, 1872-10-23
The Presidential Campaign and tho
Independent Press.

The Presidential Campaign and tho
Independent Press.
From tie Cincinnati Commercial.
The story that tho stockholders of the New
York Tribune are dissatisfied with Horace Gree
Icy and Whitelaw Reid, and propose to dis
charge them soon after the November election,
is one of the most absurd Of the recent efforts Of
that portion Of the press that confounds patriot
OF the pretenHions Of u. S. Grant. We happen to
know that business OF tho Tribune is MS good as
usual. One Of the charges 1Ir. Greeley has eB-
capped has been that Of running for the Prosi-
riety his candidacy would give his newspaper;
and ne believe that it has not been alleged that
he had mercenary views in taking the popular
eide Of politics in Now York City; but it ia true
editor OF the Tribune this summer, there
has been an extraordinary demand for it in
the South, ind at the New York 'newa-atands
and OH the cars and true, also, that MLr. Gree
ley's vehement assaults upon those who have
beon, in his judgment, the opponents OF healthy
public progress and the enemies of society, has
in time past limited both the circulation and ad-
yertising business Of the Tribune. It does not
looking at the matter in business point of
view, seem an unwarranted presumption, that
tile T,ibunes release from party fetters will
speedily prove Of advantage to the stockholders.
They have nothing to complain Of as the case
stands, and reason to expect great gains.
Those who are chuckGng over the notion that
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count Of his recent course, must be wholly
ignorant Of the character and strength of tho
man. He has always disregarded money consid-
erations. His pocket nerve is not at all sensitive.
that the act would spoil the sale of his book
on the war; but, fceling that he was right,
he gave no thought to the effect upon his book
or Lis newspaper. The idea OF the stockholders
Of the Tribune declining to re-elect Horace
Greeley oditor in case ho ia not elected Presi-
| dent, may please q few horaey people, and may
| possibly bo entertained temporarily by rural
Postmasters and the editors of country newspa-
pers, but there has not been any such meeting
Of the stockholders aB has been recently report
ed, and, if there had been, three-fourths Of the
stock is held by the enthusiastic personal and
political friends of the old editor. The only
holder Of stock who is on the other side, is the
Cherry Pectoral man, DR.. Aver, who, few
nomination in the Fifth Massachusetts Congress
sional District. Samuel Sinclair, Whitelaw
Reid, Oliver johnson, Theodore Triton, Bayard
Taylor, and the foreman and pressman in the
i770une office, holding q large majority Of the
stock, have been among the most strenuous sup
Porters OF Mr. Greeley and would regard al
insult to him as an affront to themselves, and
misfortune Of his as q personal calamity OF their
But suppose majority Of tho stockholders Of
me 17aoune should make up their minds TINT
they could be better served by new editors,-
tnas tl the th1ng to do Is to enter upon o compe-
t1tlon with the Times for the position of New
York organ Of GRAM, what would be the result?
The Tribune is regarded worth million dollars,
excluslye OF real estate. Two-thirds Of this sum
Is represented in tho single article Of goodwill
and Mr. Greeley, while living, embodieB the
greater part Of that, He owns but one-tenth Of
the stock In the Tribune, but, if rejected by the
stockholders, he could in three months establish
paper Of which he might be sole proprietor,
that would 10 worth one-half the present value
Of the Tribune. He is well and hardy, and has
ten years hard work in him yet. # turned out
Of the Tribune, he would still have a chance to
become millionaire. If he were not phil
osopher, and could not be President, and If he
could be brought to bestow upon himself share
of the concern that he has given others, we
would wish him the joy and the luok OF quar-
rel with his stockholders.
Mr. Whitolaw Reid's position has this summer
been most delicate and harassing one. It is
not at any time. We presume. an easy task to