The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1881-05-01
NEW YORK JOURN ALISyI.

Whitelaw Reid and the Tribuue- HOw
He Manages II
New York Letter TO the Philadelphia Times.
There has been considerable gossip about
changes 10 the sner circles of journalism
this week, but as usual the gossip WAS largely
baseless. The chief change suggested was
the permanent retirement of Whitelaw Reid
from the Tribune office. Poor Tribune !
The management Of that odd contribution 10
contemporsneous literature has ever been
fertile in trouble. When Charles A. Dana
was there bis friends thought he was too big
for the place, and there was never.endilg
jealouses and chickering's. Ee was finally
allowed to depart, and an inoffensive little
party from the Evening Post Sidney Howard
Gay, succeeded him Little Gay was a.
much too small as Mr.. Dana had
man, of small stature, small nature
and small circumference. He didn't
last long. John Russell Young. formerly of
Philadelphia, then took hold. At that time
there we're several bright and ambitious
fellows on the staff, among them Whitelaw
Reid, Washington correspondent from
Ohio. The Washington girls used to joke
about Reid and John Hay and make little
bets among themselves IS to which of the
two would first find the rich girl he sought
and bear away his bride. John Hay, who
suddenly found himself famous by reason of
his Little Brooches" poem; George w.
Smalley, priggish, prsgmatcal bore.
some sort Of chap, who bore some
kind of relation to Wendell Phillips and trad.
cd on il; w. Il. II. Hssssrd, q fair musical
critic, and Amos j. Cummings, the BEST and
most pratt newman ever met. Young
had many traits and attainments likely to in.
sure him success, but the fates otherwise de-
termined aud he left the Tribune to estsb.
lish the STANDARD. and subteque.t ly went
abroad for the Herald. Whiteaw Reid sue
ceeded Young, and shortly thereafter the
political campaign ran Greely's oddly into
insanity and final death. BY kind of hocus
pocus Reid then obtained possession of the
control of the paper and merged the names
of editor and managing editor. He appe 'sed
Smsley by letting bin have charge of the
London BUREAU" though why "bureau" l
never could understand. He made Hassard
practical managing editor, but denied him
the name. He paid Hay we'll for
wretched work, aud subsequently foisted him
on to Hayes, and from that time until the
present has enjoyed the proud prominence
Of conducting the journal which Horace
Greeley founded and unkind fate seemed de-
termined to founder. John Hay long since
found bis "rich girl" and married her, and
now Reid has followed suit. The lady he IL
about to marry is q daughter Of Mr.. D. O..
Mills, formerly of Sacramento. Mr.. Mills
is as bald % an egg. but bis head Is we'll
stored inside, and he left California In the
nick oftime. lie used TO do banking In San
Francisco, and always enjoyed deservedly
high reputation for probity and caution. Mr..
Reid started po )r, but during his connection
with the Tribune has accumulated riches, o
pleasant feature not shared by the stock
holders of the paper. There was rumor
that Mr. Gould intended paying dividend
this spring, but the dividend is passed." as
it has ever since Mr.. Greeley's death. The
gossip in relation to R,id's retirement grew
out of the approaching marriage AID the
necessity of subsequent rest. The happy
pair will spend the summer abroad, and
Johnny H-y will nominslly edit the paper
during IFS travels. The home staff will
remain rs now organized, and Hays duti. 8
will be- very light The intimate connection
of Mr.. Gould with the Tribune tends to in
jure Its reputation as a newspaper. Neither
the Herald nor the Tribune appear to be
furnished with the secrets Of the national
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