Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Mukwikwidzi mukuru wezvematongerwe enyika waPulitzer panguva ino akanga ari Bourbon Democrat William Hyde, muparidzi we (zita rinotsausa) "Missouri Republican". Pulitzer's duku zvikuru yakakunda nhevedzano yezvematongerwe enyika yapakuvamba pamusoro paHyde. Chokutanga, George Vest akasarudzwa kupinda muSeneti muna 1879 achitsigirwa naPulitzer, kupfuura Bourbon Samuel Glover. Tevere, Pulitzer akawana kusarudzwa kwedare raipesana naTilden (kusanganisira iye amene) ku
Gungano reDemocratic National Convention ra1880, pasinei nokupikisa kwaHyde. Kunyange zvazvo Pulitzer akakundikana kunyengetedza Horatio Seymour, munhu waaida kuti azomumirira, maDemocrat haana kuzodzosera Tilden. Muna March 1880, varume vaviri vacho vakatosvika pakurohwa mumuviri paOlive Street asi vakaparadzaniswa neboka revanhu mumwe asati akuvara.