The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1911-12-07

state OF Connecticut that can b
reached under present conditions b
The World on Sunday mornings. and
% reached would buy and read the pa
per-" I hazarded a wild guess. for on
had TO reply quickly to Mr.. Pulitxe'
and woe betide one II the reply SCENE
to him illogical, vague or foolish.
Fortunately for me, my guess please,
him. and he said. Good. now appcin
correspondent In every town that ha
$4,000 or more people and instruct then
to send to each Sunday edition so
words OF social doings In their town an,
to mention Just as many names Of PEG
pie as possible. People like u SO
their names in a newspaper. especiall!
II pleasantly mentioned--get In all tn,
results"
I did. at q cost Of long hours ant
much energy, and In one month th'
Worlds circulation In near Connection
had increased 50 per cent. In six month,
and bounds from that time.
Then came the advent Of Colone
John Cockerill. the ablest lieutenant II
The Worlds upbuilding that Mr.. Pull.
itzer had, q man Of rare ability and
force and who had been closely assoc.
lated with Mr.. Pulitzer on The Post.
Dispatch and had imbibed a thorough
knowledge Of his methods, aims anf
| wishes. II has always been to me q
most regrettable Incident in Mr.. Pu-
| litzer's career that he should have
| some years afterward. parted with
Colonel CockeriM over some personal
differences but, which had it not beer
for some malfgn outside influence
could have been adjusted.
The incident, however produced the
famous remark made by Mr.. Pulitzer
when someone ask ed him how ne conld
get along without Colonel Cockerill
THE indispensable man is not num-
erous." 80.
But although Mr.. Pulitzer In this un-
fortunate occurrence was blamed by
Colonel Cockerilrs admirers and
friends and called unjust, he really was
just man, and I have never known
him to wilfully act unjustIy despite the
fact that, owing to his wide range o.
activity and the constant impossibility
OF looking carefully into all ma tiers
and In his latter years to his blindness
he may at times have appeared to have
acted so. He was quick to decide and
quick to act and, as to err Is human.
he frequently made mistakes Of judg-
ment, but he subscribed to the old be-
liev, FOR justice a temple and all sea
-ons summer" and I have known him
to reverse his position on matters poll
teal. business and social without hesi-
tation when he found he had made q
wrong. decision. - -. r
/ recall especially his change Of at
tfude in the now almost forgotten SEN
satienal case Of. Loubat VS.. the Union
club when. after siding with Mr.. Lou
bats (now the Duke Loubat) enemies
and writing vigorously against him,
he later espoused his course and be-
came his friend.
AS newcomer TO New York at that
period, passing from large town to a
metropolis. and one In which old tradi-
tons still fingered, II took some littl"
time for Mr.. Pulitzer to. as 1t were.
get his bearings" He was. as soon
as his strength and personality and
nized, besieged by place and fortune
hunters. would-be parasite :. and peo-
pie VINO, to serve their-own selfish
ends, were only too willing to mislead
him. especially as to matters social
For this reasoi,, or more from the
fact that he played with traditions and
shocked old-tfme ideas Of propriety In
newspaper publications. he was saw
agely criticised and attacked, and
determined effort was made to bar all
social doors both to himself and FAM
lily. The attack on the Cleveland bond
issue brought him the ill-will Of the
financial powers, and this added TO the
enmfty OF some persons Of great social
Influence. upon whose toes he had wit
tingly or unwittingly trod. combined to
make his social pathway for O time a
rocky one.
Few old newspaper men OF readers
will forget the late Charles A. Dana's
editorial protest In The Sun against
Mr.. Pahtzer's appearance In a Metro
pohtan opera box, In which, after a
virulent personal criticism Of his APP
pearance, Mr.. Dana said, Move on. Jo-
seph Pulitzer. move on" nor Mr.. Pulit-
GERS quiet reply few days later In The
World. in which he described In one
column the marvellous growth and cir
culation Of influence In business Of The
World In the last year, and In the next
gave some figures which argued the
dwingling circulation Of The Sun, with
the story OF a mortgage upon its build
ing on"
For Joseph Pulitzer was a fighter. and
1t Is hard to imagine a more agrees
sfve personality than was his during the
decade, especially from 1883 to 1899
While II was Colonel Cookeriil who sug-
gested and outlined the cartoon of Bel
shazzar's feast. which II was always
thought played q great part In the de.
feat Of Mr. Blaine In the memorable
Blaine campaign. II was Mr.. Pulitzer
who ordered 1t published against the
protests OF some Of the more timid
members Of his staff.
Il was he alone who conceived the
idea Of opening q public subscription
for the building Of the pedestal Of the
statue-probabiy the most sue
cessful circulation building idea that
any American newspaper man has de-
vised. It Is not necessary to recall the
many achievements Of The World. due
TO Mr.. Pulitzer's fertile brain and
discernment OF the trend of
the currents Of public opinion.
His vision into the near and the
further future, especially in matters
political, was at times 70 these Of US
who were near him. almost Khostlike
and. although he sometimes failed as
to his predictions these occasions were
Tar more than overbalanced by their
successful working out.
h was man extremely impatient OF
and during his later
years OF blindness to be contradicted on
some favorite idea or theory made him
exceedingly irritable. and yet he liked
not the man who always agreed with
him. This was one cause OF his fire.
quent change Of the paid secretaries
readers, etc., who attended him and
who. by their presence, conversation
anc reading frightened his darkness"-
~ .ar as such darkness to q man Of his
ooundless energy. great ambition, and
constant thirst for knowledge, and up
on whom consequently the burden of
this most terrible Of all human afflic-
ened