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VOLUME 5J...
JOSETH PVL ITZEH.
A nmn of wide i i:::;rp, oomjiantlHii; intellect ami fomjK-llii)
prrv'is tlinj ycitwdjj in Jn'ph PolitxeT.
Thftt hp nan rriTsrb nor than this by reason of his tireless BSoJ
in tbf pahCe rfn ro, Thl Worid is Hip inipvrfoct bnt sinner.. witDoge,
T his papf r is hil chip life-wor.. It hat i -on his ibeofUltg; passion,
Pot as gd end bnt Melj as a merino to ilie expression of his itleas
and idpals l"nr human nelfnrp.
Mr. PujiirpT bmnrrhl frri his Old-Worid nssoeiation with politi
cal "smtntu and -. K-ial abllMa a deeper appreciation of free rrnvern
zn sot that) mot', men feci who wrrc born to a sham in its birthright)
Ha iiropht sJso a h'.ph regard for order and authority, nnd this
prw strongi r , j bin to the end. He saw no true progress without
lav; ne inw pros.' i out justice; no trim doiBOOrtCJ thai was not
1rtu.d m.ab to hi fltf si!.
Hp saw in our OotVfBtBefll of sheoktd ami balanced powers the
highest tvfp of hnTTin administration yet devised ; and nirainst strnnpo
tirw tJorlrine. vhothfT of ee-iiiivo usurpation, or of sliort-cuta to
I iistjr pppoiar anion, or of conquest and dominion OTW men of other
lunds a.nd race, 00 bunted as a living flame.
Not fhia lho piarc or time to tell of Joseph l'ulit.er's great ser
i moa to peaon; of the lash ho laitl upon corruption in high place;
of hii practiesl und pcrs-stcnt leadership in movements of political
rrform, or pul. ie pur f:r-a?ion; of his intpnso devotion to liberty and
hit jmaskrnilc hatred of VTOOg and injustice. Those are an insepa
rable part of the history of the United States for thirty years. We
wcmli Jo-day die' rather upon his many manifestations of warm
heortnd inleresl in icsscr things tliat would smooth the palh of the
hripJwf,, bat thai will never live in tbo formal records.
Oi whal has been pood in Tho World more is due to Mr. Pu
ljJw'a powtT and his personal attention than most men would deem
jsaaailaV. noJn his heavy handicap of phyaical infirmity and his long
wasderiDjt in searcii of health. Of its shortcomings he hat been the
wilje; ad hii interest waa unflagging to the very day of his
dnalh. Tbo ealjJo and the telegraph hao brought to it his constant
piidamtr. his otct ready protest against hasty judgment, bis inspira
t5oa Is endeaTOT. The high ideal he set for himself he hetter told
ttuta jetit one can tell for him when from Ins sick-bed at Wiesbaden,
tho dj bo corner-stone, of tbo Pulitzer Building was laid, Oct. 10,
1RR?. la cabled to Tno World thia meaaage:
7r- prrm? thnt ti srmcfarw ft the Mdwrlao horn of a newt
pnprs ftwnrer nf't.w rttk mertUg printing new forever fighting
aworf arm vf Wrsm? -fvrerr Independent forever advancing in En-
HoJUrwmmT art rrofrrm forever wedded to truly Democratic idea
former arpirtae totne Mont Tone- for or riming to a higher plane
dS parjter.rfc Pmlhr ltetilvticm.
Oat pojoj tin! Tie World may forever Itrlve toward the Htghett
lrm!L tv lne a tdUi KhooHumee and a daUp fomm, sofa daily
ararsVr am a dciiy Irlenme. mm instrument of Justice, a (error to
crtar. m rrit l einrvium, en exponent of true Amerioaniem.
