Dhameystir weedha soo socota: Pulitzer tartankiisa siyaasadeed ee ugu weyn waqtigaas wuxuu ahaa Bourbon Democrat William Hyde, daabacaha (magac qaldan) "Missouri Republican". Pulitzer's oo aad uga yar ayaa ku guuleystay taxane siyaasadeed oo hore oo ku saabsan Hyde. Markii ugu horeysay, George Vest waxaa loo doortay Aqalka Senate-ka Sanadkii 1879 isaga oo taageero ka helay Pulitzer, Bourbon Samuel Glover. Kadib, Pulitzer wuxuu xaqiijiyay doorashada wafdi ka soo horjeeda Tilden (oo uu ku jiro naftiisa)
Shirweynihii Qaranka ee Xisbiga Dimuqraadiga ee 1880 kii, ka sokow diidmada Hyde. Inkastoo Pulitzer uusan ku qancin karin Horatio Seymour, musharaxa uu doorbiday, inuu tartamo, Dimuqraadiyiintu ma aysan dib u magacaabin Tilden. Bishii Maarso 1880, labadii nin xitaa waxay ku yimaadeen garaacis jireed Olive Street laakiin waxaa kala saaray dad badan ka hor inta midkoodna uusan dhaawacmin.