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THE HERALD.
ttKEELEY.
S1IH ItPllK'Ul'H'aiM'PS of th Departed
Editorial Philosopher.
l!lijklll Hitglc.
What the present Xcw York Trib
une edifice is modeled after one may
well hesitate to say, and it can do no
harm not to say, init the old Tribune
cflice was not modeled by anybody, nor
after any known pattern, ancient or
modern. It grew, Topsy like, from one
shape and dimension to another, but in
whatever shape or size, it was always
a free institution. It was up the old
steep woodeti stairway on Spruce street
.side that the great American tragedian
Edwin Forrest, marshaled his way one
afternoon to "say a piece" to Horace
Greeley. A certain critic had discov
ered that Forrest was not according
to Shakespeare's ideal in a portion of
his performances. Forrest wanted to
know the man who dared to reveal such
a tiling in print. He supposed that Mr.
(Jreeley could be commanded by Lis
imperious-tones to make a clean breast
of the offender's name. Greeley stood
fa to face with the gruff tragedian,
and kept moving toward the doorway,
Forrest moving backward until he felt
himselr in danger of toppling down the
steep stair, and emptying out into
Spruce street. To be brief, Forrest was
afraid of Greeley, and "made tracks"
down that stair as speedily as if he had
traveled the road as often as Greeley.
All Greeley said in the conversation
was: "My name is Greeley, what do
yon want?" Forrest said all the rest,
und did not articulate very well, either.
William II. Fry, who witnessed the
performance, asked Mr. Greeley, in a
cynical way, why he did not treat Mr.
Forrest like a gentleman. Mr. Greelev
replied, "Is that Forrest, the play-actor
?" Fry said. "Yes, that is the great
tragedian." After a few moments
pause, Greeley said, "Well, I reckon he
didn't scare anything up here."
Messrs. Greeley, Dana and Fry were
all quartered in one little room. That
room contained the library; every edi
tor and leporter had access to it. There
was very little passed in the way of
conversation in the Tribune ofhee at
that time which was not within the
hearing of everybody in either of the
rooms. The outer room was not much
larger than the inner one, but it ac
commodated Mr. Itipley, the book re
viewer ; Mr. Snow, the money editor;
Mr. Cleveland, the exchange editor;
Don Henderson, the man of figures,
and a host of reporters. It was rath
er close quarters, and when Greeley
entered the ollice some time during the
day. he was sure to blurt out some re
mark such as, "Well, a pretty good pa
per this morning," or probably, "Ott,
(meaning Otterson what fool wrote
that paragraph in the city column?"
He seemed to think that the only par
agraph to which lie took exception
must be recognized by everybody che,
just as it appeared to him. It was af
ter such a question one forenoon that
Mr. Otterson addressed his chief, say
ing, "Greeley, oil stumble over very
small tilings. I suppose if the Tribune
was full of small-pov you would never
see it." It took half an hour for the
reply. Meantime Mr. Greeley had at
tended to some business, and the open
ing colloquy of the day was forgotten
by every person but himself. Uut the
reply had to come, and it was this: "I
supno.se if I did see it 1 would know
what it was. He.' he! he!"
G !l KKLKY Ii: I PINU ni.IZCTIOX r.KTS.
It was customary for the habitues of
Tammany Hall (the present Sun build
ing), and of the "I'ewter Mug," a bar
room kept by a politician named Urowr.,
in Frankfort street, in making bets up
on election results, to stipulate that
"Horace Greeley should decide." Mr.
Greeley might lepelan unwary strang
er who approached him to spe;k of any
ordinary topic, or if followed up might
say, -See Dana," "Ak Ott," "Kipley
w ill tell you," "You'd better see Fry,"
anything to shove the inquirer out of
" the way ; but let the visitor approach
him with, "Mr. Greeley, what was Gen.
Jackson's majority?' and he was unus
ually civil so much so that the visit
or miglit be mistaken for an old friend
whom Mr. Greeley was delighted to
welcome. Election figures constituted
Mr. Greeley's tender spot. On this
point Mr. Fry, in a little speech made
during the war at a Xew England So
cial party at the Fifth Avenue Hotel,
said ha didn't think there was any ulti
mate danger of the country, even if the
confederates did gain a battle or two,
fur Mr. Greeley had asserted in his
hearing that if anything ever happen
ed to this republic it would be because
something was wrong in the "Tribune
Almanac," "and you all know," added
Mr. Fry, "that js an impossibility."
A STKOKE OF RHETORIC.
