The evening light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1881-1883, 1883-01-08
JIM BENNETT'S BUSINESS.
Gossip About the Management of the New
York Herald.

Special Correspondence of the Evening Light.
NEW YORK, Jan. 3.-Mr. II. b. COnnery, who
for twelve years has been the managing cditof
of The Herald, has left the papp on q leave OF
absence of indefinite duration, Ia try ana re-
eQYep his health, lie has been on The Herald
stan as reporter, Washington and European
correspondent, and managing editor for many
years. He is Il man of slight physique, nervous
temperament and rather weak cons titution,
enabled him to keep steadily for many years III
Il severe post of duty. He recently mad.
u trip across the ocean, and for the past Year
has been away from she Office Eood
his health. II became evident at last
that he needed complete release from all
cares of the office, and So he is stepping out en-
tirey, for time al least, and Mr.. T.. Flynn,
who for u long time has been city editor OF the
Telegram, steps into his place. Mr.. COnnery
has had more to do than any other one man
with the making of the Herald since the accI-
dent which so suddenly removed the iate Fred
erick Hudson from its mRAagement. a good
many newspaper men seem to funk that under
the Herald system of making newspaper and
with the resources in men and in money that il
controls, its managing cditorShip is not re-
markably arduOus position. IL Is probable,
however, that there are few positions IN jour
nalism so difficult us that which Mr.. ConneIY
has filled There.are several reasons for this,
and chief among them is the fact, when IS
probably doubted by many people, That the pro-
priCtOr of that Journal really has Il good deal
| To say in the running OF his newspaper
Whether his paper is mnch improved by the
| part he takes in its management is Il question
that eXciteS a variety of opinions, hut il is GER
| tain that his interpOsitOn in the affairs of his
| Office is right which he exercises daily, in
| whatever quarter of the globe he may happen
| to he. I'm the first place, he has been in tht
| habit of requiring that Il cablegram be Seiit III
him daily, after the paper ls made Up. giving a
synopsis of its news feaIuEos, its editorial eN-
| prcssions and the plans ahead so far as they
| are defined. Then copies of the paper are sent
| To him, with the writer's name signed to each
| article. On the cablegramS he receives and
| the marked papers that reach him by mail Mr..
| Bennett bases his daily cable prOnuncia-
mentO, which, of course. is always absolute in
| its Instructions and, if the gossip among
| newspaper men does not belle it. is somewhat
| arbitrary and sometimes astonishing in its
tenor. Whatever i, may be, il is law supreme
in the Herald office The editors OF rival Sheets
who occasionally urge Mr. Bennett to come
homie and look after his unfortunate news
paper" probably know very well that the pal7
ticuar thiEgs in the Herald which They see tn
20 critici"e were inspired by the proprietor him.
self, MIR, Bennett, u is said, is coming home 70
reside permanently next May. He is at length
tired of life i'm Europe, and says he will make
his home in future where his business Interests
are. Whether his employees welcome him home
with open arms or not. they will undoubtedly
attend IN business to the very best of their
ability. An editor of the Herald is authority
for the statement that the profits Of the con-
this year have been S1j0Qg, e.