Utd at mt he remembered that tMa edifice owe if emietenee
As yxMtev fki! at errkUert ie papular favor; that it corner
mtota at Ubrrtj, end Jtettoe; that u every tone come from the
me rejrrveml pnbUe approval
ftmue thai the vast arm
I atradd In Mis r to fttur
Men oatd m -xJ principle to
vttna I woU rmtkar have
Tfcavt Mr. MHUT himself lhred by these precepts and died true
to tbem the- Bototial page and policy of Tbo World have been the
deity w; ana "tt ;wpnjy-e"wht years.
Mr. utilizer's Career as Soldier,
Politician and Journalist
Jrarph PaVrrr. rrrirVw f the t he has since been an invalid, totally
Sen Yert XT aril tint tM$f born' bliwd.
at hmnUrpera, lixya.y, April MU - Krnm "Wtio'i Who In Anwrlnt," mi.
ail: e6x?a:rS ? x-r". tetor:
onme to tie I ' . Met to lSi:
' . o ,.,1
:t ' t . CJflJ War
Uomit r Jirurr a t carter on
thr
WexVi'.J? lrt (a Crrman sears-)
' BBfeWjl to
; irr icame itt
tan.'S j ' id X'"-"' proprietor',
mm I SIX bought the Bt, Lotttt Dispatch
ox4 mnti - U with thd :. nine Po,-
as Mr r-utlMj-.:, irhi'-h he ttil
oorxs; . t n-iVr of tht
HJjr..-.. LsvU'.aimre in; K), and ma
iter of the (' -:.: :r"nit ''' -
lit- in k-j n C'lcoite frov
Slia-. . ." 1 I'l I i ' . . . !.'. I
-
tear :
the c
tir- I ' t
to Kcw York er the Irr; i .,-s.i7
, , . . . .
bet rts.jnrd afti-r a fete months'
merVUe; tec c cV? igate to t ic Incin
nan htbeni Republican Convention
which wminated Bonce Qreeley for
Pres.oVir: offer f":nf a l).-mi,rit :
v,i,v.,7 oo. .
tfi-c.-ol.-4 the ff....! Hf-;d.
or-j; iieKficyuiKi 11001 in i.a.vn; ta
to
"o -
llh
tnitmod with it.' )Oj)0O v
inmciiui nsuiai nr jnurnAusn irtth
an agrcev.ert to give an additional
f,64e,ajo whew tho tcJ.ooj thauhf be
... -fyru1 nnrroflnn In hit
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tUo, in ItMO, ni'I terrH "a ar.rl. Ol . or on the Klvlera--alwas
r eUlere h. ormld lira iht noal la the
t to tie rtrtVthl I 'wrcs ,,,. ,ir p, uon . . .
Iv is IMMUMng Oompusy. Nos. H to 63
Mow Y.rk
JoscS'jf t.j i t. .T., :i0r. j'r
' .. "ark Bo .
r; Ycfl. as fa'Staif' -Craft Vnttir.
: lui.t tha Continent and
All ' iui.m in tie International
J-ueMJ I
iv Tan 19.75
UUP Monti HA
. NO. 18381
for pmbHe service rendered,
following the standard of The
generation ever find it faithless to
which alone it owe its Hfe and
it pariah.
,,,; ALWAYS WAS ON
HAND ALWAYS WAS ON
THF ul'i a
1 1 1 rt t. L IVI .
( (in.lensud lu tlicmi inns arn hr nflv
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tv. m . ....... . . .
i .ii tii jusepn I'tiiiiicr. u ended in l
llttl With a nervous breakdown, fnl-
lnwerl by a steady loss of eyeslxht re
' - -
naUeeely oroeptai on until tho dsrk-
nMa nf tta) Mtadjsioi shut in upon
n! PrIt- He was then an
reetleee, reolBUeae, tirsies. man
nf fiirtv. 1 ri fit mHti... ..f 1. 1 u .1.... v
. rur
iwanty-four ycara ) baa ,iwnit in
ii. i i ... , ,,
tnaaow it!" mi c inniuirn,!
invo ,,eu
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ft'W. Hi roilHi-rvivd hit! I
: hea'.t h with the treatosl are. loand
rtt Ills s;uiiners at bin home In Hirl,hat 1 "ot lUc y 'rn "'-' ,
1'iri nr nr.. I Mm ... I .. . .. ,..i.J.. . .
