The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1872-06-07
JAMES GORDON BENNETT.

! diAu hiOst suOCCSSluA newspaper
of the world, died at his home in New
York on the afternoon of June 1st
Power and sagacity have marked this
wonderful mans whole course in life.
To be on the winning side was his
ambition ever, for with it came success
and money. A man destitute of prin.
ciple, he published journal feared by
many, respected by nobody, but read
by all. lie died without country.
without home in the true sense. lie
never cast vote in his life-he never
became naturaliZcd citizen of the
United States. AS was truthfully said
by Gen. Wilder, in his address before
the editors at Emporia last week, ''the
world is governed by ideas, inspira-
tons and faith. and not by accidents,
explosions, rapes and runaways. The
Herald never represented reform, and
was as useless in a revolution as an
almanac or railway guide" 1t was a
mirror Of James Gordon Bennett, who
sought alone after money and might,
and not purity or right.
''They say Horace Greeley has been
candidate for office for thirty years,
and only twice elected, but what class
of men, even in depravcd New York,
ever thought of making James Gordon
Bennett a candidate for anything
Not one human being, in all that vast
city, in all these long years, ever so vi
olated the universal instinct for honor
and truth which God has implanted in
the heart of man, as to mention the
editor and owner of the Herald as ca
pable of holding any position whatever
of honor, trust or confidence"
James Gordon Bennett was born
about the year 1900 at New Nell, Keith
Bauffshire, Scotland. He remained at
school i'll his native place until he went
to the Roman Catholic seminary at
Aberdeen to prepare for church orders.
His parents were Catholic, and becOm-
ing early identified with that church.
he remained connected with it until
the day of his death. He remained at
Aberdeen for two or three years, when,
in 1919, he left and embarked for Au-
roria, where he applied himself to
school teaching to relieve pecuniary
Soon afterwards we
find him employed by Wells & Lilly,
of Boston, rs proof reader.
lie wrote some poetry. In 1922 he
became connected with the Charleston
Courier as translator from Spanish
American papers. Here he remained
for several months, when lie went to
New York and undertook the cstab-
lishment of commercial school, i'm
which he failed, and then delivered a
course Of lectures on political economy
in the old Dutch church on Ann street. |
In 1925 he bought the New York COur-
Ter, which failed on his hands and he
then became connected with other pa
pcrs as reporter until in 1926, when he
became connected with the National |
and some time afterwards |
took an active part in politics. He was
opposed to the tariff and was a warm
friend of Martin Van Buren,, and the
being a partisan of John
Quincy Adams, Mr.. Bennett dissolved
MS connection with it and soon after
wards connected himself with the En-
yuirer and became a member of the
rammany society. In the presidential
of 1923 he supported General
Jackson, and resided at Washington as
Of the Enquirer. After
he union of that paper with the Cour-
'ey, he continued to write the editorial
articles sustaining Jackson and the
party in series of articles
against the rc-chartering of the banks.
IN 1882 political difference having
risen between him and Col. Webb.
he publisher, he left that paper and
or. one month published the Globe.
lie then purchased the Pennsylvania,
! daily paper in Philadelphia, and be-
anne its principal editor until 1884.
when he returned to New York. and
II May, 1885, issued the first number
# the Herald. His history since is
veil known.