Ia faaauau pea lenei palakalafa - O le fili faapolokiki autū o Pulitzer i lenā taimi, o le Bourbon Democrat o William Hyde, o le faatonu o le (igoa sesē) "Missouri Republican". O le Pulitzer's e laʻitiiti tele na manumalo ai i se faasologa o feteenaʻiga faaupufai i le amataga ona o Hyde. Muamua, na filifilia George Vest i le Senate i le 1879 e ala i le lagolagosua a Pulitzer, na manumalo ai i le Bourbon Samuel Glover. Mulimuli ane, na faamautinoa e Pulitzer le filifilia o se sui usufono e tetee iā Tilden (e aofia ai ma ia) i le Democratic National Convention i le 1880
, e ui i le tetee a Hyde. E ui lava e leʻi mafai e Pulitzer ona faatalitonu Horatio Seymour, o lana sui tauva e sili ona ia fiafia i ai, ina ia tauva, ae e leʻi toe filifilia e le ʻau Temokalasi ia Tilden. I le masina o Mati 1880, na oo ai lava ina fefinauaʻi nei tamāloloa e toʻalua i le auala o Olive Street, ae na vavaeeseina i laʻua e se motu o tagata a o leʻi manuʻa se tasi.