,.... ...i .. . i ..in niiiiri H .leryi
eo-ild take. For three y-, at,
.pen, BOt. of hi, tin. oV h ,aeh,
Liberty, built for . wfort, Wh.
he OOOM largely ilnd his wn- about
unaided, where hi i mid diet on gteli
' -.t,a .lion. I,, r. .is ,n. .......
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for henrt In i:i. if ma 1-,e2,,
Tet tn all the ytan hit guldlna
'hand and donlnsnt Blind eoatrolled
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ways and to tbs rtry he ga-
. bis tboufiht, ii!s !. ... ..'.j tntrgy, bit
hnoe. and f.i the Sttsatlan thai Vl
clreustance. would Bd.
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mIL Tbs World waa Joseph Pulitzer's i
craotton. It will bo his monument
.
ncr-UDi.il, ai'tLLtu LrcoKIUN-!
The Itcpnbllc anallad opportunity to tbe
ITY FOR HIM.
youth puaalonately devoted to fre.d im c,uu ,or 'he local oheaa playera. In : Cincinnati I'onventlun In 18TJ, which
and liberty. America embodied that tu hla eaaernraa he protcated at a move nominated Horace (Jreeley for I'rcl
hl.m In Ml boyhood In UuiiKary. When ot one ot 'he matera. "l'erhapa you dent. He went there aa a delegate
eventccn foUDd him a well pjrown la 1 , un do hetter" waa the retort. He , f' 9M Mlsaourl and waa made one of tho
ovar alx feet tall, broad ehouldered and , t down and did better and earned a ' secretaries. In the campaign that fol
ruggwl, be persuaded his mother to 1st : welcome and many friends. i lowed he waa In great demand through-
him anawer the call ho heard acroaa ttli j Joaeph Pulitzer flret nought hla op- out ohl nd the saMdl VVest to follow
aeas. Arriving at llamburg he was ! portunlty In the law. Aa be worked i '"wer Carl Schurz, and nlsrhtly
robbed, but thai d!d nr,t even halt him. 1 here and there for hla dally bread, ha addressed large audlencea of Hermans
worRea bis way a . r.3ss the Atlantic. '
sasci on ha arrival at o.u-o tBUStSd IB
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iw. leeei ni-' i.iniinii . .iva.iy airai
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famous rev-.cw In Washington. ; "fhi gioat Herman papor of tha Middle
Of Bart natty that had lOOtaae so lar.ie Wmi Waa the rVMtUcha foat
ISsmad a vsnlshad thine when tbe:OWMBd by Dr. Boti l'reeiorlus and
young soldier with his discharge pape.s mdllei by Carl Schura.
found blmtsll 'ut ant ol the bundrtdS I it naadsd a npurter, and the man-
of tfeousaada leeklui It, tsarobiBS (orlaMna editor, who pinw a mood '
any KiBd ..: WO.
Now York WSS erowdsd with main,
an a niani "ii i.y nail ara wnyajea u.
.... ....
St. n:n t:ic lii l '
Won! -tile rttal Imji i
of tha eoaiitrv. 1 ...kjV lit:!, bill
awa than," he hie sild, ami i raaltaod
' .i'i"-".! . . n.-.-.
