Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1868-12-01
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ter wFiterl showed ,upa fewhofl1thejour-
nalistic shystsrs of fourteenth street.
and that for sos doing hed deserves stheI
thanks sot every 5hpnerableR man con
nected with, the press . The following
anecdote illustrates the rottenness-r of
this, Newspaper Row, Ring" and does
not prove. the truth, Of the, old saying
that there is. honor among thieves, 1t
will be, remembered that the, Veteran
Reserve Corps was retained in service
afterIthe rebellion for several months af-
ter the disbandment of our volunteer
armies, humane reasons probably eper-
ating to secure its retention. The fact
that the corps was entailing useless ex.I
pense on the hedGoyernmentM which it could
noilonger finally becstningI ap-
parent, its officers sawf that Congress
would take action on its coming meetihg
tolmuster them souto of service, and at
once began to- devise smeasuresl fto,sse-
cure their retention They IL un-
derstodd very well that if the
press could be induced TO plead
their cause Congress would probably
delay action, and leave them in undis-
turbed possession of their sinecures, at
least for a few months longer With a
view to this object delegation of the
corps stationed in Washington, proceed
ed to Newspaper Row." where they
were not long in finding four q journal
lists" who were willing to" "come down -
on the anticipated action Of Congress 3
for a ,pecuniary consideration. The off,
GERS of the corps at once raised the sum
Of one thousand dollars, which was
promised these journalistic shysters in
case they caused to be forwarded daily
by telegraph to their respective jour
nails, strong arguments in favor of retain
ing the Veteran Reserve Corps in SER
vice. One Of these unprincipled Bohe-
mians believed he could, besides caus-
ing paragraphs to be- inserted in the
Washington column of the Journal
he misrepresented, secure the pub
lication of an editorial in favor Sof The
retention of the corps, for which he was
promised one hundred dollars extra.
He was correct in his surmise, and in a
few days subsequent a long editorial,
such as he had promised, appeared in
one of the leading New York dailies.
He thereupon proceeded to the officer in
whose possession the corruption fund had
been placed and demanded the whole
sum, ,whichhe assured the officer he wotild
properly divide among the rest Of .sthe
boys" The officer, believing him to BIZ
an honorable man. turned over the whole
sum, and the result was that .sthe rest
of the boys" never receivedIa a penny for
their services. OF course, they were
naturally indignant, threatened expo.
sure in the newspapers, and when they
found that could not be done without
laying bare their own rascality, they
concluded that the best plan would be
to say nothing more about it..9leEd ed'
Sooner or later, however, the rascali==
ty of these journalistic swindlers- is
found out BY their employers and they
discharged from the responsible, posi-
tions they disgrace. In the case refer
red to, about three of the four referred
to occupy positions as correspondents Of
certain New York and Philadelphia
journals. I'd The harvest for these fellows
comes with every session of Congress,
when, in consideration of certain sum
of money paid them, by Lobbyists, they
agree to use their pens and personal in
auence to secure the passage of some
Government robbingsmeasure Intended
solely for the purpose of filing the cof-
fers of thieving spectators This
charge, however, is, not a sweeping one,
for the majority of journalists, on the
'Row" are gentlemen of ability and
character s3,is-aF E.s ttsi; y f1 e 4af zois
THE CASE OF GEN. DYER. i'T7'
The Court of Inquiry ordered at. the
request of General Dyer, Chief of the
Ordnance Bureau, in his own case, for
the purpose of investigating the charges
brought against him by a Congressional
Committee, has been engaged taking
testimony for. several days past, but as
yet no evidence materially detrimental
to that officer has been elected. q The
general impression prevails that the in
vsstioation w Ill rssnlt in his triumnb INT