that the
cost of obtaining the latest and best news
never receives consideration.
.-.s THE TINES NEWSPAPER. t...f 81.
Just now the paper most read and talk
ed of in New York is the Times. Its great
victory over Tammany is the subject of
never ending discussion. The Importance
of this victory grows, aseach days new de-
velopments expose the magnitude and
dangers of its operations from which the
people have escaped. EFH rtTn
Senator Wilson, lately returned from
Europe, remarkeda few days ago in con-
versatiOn, that very few people in Amer
lea realize the enOrmity of the crime against
free Institutions committed by the Tam
many leaders. Everywhere in Europe, in
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a strong argument against republican gov
ernments." AS this fact grows upon the
public their appreciation of the services
rendered by the press correspondingly in
creases. .f rFfsIr1 sf ~. tTT
There has been much said about the in
fiuences brought to bear to drive off the
Times from its fearless assaults. When it's
proprietors determined on their duty in
the premises, they gave orders to the adj
f.In fo1
city advertising at any price. They cut
loose from the unclean thing and would
hold no intercourse with it. The first
proposition from the Ring to the Times
was to pay 1t o MILLION DOLLARS if it
would cease its attacks. The next PROPOSE
ton came in the shape of a blank check,
which its prOprietors were authorised to
fill up with any amount, provided no fur
ther attacks upon Tammany appeared in
the paper. Both propositions were indig-
nantly spurned. s4...---e-
is a matter of history well known. Its
editorials will serve as models of their
class for all time to come. The excite
ment in New York grew more with every
new assault. The subscription list of the
Times doubled in nine weeks. Harpers
sold their Weekly, with Nast's unrivalled
caricatures, by the hundred thousand
The famous Supplement issued by the
Times in German and English giving the
full list of the fraudulent vouchers went
to every part of the world and was printed
in every language. There were over 400,
600 of the supplements issued. The ten
and four cylender presses in the Times
office were run continually for twenty-siX
hours printing thenl.e -sE|
AS the excitement increased in New
York, Tammany grew more restless.
Money having failed to buy off the Press,
intimidation was tried. The editors and
prOprietors of the Times were watched and
threats of various kinds sent to them but
all to no avail.
Election day came, and though the peo-
pie were aroused the Tammany leaders
were confident of being sustained. They
believed money would carry them through
Even on the morning following the cleo
ton, Mayor Hall and Tweed could not be
persuaded of their overthrow. They had
made arrangements to renew on more
extended scale their plumbers of the peo-
pie. One of their plans was to seize the
Times office, by some sort of process OBJ
tanned from their tools on the Bench, and
force the paper to suspend or publish in
New Jersey. The many plundering jobs
now going under, were to be forced
through. The victory last November
many will probably never be known.
SOMETHING ABOUT NEW YORK EDITORS.
The Tribune is one of the best edited
papers in the world. There is as much in
telligent and well directed labor bestowed
upon it as upon any paper published. 1t
has a corps of able vigorous young men
in most cases directed by the best
Judgment available and certainly al
ways enthusiastic and enterprising. The
Herald pays more money for news than
the Tribune or Times, but its news is not
so well edited or reliable. The. Herald en-
tertains no convictions on any subject and
Yields but little influence. People read it
for the 3letOS, but they read the Times,
Tribune, Hdrper'S or Evening Posi-, not only
for news but also for able and fearless pro-
mitigation of their respective opinions on
public questions. $3.50 FnFH
An interesting feature of the Tri6uae'S
management is the daily criticisms of an
experienced journalist, to which all its
force are subjected. This critic compares
the Tribune every morning with its
rivals. Its merits and defects are
fearlessly pictured. Its reports of leading
events are compared with the World,
Herald and Times and otherrivals and their
superiority in some respects and lnferioril
ty in others are pointedsOut. Its financial
and commercial reports for accuracy and
fullness are all compared the style of the
editorials and the selection and quantity
of matter published criticised. From the
first to the last page of the paper every
line is carefully read and criticised. When
Mr. Whitelaw Reid, the managing editor,
goes to his desk at four in the afternoon,
he can see from this criticism just in what
respect the Tribune has triumphed or been
surpassed in enterprise or judgment by its
contemporaries. In other words the Tri-
6une office is daily school for its force
and the discipline is thorough.
Horace Greeley is the presiding genius in
the Tribune sanctum, but Whitelaw Reid
is his active and able managing editor. A
son of Arson Burlingame is one of its
rising force.
Mr.. L. F. Jennings, formerly of the
London Times, is the managing editor of
the Times. Mr.. Geo. Jones, though not
the largest stakeholder of the paper, is its
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