The Irish standard., 1891-05-30
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His Remarkable Influence Ia tho
Newspaper World.
IN Outline Of The Success Which Attenti-
ed His Efforts as an Editor--Frag-
BIZ ments of His Papers
~ History.
Mr.. Greeley was the sole proprietor OF
The New York Tribune when it first APP
peared. says a writer in that paper, but,
app-eciating his obligations, in about
three months he associated with him
Thomas McErath as a partner and
business manager. About fifteen thou
sand copies were then being circulated
and the success Of the venture was as
sured, Il had started as a penny pa
per, but at the beginning of its second
year the price was raised to two cents,
and the weekly receipts supplied con-
stantly increasing surplus over expen-
ditures In these earliest years three
other notable men, IN addition to Mr..
Greeley and Mr.. Raymond, were at
tached to the enterprise. One of these
was Bayard Taylor, another Charles A.
Dana and the third George Jones, Mr..
Taylor and Mr.. Dana were employed in
the editorial rooms, and Mr.. Jones sold
papers over the counter. The cam
paign of 1874 brought the Tribune into
the full measure Of public favor. Mr.
Greeley loved Henry Clay as man and
admired him beyond comparison as a
statesman. No one Of the vast army of
Mr.. Clay's ardent champions worked
with such zeal and devotion as the
editor of the Tribune. Personally and
through the paper he argued and
pleaded night and day, and every night
and every day, and it may be doubted if
his grief and bitterness in the hour of
his own defeat, twenty-eight years
later. were SO keen and deep as the
sorrow with which he announced TO
his readers the Overwhelming defeat Of
Henry Clay. From that moment the
batteries of the Tribune were turned
upon the Shareholders and the abolition
agitators in almost equal degree. Its
fixed policy was the Identification of
the wing party with the cause of
freedom. The Polk administration
was opposed with sturdiness and
vigor. The annexation of Texas
and the Mexican war brought
out q steady fire of protest, and if as
projects they were not beaten, certain
ly they were shorn of their worst ambi-
lions, and their worst results were pre-
vented. During this period of the
Tribune's history, from the democratic
triumph of 1914 to the wing victory of
1s4s, it took it's place as the leading
American newspaper. 1t was filed
with great achievements. Mr.. Dana
was managing editor, and it's news de-
partment was remarkably interesting
and complete. Mr.. Taylor was supply
ing his famous letters from Germany.
Science, social philosophy and CONNER
cial affairs were handled with marvellous
skill, and already the paper had won it's
way into the affections of thoughtful
and patriotic people. It was during
this time that Fanny Fern wrote an il
illustrative account of the attitude held
toward it by all sorts and kinds Of the
population. She had sent out for a
copy. but her messenger had returned
without it. The newsstand supplies
were exhausted. So she undertook to
find one herself, and, coming presently
upon IAN old hucl1ster man." seated
under huge, faded umbrella in the
sun, she asked if he had a Tribune.
mo, ma'a1n," he said. decidedly.
And then, as the authoress told it, this
conversation cnsued:
why, yes you have!' said /, laying
my hand on the desired number.
"'Well, you can't have that, ma'am,'
he replied, for haven't read it my
self
g But ~ give you three cents for i'll
"sNopy
e" 'Four!'
'Nopl ....
$ Tenl' vi
NO; you couldn't get it for one dol
lar. It's the only copy I've got left,
and won't sell it till I've had the
chance to read it through myselfv
'sYou should have SEEM" said Fanny
Fern, concluding, 1.-The shapeless hat,
the mosaic coat, the battered vest and
the amazing trousers that were edu-
Gated up to that Tribune"
This sight was not a rare one as the
years went on. The Tribune was
class paper, but the class was not de-
teranined by the kind of clothes people
wore or the amount of money they
could command. Brains and conscience
were the qualities to which the Tribune
and wherever they lived it
found q home
Found the Station.
Two Egyptians, dark-slzinned and
fez-topped, boarded a downtown train
on the Sixth avenue elevated road a
few days ago, says q. New York paper.
They took, seats near the door. One of
them produced q piece of paper and
pencil. On the paper were eleven
straight lines an inch i'll height. An
inch Of space separated them. AS the
train stopped at ifty-niDth street the
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