The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1873-07-14

ble psrapranher. but when he treats sub
Iects al length he Is apt'to be dihuse and
Wordy, and 10 over burden MS ALucles
with quotations. j. L. StlIlson Is manag,
inc editor, and 80 far has done very well
in That difficult and troublesome Office.
The Graphic Is beyond doubt q anan'
cial success, and 1t sells we'll, the daily
edition being some 10000. The pictures
vary in quality, and one day will DO very
good and the next perfectly eXeCrable,
Tho greatest trouble seems 10 he to get
good artists An effort was made 10 3d.
cure Mast, but l do not think his terms
would be satisfactory. It Is indespensa-
bic for the success Of such journal TO
have artists who can make rapid and "a.
king sketches. The Graphic statues have
been very good, as q rule, and 30 have the
portraits OF the men OF the time. The ed.
itorial writing Is by W. T. Clark, who
used 10 do the bright paragraphs on the
Golden A9e, and It 10 such as might be ex.
peCtcd from him. Several others Of the
stat are clever with the pen, and Mr..
Croly lie certainly competent editor-in-
CHIEF; yet the writing on the Graphic is
not as good as it ought TO be. Orpheus
q. Kerr Is the only outside contributor OF
much account, and there has been rather
q surieit Of Eli Perkins screeds. Theex-
pertinent Of making 0 daily illustrated pa
per Is, however, q success, and l doubt
not that others will venture into the same
field, and do better, even, than the Graph.
&c has done. There is certainly plenty. OF
room for improving Our afternoon papers,
none Of which are anywhere near being
perfect.
In conclusion, 10 reCur to the subject
with which began this letter, It seems
10 me the days Of the supremacy Of the
New York press arc numbered. We
shall never have another Weekly Tribune,
marshalling in trumpet tones the voters
of the whole Union; each of our papers
must be content with its own following
which Will comprise the foEty or htty
thousand persons living within radius
Of fifty miles OF its publication office who
agree with It's views. Farther than that
its daily circulation will not extend as the
telegraph places II at disadvantage in
competing even with the small local jour
mails. As in Chicago, Cincinnati, Louis
vile and st. Louis, so In New York, the
influence Of a journal is getting to be more
and more localized. Intreating Of broad
topics, each newspaper will carry
q weight proportional TO the intellectual
Calibre Of Its editor. At present, It docs
not look as ii the heads of our mctropOli-
Ian journals were Of as great, il even Of
equal, mould, 10 Murat, Hslstcd, Horace
White, Henry WattersOn, or Sam. Bowles,
and thcir superior standing must, there
fore, be ascribe1 partly 10 the lingering
reputation Of the great editors who have
Just died, and partly TO the position Of
New York as the metropolis Of the coun-
try. Possibly that man Is now hidden
below the surface somewhere who Is des-
tined TO again restore the supremacy Of
journalism. If so, he will
have to be q man Of the Tilton order, pos.
sessing an eloquent pen and great moral
and intellectual enthusiasm. Such
man, If identified with any oil the great
movements which are soon 10 come TO
pass in this country, would work wonders
In public opinion. Unfort unatelY none OF
the coming contests of opinion or action
are likely 70 begin hero. Now York Is q
great place for making wealth, but II is
not an academy nor debating ground.
Il Is among the farmers grange OF the
West, with tho labor reformers at Lynn,
Fall River or Scranton, or in some other
JuL Of the way corner, that the coming
sditor will appear, In tho meantime
journals will grow rich,
print 0 certain number OF copies daily,
quarrel with their rivals and putt their
friends, and complacently proclaim their
own merits lsy-6y day in the ears Of al-
mlring readers, as usual. SO be it.