3Ir. Greeley wn3 often intercepted
in the publication ofhee of the Tribune
by persons desirous to obtain his opin
ion on a variety of subjects, or pecuni
ary assistance. It was on one of these
occasions, durirg the long period of
agitation on the Kansas-Nebraska bill,
that a gentleman culled his attention
to some offensive remarks made by a
Congressman. Mr. Greeley replied, "I
don't care, I suppose I can stand it as
long as he can. lie reminds me of a
fellow with a bundle of tin pots tied
to his tail." "How is that Mr. Greeley?"
said a bystander. "Uecause," said Mr.
Greelev, "he thinks he can make more
noise than anybody else, and he dots,
in his way. It keeps him cheerful,
while others are somewhat amused."
The General impression that Mr.
Greeley's signature carried power with
it kept a continuous train of applicants
for otlici.il appointments coming and go
ing at the Tribune ofiicc. Some want
ed to be policemen, some to be custom
house officers, some to be clerks at
Washington, and Mr. Greeley's name
appended to their petition was a source
of unfailing comfort. It was to such
persons that he manifested a streak of
candor and honorable caution. He
would say to one "I'll sign my name
on your paper, but it will do no good,"
and to another, "You are wasting your
time; you had' better look for steady
employment," and to another, "You'll
have your exierience for your trouble,
and that may keep you." The fact v;is
Mr. Grerlev knew verv well that with
out his personal interposition in behalf
of applicants Ids mere signature
amounted to nothing.
He was frequently unfortunate in
bis candidates for positions, on the po
lice, especially, for nine-tenths of all
the appointments made at his solicita
tion were of persons who could hardly
keep sober long enough to be initiated
into the uniform and service
Countrymen visiting tlis city on busi
ness were bound to call at the Tribune
ollice and see Mr. Greeley, lor to have
been in Xew York without seeing him,
or speaking to him, wad to be ignorant
and inexperienced indeed. Hence all
sorts of pretexts were made to that
end. It was nothing unusual for coun
trvmen to haunt tbe editorial rooms,
winch were open to everybody, to get
a sight of the philosopher, and proba
bly a word with him. To see Mr.Gree-
lcv come out of his room and put some
-copy" into the b x lor the composing
voom was ;i feast for such sight seekers.
Sometimes they would hear him howl
in wonderful sounds. If he shouted
"Proof!" they would gaze at each oth
er, and if he, in a moment or two more,
shouted, "Copy ! ' they would exchange
glances again. They hail t lie founda
tion for singular and interesting de
tails for home consumption in the
country, ami they left the Tribune of
fice contented ami happy.
Some of the pertinacious kind would
call with an immense cabbage or an
overgrown turnip, or a box of grapes
for his inspection. "Where did it grow?"
"Dili you raise that on your land?" or
some other general question, and then
Mr. (I. would say, "You'd better see So
lon Uobinson he's the man who at
tends to the vegetable department;"
or if he was in a particularly happy
humor he would get rid of his visitor
by referring him to Mr. Dana, and oc
casionally to "Tom Hook, up stairs," in
the composing room.
During the best day3 of the Trib
une Mr. Greeley never employed .a pri
vate secretary. That was a luxury he
never enjoyed until he began to have
an unusual amount of work outside of
the Tribune. The ollice boys used to
copy his letters, and he employed a
young man in the proof room, who
wrote a bold, round hand, to copy his
lectures in large characters. When he
commenced the preparation of his
"American Conflict" he had the exclu
sive use of a stenographer, who sat
with him at the rooms of the American
Institute, and occasionally at another
resort "up town." The whole work
was dictated by Mr. Greeley to the sten
ographer. gkeeley's ixTEitcornsE with ins as
sociates. Mr. Greeley never acted as if he had
much respect for the little courtesies
which make up the unity or intercourse.
The writer does not remember ever to
have heard him unite "Mr." with any
body's name. In the ollice he address
ed his associates familiarly as, Dana,
Ott (for Otterson), Cleve (for Cleve
land; Snow, l'ike, Fry, Tom (Hooker),
Sam ( Wilkeson), Solon (Uobinson) Don
(Donald Henderson), England, etc; and
to visitors, Taylor (James 15.), Colfax
(of Indiana), Wilson (of Mass.), Mor
gan, (ex-Governor), etc. The reporters
whose names he was cognizant of were
addressed in the same familiar way,
and the reporter was as likely to be
asked about some missing link in the
editorial columns, as Mr. Dana. Not
withstanding this familiarity, Mr.
