New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1875-06-18
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James Gordon Bennett. founder Of TIE -fer-
YORK. Merritt grei' journalist iie had ir ftcuty
anticipating and supplying the Pauc Demand Tor
news IN. Wor4 ovec And ne f;'elli aite IN - e'ery
d.tar ~ The paper which necessary 20 Sec,lf
Tor II the defnd which rs eSsenfiio leading ric'1-
Is,istan newspaper H0rare Greeley vas great thker
he began has ncTsal er by seeking In support %
sr,.dtd IN making fHE fFfETNr the expn' no o. moral
p..oc in she CDiIed -ti-s. ~ wis great
aehiev,inent sui 40 one Nh cam mat n. =
journal, x ever h"e'l Nl'i 1ke H'H" "IIlE ~ ~"
fhtt Bennett and NJ Greeley were the rtve
eoaduTGIis on LHir iSl ~ rn srI,-.e
Wa me Nrrfn"i M '.''h-t VIZ me i-i.'. W
And the d.N renee between the two papers W.Hs-
a3i "a tiuse~s The ilHprcss pei upon these two
papers reInns tl.,t sae.r ioundcs are 'eaf Tho
de,nd FOR itself ike Stanley enterprise and Nud
hoGs southern Letters, now heing eontnoutek ~
IR 81 bro:lers it moral All literary sphere' Il " -
srpcal attention % scientific slniccts and nlnta
corps superior Jreisn cn1esnondents Who urnisA i
takes greater e'erpisos TIE TEiRuNt hccnnes more
snt mr.. tl0u-itui and eiFrst. re HcrGN IL C'.t
Au.l n 81, were tie .lfie. az t., founders. Henry J.
Rayn 5ud a briant writer, end apd and versatile
;sspir lie not dted Tor bod and vigorous
!e.cr; he cunid not comnand-se could only Trim as
pawer Ghurlow weed was 4 great man. lie
thoHsid b. nm&e E-e.t Paper n Eg"-ior1
devices and details Of machine psrs; mt me- roroi
tin Journal cannot thrive that re never Was - much
afcenan the ak years hem 4s VITA Tie clos.
81 We "a - .''..i 49, -, nd i.,,,i 49,, fi,.
lac could -eceod solely ~ laiina t-aIi yet he
never occupied 50 str0ng sosifi31 inherently. W rol
Wanld trust hii with - Or;liiL"l 10 WIN
liz ogran L, was 4 BcrO T. however wren ;rcit name
and -,r.iciest capital. with -rcIf Journalistic
abilities might U-pfueeG grrat paper. * iei5t -
tie extent OF proving Itself deserving Of Tor ~
.ilneroritv al dfDaTrrrnts journalistic enfeavor
Aad had ar Weed been commanding JOURNALIST rather
than q coG,undng o,.tioin, he wOu- nae aeh.cte II
IN that direction Hut The paper h bal "-taf-
,is,s.t dsened itseif without tfan with MIN;
aud he lett wlhout paper for daring 70 lie risAt
"a . grave crisis ia lis cOIairYs history.
T, rank 'fr Greeley higher than Mr. Weed IN
bects, IN entirely consistent IN sIying t.s ii
nnlist i}enurtt superior IL tier ast Has. the
conductor Tie LofI1H I5s~s 0utrag.s fss1 al. AMI
ves Dq. editor of fhs NJ. Bennett would
ave mad. good a Psesid@n: Hcraor Greeley 80
good paIiii general anil G4ptrl.sf fbdrioF Weed.
Mr. Bennett organize ~ news; air. Greeley was
an organizer thought Mr.. Weed organizer of
n
his profession lie ds With politics ls wh everything
else snleiy ~ ATessUn duty; AMI FL OF p0ii.ics not
thus Il ili 10 peculiar sphere lie Leaves alone Tie
deals Nil 0,Bnns merely they tone the current ~
daily lite from his standpoint aud within his clrcrit
fion 81 me Lo1.ta fses the rs. Of rae Aeo IoTk
Hyqfid character Isd scope at TIE fHisnNA-tbr-e
ge models excellence; and there uorl
features iu 0tLsr LEADING Metropolitan papers. And
lAeso Ire the ideals the journalist has before l.
But he cannot give himself ~ 10 th"se M II s"@ged ~
sarh pas.sOn Lur politics governed ILaIlOw Wesd
Tor all exp.rsnce thai they ncouIatiD~, cx-
ccp The i'm fed jouInalStis ra e oi Us purely poAI
cal editor Aud il n Unavoidable that u should Je
tor tb, eta i of fcs distract attfion from tbe de
ts OF lIisLixn the two only De 50 La tiu.sd
IA f,.y are Welded la tT -"i'"uns or paper.