The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-10-08
SOME NEWSPAPER GOSSIP.
Touching Upon Past, Present and
Future of New York Papers.

From the New York Press.
A gentleman just returned from a long
residence abroad asked me yesterday if
Albert Pulitzer still owned the Journal 1t
appears that he ran across Albert some
where in the mountains and springs Of
Central Europe and was impressed with
his mode of living. He had known the
former owner OF the Journal when he
tPuHtzer) was reporter on the Herald,
but in the fleeting years had lost track of
him. His inquiry brought up old recollec-
tons. Albert Pulitzer sun own the Jour
nal? why, l believe the man who inter-
viewed Mayor Oakley Hall in the "chalse
percee" of the city hall, thereby establish
ing record for all time in that particular
line OF newspaper work, would not recog
nize the Journal to-day if he saw it.
There never was a question OF Albert
Pulitzers smartness. When he was fnan-
oial reporter on the Herald Mr.. Bennett
required him to I'LL so much space, a col
umn or two columns, every day, and was
not very particular as to what it was fill
ed with, Albert ran things on the princi-
PIE of me and James Gordon and the
Herald" he was put in the market near
~ every day by some grateful Spectator
or broker. A little paragraph now and
then enabled him to carry neat line OF
stocks, or have it carried for him, ana
present we found him wallowlng in
wealth. We often supped with him IN
the early morning hours at Hitchcock 5
beer-and-beanery, and his capacity for the
simple food served there was the boast
of all Park Row. L have seen him order
five and six portions of beef and beans.
butter cakes and coffee. One is an aver
age mans allowance He needed much
sustenance for his active brain.
About the time of the arrest of Tweed
the newspapers wanted to interview Mayor
Hall, and reporters hung about the city
haH for hours, endeavorlng to have d
word with him. Albert Pulitzer sent in a
card every thirty minutes for the Herald
and continued to stick it OUT long after
the other reporters had given up hope.
When the Mayor retired to his private
apartment the euterprising financial writer
stationed himself at the door and pro-
ceeded with the interview. Hall found it
impossible 10 escape. A few pertinent
and impertinent questions he answered in
rage, which gave Pulitzer all he waltz
ed, and the allotted space in the Herald
was filled next morning with sensational
article From that moment Albert Pulit-
ger was as great as Aaron Stale.
Albert Pulitzer's first thought when he
became the owner of the Journal was to
do Brother Cho.'i He hired J. 1. c. Clark
to be managing editor, and authorized him
TO take from the World every good man
just as Mr.. Hearst did afterward. The
character Of the Journal was that of the
-guttersnipe. 1t was founded on filth
and carnality. 1t thrived on the dregs OF
the ffesh-pots. 1t soon came to be the or.
gan of Don Juan and Messalina, the recog-
nized and accepted medium of I.othar'o
and Jezebel There is always profit in
vice. Albert made money. But along came
the Statue of Liberty to save Brother Che
and the World from ruin; to rescue them
| from utter destruction and place them OF
| the pedestal Of success. There was q
year when Joseph Pulitzer took out of ths
| World clear net earning of 81 200. 0O0
To-day-not a cent.
| Albert Pulitzer had sense enough to sci
out the Journal when he saw that 1t was
| doomed. 1t has been said that John r. Nc
| Lean gave 100000 for the property anG
! good will, etc, but l have no means Q.
! proving it. He told a friends that he los
| 100000 in the few weeks he tried to ele
| vate II to the tone of the Cincinnati En-
| quirer-which has stunk to high HEAVIER
for many years. The Enquirer is the dirt
| lest sheet in the West. The third owner
| of the Journal is MIR. Hearst. 1t has cos
| him 100000 TO date, and as he has only
| 100000 left TO spend, it is unlikely tina
the paper viii last more than two year
| longer. You will remember that he started
| in TO spend A,000000. Albert Pulitzer drop
/ ped dying duck; Joseph is sorry, per
haps, that he did not quit the World be
| fore all the sea valves were knocked out
Joseph Pulitzer lives TO deprive Mr.
| Hearst, his relentless prosecutor of thu
! Journals Associated Press franchise
| What a narrow escape Hearst had in th'
purchase of IL he may not himself know
| w. j. Arkeu, on Wednesday, was goins
to buy the Morning Advertiser for 1925, 900
and convert il into a weekly paper to b.
issued on Sunday. He felt around to sc
cure editors and reporters, and rumor
of the transaction got out On Saurda.
/ Mr.. Hearst bought the Morning Adver
tiser for $225 coo, for It's franchise alone
reduced the title to paragon, then to grea
primer then to plea, and attached il t.
the Journal. Any man of us might hav'
cleared $4,000 by purchasing the Adver
tiser and selling 1t to Hearst. And nov
the World says Hearst shan't keep It,
Albert Pulitzer had contract with tn
stockholders of the Journal which enables
him to add tremendously to a large sal
airy, but l do not think il was so profit
| able as that which the late Charles A
Dana had with the Sun. 1 have 1t Oh
excellent authority that SMr. Dana re
ceived so per cent, OF the SUMS net earn
/ ings above certain point This, o
| course, was besides his salary. 1t Is sat'
that one year his income exceeded 900
Austrian Empress Jewels.