,t.. fr a ,, i.-irin c'tv In'
lh. lab on. aa i from the e I
ehott m. um. hem., , .
mi -i ... 41 It. and . .zed when
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Tj JZtmlZ Tt ne,ver
railed for for r cava-rya
fwred. to fart for mules a id horses at '
the .1. i". . n It.nrarks
'I' was a nine
""'"' "''""" " an. t
' r'P fo,r wmee, f-'r i bad to no taut
for toy dli .rat oaptra But I aot I
''B - T'1 f"0' vllr A ,'"" tt i
ccnM "y M 1 """ " n!
hark to t ie city. Then I en; a rc mi ml
peu ray board in advaatt r far as my
mo-,ey would "go and hunted a bett-r
oLv Tn'a Plan 1 kt;
waoijr ecouca n;a one ac-ompnar-
j M W'ia 1
frlanda who were to prove moei valu-
b'e. He played a very good game (
of cheaa (a very weU'ome thins In
winter quurtrra). and drifted one day .
Into the back room of a Herman na-
loon n(1 rpstaurajit that waa the
sought out a library and epent hla
nlflua attidylng law. Keenly Inter-
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' . r" '
plmhics, i.i naving a reuimosa at
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n. i.ouis. ne ssj sainitlSy to tha
ur 1,1 and lo"k'J forward to h'X??ZXJZl!Z&
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,ga: of chess also. thouR-ht of his oil
antagonist. JoaeDh Pulltzar. Ilu kuw
IR'.y, was f.imllUr wun his energy
iitimil'i,in nn.l aaal. un.i i.ifi ..i ...m
... Inh
um ioins .taff of st i nine
PAPrR
Why. I can't Wrlttl" was the answer
ot U,u youns ,n' "n,,"1 "J '-''-
,dUor nM h. knew h(.u,r an,i
s:. , ,s.,nh ,..,. K..Vl. , ,.
aw - - -
budding law practice and It. las joined
;;, Iwenimn-earoM8'-
.Va'pVr' men m t; .
tell stories, of tha now importer's zeal.
einrgy and succesa la his work. 11a
sou Id Hash out mi a l.re a.arm re-
gmdicss ot teal or bat) bt werkad aii
ira. nuzhed .vervwh.re. s.,o .... ...
atatlt i''ty ed.i...- ami :'. work wen. Ua
: ireattr forta, The new executive
drovt ve:y one, himself most of all.
I'oiUIca attracted him BIMt than ever.
He was elected a number ot t!. Mis-
Sourl Itatt Ltglllaturt III tttH. and was
a member of the State Constitutional
valu.-,." iho" w..tuch7 Posu' w
13. t. He i.'.bui rtf more
......
made Ite managlne; editor end later part
pnvrietor.
Thn post-bellum corruption of the Re-
publican piny made Mr. Pulltrer
hourly eupportor of the Liberal Kepub-
llcan move.uent that culmlnate.1 In the
"Wfj wymm io "in :iue or the
"'"i"'"- " nummistratlon
oi . iriint Dllt him HDaMl v In ti.. Pv
nr,.ti,. uMv. n fauartii .hi, ... ..
' ' .i jus
ralslll for til el.cllnn nr TIM I-
Hint fnyi.d hill nbvalcal aaiii,Mi
sea in
f .
" 0 M at work llad bon m
'" llkln' ,ie had "teadlly looked for-
ward 10 th" t!,mj w,'en he could have
hl own Pa',er' maRe It according to
hu ow" rau'dly crystallizing ideas of
wn Publlo waatad and should havt
" . ...... ............. lud iiwiiiiw.
aKW"- wn".e n c0"1" tnl"K
he jileaaed, eay what he thought and
tight the battles of the people with
whom bo had lived, laborcU ai d ffl
d.ired. Hi "ad Intended to apeud a year
or more m navel und atudy in Kurope.
I In t tn the trying times following the
election of 1TU ho went to Washington
at the personal aolicl.aUon of Oborltt
ui ino parauuai
Han. and w
Xg'tu "
fo1 . ' ......
rota signed pulltical let-
exoltliig t.mes during and
Decimal Conim.asloo that
V I iril'HrAi "UCiCi
attraotod trtdt Interest.
