Pulitzer_ A Life in Politics, Print, and Power - James McGrath Morris [288]
The war of words: Ibid., 94–96.
As the summer heat: Broadhead to his wife, 7/4/1875, JB.
Pulitzer’s style: Debates, Vol. 1, 402–403.
Behind closed doors: Ibid., Vol. 5, 412.
In the end: In defense of Pulitzer, it should be noted that not until long after his lifetime would the detrimental effects of home rule in St. Louis become apparent. For a complete history of the issue, see William N. Cassella Jr., “City-County Separation: The ‘Great Divorce’ of 1876,” Missouri Historical Society Bulletin, Vol. 15, No. 2 (January 1959).
As the convention: Debates, Vol. 5, 86–87.
In July the: On October 30, 1875, voters gave their approval. The constitution would remain the state’s highest law until 1945.
A sense of failure: JP to Hermann Raster, 9/27/1875 and 6/24/1875, HR.
The only good news: See Timothy Rives, “Grant, Babcock, and the Whiskey Ring,” Prologue Vol. 32, No. 3 (Fall 2000).
In December a grand jury: Ibid.; and ChTr, 2/8/1876, 1 and 2/11/1876, 5.
During his first year: APM, 142, 135–138.
At the Herald: Ibid., 104, 142, 148: Helena Independent, 12/12/1883, 6.
When he received: “Testimony before the Select Committee Concerning the Whisky Frauds,” 7/25/1876, House of Representatives, 44th Congress, 1st Session, Mis. Doc. 186, 43.
In April, Pulitzer’s: John Henderson to Elihu Washburne, 4/12/1876; JP to Elihu Washburne, 5/9/1876, EBW.
In Germany, Pulitzer: Indianapolis Daily Sentinel, 9/4/1876, 2.
CHAPTER 10: FRAUD AND HIS FRAUDULENCY
The presidential campaign: NYT, 7/26/1876, 8.
By his absence: Official Proceedings of the National Democratic Convention, St. Louis, MO, June 27, 28, 29, 1876, 21. The Democrats were the first party to hold a national convention west of the Mississippi.
Pulitzer was elated: The campaign plans of leading Democrats were carried in newspapers. See, for instance, SeDe, 10/6/1876, 2. After 1885 only a few small states, such as Maine, continued to hold elections in October.
In early September: Indianapolis Daily Sentinel, 9/4/1876, 2.
For more than: DCS, 29; Galveston Daily News, 9/14/1876, 1. Several newspapers commented on Pulitzer’s English and his way of talking. Typical was one in Zanesville, Ohio, which said, “Mr. Pulitzer, though of German birth, has in his speech little or no foreign accent.” (“Schurz Shattered,” Mesker Scrapbook, Vol. 3, 45, MHS.)
Fresh from his: “Schurz Shattered,” 45; Portsmouth Times, 9/9/1876, 3; JP to George Alfred Townsend, 9/19/1876. PDA; Cincinnati Enquirer, 11/2/1876, 2, quoted in King, Pulitzer’s Prize Editor, 81.
In mid-September: JP to George Alfred Townsend, 9/19/1876, PDA.
The next day: “Schurz Shattered,” 47. In another article, from an unidentified newspaper, Pulitzer compares the alliance of Morton and Schurz to the Mississippi and Missouri rivers. “As the muddy waters of the Mississippi absorb the clear waters of the Missouri, Morton will soon enough have entirely absorbed the spirit of Schurz. And they will both be as muddy as the Mississippi.”
To the delight: NYT, 9/13/1876, 1; StLoTi, 9/4/1876, quoted in WAS, 40. Though he did not consent to meet Pulitzer, Schurz wrote a five-column rebuttal that was published in the New York Staats-Zeitung. The sympathetic New York Sun gave Pulitzer space to respond. (Edwardsville Intelligencer, 8/20/1876, 2.)
Although Schurz remained: WP, translated in Decatur Daily Republican, 9/28/1876, 1; NYT, 8/7/1876, 4.
Pulitzer sought to: “Schurz Shattered,” 46.
As in his other speeches: DeFr, 10/18/1876, 1.
At the end: NYT, 10/26/1876, 5 and 10/31/1876, 10; WaPo, 12/24/1885, 4. Pulitzer’s work in the campaign not only pleased the Democratic Party but also, as he had hoped, attracted attention. The following year the New York Tribune said that Pulitzer was so frenetic as a campaigner “that old Mr. Tilden couldn’t make out for a while whether he or Pulitzer was running for the Presidency, and never has been entirely clear about it since Pulitzer first burst on the scene.” (NYTr, 3/14/1877, 4.)
Bringing his assault: NYS, 11/1/1876, 1. Almost thirty years later, Pulitzer wrote to a friend that his speeches