Tuhia he haere tonu mō tēnei wāhanga - Ko te hoa tōrangapū matua o Pulitzer i tēnei wā ko Bourbon Democrat William Hyde, kaiwhakaputa o te (ingoa pohehe) "Missouri Republican". He iti ake te Pulitzer i wikitoria i te raupapa o nga pakanga tōrangapū o mua mo Hyde. Tuatahi, i pōtitia a George Vest ki te Rōpū Kaunihera i te tau 1879 me te tautoko a Pulitzer, i runga ake i a Bourbon Samuel Glover. I muri mai, i whakarite a Pulitzer i te kowhiringa mo te roopu anti-Tilden (tae atu ki a ia ano) ki te 1880 Democratic National Convention
, i runga i te whakahē a Hyde. Ahakoa kaore i taea e Pulitzer te akiaki i a Horatio Seymour, tana kaitono pai, ki te rere, kaore nga Democrats i whakaingoa ano a Tilden. I te Poutu-te-rangi 1880, i tae atu nga tangata tokorua ki nga whiu tinana i Olive Street engari i wehea e te mano i mua i te whara o tetahi.