New-York tribune., 1911-10-30
Mr.. PULITZER'S DEATH
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The New York world.
man of wide culture. commanding in
telect and compelling genius died yester-
day I'm Joseph pulitzer.
That he was much more than this by
reason OF his tireess zeal IN the public
service The World Is the imperfect Dut
sincere witness. This paper rs his chieI uie
work II has been his absorbing passion,
not as an end but solely as means % the
expression Of his Ideas ana Ideals IoF Au-
man welfare.
association with social wrongs ana p0ntlcal
abuses a deeper appreciation OF tree gov
ernment than most men feel who were born
20 a share IN its birthright. lie brought
also a high regard FOR order ana authority,
and this grew stronger with him 70 the
end. He saw 10 true progress without
law. no true growth without justice no
true democracy that was not broad enough
10 sn-lter all
He saw in our government Of checked
and balanced powers the highest type OF
human administration yet devised anu
against strange new doctrines, whether OF
executive Usurpation, or or snort cuts 70
hasty popular action, or OF conquest ana
dominion over men Of other lands anu
races. he burned as "a living name.
Not this the place OF time 10 tel pt
Joseph PulitZers great services 10 peaCS
of the lash he laid upon corruption IN me- II
place, of his practical ana persistent Ie"u-
ership IN movements or polucdl rtlollti, .t,,y1 ",
public publication, OF his intense dcNol4oI,
20 liberty and his passionate halIeu %
wrong ana injustice. THESE are an lu
separable part OF the history of the Lnllea
States for thirty years. We would lO-ua,
dwell rather upon his many manifestations
Of warm hearted interest IN lesser tHiHsa
that would smooth the path Of the heipIcss'
bur that Will never live IN the tornaI IS1-
Ords .,t,.
Gf what has been good In The World
more is due tC Mr.. PulItzers power anu nl9
personal attention than most men Wy.iu
Geem possible, noting MS neaFy HdIul, "a
a
ings I'm search of health OF It's SnoilCoiu-
iugs ne has been the keenest critic, anu l45 -
interest WAS untdgging 10 the very ddS - ",
his death. The cable and the leieSldPh
have brought 10 it his constant guldalSe'
his eVer-Teady protest against Nasty Junr
meut, ms inspiration 10 enoea.OI. ne tls p
ideal he set Tor himself me better tolu lIla-. =
any one can tell FOR MIN Wnen IioI' III
sickhed at Wiesbaden, the day the corner
stone Of the Pulitzer Building was la4G,
October TO- 1883, ne cabled to The NorIu
this message:
God grant that this structure be the en-
during home Of a newspaper forever unsat-
isfed with merely printing neWs-toreyer
lighting every form OF WTOnB-toreNcr IN
lependent-fOrever advancing 10 enIs ntei- i
mcnt ana prOGress-tOreVer Weuned 20 u uly
Democratic ideas-fOreVer aspiring 70 ne
moral fOrce-forever rising to mGneI
plane Of perfection as public insLtulssoii ! ,,i
God grant that The World may LOT
ever strive toward the highest ldeais-Ds
both a daily sChOOhouSe and daily iOfuI!'
both a daily teacher and a daily tribune
an instrument OF justice. a terror to crime
and aid 20 education, an exponent or true
Ameucauisrl -
Let IL ever be remembered that TINS
cdifCe owes its existence to the puonci mat
its architect is popular favor, mat its cor
uerstone is liberty and justice; that ltS
every gtOue comes from the people ana
represents public approval for public ser
vices rendered
God forbid that the vast army follow
[ m no standard Tine World 1LDlld III
this or In future generations ever ind II
faithless 70 those ideas and moral prinel-
Piles 10 which alone 1t owes its life and
without which I would rather have il
perish
That Mr Pulitzer himself lived by these
precepts and died true tO them the editorial
paee and policy Of The World nave been
the dJly witness for twenty-eight years.