Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1867-06-29


as The SaatesmaR, Nailed to the
Counter. - =
The Journal fails to omeet our fair propo-
sition to test the truth of its assertion that
that sheet has articulation as large as The
STATESMAN. 1t has no such thing, and IL
has not had for months. While the eircu-
lation OF The STATESMAN is increasing day
by day and week by week, that of the Ne
geo zSuffrsge-ergaa is decreasing In about
the same proportion.
Wesproposed to procure the sworn state
ment OF the Presslnan of THE STATESMAN
as to the aggregate number of copies OF the
DAILY, TRI-WEEKLY, and WEEKLY OH1o
STATESMAN, provided the proprietors ofthe
Journal would procure a similar affidavit
from their Pressman giving the number OF
copies of that paper. The affidavit to give
the aggregate circulation for any one OF the
past tweeks of the present month, the Jour
nal Editor to name the six days to be thus
included. When made, these affidavits to
be conspicuously printed in each edition oi
both papers. = T. $ :; ;.,'...,s5 = p s;vie,
| This proposition the Journal iarefuses to
would be badly beaten, and his falsehoods
about the comparative circulation of THH
STATEsMAN and Journal shown to be both
false and malicious.
| In lieu of the acceptance of our PROPOSE
tion, the Journal has the following, which
1--we give entire, in order that: our readers
may see the miserable shifts to which that
&c In fn ho olco.
hoods of its Editor, il bearing false wit
ness against his neighbor:
"a WORD TO BUSINESS MEN.-The Post.
Iof1ce Department publishes the letter list
in the Ohio State Journal, In accordance
with the law of Congress requiring thattht
list shall be published in the newspaper
having the largest circulation in the city o
Columbus. The effort ofanother paper, o
limited circulation, to create the impress
sion that it has been selected for this pur.
pose by publishing the letter list without
authority; and WITHOUT CHARGE, induces
| us to denounce the act as fraud upon the
public. The list is published by the De-
partment in the Ohio State Journal only
it is so published in accordance with the
law of Congress, after due Investigation
and a proper award; and the Journal alone
is officially authorized to publish it, or re-
ceive pay tor it as an advertisement"
The law does say that the list of letters
shall be published in the newspaper having
the largest circulation within its delivery
And it is also provided that on or before the
lst of January of each year, the Postmaster
shall call upon the proprietors of newspa-
pers, printed in the town or city where
said list is published, under oath to give a
statement of their circulation. This Mr.
Postmaster JULIUs j. WooD has never
done. He determined that his Negro SUI
rage sheet should have his list, not because
its circulation was largest within the range
of the Postoffice, for it was not, but because
it was the organ of the party
and needed support-even small
favors being thankfully received. i
in this the Postmaster has neg
lected hislsworn duty, he has the Joarnd
to thank for the fact being made known
We publisht the list as matter of ne,cs-
because TEE STATESMAN is a ne,cs paper
and for the additional reason that most
persons WHO had letters remaining in the
Postoffice thus advertised, would never see
the Journal, and would remain in ignorance
of fact Of interest to them, unless we
came to their rescue. HjiA " 20 1i''A
The assertion of the Journal that the list
of letters in the Columbus Postoff1ce is pub
lished in that paper in accordance aoith the
la,vofz Congress, ,nsis falsehood, SO known
to the Postmaster, and to the Jorna1-that
it was done, as this same reckless sheet
says, after =" thorough Investigation and
proper QacQrd, is q base falsehood, without
a single fact to support it. This is strong
lansaag stronger than we are in the
habit of using, but notmore SO than the
facts justify. ii7-I eo1
We again challenge the Journal to test
the aggregate circulation of The STATES
MAN and Journal In the manner that we
have proposed Failing to do this, the
falsehoods that the circulation OF that paper
is equal to that of The STATESMAN must
cease So confident are we that the Journal
DARE not aecept our proposition that we
now repeat that which we proclaim from
the head of our columns, that THE OHIO
SrATEsMAN, DAILY TRI- WEEKLY and
WEEKLY, has-at this time the largest aggregate
circulation of any paper printed in Columbus
or in Central Ohio, and we add, that its sub
scription list is daily and almost hourly in
creasing ,oith unerampled rapidityi
.IHA-5 - - .-ta- IL
Mr. JOHN H. KL1PPART, who, as Secretary
of the State Board of Agriculture, furnish
es all the Information sent to the Board
exclusively to his party paper, in defending
the Board from the charge of being COM
posed of negro suffrage advocates, says:
THE STATESMAN charges that in the elec-
tion of members of the State Board Demo-
Gratis are prescribed. Since have been
Secretary of the Board, Mr.. Luther Smith,
of West Liberty. Logan countv--a man