Kammala wannan jumla: Babban abokin hamayyar siyasa na Pulitzer a wannan lokacin shine Bourbon Democrat William Hyde, mai wallafa (mai ban mamaki) "Jamhuriyar Missouri". Pulitzer ya fi karami ya lashe jerin rikice-rikicen siyasa na farko a kan Hyde. Da farko, an zabi George Vest a majalisar dattijai a 1879 tare da goyon bayan Pulitzer, a kan Bourbon Samuel Glover. Na gaba, Pulitzer ya tabbatar da za ~ en ga wani wakilai na anti-Tilden (ciki har da kansa) zuwa majalisar
Taron kasa na jam'iyyar Democrat na 1880, a kan rashin amincewar Hyde. Kodayake Pulitzer ba zai iya shawo kan Horatio Seymour ba, dan takarar da ya fi so, don gudu, 'yan Democrat ba su sake zabar Tilden ba. A watan Maris na 1880, mutanen biyu sun zo ga raunuka na jiki a kan Olive Street amma taron jama'a sun raba su kafin a ji rauni.