Osborn seemed reluctant to step up his campaign against Marsh, so Cope turned to another ally he had mentioned to Osborn—a "newspaper man from New York" named William Hosea Ballou.
Osborn amosouse indeciso á hora de endurecer a súa campaña contra Marsh, polo que Cope decidiu recorrer a outro aliado que lle mencionara previamente a Osborn, un "home da prensa de Nova York" chamado William Hosea Ballou.