Pulitzer_ A Life in Politics, Print, and Power - James McGrath Morris [279]
Schurz placed the: Memorial service for Schurz, 10/10/1906, JP-CU.
Pulitzer not only: Johnson, “Birthday Anniversary Dinner” 4/10/1907, PDA; WP, 8/10/1868, 3; Saalberg, “The Westliche Post,” 196.
A New Englander of: NYH, 4/29/1872; NYT, 7/21/1900, 7.
His maneuver gave: Trefousse, Schurz, 173.
Preetorius and Pulitzer: WP, 1/13/1869 (weekly edition), 3.
Schurz’s election altered: Schurz to Preetorius, 3/12/1869, Intimate Letters, 473.
The vacuum at: Charles E. Weller letter, 7/28/1919, PDA. Weller, who was one of the first people in St. Louis to own a typewriter, is sometimes wrongly credited with having composed the phrase “Now is the time for all good men to come to the aid of their party,” known to anyone who has taken a typing course.
Pulitzer even took: William Fayel remembrance, reprinted in DCS-JP, 60–61.
It wasn’t long: Charles E. Weller letter, 7/28/1919; and A. S. Walsh to JPII, June 1913, PDA.
Reporters poked fun: Fayel in DCS-JP, 60–61.
For good reason: Johnson, “Birthday Anniversary Dinner,” 4/10/1907, PDA.
Although Johnson admired: Anthony Ittner to JPII, 6/11/1913, PDA.
In the summer: Hyde and Conrad, Encyclopedia of the History of St. Louis, Vol. 2 (New York: Southern History, 1899), 1097; PD, 4/21/1879, 4.
From the pages: WP, 7/21/1869, 3.
Under this withering: WP, 7/23/1869, 3.
In battling the: Theodore Welge to JPII, 6/6/1913. PDA.
In October 1869: Saalberg, “The Westliche Post,” 200.
Despite the interminable: Weller letter, 7/28/1919, PDA; unknown author to JPII, 6/11/1913, PDA.
At night, Pulitzer: Kargau, The German Element, 53–54.
Joseph’s brother Albert: Albert’s name appears in a list of German teachers in the 14th Annual Report of the Public School Board of St. Louis (St. Louis, MO: Plate, Olshausen, 1868), lxiii; APM, 41–42, 48–49, 59–60.
In November 1869: The election call was made on November 10, 1869: Writ of Elections, Gov. McClurg, Missouri State Archives, Jefferson City, MO. The Missouri Republican supported John Daily; the St. Louis Times pushed it own editor, Stilson Hutchins, for the nomination: MoDe, 12/14/1869, 2.
The Republicans held: Eichhorst, “Representative and Reporter: Joseph Pulitzer as a Missouri State Representative,” 20; WP, 12/14/1869, 3.
The next morning: WP, 12/14/1869, 3; MoDe, 12/15/1869, 4.
The wishful thinking: MoRe, 12/19 and 12/21/1869, 2; Constitution of the State of Missouri, 1865, Art. IV, Sec. 3. The Democrat picked up Pulitzer’s charge; the Republican and the Times defended their candidate and accused Pulitzer of failing to pay taxes, one of the requirements for being a candidate. But in the end, the difficulty in fielding a candidate, lingering questions about the latest candidate’s eligibility, and squabbling between the Republican and the Times left the Democratic Party ill-prepared for the election. MoRe, 12/21/1869, 2; MoDe, 12/20/1869, 3; StLoTi, 12/21/1869, 1.
With three days: Original in Oaths of Loyalty 1869, Series XIV, Sub Series B, Dexter Tiffany Collection. MHS; WP, 12/18/1869, 3. According to Jason Baker, who assisted the author in translating German documents, “At no point in the letter does he claim to be anyone other than Pulitzer, but referring to himself in the third person allows the reader to think so. He never perjures himself, but there is a certain level of deception at play.” Further, Baker said, the rhetorical devices and phrases as well as a trademark comical note leave little doubt that the letter is the work of Pulitzer.
Not a day: WP, 12/19 and 12/20/1869, 3.
On election day: The election results were published in all the newspapers, as well as the weather conditions. Turnout was estimated by using election results from other years.
“We doubt that”: WP, 12/22/1869, 3.
CHAPTER 5: POLITICS AND GUNPOWDER
Shortly after New Year’s Day: PD, 2/15/1870, 2. Advertisements announcing that Missouri Pacific and other railroads were honoring passes for legislators traveling to Jefferson City for the legislative session were published in newspapers. For a reference to this practice