Tm, but delayed hi
KhS
fij?., mS ,
iTml,a. The St. tat
hla trip. On hla re-
fortune was awaiting
none but a strumi
would hava pene-
traied. The St. l.ouls Uisjiatch huj
fallen Into evil dys, Its circulation ha 1
.IwiiidUa to i.otliiiijf, Us jilnm little,
hetter than Junk, and the BherllT wjj
v"iue-uu Astot
.u imaoruai to
,,.....
In chin He. nut 11 naa one thing of
undated Tress f luuc.ilsa,
an evening ji.iper.
PURCHASE OK THE ST. LOUIS
DISPATCH
At the Sheriff's sale ha bought the
paper lor gz. aOO, plain wer Inime-
Ifl.aW made known. Tha other even-
Z mlmmnTlV S
.... . . . TBatsaaln 1 1 llisaaasWaaiTL JOal
that It had killed off one rival but to
And a newer and atronger one rising
I'hoenlx-llk. from Ha ashes, capitulated
rather than fight. It had a good plant,
and la two days the two papera wars
lui.souditied as liiu Post-Dispatch to
begin Its lone career of public useful
ness and prosperity. Mr. 1'uliaer soon
bought out lue Interests of his partners
and became soie owner and editor.
Tne work that Mr. Pulitzer u.d wltn
the Post-Dispatch in Ot. Douis in ta.
way of puol.a service did not satisfy
ma ambition. M. looked for a Maw
York opening, for a national field. Ha
waa prnparej to venture all h had ot
heailth, ability, energy, knowledge and
money, conllU.nt of succesa One. ho
thought he could buy the New fork
Star, but that paper was tied too
tightly to Jobn Ke.ly, who valued Its
services to his political machine too
much to let It go into the possession ot
a fighter so independent as Mr. Pulltssr.
The entire control or not a share was
Mr. Pulitzer's ultimatum.
The New York World under the ed
itorship of William 11. Hurlburl, with a
circulation of im.uuj, had then a plac. In
the community fixtd ry th. faot that
It was oned by Jay Oould. Everything
that tt printed was under suspicion of
having been colored or influenced by the
arch manipulator cf Wall atreet. It waa
nut prosperous; It waa for sale. Mr.
Pulitzer, hi May. ,m. bought It of Jay
Uuuld personally. Una block of twenty
live snares was held elsewhere.
' Vim do not object, of course air,
Pulitzer, to rlo-aod-So's keeping those
twenty-five shares; he's a good fellow,"
aid Jay tlould.
'Certainly not," retorted Mr. Pulitzer.
"If you do not object to my carrying on
thu editorial page every da . Not
withstanding th. fact that Jay Oould
still owns twenty-five shares, tie does
not control or Influence one line in tbte
paper.' "
Mr. Oould sold the entire paper and
Mr. Pulitzer became the sole owner of
Tne New Yora World. He issued tha
tlrst number on May 10, 1SS.V No one
could ignore the change of ownership,
of policy, of methods, of character, ut
all that goes to make the papa, that
tur over twen.y-eljlit yeara nas under
bis absolute control and actlv. direction
served the caus. of th. people. N.ns
Oiled the front pag. from whlob It had
keen arawOWd try advertisements,
foreign news gave plare ta tho vital
doings at tha day at homo, and a now
note of striking virility rang from tha
editorial page. Thar, appeared hit
salutatory, his confident appeal to Now
York. W. print It clsewhera. Never
la these yeare ha. a word of It been
recalled or changed. It has boon Iter
ated and reiterated on ovary occasion.
Hit FIRST PLATFORM FOR THK
WORLD.
In those columns also Mr. Fulltaer
laid down the planks of his first plat
form, to be fought for with tireless
endeavor and unending devotion and
with a true Instinct and adopt skill
new to Park Row and th. city.
Here are some of the planks la that
platform:
The taxation of luxiirlea.
The taxation of inheritances .--
The taxation of monopolies.
The taxation of large Incomes.
The taxation of the privileges of
corporations.
