The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1877-07-28

! W 10 shO HOiiSiS'
paper. His sledge hammer blows on
I the Fraudulent mans "tricks" show MIN
to be a man of labor, of close observation
and great good sense, gifted with an In
science of others thoughts, far seeing and
far reaching. He is the man whose
damned jaws" Beverly Douglas was
going to "smsck" because forsooth Doug
| las got drunk on the floor OF the House
and Gibson made q public crime little
more public. The Sun doesn't lack
genius. Every man in the different de.
psrtments has undergone a severe pro-
baton. The acquaintance OF Bohemians
is not cultivated, no "wsshy" writers or
penny correspondents receive encourage
ment, vet none are snubbed. The San
is always kind. have learned great
deal of philosophy from Dana.
Mere influence is not sufficient pass
port to place on the paper marc,
earnest, diligent work are the deslderata.
The Herald has sineCurlsts, the Snn
hasn't one to my knowledge. You can
not always tell what its men are doing,
but when their work is done you will be
startled. The Her0Ld has perhaps the
better staff but 1t doesn't discriminate rs
we'll as the San, hence its success Is not
so fattering. | would much rather be
managing editor OF the New York Sun
than occupy cabinet position, even II
that cabinet position were the Secretary
ship OF State under de j"rs President
THE TIMES.
The New York Times is a great paper.
1t is owned BY George Jones, a wealthy
banker and edited by John Lord who
has become famous at the early age OF
twenty-eight, an age when most men OF
ambition begin to ook for their isurels.
Lord is a Scotchmsn, from Glasgow, and
l am told by good Judge that ne Is
storehouse Of learning. His general
wisdom comes out in his editorials, which
are up to the highest standard and show
him to be thoroughly classical scholar.
He writes with the grace of Chester
field, the vigor OF John Henry New
man, the purity of an Addison. The old
birds feel Jealous of his power and scream
around him, but the young eagle scorrs
alike their chatter and then screams and
scars far above most fthem.
Only short time ago, Louis Jen-
nings, now London correspondent OF the
New York WorLd, controlled the edi-
torisl department of the Times. He sue
ceeded the gifted Raymond but there
was an infnity OF space between the two
editors, in favor OF Raymond. Besides
Raymond was q perfect gentleman and
popular with his subordlnates. Jen-
nings was spasmodic, pugglsh, naughty
and everbearing. Gath narrates this OF
him: "One of his (Js.) editorial writers
told me that Jennings once threatened
to "pitch into" him because ne wrote
private letter under the printed head
of sheet of note paper, giving the name
of the journal. He left America from
vaulting ambition which o'erleaped Itself
here and fell on the other slde-of the
ocean.
The Times is radical in tone and is the
organ of the Hsyesltes; you can tell thai,
as Blaine and Gail Hamilton cultivated
the Trij,aaeS favor The daily circula-
ton of the paper averages about seventy
five thousand. 1t will have hard mis-
sion TO support Hayes when Congress
assemblies. Even now it warns him 10
cling to the Radical party and holds up
TO his view the example OF Horace
Greeley who endesvored to make one
party out of two and only drove them
farther apart. Jones has tremendous
work before him; it will be Sylla or
Charybdes with all his genius he will
hardly be able to steer clear of both.
THE TRIBUNE
The Tribune is no longer the paper it
was under the mastery leadership OF
Horace Greeley. Greeley had more in
fluence on distant opinion than any of
the great editors of his day. The Tribune
was of Greeley, Greelylsh; and Greeley
was an eminentIy great man. BY the
way, speaking of Greeley, reminds me
| have in my possession a dozen OF his
autograph letters, written to IN old
associate in the Tribune office, who is u
venerable octogenarian. On giving me
the letters, the venerable man, with tears
in mis- ewes. said: Treat them with re.
| gious care; they come from one whom |
loved and ADMIRED. Ali sir, he was
noble hearted man, Spartacus in politics,
q Patrick Henry in craftsmanship but
child In the warmth Oh HIS hueCtlou'
have read the letters carefully, and to day
love the memory OF one whom had
been taught in my boyhoOd to hate.
The Tr1btDie is far more radical than
it was during Grants administration.
Whitelaw Reid is at the head OF the
editorial department; Jay Gould is at
the helm. He bought the paper tor
million of dollars and uses it ss
marketable piece of property. Gath
says the paper is not radical. or not SO
much so as it was at the beginning of
movements leading to Mr.. Greeley's NOM
nation to be President" Not so, Gath,
the Tribune is very radical but "slyly'
so. 1t was glad to get Gail Hamilton
STANLEY Mathewsm' and Blsine's letter
on Charles Francis Adams.
The two Smslleys and Mcfarland are
excellent correspondents and do great
deal to keep up the finances of the
paper. In New York the Tribune Is
accounted the best morning paper. The
lovers of news are notispt to view thin s
through,moral microscopes. 1t is well
tor some of those IN high places that 1t