The morning call., 1891-08-27

pnwall dried up and vanished. Meredith
Howland married a granddaughter of Com
modore Vanderbilt, Lloyd Asplnwall en-
barked in new pursuits and Gardiner How
land became business manager OF the
Herald and took in money for small ads.
He must have filled that position for quar-
ter of a century. he is now appointed gen.
eral manager. What duties appertain to
that rank is not clear. When a letter was
once addressed to 1.-The manager" of the
Times Henry Il. Raymond replied that he
supposed n manager was man who man
aged the editor, and that there was no such
official on the Times. 1t will probably turn
out that one of Mr.. Howland's chief duties
will be TO manage the Rev. Mr.. Hepworth.
the nominal editor of the Herald.
The careful reader of the Herald will ad-
nit with pain that it seems to require some
managing about these days, though this is
probably not Mr.. Hepworth's fault Those
who remember the Herald of few years
ago, when it was power in the land-so
great power that Mr.. Lincoln appealed to
Mr.. Benefits patriotism not TO ieopardize
the Union cause by opposing the Govern
ment policy-have observed its weakening
with sorrow 1t is still an admirable news
paper, fully abreast OF the times, and a
perfect photograph of passing events; but
its editorial columns have changed. 1t ham
dies subjects about which no one cares a
JOt and it handles them in a feeble way.
1t has leading articles about anti-cyclones,
shooting scrapes in obscure villages and
entr'acte music. When it tackles graver
subjects its writers pay so little regard to
facts that it informs its readers on August
18th that "the Chinese in California seldom
become citizens" and its understanding of
public affairs may be measured by its ad-
vice to the negroes to migrate to this State.
In fact, as an organ of pubic opinion it has
vacated the place it once held.
Its decline is not due to a deterioration in
the quality of the men who make it. On the
contrary. it counts on its staff some of the
ablest journalists in the country. The
change has been brought about wholly and
altogether By the persistent attempt of its
proprietor to edit it from distance of 5000
miles from its office. Mr. Bennett, sitting
in his luxurious library in the Champs
ElvseeS, with telegraph wires placing him
in communication with all parts of the
world, actually undertakes to control every
department of his journal down to the
minutest detail Whole editorial articles
are transmitted by submarine wire from
Paris to New York and appear in the next
mornings Herald. Directions based on
imperfect Information, and so embarrassing
that they cannot possibly be understood or
recOnciled with each other are dispatched
daily to the heads Of departments. The
Herald staff are kept constantly in such a
state of confusion and bewiderment that it
is a wonder they get out any paper at all.
1t is no wonder that for fear of displeasing
the owner in Paris they waste their ener-
gies on anti-cycones and overtures.
The London Times has lately instituted a
change in its organization. The manager is
now supreme, and the editor reports to Eim.
But 1t has never been proposed that the
magnate of Printing-house Square shall
take up his abode at spot 5000 miles from
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