Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1886-09-23
MARRYING FOR MONEY.
NEW WORK JOURNALISTS WHO HAVE
SEEN GUILTY OF THE CRIME.
whitelsw Reid, John Hay. Richard Nc
Cormick. wm. Henry Hurlbert, Edwin
of Mstrimony Upon Their Lives.

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Cormick. VIM. Henry Hurlbert, Edwin
L. Godkin and Others-The Influence
of Mstrimony Upon Their Lives.
A number of New York journalists have
married rich wives and have enjoyed, and
still enjoy, the freedom and ease which their
vastly improved circumstances allow The
most conspicuous of these Is Whitelaw Reid,
whose wife is the only daughter of D. o.
Mills, estimated TO be worth anywhere be-
tween SIS OOO, 900 and S25. 900, 900. The aute-
cedents Of the millionaire were humble He
began, it is said. by keeping a small tavern in
cne of the Westchester towns; went to Cali
fornia as an argnnaut, and by energy, enter
! prise and good luck made a great fortune.
His daughter, according to her intimates, is a
| very sensible, kind hearted, estimable young
woman, and she and her husband are reputed
to he devoted to one another. Her influence
OH him is described as having been excellent,
which is fortunate since he became a Bene-
dict late in life, when ones ways and habits
are ordinarily fixed. As the editor Of The
Tribune was thought to have property valued
at 500 900 before marriage, he should not be
suspected of mere fortune hunting
Reid. in his days of poverty and struggle
was exceedingly industrious, one of the hard
est workers in Washington, when he was cor
respondent of The Cincinnati Gazette. And
be was also very capable and won his way to
distinction. Since he has grown very rich he
takes things lciSurely, although he still looks
sharply after The Tribune's interests in the
business and editorial departments He is
not very robust; he comes of fragile stock
and his present wealth enables him to save
himself.
JOHN HAY.
John Hay, who, after being President Lin
coins private secretary and passing some
years in diplomatic service in Paris Vienna
and Madrid, entered journalism, regularly,
on The Tribune in 1870. He did some excel
lent work there and was much liked in the
Office, but confinement and labor told on his
by no means firm health. He enjoyed socia-
blllty and general society much better than
his desk and late hours Hence it is not sur
prislng when he had an opportunity to marry
very rich and handsome girl, Miss Clara
Stone daughter of Amasa Stone, of Cleve-
land, who had not long since commlted sui
eide from temporary arrangement, that he
should avail himself therof
Hays health has not been improved by we'd
lock nor has his industry. A very clever, in
teresting writer, he has applied himself very
little To manuscript making during the past
ten years. Many persons pronounce him
lazy, but he Is not well, and his father-in-
laws estate, involving several millions, which
lie manages, occupies, Of necessity, a good
deal of time. He seems to be suffering from
a kind of melancholia, which is distinct
disease, though he may have physical all
ments as well The Life of Lincoln" on
which he has been engaged for years with
John G.. NIcolay, also former secretary of
the great president, advances with remark
able slOwncss. Some persons doubt if Hay
will ever fiEish his part of the work because
he is so dilatory.
THCRMAN's soN-IN-LAw.
Richard c. Mccormick, who used to be q
journalist-he was engaged on The Evening
Post-married Senator Thurman's daughter,
and Journalism has not bothered him since.
Satirical folk, who once called him Dick Nc
Cormick, now refer to him as Senator Thur
mans son-in-law. He lives at Jamaica, L.
l., and amusts himself considerably with
politics, being an ardent Republican He be-
lieves that his health is not very good Ny
own opinion is that a rich wife is not condu-
Give to any mans health, particularly if he
be a journalist.
William Henry Hurlbert, a thorough Ro-
hemian by temperament, went over to Eng
land after the sale Of The World, of which he
had been editor and nominally proprietor,
and found u wife, who, though an Amer
ican, has long lived abroad. That she had
money it is needless to say, since nobody ac-
quanted with Hurlbert would suspect him
of marrying without strong pecuniary in
ducements. He was near GO at the time, and
at such an age the heart is not susceptible
nor does the Imagination easily take fire from
the other sex. The snowy journalist has seen
a great deal of the worst side of life and is
genuine cynic. He has no faith in anything,
naturally, from his observation and introspec-
ton, and he is convinced that selfishness is the
source of human action His wife, Miss
Tracy, believe, is said to be a fine and
agreeable woman, who, presumably, is not
the best judge of men. Hurlbert has often
declared that London is the only place for a
gentleman to live, and he has taken up his
abode there He does some work, though he
is aiiing, for some of the newspapers here,
preferring, for obvious reasons, to keep up a
journalistic connection of some sort
EDWIN l. GoDKIN.
Edwin L. Godkin, whRe editor of The
Nation-he now controls The Evening Post,
the daily edition of The Nation-made
desirable match with Miss Foote, of New
Haven, which is supposed to have helped him
materially in conducting that omniscient and
inflated weekly. An amicable and accom-
Plished lady, .he died some years since, and
the widower married again, his second wife
having considerable money.
Paul Dana, son of and successor to Charles
A. Dana of The Sun, is the husband of the
daughter of William Butler Duncan, who,
albeit broken banker, is thought to have a
liberal supply Of money, perhaps through his
wife, not a member Of the firm, and therefore
not responsible for its manifold debts Paul
Dana has rich father, if SEC, 900 income may
be considered rich; but, not being very Wig
orous, he has no objection to a financially
comfortable wife, too, suppose.
Harold Goodwin, younger son of Psrke God
win, is journalist when strong enough to
work on The Commercial Advertiser which
is only at intervals. He is the son-in-iaw of
Henry G. Marquand, the wealthy banker,
who, with the paternal Goodwin, owns the
paper with which he is spasmodcally con-
nected. His delicate health is another evil
dence of the hygienic disadvantage of possess
ing a rich wife.-"Necase" in Philadelphia
Times