Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1899-10-27
Observation-Disclosures
NEW YORK NEWSpAPRRSANDS
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New Workers have less knowledge OF
the intellectual endowments OF Mr..
Bennett than of those OF any OF the
other editors of the leading papers of
the city, for the reason that he has
lived abroad, mostly in France, nearly
all the years Of his manhood, and also
because he has never sought to impress
MS personality upon the Herald's pages,
or been writer for 1t. He is the mas
ter of 1t, the owner of it, and the recipi-
ent of the great revenues that accrue to
him from it; but his spirit does not per-
meate 1t. nor are his idiosyncrasies to
be ascertained by the perusal of it, I'M
less. indeed, differences may sometimes
be drawn from the nature of it's con-
tents. He follows largely the lines that
were laid down by his Scotch father,
though anything resembling the capri
clous writings of the latter have not
been seen in il since it came into his
hands. The Herald's hobby is the
news" its owner cares but little for
editorial articles. He wants events
and incidents, not disquisitions. In his
view, the daily record of the worlds oc-
currences is journalism, and the whole
earth should be raked every day of the
week for news as to the significance
of which the readers of the Herald are
left to make up their own mind. In
this respect he differs from nearly every
other American editor, to whom jour-
nal is vehicle for thought as we'll as a
carrier of chips. Hence the Herald's
editorial page is ordinarily vacuous: it
is hardly ever influential; and yet, dur
ing the course of year, one may occas-
ionally find in it highly meritorious
editorial article. Not long ago Mr.. Ben
nett told an acquaintance that he en-
tertained the purpose of abolishing all
together the Herald's commentary de-
partment, as it seemed to him useless.
MIR. Bennett is about go years of age, he
is of good size and figure, and is yet
vigorous. he has a manly face, a Well
rounded head, gray hair and mustache; :
his features are regular and strong; he
dresses stylishly; he looks like man
who has had plenty of experiences in
life. He lives in high fashion abroad; ;
he is the companion of princes and ma
hobs; he is the owner of estates, man.
sions and yachts: he is, or until recent
ly was, bold sportsman. He has been
the subject OF tales unnumbered that
circulate in the newspaper offices of
New York. 1t is believed that he is a
bachelor. but his name has often been
associated with marital rumors. 1t
appears that Mr.. Bennett does not de-
sire that he should be personally
known, or any more than name, eth
err to the readers of the Herald or to the
community at large; and this desire he
surely has the right to entertain. The
| managers of his interests in New York,
however, and the members of his jour
lnalistic staff are made aware that he
| looks after the Herald and is the dicta-
tor of its course. He uses the Atlantic
cable daily for their instruction, and
| they use 1t daily in making reports to
him. 1t is doubtless true that, in a
| large sense. Mr.. Bennett Is the editor
of the Herald
The next name on the list OF the older
chiefs of New York's daily papers is
| that of Mr.. Joseph Pulitzer, the editor
| of the World. paper which he pur-
chased fifteen years ago, when it vas
an organ OF vanity and toryism. He
lis of Hungarian birth: he Is possessed
of American energy; he is OF Hebraio
| stock: his features are of an eminent
1 type; he has face that strikes and in
terssts every beholder; there are
/ strength. thought and the executive
qualities in 1t: there are, if one might
so speak, brains and life in 1t: 1t is ex-
! presslve of the very marked character
istics of his mind; 1t is the exponent OF
severity at one time and of complacen-
4 cy at another. When you look at it you
4 see the genius of the editor who made
the World what it Is today. He was
/ physically strong and very 1.-THE wher
/ he came TO New York from the west In
1882, but since that time he has been q
4 sufferer from nervous prostration, and
in later years has had to bear more
/ grievous calamity in the almost tota
5lloss of eyesight. Notwithstanding
these misfortunes, he is still perhaps
the most strenuous editor of any daily
4 paper in New York. Early in the da.
and far into the night he is on duty fol
i the World. whether he be in the city oil
out of 1t. He believes that the editor OF
4 paper should edit it. and every part o.
4 tits leading articles, its reports, 1t!
i humor and its pictures. He puts all tn,
elements and the forces of his mind int,
his paper. He is maker of big things
8 a man of suggestions, novelties ant
sensations. He has won the success
which he desired, the fortune which
comes with success and the powe
which comes with fortune Before MI
Pulitzer got hold of the World he hat
experienced the hardships of life. Whel
he arrived in this country, after under
going various trials in his native Ian,
and in France and England, he was
poor young wanderer less than 20 year
of age. He earned a living as best h
could When the civil war broke GU
J he entered the army of the union as
cavalryman in a Missouri regiment
served in 1t till peace was declared, re
turned to New York, and then, as h
himself is always willing to tell, worke
at anything that turned up, getting hi
food in the cheapest eating houses an
sleeping sometimes on bench in
public park. Back ne went to Missouri
where he found employment as a re
porter for st. Louis German paper
and after time was elected to the leg
sIature. Once more in New York,
secured possession of the impoverishe
World, in which his talents We're a
once made manifest. He struck out.
as the saying goes. His life was cen
tered In his paper; he put his neryou
system to the severest test. He rattle
the dry bones of his contemporaries.
was his aim to make his paper tn
mouthpiece of the masses. He forme
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