New-York tribune., 1911-10-30
The Loss Of His Eyesight.

The strain uron MI Pulitzer was TOO
much. Ills eyes gave out. and he was con-
fned TO a dark room. Even that did not
check his efforts. He invented a system
20 take tho place OF his eyes. He traineG
men 70 read the newspapers 10 him, TO re
port on the progress Il each department OK
The World" 70 compare and analyze re-
suits. lie questioned and questioned
every ore who came into his presence. lie
became human brain pump u empty
his visitors OF their facts and IDEAS.
James Creelman. in a magazine article
wrote:
What the Greeleys and the Raymonds
and the Benefits did for Journalism thlfty
years ago Pulitzer has done to-day, wrote
james Gordon Bennett in 1850 That was a
bitter confession. for The World haI
greatly damaged THE Herald. AS Tor
The Herald we drOop oIr COlOrs 20 hllH.
He Las made success uDOu success again {
our prc iudiCcs. has succeeded an along lHr
line. has reused spirit Of enterprise ana
personality which, mp 10 TINS uIAe' mas not
been kuOWn.'
In describing The Worlds" campaign
against the Cleveland bond sale Mr.. Creel-
man wrote:
one bright day in February 1885 MI
Pulitzer sat I'm the streaming sunlbHl ot'
,ha porch Of his house on Jekyl lsiai4u'
Georgia listening 10 one or MS eollOIS
reading the news from a savannah new
paper. His bearded chin was sunk on DIS
breast, and as he ran the nnseIs OF our
hand through his hair he 5reatned III Ile
fTa GRANGE Of the flowers. To was dIlNS'
dreamy scene. fan from the noises ana eN-
elements of cities, a scene FOR gentle lHill5
and drifting. The powerful countenance Oh
the master Of journalism seemed Amos
asleep. Nothing disturbed the silence out
the voice of the reader.
suddenly Mr. Pulitzer started violently
and sat upright. His face went white nut
fer bright red spot on either cheek. his
open eye seemed to blaze with emotion.
His companion had just read smal,,
routine paragraph saving that the Jnlte1
states government had sold S62NOODQo OIL
bonds by private contract 10 synclcalt
headed by j. PieTpout Morgan & co. and
August Belmont & Co.
by God Sold 70 4 syndicate prl'
vatelv" he shouted. as he brought ms
clcnched fist down on his knee and pare.
his teeth "SiXty-tWO million dollurS
His voice rose high and shrilL Ht
stretched forward In the chair as thousI
he were making a mighty effort TO see
through his sightless eyes. And th'
United states government cannot law
fully buy six army blankets without pun
liz competition, It's am infamous scandal
tiHlt bankers should 90 down % Washing
/ ton and hoodwink the President ana sec
retarv of the Treasury.
} Mr. Pulitzers face twitched with excite
ment
Don't let us blame the bankers he
continued They are in business % ge
the best OF it every time They are
money changers. Let us give the Presl
dent hell for being held up
Mr.. Cleveland branded Pulitzer's indis'
nant utterances as malicious mendacity
but another tentative private sale Of bond.
was abandoned for competitive bidding.
In 1859 Mr. Pulitzer established ter
scholarships for poor, bright. deserving boy
graduates of the New York public schools
giving the winners a full preparatory col
Iere course He give 10000 to Columbia
University to establish a school Of journal
ism. 10 rank with similar schools of tn,
professions