The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1869-11-17
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In the outset Of Gov. stanton's arRu.
ment printed yesterday he has seen 1T
to enter his "solemn protest" against
the character which the Ferrell case
"has been made to assume by the news.
paper press Of the city," Gov. Stanton
says;
When our opening argument was
prepared, II was requested for publica-
tion In the Register. We replied that
we could not consent to give the case
the appearance Of 0 partisan contro-
velsy by publishing Il In the Register,
unless they would furnish proof
sheet copy Of Il for the e1NTRLLIdENCER,
II the IETELL1GENCER would publish Ii,
IN time for its publication In that paper
on the same morning It was published
In the Register. We informed the pub.
fishers OF the INTRLLIGENoER OF the ar.
rAngement, and were told In reply that
theydid not think the public felt suf1-
Client interest In the matter to Justify
the publication Of the arguments.
We then Informed the publishers Of
the Register that we should expect them
10 publish the arguments Of Mr.. Fer.
rePs counsel, aud our reply. They said
they Intended to publish the arguments
on both sides In full. 1t now turns out,
however, that the Register refuses to
publish the arguments OF Mr.. Ferrel's
counsel, and the INTRLLIaRNCER pub.
liShed them, although they occupy
nearly three times as much space as
ours, which they declined to publish
hANnnAR fhAu HiA nAk khtalF IN aEN htanl
OF snthclent interest TO justify It's pub
lICation.
Touching this we have this to say:
Gov. Stanton Uniformed the publishers
ofthe 1NTELLIdENoER" Of his arrange
ment with the Register at 80 late an
hour that five had chosen we could
not have brought out the document the
same morning with that paper. More.
over,we regarded 1t as a matter 80 pure
ly personal that we were under no obi.
cations TO the public 10 make the neces-
sary draft on our columns and pockets
to give It place. Moreover, we were
aware that the Registers object In print.
ing It at the time was to use It against
the Republicans In The election;
and II We had not had other
sufficient reasons we should have
hesitated on that account, although
Governor Stanton did not. Now
then, 1t Is true that we did afterwards
print the arguments OF Mr.. Ferrel's
counsel. We did 1t as q purely busI-
ness transaction, because Mr.. Ferrel
wanted 1t done aud paid for 1t. We
printed them not Hs matter OF news;
We should not have done that any
more in one case than In the other but
we printed them precisely as we do any
other paid advertisements, because they
were paid for.
When Gov. Stanton called upon us
Friday, 10 arrange for the printing Of
his rejoinder Tuesday morning, we In
formed him that the arguments OF Mr..
Ferrel's counsel had been printed as
advertisements, and that his would be-
printed on the same terms. Knowing
this, he chooses In his argument prInt-
ed three days afterwards, to enter
"solemn protest." and tries to make the
public believe that In declining to print
hIs argument before the election, and
in printing those OF the opposite counsel
afterwards we were unfair towards
him. II he had not understood the
reasons for our action we should have
cared nothing about this Censure, but
three days before he gave It To the pub.
lie he knew there was no ground for 1t.
The only thing OF a "partIGan" charac-
Ter about the whole business that we
have seen, was The use made OF Gov.
Stanton by the Register lust before the
election; and II he can wash his
hands" OF that we hope he will.