New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-09-20

four to nine columns day OF tho procedures VI
the celebrated Mcleod trial. and at the END OF
the Cooper libel suit he filled the inside pages
with a graphic and humorous review Of the trial
in court. which set the whole country laughing
ot the expense of the irate novelist; and this
was written at the rate of . column an hour.
His frequent lecture trips and Journeys Al
home and abroad brought him into CLOSE
contact with men aud stored his nina
with practical information. and Tribune readers
invariably profted by his keen powers OF observe
ton and by his sympathetic comprehension Oh
industrial resources and the conditions OF materiai
and social progress. At home and IN harness
he could do the work Of Ave men. often wriuhS
from four to FIVE columns day. until every page
Of The Tribune in editorial paragraph. contro
versial article, local news and comments upon
correspondence. seemed TO glow with nus cieannesA
of diction, and to pulsate with his mashe"'
vitality. An editor of such intense earnestness
and intellectual vigor naturally drew around MIN
q staff which caught from him much OF DIS own
spirit The old building. which was removed Ill
1873 to give place to the present. Vo"ci'"S
structure WAS for thirty years the headquarters
of a band Of unrivallcd newspaper "orhci''
1t was under that roof that Daha' H,lu','u'
Gurowski, Margaret Fuller. Taylor. Hp'!'
%ordboG Concdon. Fry, Smnlley. Richardson.
Dung, IKE. oVSulluii, il"'s"'''' ""'''
,;oy Stoddard, Hay. White, Bromley and 'hef
oss.c;a,.s living and dead, once labored III con-
genial companionship 1t was there tha' W.
Icd took up the heavy burden Of Mr. Greeley
worL after the catastrophe Of the great Editor
death and ralIying the staff about hin, rpSoi'c"
IN conduct The Tribune the old lines OF pro-
,rcssiye journalism and liberal education OIL 'i"
American people, and tn make 1t true. s!ih'ne,'f
cal and permanent monument IN its great o''"u.r'
The corner of Printing House Square. "hc'c ''''
heroic figure Of Horace Greeley Will oe ~" 49,
this day in sculpturcd br'nze. Is gioTi"c" w
honorable traditions Of journalism and hhun'eu
with memories OF genius.
SUCCESS CROWNS TIE WOKh.
T. is indeed fitting that the statue OF horace
Grcclev should he raised in the centre Va '
newspaper quarter OF the metropolis ny no
,,euE the sphere Of American Journalism nus ',ei
immcasurably enlarged From inc IoI'e VI "
inspiring example and in consequence OIL 'ne p,'o
tigc Of his fame the hest Journalism Vi ,'' o",
has become something more than the medium Oh
80. ;n,e,,;oence 1, was his theory that
puhlic journal should contain not only 'ne wv
~ IN. world md of the town. but also ldca" Vi
&c own In some special fields he was III
s,,ct sense propagandist. With nina SIN
uI.rlv hosnitable to new ideas, his keen ih'cAi''
genc- and philanthropic spirit were readily or"nsh'
urdcr the smell Of social and economic theo''ce'
but in e>sailing crimes against hoer'S snu wy
evils OF immortality in politics ana OF corroP''''
in National and municipal ahaiS. 1T VINO
.cn,olIv a rclormcr battling for pure government
nd ,he welfare OF mon, Hobbies he had ana nc
rod. them constantly and with plcnsnraoie 'N-
c;tc,~crt. bat journalism as he c%rrrh " I'M"
nrncticc was a comprehensive scheme o' p""'
education and human iRnrvolcnce. ~ was no'
= mere sounding hoard for e"hong VI" ir'''s"''
If noli.ics the debates Of Paiilameh'S Inv ""
astcrs Of nations, the crimes OF me" "'" Wv
vici.situdcs and gossip OF CITY NV :,
tribune where the peoples riSh'e c"''''
,ondsd and yinnt abuses mercilessly assailed u
was workshop whcr the hes' ''c"' ''''
practical intelligence of ,le time were raw ma
.;., O., NO rrwor,,cd mic progressive ins'i'n-
,,ons and innuncrahlc forms Of human 'ho"s''
!, ,,a. school in which mrn were 10 Ia trained III
,;,.;c vi-trcs endowed with general culture ana
,nspircd with noble thour''s
~. t,,ce NJ II,race tirrcIrN = example - nor
dini,;sbcd bv the changes which have "''i
wroucht in journalism and pahlic th"nght "hris
in. h,lf-century Of The TribIncs eNsfrnce. Inc
,r. Of personal Journalism ended wien HIS " nv
familiar 10 every audience throughout 'hr che'"
and breadth Of tho land. disappeared from '"r
scene where the fierce hn'i-s.vrry oa'tie h"'
lecn fought and impa6Nioncd c"n'ro'crs' "'''
,ccor.,rr,tion. universe! suffrage. reconciliation
md amnesty had been waG'h Jo"iha'-
ism necessarily bccrme imI~rsonal force
when the great questions Of human rIh's "'''
tree and lndissoluhlc mon were settled ana
a., x,,r er,er.d upop that career Of industrial
prospcrity and uncxamplcd progress whicn IS ''r
marvel Of ,h. modern world. But while ~ can
,.vc, he prc,lcab.c for another Horace hr'!ry
either 20 lnycs, a great journal with nniH""
n.rson,lity or to impress hIs own convictions
un,n the puhlic thought and morals OF his tlhr IL
w,u always I've possible tor journalists 10 u'i''
iuspration from his example. II J"nrnaI.sth ui"N'
10 an imTers0nal force, II can Al least !" erou""''
u,on tbose immutabc principles Of justice. hnhihh'
49,. .,d nublic duty on which Mr.. Greeley ee-
,sbIi,hcd his usefulness and fame among men.
Ft,v wears ago The Tribune was printed on
rented prcsres capable OF turning ont o,ooo copies
IN N. course of q forenoon the type was set In
,le carrct Of an adjoining building by Il hh'il
crorp Of compos,ofs- and Tho copy was FURNISHED
by Mr. Greeley, Mr.. Raymond and one or wv"
assistants. To-day magnificent STRUCTURE s'''""'
IN the plarc Of the modest Dick buiiui"e "o''"
was the scrue OF the great Edit"r "os' S"'-
....t,l work. from its basement prcses can throw
off 90 900 copies an hour III It's Io''P com Po''"e-
r.ov, there are scores Of typc-se'ting and tyr~
distributing machiens. wcll-nigh endowed WIN
Lu,nan intelligence; and the resources OF II" st,i
for collecting the current intelligence OF tho
world have increased in the same pro-
,or,ion IS the mechanical facilities LOT
prjn,ing and circulating pubic journal OF his!
rower All these are tokens Of the wonderful
nrocre,s Which has crowned journalism condnc'r"
hv Horace Greeley and Whi,elaw RID on the
basis of principle. rather than eNpediency' IN 'he
discussion of questions OF tie day
Tnc magnificent success which IN" cro"hru
,Iorace tirccey's work only adds emphasis 10 ,nc
,o,an Of his career. II bears tribute 10 '''
uuyelishness of purpose, his generous i'P'
his devotion ~ the general we'iar Ms ""'''" w
s,mus. wrong and oppression, his sturdy mah'e-
bi,h ,rinciples his unswervng loyalty 10