A tariff for revenue.
Reform of the Civil Service.
Punishment of corrupt office
holders.
Punishment of vote buying.
Punishment of employers who co
erce their employees In elections.
The World has kept these pledges
of adherence to vital Democratic prln
rlple... though often furiously assailed
by politicians and by great Dcmocratlo
party organs.
Three days after he took control,
Mr. Pulitzer began to raise funds
through the columns of his paper to
build the pedestal on which Bartholdl's
Statue of Liberty Knllghtenlng the
World now proudly greets the Incom
ing Immigrants and returning citizens.
The American committee had failed to
.rouse the people to the necessity of
supplying a fitting pedestal for the
gift. The preae sneered. The World's
early efforts failed, but with a lsrger
clientele nf rea lers, undaunted It took
up the work attain on Match IS, 188B.
The rich were unmoved, but In small
sums the reople gave 1100,000 through
the columns of The World, and the
work wss schleved The President
and his Cabinet, with a notable com
pany, participated In the eluborate
ceremonies of the Inauguration 00
Oct. 22. im.
The hardest kind of hard work, in
cessant oversight, new methods, brought
readers at once. Circulation increased.
The far-serlna proprietor ordered a
new press. Before it was completed
he ordered a second. The cautious
Hoe said: "Are you sure you neeJ
It?" and demanded, a mortgage on the
entire plant. For one. Mr. Pulitzer
waa obliged to violate hla cardinal prln
dpi. of l'fe never to give his not. or
other obligation to any man and aa
sented. Mr. Ho. ceased to Insist and
nefused to accept the mortgage. He
has been building bigger und bigger
presses for Tho World ever since.
DROVER CLEVELAND'S TESTI
MONY TO HIS WORTH.
The campaign was hot that fall.
The breach between the Stalwarts and
Half Hreods had wrecked the Re
publican party, ar.J President Arthur-.
Secretary of the Treasury, Folger,
was runninp for Governor, opposed by
Orover Cleveland, the reform Mayor
of Buffalo, i little known to New
York as the new proprietor of The
World. Mr. Pulitzer threw himself
and hla paoer heart and aoul Into the
campaign and rejoiced In the land
alld': t.iat followed. II. upheld the
administration In Albany and worked
sturdily for Cleveland, nomination
and election to tha Presidency In
lt4. Ills work was tho more valu
able and made a wider Impression be
cause tha defection of the New York
Sun 1 Mr. Dana seeing fit to support
Oen. Butler) left The World the only
great Democratic newspaper la the
ctty.
Orover Cleveland, who observed The
World from the standpoint of a candi
date f ir the Presidency, haa borne elo
quent testimony to Mr. Pulitzer's work,
srrltlng of It thus with the calm con
sideration of later lite:
I never can lose the vividness of
my recollection ot the conditions
and Incidents attending the Presi
dential campaign of mt-how thor
oughly Republicanism was Intrenched
how brilliantly It was led how
arrogant It was and bOW confidently
It encouraged and aided a contingent
of drearier, from th. Demo ratio
ranks.
And I recall not '.ess vividly how
brilliantly and sturdily The World
then fought for Demoirracy; and In
this, the first of Its great party
fights under present proprietorship.
It here, there and everywhere In the
field, showorod deadly blowa upon
th. enemy. It was steadfast In zeal
and untiring In eflurt until the battle
waa won. and It was won against
such odds and by so al.ght a margin
a. to reasonably lead to the belief
that no contr.hutlng aid could have
been safely spared. At any rate, the
contest was so close It may be said
without reservation that If It hnd
larkeal the forceful and potent advo
cacy ot Democratic principles at that
time by the New York World the
result might have been reversed.
In the Presidential canvas, of 1S92
I was again a witness of the World's
Demooratlu zeal and Its efficient
party work In that struggle it left
nothing undone that aoj newspa
per could do to aid the cause, and
it certainly accomplished m eh.
