Bennett was followed in the possession of the _Herald_ by his son and namesake. Whitelaw Reid took Greeley’s place at the head of the _Tribune_. Dana did not like Reid in those days. In a “Survey of Metropolitan Journalism” which appeared in the editorial columns of the _Sun_ on September 3, 1875--the _Sun’s_ forty-second birthday--Dana dismissed his neighbour of the then “tall tower” with-- We pass the _Tribune_ by. Our opinion of it is well known. It is Jay Gould’s paper, and a disgrace to journalism. Dana’s attitude toward the other big newspapers was more kindly: The _Times_ is a very respectable paper, and more than that, a journal of which the Republican party has reason to be proud. It is not a servile organ, but a loyal partisan. We prefer for our own part to keep aloof from the party politicians. They are disagreeable fellows to have hanging about a newspaper office, and their advice we do not regard as valuable. But we do not decry party newspapers. They have their field, and must always exist. The _Times_ is a creditable example of such a newspaper. It would be better, however, if Mr. Jennings himself wrote the whole editorial page. The mistake of the _Times_ was in lapsing into the dulness of respectable conservatism after its Ring fight. It should have kept on and made a crusade against frauds of all sorts. The _Herald_ has improved since young Mr. Bennett’s return. We are attracted toward this son of his father. He has a passion for manly sports, and that we like. If the shabby writers who make jest of his walking-matches had an income of three or four hundred thousand dollars a year, perhaps they would drive in carriages instead of walking and dawdle away their time on beds of ease or the gorgeous sofas of the Lotos Club. Mr. Bennett does otherwise. He strides up Broadway with the step of an athlete, dons his navy blue and commands his yacht, shoots pigeons, and prefers the open air of Newport to the confinement of the _Herald_ office. The _World_ is a journal which pleases us on many accounts ... but occasionally there is a bit of prurient wit in its columns that might better be omitted. The _World_ is also too often written in too fantastic language. Its young men seem to vie with each other in tormenting the language. They will do better when they learn that there is more force in simple Anglo-Saxon than in all the words they can manufacture. We advise them to read the Bible and Common Prayer Book. Those books will do their souls good, anyway, and they may also learn to write less affectedly.