Telegram-herald., 1890-08-25
JANIS GORDON BENNETT
rs uFE sgFoRE Aso sFTER
FoUNoiNa T4E nERAL1.
Extraordinary sasSeas E01lsskaS May
t1fisarss-Ths FiFss n4a ~ Pesl1sA .
ssEis-AIs S~~sp@Psr-Es2Rlsts Dsss-
uoa ~ IA C4l1las.

be1aetE eAd clearly = genus fcr loi-E-
nAllsm as was tie faaz3sr u Jhs
modera Newspaper IA America. which
IN tine Influenced the newspapers u
EuEope, notably those q Great Britain.
Tie Herald. which be established sixty
I've years ago. hal fFom the beginning
ard always haS had. any nRmoer q de-
fects. bat rs unFazying sad rslsemins
purpose has been u give the news We
can hardly understand. unless We have
examined cld files. bow dull ard draary
were the blanket sheets over which
car grandfathers tired q keep awake.
They contained alnosr every thing that
their readers did not want. zad nothing
slIa 20 what Is low considered news
Bennett is entitled 70 the enormous
credit II having been the psnseT in pub
lishing news, and of originating Journal
istlc ideas Ear II advance 4 his time.
He never fully performed his mission
he was constitguonaIly disqualified for
the task-blss be achieved more than
en0H~a 10 make him remembered.
Although hs began his connection
with the publishing business at 25, and
alterwarl held divers journalistic posi-
tons. some % them important, he did
not reveal bis latent p0wer-t5e power
that insures success-until he was near
A.. Many men would have been dis
couraced BY his unfortunate experience;
would have lost heart ard hope. But
he believed IN himself, AMI IN himself
alone. Ha had been thwarted n his
projects; ne had been prevented 70 =
great extent from carrying out bis
theories by his associates. ara these he
discarded, so far as equality goes, IN has
final and prosperous effort. HIS was
mini that must control, that must act
fcr itself, without embarrassment or
hindrance from others, as the career CT
The Herald discloses.
Born IN Scotland of Roman Catholic
paTentage, he went % q village school
at Keith until Il. and tbon 10 Catholic
seminary AT Aberdeen, with view TO
studying for tho priesthood. While
there he gained certain intelligence from
this country which caused him to relin-
Quish al thought of a sacerdOtal life
and 70 make 2 resolution TO eInigrate at
his earliest opportunity. Arriving in
due time at Halifax with a companion
Of his own age-he was then past his
maioritY-and bat a small supply Of
money, he sought q position as teacher
as means Of support. lt did not suit
him, and after q few months he jour
neyed 10 Portland, Ne, and then to
Boston, where he got a place as proof
reader in a publishing house. 4 passion
for writing seized him there, and his
| compositions in verse frequently adorned
the newspapers, to which he was stead
ily drifting.
Three years later he came here, but
he soon went to South Carolina to form
an editorial connection with The Charles
ton Courier, then an important and
prosperous journal. This did not please
hirn either, and Re returned to New
| York Sd dissatisfied with journalism that
| re decided 70 set I'D commercial school.
The public did not respond to his wishes,
! and be rext delivered a course Of lect-
tires On political economy which were
very poorly attended. He seemed TO be
/ much dishearteaed a. his non-succeSs,
and after several ether experiments
which proved aboTtive likewise he went
/ back 70 his first love. After holding
| three or four subordinate places or news
| papers ne bought The New York Courier,
n Sunday weekly, and cherished high
I hopes Of It's future. But these having
/ been blasted he again became salaried
/ man, changing from one paper to an
other until be was thought 70 be without
stability. There was good cause foI
/ these changes, however, for he had def
/ mite ideas, and when they clashed with
those Of the proprietors he betook him.
I SELF elsewhere. After 50 he evinced 4
/ deep and active interest in politics, esu-
bracing the Democratic cause and earn
/ estly opposing the tariff and the United
/ States bank. He even joined Tamnany
while acting rs associate editor Of Tbs
/ Eaeuirsr with the once noted ". II
Noah. and IS Washington correspondent
strongly uvged the claims cf Jackson tC
the presidency. RE subsequently 5tarsec
/ The Globe. which per. he'd in a month
snd owusd "a interest in The Philadol
+ plda Peunsyivanisn and edited il without
profit
Finall~. with Only $500 cash. be found
"a The Herald May 8, 1850. issniDg th'
first number from the basement Of =
Wall street. corner of Nassau. He haC
then bad fourteen years experience 0r
the press. and abundant opportunities 8
study men and measures here, at Alban'
rnd washington Then fifteen daihe
were Published IN TIE citv. seven beins
Iarge morning sixpennv sheets. Of al
taose bat three-Ihe Sun. Evening Pos
r1d Commercial Advertiser survive
auj thev arr radically changed Tn
porelst n of New York at that tin.
was s13. .cs9 aui only one ~ Che daGe
had 5000 circulation. the Others beIn-
far below 5.00o What a h0arT past Chi
seems' The Herald was a ore cent papei
untll A1rust. 1885. when it was ssli fit
tun cents Its novelty arTress,V V--les
ard enterprise h-ouEht Sc at ou-e int
rnece and Gaman1 and Il gained ~
thuse months e cir-rl s,i1n of 20 GO i.
feurs it vas conducted ou r low plane
a~d fn ve-v b73 taste. bat Bennett
sc'a obiect was. su4 continued - "a.
fcea to he. notorety for himself anS
Pa r1--r His CONSENT t1orE1t VA
s-H hst shsil d. to mass Ire HsT7lf
talked afcurF' lie mrst save beer grulf-
~ many utterly inezcusah-a ofsnses
snd r. naturally brought r7cn hlUael
Tia wrath - Ell tha rSpers h bad out
strrced and of rsnT private persoa
whom -a bad shusad. Ha msrocuca'
TIE era ~ rersl nal jou-nslis--l 7vai-a Ia
s.-.a k---rsa 20 fe~rsrt a1d s. c1r