I have spoken specifically of the
two campaigns with which t v is
personally most famll ar, and In
which I had the opportunity u share
campaign activities, though I do
not Intend to apeak of them aa ex
ceptional Instano". if Th. World'a
achievements.
The Wo.ld grew rapidly under Mr.
Pulitzer', hand; the quarters on Park
Row opposite the Post-Office were ex
tended and tOlargtd only to be hope
lessly outgrown. Mr. Pulitzer on April
It), l8K, bought the historic French Ho
tel property at the, corner of Park Row
and Frankfort strtel, and the following
year began to artot the Pulitzer Pulld
lng, where The World Is now pub.iahaxl.
Here again he waa a pioneer, for h.
was the first to use the steel sl.eleton
construction In a large business build
ing. Hi. four-year-old son. Joseph
Pulitzer Jr., laid the corner stone on
Oct. 10, 1SK, as part of Imposing cere
RtonttS but the founder and proprietor
was ausent. From a sick hed at Witt
bauen he had cabled hla menage to
hit bebn-ed paper and the people. It la
printed elsewhere.
Mr. FulJlssr bad Broken dowu la har
Ta m merer worm at
the morning edition of Tha World
supervising Ms Ot, Louis Pott-Dlapata
by wire and mail trots New Tarn, aa
had In tha fall of 1M7 added th. Sunday
edition of the Post-Dlspavtch, sad fetat
tarted th. owning edition ot TbWS,
World, With all this ha waa working
with Increasingly Inaajsojuavta laaohanlaal
equipment and planning now prissst
and a naw building.
He had In JJM been elected da tt
Forty-ninth Congress from a Now Tat
City dletrlot hut had found it tan:
lbia to fulfill tho dutlas at n
man at WaaMngton to hla own
faction and had resigned.
The strain waa too nwob. There waa
a limit even to tho enduraaoa of ttto
Iron constitution and hla highly aeaal
tlve nervea. He had ntvor gtvan n
thought sa to whether or not ha should
do a thing, but had dona It Ha had
given his health no thought. Waa It not
good? And Uttl. to tha oar. of his .yas.
They bad alwaya been ahortasghttd. hut
had been abused by strain and eoaa.
leaa work und.r naked gaa Jtta and la
Improper light.
The breakdown ram. In October. 1BV7.
Nature foreclosed mercilessly. At first
confined tn his house, he had constant
reports of how everything was going
brought to him tn hi. darkened bedroom.
Kvery nerve In hit body revolted at tha
Imprisonment. Physicians ordered him
abroad. Hn consulted th. best speclallsta
In Europe. All that they could do to
help was after all but little. He cruise
In the Mediterranean, gaining somewhat
In general health, but every day a boat
put ashore for papers and letters and
to send bunches of cablOgrams. He
visited Constantinople, and remembered
as one of the last views of glorious
nature the vista of the Black Sea from
the Rosphnrus. He went to India, and)
the exquisite beautiful Taj Mahal waa
the Is SI object hla eyes enjoyed before
their light went out. On rare occasions
after that, In a strong light, he would
try pitifully to see the fsces of his chil
dren, but with the recent years .voa
that pleasure was denied him.
RELINQUISHES THE ACHVb
EDITORSHIP.
The condition of hi. .yes and health
compelled him on Oct. It. 10, to aa-
nounce In the editorial column, of The
World that, owing to the advice ot hla
I physician, he was obliged to gtva u
1 the active direction of The World aoi
' retire from the editorship.
Mr. Pulitzer had already flxed his
j Imprint lndeatructlbly on the pres. ot
New York, the 1'nlted states and. tn-
' deed, of the world. Newspaper editor., ,
1 wit. lp their old conceit, had sneered
at the young man from the West and
hla new ways. They sought to Ignore
him. But the fighting qualities of Tho
World were never ignored, and tho
! changed attitude of the great newspa
pers' editor, toward Mr. Pulitzer Is no
where hetter shown than at this time ot
his breakdown, when James Gordon
Bennett, proprietor of the Herald, aald
In his great and famous newspaper:
As for us of the Herald, we, droop
our colors to him. H. baa mad.
j sucrc.s upon success against our
prejudices; hRs succeeded all along '
the line: has roused a spirit of on-
terprise and personality which up to I
this time has not been known.
