The evening world., 1911-10-31
WATTERSON
y A FRIEND SINCE 1879.
ID the Editor a The World:

LOUISVILLE. KY. Oct. 3o-I have
KIN own Joseph Pulitzer since 1872. Lat.
leriy VIC have been much togethsD Ia.
the South Of France. / had a sincere
affection for him.
Altar the shock and stress Of the be-
reaved loved ones shall yield to the con.
: solatlons Of time, his death will be
| taken as the blessed release OF an I'M
%.prisoned soul. He was a woful su6er.
er. whilst yet In the vigor Of .hS
.Cnazing manhood It had been hhs
h spless lot to be overtaken by the
di. Nst of Affections, seni-total and them
tot II blindness. He was . man OF 40
ton and affairs. not . philosopher.
lie ,nad achieved all that can make.
lie glorious. His capacity for enjoy
ment was prodigious-almost equal To-
his car acity for work-and he possessed.
the gif,s OF many dedne and Keen.
appreciation. which magnify pleasure
and give II color and variety. He hAo
scarce b,,gun to shed his boy-hood.
In the elements of romance and ID
venture the career OF Joseph Pulitzer
was never surpassed by that of any OF
SCOTS or Dumas's heroes. Its 4
tremes touched the deepest abysses OK
! sgualor and want and the highest al
tltudes OF o%fpulence and power.
No one of foreign birth ever so iden-
;5Aed himself with the land or hio
adoption. so absorbed Its spirit. So
ca 7p1nt and held at once Its step c
tone. He became an American before
nc grew to be a cosmopolitan. Tho
mer, st lad when amid the roar or bat
tie ne, arrived on these shores. he had.
little TO unlearn and got his baptism
q. Are. TO issue thence with a nina.
alert AMI open 10 impressions.
No m. VI could see quicker or clearer.
Intrepid. ~indefatigable. the human en-
bodiment of perpetual motion. his onset
was resistaess and his rise meteoric.
From the frst he compelled the recog-
milton OF st x Out OF nothing no
created properties. His restless energy
and prompt decision sometimes carried
the Nidea OF q lack OF reflection. Yet
he was a wary man OF business Ands
though a dar ing, not an impruient or
unjudging 5ou rnalist.
The notion that he owed the :naHine
OF The World to anybody except iim-
self had no foundation OF fact to u
Nobody a helped him to make the
Post-Dispatrh. When he took The World
II war m%orsbund. Even its mechanical
equipment was worn. and out-of-date.
He was a man OF opinions and hin
op.Nions were bis own. Circumstances
had throw, him into early association,
WIKI tne DcIflOCTttS. lie began Wnlt,
promised to be a brilliant political
carerr rs a Liberal member Of the Mis-
sourf LEGISLATURE then as secretary to,
the liberal convention which nominated
Horace Greeley. and In 1875. taking
opposite sides from Schurz. he gained
distinction as a Democratic campaign
orator. Later along he represented Mis-.
souri, IN the National Democratic Con.
IGNITION of 1880 and a Democratic dis
trict OF the City OF New York IN Con.
gress.
His intellectual vitality was irreprey.
sible. lie was a most omnivorous lover
OF books and music. His yacht, the
Liberty. was a floating library and or
chestra, ajtording him his last and sole
pleasures. smut In from the world With
out. ,tghtless, beating the golden bars
Of his sple ndld cell.
The husband of a beautiful wife, the
father of children he adored, master
not only OF millions, but OF a commando
Ing vehicle for his aspirations, his m
pitions and his abilities-stil young In
the love OF life and the zest Of living
,verflowing with mental and spiritual
resources, destiny had made him poor
itdeed: Prometheus bound to the rock.
SSn son blind and helpless, craving
co mpanionship. yet rejecting and resent
ms, pity. One shuts the book aghastt
Ont turns from the scene with the
SIN, We tuousut ne IN Tree at laSt.'
Tlere were those that loved him. He
was generous to a fault and lltigious to
a fault. Very amiable and easy placated.
he v puld night at the drop OF the hat.
lie j elighted both In controversy and'
reseaT ch. His professional equipment
was &C mplete. Nothing less had suficed
to stand him sure and true to the I'm.
palpabl ? creations which responded to
his touch and to see him through the
perilous adventures which both In poll.
tics and business he dauntlessly pro.
voked.
He wast In short a most remarkable
man. per haps the most remarkable man
OF his time. leaving hehind him a mem.
DRY whic b will grow larger as the cir.
cumstances OF his life and the peculiarl.
ties OF his character and temperament
are better known.
tende; to Mrs. Pulitzer and his chill.
dren the homage Of profound sympathy
and sorrow.
- HENRY wATrERsok