Greeley could hardly be regarded as a.
sociable creature. His tendencies in
that direction were mostly developed
in the society of individuals who, hav
ing axes to grind, flung close to tlie editor-in-chief
in order to insure the use
of the best columns of the Tribune to
their purposes. He appeared to regard
hiseditoiial and news gathering co
workers as merely so many persons un
der him to build up, and to preserve,
and to glorify the Tribune. He could
part with, the hardest working, most
efficient, most earnest ami ablest mem
ber of his staff without a pang. The
respectful approach of a subordinate
did not seem to be appreciated by him.
He had to be met on equal ground, or
he would be overbearing or boorish. It
was on this ground that the drunken
"bummer" from the "I'ewter Mug"
could command dollars from Greeley,
while a poor mechanic or unfortunate
tradesman who has "taken the Tribune
from its start," approaching him meek
ly, would utterly fail in eliciting the
first tender exhibition of sympathy.
Here is an instance of how a drunken
printer manipulated Greeley:
TVl'i; SETTING BY THE POUND.
Typo Horace, it's a long time since
you and 1 spoke together, and we
wouldn't now, 1 suppose, if I diJn't
want a lift.
Greelev Whv don't you lift vour
self? Typo Horace, that is not sensible.
In fact, you know as well as I do, it's
nonsense. Did you ever know any
thing to lift itself V
Greeley Well, I shan't lift you.
Typo Horace, I have n chance
set type over in Xew Jersey for
cents a pound, but I lack the stuff
carry me over there; now lend or g
to
20
to
ive
me a dollar.
Greeley You're going to set type
by the pound in Xew Jersey, are you?
Typo Horace, I am, if I can get ov
er there.
Greeley You know you're lying.
Typo Horace, that much has cost
many a man his life.
Greeley Type-setting at 20 cents a
pound! I guess yon mean sawing wood
by the cord.
Typo-Horace, I didn't come here to
insult you, and you needn't insult me,
because 1 am in this temporary dis
tress. Greeley Here, take that (a 62 bill),
but it'll go for gin I know.
Typo He race, you're busy, and any
further argument would be lost upon
you good night.
"While this colloquy was in progress.
Mr. Greeley attended to his writing
just as if nothing was disturbing him.
He would not have tolerated a person
who had approached him in a gentle
manly way, but would have "bluffed"
him forthwith. The reader will ob
serve the cunning practiced by the
typo. In every reply he, opened fire
with "Horace." That was the secret
of success in that case. Gin couldn't
be easily "bluffed."
Xow, Mr. Journal we aie glad you
are waking up on this point, we have
wanted your help a long time in this
matter. Go on with the work and the
county Press v. ill swear by the Jour
nal forever:
Nothing shows better the rottenness
of the pretended reforms in the tariff
laws that the democratic committee of
Ways and Means in the House are pro
posing than the outrageous prohibitory
tax they want to impose upon type.
The new tariff bill fixes the duty on
news and book types at fifteen cents a
pound, equal to from forty to sixty per
cent ad valorem. If there is anything
that might be added to the free list
without danger to American industries
it is type. There are only twelve type
manufactories in the United States, and
they form a ring of the most odious
character, never competing with each
other. They employ not to exceed TOO
workman in all, but for their benefit
20,000. printing and publishing houses,
including 6,00 newspaper ofiices, in the
country, employing 200,000 hands, are
to be taxwd 00 cents in ever dollar'
worth of type they purchase, not a
dollar of which will go to the United
States treasiuy because the tariff will
be prohibitory. This tax is levied direct
ly on every newspaper an I book, and
every leaf of printed matter, merely
for tilling the coffers of a dozen manu
factories. It is a steal of the most gi
gantic proportions from the pockets of
20,000 business houses, fcr the benefit
of these twelve. It is to be hoped that
the congressmen who shall vote to sus
tain such a barefaced theft w ill belong
remembered by the press of the coun
try. The present tariff on type is o
pressive enough. It yields barely 820,
000 a year to the government treasury
at a cost of a million or sa annually to
the printers. The proposed tariff
w onld yield nothing, being prohibitory,
to the government, and would double
up the gains of the ring of type found
ers. Journal.
IF,
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hats asid cap till
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Gents' Caps, Scarfs, Cardigan Jackets, Underwear,. Etc.,
Which We will Close out at Low Figures.
ALSO A
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CONSTANTLY (tN HAND.
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Kid Gloves, 50c per pair.
Ladies' Merino Underwear 50c apiece up.
Mens' Hoots $2.00 a pair up.
J .ad ies Shoes $1.00 up.
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.Hats from 75c
Caps 10c up.
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