The Washington herald., 1911-02-05
The Naho nal Game.

Cabin. also a campaign paper. but more
extensively read and more partisan in
tone than the Jeffersonian. Its circula.
ton. for the time. was extraordinary
OF the first number. $1,000. and of the
last number. $1,000. were printed. Be-
sides the usual appeals to party spirit. il
contained much sound writing and a
mass of detailed information. So i'm
portant did the young editor regard this
| feature that at the close he sent to his
subscribers an extra number, giving mi
nutely the returns in every State, in a
form that could not greatly be excelled
] at the present day. 1t is noteworthy
| that in this publication room was found
Tor the lecture of DR.. Claiming on the
Elevation Of the laboring classes.
Foundation Of Tribune.
The most important piece of news in
The Log Cabin, however it may then
have seemed to the excited readers, was
modest announcement by, Horace
, Greeley.S 30 Ann street." that .'On Satur-
day, the tenth Of April, instant, the Sub
scriber will publish the first Number of
a New Morning Journal of Politics. Lit
erature. and General Intelligence" Two
features we're promised-an effort to pro-
mote the Moral. Social, and Political
well-being' of the people. and for the
new administration frank, cordial, but
manly and Independent support, judging
it always by its acts. and commencing
those only so far as they shall seem
calculated to subserve the great end Of
all government-the welfare Of the Peo-
ple.''
Greeley had now entered on what was
to be his true life work. He was thirty
years OF age. The prfvations of his
earliest years and the uninter-nittent toll
of all his years had seemed to steady
and strengthen his once frail and nery.
Gus physique. He was temperate. though
erratic. In eating and an 'abstinent"
from alcoholic drink and tobacco. Work,
originally an instinct with him, had be-
come a tyrannic habit. He had wide
acquaintance and many devoted friends,
and he had the valuable faculty of max
ing friends through his writing His
mind was richly, though somewhat con-
tusedIy, stored with Information and
with active notions. Like his home, 1t
was hospitable and often crowded, but
cleanly and always busy.
From the first the Tribune was pro-
gressively popular. It was started at
cent, but soon rose to cents and finally |
to I. At the outset 1t had q capital Of
only $1,000 according to the biography
Of Parton, but Mr.. Greeley early secured
an extremely able partner and business
in Mr.. Thomas McElrath. and
the paper became q very valuable prop
erty. One OF the prime sources Of its sue
cess was the choicep Of able co-laborers. |
A list Of its editors and writers would |
read almost like q contemporary roll Of |
The greatest journals Of the day.
Long before the expiration Of its first /
1ecade the Tribune took up. cautiously ct |
irst and for long time with remarka- |
ble temperance, the discussion Of the /
question that was to divide the nation |
INTO two hostile camps. frst political.
hen armed. and In the adjustment ok l
which he was finally to lay down. his I
lie. In 1874 the nomination Of the Free |.
3otler Birney probably deprived Henry L
LAY Of. the Preaidency< his vote vas
nearly twice Poik's parality--to the IN
ense dtsappointment of 1lr. 0soa,ay. but
a . few years the Tribune Was fairly Il
Unlisted In oppoeltfdn 70 tho acQulattion /,
{ any moro slave tnrlttngy, ana hv therl
tne Of tle repesl of the lfloooGi Cpaa-
lromise Il Wa . Iaadqf a tho mosomenf II
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