The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-01-10
THE TRIBUNE TRAGEDY.
uoy HORAcE GHEELEI DIED AND
nv GOTLD StCCIEDED.

iisans-lte Hurthase OB Vh'"" Ni'""
Ia t.nuld Irud- Ortnu Han hiu on
shuxl,r CoIr.X Breaks Down ~ Ldi'or-
c.,ld Tntc. the Concern OH or'"ns
usais-Then til, stool Pigeon ihSi"heu'
Whou the elections in 1872 resulted III tue
.,,,..s. Of President Grant, Mr.. Greeley fcll
,,t, , ste'e u utter dependency In regard 10
,he future of tho Tribune. II acemed N lin
that the great newspaper property "mch re h'"
founded and which r,pi sen'cd 40 much OF '"e
means OF his associates. was about 10 ounHp'o.
He felt that he had been ,ht in-trumeh' oi
bringing them to ruin. Hisarceptance OF Tue Law
eral Republican aud D"nocr'uc NOMINATIONS
had heqn by the verdict u the people character
Izsl is a GREAT mist8kc. OH friends had idlcn
nwa, from the paper and new ones had not
eor,. ., t,te their places. with bankruptcy
staring them In the face. the stockholders
,,und great fauit Win their unfortunate chief,
holding hm and hi. Immediate friends aud
c5atlutofsintAo once responsible for Il disas-
fer. which had b.flllen thom. MIR. Greeley,
vhov.ss camplefell prosiratod underhi- private
ctief. and punilc ia lures, sucrumNud to tic
.iiiafuu. IT. Lowing tha Republican oIgaaial-
u.n hc mad put iu jeopardy the property ot
hi, 10 .rciliot, and ln.t the high stake for
wnica he rlayed. lie now resolved at all ptr-
soinl .lrfieccs g. make the stockholders suca
rcu.f zion as be- bet could. with tins obiec. in
rcs, nc sid To- Sinclair. hispuAli-hori
"sim iccl. as our people say that Ia this
Jon,ica movement W. have put the Tribune
rrop. -y DO rcf Ii - NY duty to do what
can tn repair the mischief. To this end those ~
,.-,, ,r,,c ip.t.ur,.nts1 ,n h,tugiu, ab,ut
.,...,a., ,lt,cs n,,,st ,., o,t n,v.,If the
a., W.m,.tri,t;h IN, J,iI,ue i,t, new hands
r,,.,, n, ,,,,lo tbornuyl,lv l,.uupltr,,,. and be
.,,e1s,,othch,r,s,f ~ a strai,ht.on, Repnhu.
49,, ,r,.t, r,,,., ,. .,,.n. ,, ,,,, ,.,,,,s. if IL
i,r,t tl.. r,l. ~ n,,r V.el,iv sut.ctiptions. OH
,r.l, 90 ler..elv tely. and wi ich come In ab, u
t,,s,,f1.nuary. y,lu be lost altogether"
,r >incl ir cast apout for some pionouuccd
Asf,iac.n. wno.s name or rcrutdion would
eagDat.utee % thc puoiic of bi- pohtic ! uf-
th.u.xy. He eventually liked utou scluylrr
Golf ter inc n-ufehend tt.c rcpcutant Iiih-
u, d,au'me, Mr. Cr,cl,y, VITO had IN dc
i,w .cile al. ri TO resume work temporarily
Oh ai4 uaper. Ws puictly squal,hed ty the
Young tcitor in charge. the c.ticature which
Na.i dr,,. of NhuelHw Field waving of poor
old % race as he returned to his old sanctum
with . contemp,uuus Go West, young man
60 Wo-i.' hsd rote Truth than poetry 40 Il.
Driven urm the place q his flrner power and
greniu,ss. he fcli INTO settled mricucnulY, ind
IN sp.t, of A., pit, u'is p'eaG,ugs fDr mofey.was
thrust into mad house wheie, on NOV. %, l,,2.
The Keen struggle f1r the contfol which dur
ing ihs tnteHce.' N mad been goirg on between
the Publisher and the Young Editor of tho Ti-
h'nt wss now hroNght TO focus. Vpcro are
or were one hundred sh res cftne Ir.a,lc stooo.
Fiity-cne shares would be amaJorip iuterc.f.
hr sinclair was TIE large ST ihulti iuh owner,
ani by the outside world vs. supposed t. be
wealthy man. The day after MIR. Grrcle,'s death.
he sent Tor Mr. VIM. Orton, President OF the
western Unlon lelegrsph Co.. whore relaii, ns
witt laadh capitalists enabled Tim on occ- sion
to bundle large interests with suct ess. To him
he unfolded bis plans. TITS gcntlcn On. who
an earpest Republican, saw nt once the
advantage ~ bringing back Journal Ike the
IrHH ne otae support Of the Acknowledgement
agreed that thr name OF the Proposed new edi-
tor w"u'u Give I" the iaihi "."u-nnc' oi the
po''isaI s'undne's ol the paper ;" h' consented
70 take mold ana Lcip III" tl.nH throu-l' DIT
orion asked 9incHlr II ne c"ud get ma
Jorl'y OF 'he ii"u" St"oN' S'hel"H sau
ne could ana set ABOUT the t'sA' lie i"uh0
held already al work. Ihe contest III couF'
over the Two wins oi Mt greeley to Tie np The
fhates he oegu'n'he' 70 me- chldr,h' 'nd ne"
hinoiAr laleu ~ CRYING hi' p'ih' hefe' VIII be
Iemen Ne'ed' E'e"'ue'y' however, ne secured
Il'y ent shiFes' ahG 30 IetoFtei u MI 'Ii"n'
III. on N tAei,upOn procured sufficient