New-York tribune., 1896-01-13
THE CLErELAND-PULITZER TROUBLE.

symptoms Of usefulness by barking opportuncly
and catching something in the nature OF the
marnudcr besides the omnprcscnt flea. High
class eats have convened and taken steps
chiefly back stepG-toward more unanimous
understanding These thirgs are not 10 be
laughed off Cicero. Of course. treated this kind
Of thing in a vein of lcvity when he said that the
fact that mice had eaten mp his volume of Plato's
Republic gave him anxiety for the safety of
the commonwealth but Cicero said a whole lot
of things that are ont Of date. AS for instance,
nothing that he ever said could count in favor
Of the Beers in the now raging international con
troversy: because he was an augur himself. But
aside from the portents Of birds. dogs. and cats
everything else that carries omcns and makes
business for soothsaycrs is loaded grinwaledecp
with prcsagcs and warnings such have not
been observed since the various Olympian gods
got mixed ND in the difficulties around Troy
(Priam's. not Edward Murphy's There's
trouble everywhere. The ghost ~ James Mon
roe hovcrs over Venezuela. saying Hands OF
Cuba is between hay and grass. and In an
unsettled condition: Denmark wants 10 sell lis
the Windward Islands; Hawaii has only half
settled down from an eruption Of Mauna Loa,
revolution and a stiff rebuke from her nearest
relation: Italy Is having heap OF trouble with
dependencies so remote that until II broke out
no one ever supposed she had ever sent so much
rs an organ-grinder to them Turkey has opened
n slaughter house In Armenia, to which all the
world objects. but no one really kicks; there's
a row In South Africa that threatens TO embro
all creation: the Kaiser has stirred UP his grand
mother; and Crosse is In eruption because he
cannot get his Sunday beer at n side door. Every
thing wears dreadful aspect.
And worst Of all. trouble has broken out bc
tween Grover Cleveland, who presdcs over the
United States and Joseph Pulitzer. who presidcs
over The World" There are many persons who
bccve-or have hitherto believed that In the
matter Of governing the country with n strong
hand personally directing Us relations with
foreign nations, experimenting rs receipts and
expenditures. regulating It's taxation and cXecui-
ing mortgages when necessary in It's behalf
Mr. Cleveland holds over everybody since
Andrew Jackson, and Is perhaps only half
huckleberry behind Jackson. And there's good
deal in II. Few absolute rulers have ever sue
cccded In floating so many mortgages In 50 short
a time and in time OF peace with 50 little
disturbance TO anybody except men engaged In
trade and commerce and The ordinary pursuits
Of labor In most OF his efforts Mr. Pulitzer has
seconded him with large hearted philanthropy
and no selfish desire Of gain. for Mr. Pulitzer *
nothing II not n lover Of his kind. No man has
ever done So much for the race as he nor at 50
low charge per capita. The things he has done
already cover millions upon millions Of pages as
modeslly narrated by himself Hundreds Of
paper manufacturers are now building churches
and cndowing libraries who but for him would
have filled the ordinary walks of life II seems
a pity that MIR. Cleveland and Mr.. Pulitzer. vino
have heretofore been in such accord that Mr..
Pulitzer has kept men employed AT great *
pense TO furnish information 10 the public ~ Ia
Mr. Cleveland's uttermost thoughts and inner
most wearing apparel. should have fallen out
about so small matter rs a mortgage Of Il
hundred millions But they have. And that Is
what now most obscurcs the sky Mr.. Cleveland.
as Is now generally understood. has made very
handsome offer 10 persons who have money, OF
a mortgage on the country for n hundred mill
ions, II they will come forward and make up
the difference between receipts and expenditures
which It costs Mr. Cleveland to run the country
upon scientific principles without which. of
course. the country is hardly worth running.
To this Mr.. Pulitzer objects with great srcnu-
BUSINESS. over thousands Of millions II pages.
He says he will take a large part of the mort
gage himself. and that The rest ought TO be of
fcrcd TO the deserving poor. And he feels too.
very naturally. that he ought 10 be consulted. be
cause through his personal relations with the
Prince Of Wales and most Of The crowned heads
OF Europe he has avertcd impending war. and
largely enhanced the value Of all onr bread
stuifs. besides restoring stability 10 the general
markets. This view of the ease he has himself
presented with great copiou'ncss. He has. more
over, produced kilograms from the deserving
poor in all parts OF the country. many of whom
are willing to pour all their gold into the Treas
ury In exchange for the bonds which Mr.. Ccye-
land is about 10 issue. He has accordingly in
sisted that Mr.. Cleveland should distribute his
bonds among the deserving poor instead Of issti-
ing them 10 pampcrcd and pursc-proud plntoc-
racy. Here is where the relations of these
powerful persons became strained. Mr.. Clcyc-
land naturally did not like being incrfrrcd
with in an affair so purely personal 10 himself
as executing mortgage on the country. with
his usual dircctncss and frankncss he accordingly
wrote letter to Louisiana statesman in
which he described Mr.. Pulitzer "mnliclously
mendacous." This dangerous thing To
do, as 1t was liable TO provoke Mr.. Pulltzrr's re
sentiment to the point Of Withdrawing his sup
port from the public credit and letting the whole
structure 90 TO pieces Moreover, although 1t
was known that Mr.. Pulitzers business motto
was publicity" to which the requirements Of
the tastes of his customers had compelled him To
add ubriclty, and TO some extent mendacity, II
has not been generally believed that ne was
"mallcously mendacous." but only mendacous
from business considerations. However. Mr..
Pulitzer did not permit resentment TO overcome
patriotism Indeed instead OF appropriatlng
Mr.. Clevcand's language TO himself, as he might
well have done he distributed II in his usual
liberal spirit among his contemporaries, himself
col me u yAlIle IN suhscrhc Ii