The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1897-10-18

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ohaouptediy thls work brought Mr..
Dana INTO close relations with The
'nioune' ior soon a1ter ne accepted an
oher from Horace Greeley to become
n'anas'hs eqitor OF that paper He
erew 10 me Tribune some OF the ablcst
writers ana thinkers OF the time. and
ne maae the paper the gospel of the
thihking. conservative and cultivated
elements IN the community.
Mr' Dana 8 connection with The Tri-
pune gave him an Intimate acquain-
tahce with most OF the great men of
the fepupllcan party and when In 1861,
owing 10 disagreement with Horace
greeley respecting the attitude of The
Irinuhe upon the conduct of the war,
ne rellred' he was esteemed as one Of
the influential younger men of the
party. Edwin M. Stanton, the secretary
VI war; VINO knew Mr. Dana well, offer
eo MIN the post OF assistant secretary
OF war ana ne undertook these labors
with extraordinary energy. Much of the
time ne was with General Grant in the
west. He was several times under fire.
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il's executive capacity was never more
superpiy leVeaied 'han Wheh. as the
,epieSei''a'-'c oI the war department,
ie WIS ehsaseu III forwarding grants
s'san.'e hiili'ary schemes.
After the war Mr. Dana might have
acceptep seVerai ofIers TO re-enter busi-
ness Ire put the fasclnatlons OF jour-
halisH caused MIN TO decline every
proposition OF that sort made to him.
company was organized TO create and
puplish great Republican newspaper
IN Chlca6o. and Mr. Dana was offered
me edltorship' ana small interest in
IL was given 10 nm. AT that time, how
ever Chlcago was not the great metro
poltan CITY lint IL Is To-Day. and Mr..
Daha round dliiiculties OF various sorts
IN establishing the paper. lie sold out
ms interest, receiving therefor some
S',eoo anu mat was the flrst time in his.
file that ne louhd hinselt possessed OF
any consleerable sum of money. A
lrlcnd ADVISED MIN TO invest 1t in
mousse IN New YORK which he did. and
others or his old time Republican
friends. notably Colonel Fred A. Conk-
ling, brother OF Roscoe Conkling. sub