The New York herald., 1869-06-02
THE WESTERN UNION TELEGRAPH AND TINE WESTERN PIES,
Open the Breaks!

From the Cincinnati Commercial, May 3l.l
The NEW YORK HERALD is filed with wonder that
recent ease eS here in which the western Union
Telegraph Company was party, ana accuses us
% %s S "a report ne c The
Of report given was In accordance with our law re-
porter's estimate OF its importance he had no In.
structons from us. Our sin or omission was In not
reporting Mr.. b. Corwine's spelled In the HERALD
b. McCorwinl great speech. was a ques.
terror at sight Of the Western Union Telegraph Com
pany is not considerable we, OF the Western Asso
tiaied Press, have q contract with that company
fnnnlng two years, which is valuable. We contracted
yih that company because A. 4 IL % the only one ~ mat ~
Sao ssgys Snd Ss a AZ eaas al
lFrom the Cincinnati National Union, May 3o.l
II has been truly said that we must go away from
very midst Here is case IN point. An important
trial occurs 10 one OF our courts and II u scarcely
sSay SyrdSsSyP Se at h0%
certain even OF this, in q line or two in the
court reports, which are not read by the general
OF our daily papers belongs TO the Associated Press
which belongs body soul and breeches to that great
monopoy-fhe Western Union Telegraph Company,
and they dared not, for fear Of being cutol from the
benefits OF the company publish aught against II that
ena e w he
bardihood aud enrontery TO compete with the great
monopoly IN the same line OF buslless on the con-
frary, tho NEW YORK HERALD, which ts above tee-
graphic cques and rings, contains three closely
printed columns Of the facts and evidence In THE
case. % ktdteu IN hpttCn w NJ W. NOIWluc UtiVTc
the court wherein II is shown 70 what petty annoy.
9ances Mr.. Davis was subjected and how they went
yon for long period from bad to worse until Mr. ID.
was actually compelled 70 suspend his business and
week other legitimate sources for livelihood
Had similar case occurred, wherein our papers
W. We not Immediately interested each incident
wo Vd have been succlnctly narrated, and Naming
hea lines would have been placed over the account
of TIN heinous efforts to ruin the business OF gentle
man ugaged In the legitimate pursuit OF livelihood
for hin Nclf and family. The evidence would have
been Civ ~ In fun and the changes runp on each con-
tcmp6ble ana petty act OF tyranny. But our papers
are dumb uke sheep before their shearers they open
not their N0uths-for the great cliqQe, ring,
monopoly knt Wn as the western Union Telegraph
fjOmpany il In danger. II has done n mean con.
femptIble thing but II will not do TO make an expoee
tbcfeof~for IKE 'eme gentleman who Is The great
Mocul and Major d ONO OF the Western Union Tele
rraph Company ls vewise the grand sacnem OF the
fsscclated press. ant II the monopoly Was shown
np as n deserved, tE members q the Associated
s a ,be W., s Of the Pscno and hsn
&c Telegraph Company-an ohenJe % ,h wnSh @ would be
RANK and smell TO Heaven, wntne op'niVn Of the
The Western Union Company, ns,aa,,e, d ~, enjoys
the blessed privilege Of an in1 % a. Inspection
over tue Geographic columns OF oh uany papers,
md whenever IL sees the earnarh ~ ~ ',e e, - n.
Company IL dispatches admonit ~ o,e ~, 10 ,ns
publisher Of the recusant journal wa. '"s "i'A bs