It Is not necessary to speak her. of
Mr. Pulitzer's philanthropies. Those
who were concerned In them know ot
them, and that Is enough. Of one It I.
well to .peak, because It Is public, and
the plan which has been tested by a
dozen year. ha. proved Itself as ua-.
usually well thought out. It Is tho
Pulitzer scholarships. H. established
these to securo for poor boys of this
city the colleg. or technical eduoatlon'
each desired but was unable to obtain.
A gift of 1100,000 waa mad. to Columbl v
fnlverslty In U93, when Seth Low
was President, thus securing Its assist-'
ance In the matter, and Itt oversight.
Mr. Pulitzer later offered Columbia
i fnlverslty 11,000.000 to ewtshllsh a sohortl
j of Journalism, with a promise of tl.OOO.Os), .
' when It should be successfully started. , 1
I He devoted much t ought to this plan
i and f.naily decided that owing to certain
obataclesln the way. It would be best f
I fefor the working out of the plan oei.l
after his death. So ho withdraw tho
. offer.
I Mr. Pulitzer also presented a bronz
ttatue by Rartholdl of Washington and
Lafayette to the City of Parlt. It was
tet up In the Place de. Stats Unit and
unveiled on Dec. 1. lSDf.
MR. PULITZER'S MARRIAGE AND
FAMILY.
Mr. Pui-.'.sr married In Washington,
July 19. lfTTS. Miss Kate Davis, a
daughter of Judge Davit, and a se-on I
couein of Jefferson Davis. Their chil
dren ara Ralph, who married Kits
Frederlca Webh In 190E, and haa tw j
sons; Joteph Jr., who married Mist
Nellie Wlckham of St. Louis In U10,
and lives there; Herbert, who Is al
school In Oroton; Kdlth, who Is at
present In Arachon In the Pyrenees, sag
Constance. Their eldest daughter,
boatlti a girl of singularly alert. kan
mind and most attractive and jutt
entering society, died at Bar Harbor
Dec. il, 1SI7. In her memory Mr." I
Pulitzer endowed a scholarship In
Barnard College. Mr. Pulitzer's New
York home was St No. 7 Eaat Seventy
third street, with hit son Ralph nest
door. HI. country plac. waa Ohatwood, '
Bar Harbor, aharmlngly situated at
Boat Brook on Frenchman's Bay.
Constant care and skilful treatment
brought great Improvement In Mr.
Pulitzer's health, though he always
had 10 1 exercise the greatest cars sn4
regularity In his regimen. He was,
urged to ride, and the former cavalry
man found that b. bad not lost bis.
seat. For twenty year. h. had been a
familiar sight at Bar Harbor, In Cen
tral Park and elsswhora, riding a staady
Kentucky thoroughbred, with a soa, a .
secretary or a friend at hi. side and a
groom following. He found fine exer
cise in awtmnutng when at Narrangao
s.tt Pier tn MM, and In hla private
wi. liming pools. Passionately fond ot
.alt water, h. found tha greatest en
joyment of Ufa and health on his yacht
Liberty. Wherever ho went he had
hla secretaries and man from The
World, and with their untiring help
trantacted an enormous amount of
business; for hs kept the coatrol of the
pajier, and especially its large gentrol
policies, which have never varied from
; the broad Hues he laid down at the be
ginning, in hi. own hand, aa muoh a.
1 it was posslbl. to do und.r th. added
handicap of time and apnea whan ab
sent from New York.
Tn. big work of Tae World haa
vae sw. sal leSaaa. .
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