New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1870-10-25
THE WAR NEWS AND THE TRIBUNE.
THE INDEPENDENT PRESS OF THF COUNTRY on
THE ISLANDERS CIRCULATED BY DAMAGED
RIVALS,

THE sLANDERs CIRCULATED BY DAMAGED
The republic of newspapers, 1t seems, is NOT
less ungTaeful than other autononies THE NEW loKh
eeyod sharp and cutting rebake which T. thought to
De SO Ts he SSsd all " the land We have once
before explained this matter but as the Asso
citation has now taken official cognznee OF IT, u 10 hot
improper to repeat that explanation. -, -.
When war unexpectedly broke ont In Europe; last
Summer, the London correspondent of IHE MN ohk
TRIBUNE promptly organized corps Of reporters and
sent them the Continent and to Their energy ana
ability principally, the press OF l9ls country nas p.r
indebted for fun and speedy intelligence by cable Tor
which, otherwise 1t would have been compelsG 10 Walt
for DAYS. As is always the esAe in war tme iilE tlb
correspondents made some mistakes put Iey nave
the whole sent vast deal Of interesting and import
ant intelligence, thst really IN thus country have
been kept better Informed OF TIE progress OF
of France or Germany. Now THE TRIBUNE certainly
deserves credit this The organization which gave
tending IT, up to the time " putting II into the once of
the Atlantic Cable it bore alone BY rule of the Asso
one newspaper DE offered TO IFS associates in New
York, who may paiis hl IN Whole or IN part - Hley
please but paying pro rata the eXpenS. OF
ielegraphing is al they do publish publish, od They a
caCinc their heavy expenses
They have nothing TO DO with inaugurang or carrying
ON the system which keeps such correspondents in the
Aed That system may De- continued dropped at any
moment By the paperto which 1t belongs, ana the re-
sponsbity the credit the dscredt thereof belongs.
not TO the papers which, under the rule may share in the
dispatches solely TO that journal TO which the core
II the patcse suit the other papers, they take
them and pay their share OF telegraphng; II they
expenFe as wen all the rest tails exclusively the
paper which .Ss all Other G ana d WHOM mon Tho o
Certainly there be 10 question that the correspond
cns the special correspondents Of the paper whose
energy ana foresight engaged them and sent them TO the
field, pays for their services ana other expenses, ana
which can discontinue those services the moment II sees
1T to do So They not in any sense the special
respondents OF other Journals Who under an agreement
are permitted to share I'm the dispatches II they want
them payment Of merely portion OF the cost OF tee
f,,. on min, tof thie altorco
ton has arisen among the NewYork papers. THE 1RIB-
US has, during this European war; beaten its coinpet
or. out and out both individually and collectively. IL
got ahead, and it has kept ahead The other papers
ought TO have the manness to acknowledge It, but they
have MT Instead they have been endeayOriDg all along
to cover up their defeat and conceal their
Of en,erpr by denying that THE TIBusg has shown
TIN TRIBUSE's news, aad claim 1t to be their own
because they share the cost Of sending it the
cable though they nothing else to do with It, II is
not unnatural that that paper should be recaetrtnt and
resolution which published yesterday morning, but
which not in the least change the facts and will
not in the least damage THE TRIBUNE in the public esti-
nation II the Associated Press of New-York can give
no better evidence than this Of its OF justice
impartiality-if it has better estimate Of good
ample in collecting news than grow and grmhe nj
tit is not impossible that suspicion may he aroused
claims t. be- If the other papers make no better
than this against THE TRIBUNE, they had much bet
| ter let 1t alone
Prom The Pttsburgl Commercial
! The New-YOrk Associated Press has on two
itn u Patches Of resolutions relating to controversy
II has on hand with THE TRIBUNE, which We have de-
cliuod TO publish, taking but little interest In the squab
BILE THE TRIBUNE, II seems beat It's contemporaries IN
and the Association IN obtaining European news,
and of this the squabble grew. We think THE TRIBUNE
is entitled to OF thanks aid think also il has
il everywhere outside Of the Association 10 which 10 be-
longs why they withhold ii people guess. We
on the OF the paper that gets the latest
| Prom The Boston Commercial Bulleto
| IL any newspaper reader desires 10 know what
opposition MISREPRESENTATION, and Jealous antagonsm
daily newspaper has 10 encounter from It's
porares whom has had the skill to fairly beat
| I'm let him
Of he New York Press in regard
ton OF TRIBUNE that the special dispatches obtained
Inv that paper used las they werel In mutlated
form NV other papers These members OF the
Press Association, and by the agreement Of that body
have the privilege OF using each others special dis
matches by paving their proportion OF the tolls But
was THE NEw-YORK TRGBUSE's orr inal Outly tact and
enternrise that secured the earliest FIRST aud best
commits that been given 10 the public of the Eu
| roneau war Newspaper readers recognize this fact,
and Tup TpIBuSEs circulation increases wonderfully
| and that's what's the matter
| From The Peoris Transcript
| On Monday night the NewlOTk Associated
pros caused 10 be- Transmitted the country dis
match urp1rtng TO be the action Of that Association IN
lizard TO TnE ELwYoRK TRIBUNE, and requesting all
.orx "sugtaining business relations with The AssOcI
- IN pubsh the same. Inasnnch there are de-
cdediv two sides the question at issue between the
hsSocioed Press and THE TRIBUNE, ana the latter has
displayed enterprise IN procuring and publ shing
ther napef In country, respectfully decline Civ
to nm our space the Associations pdrts statement
of the controversy. As We have never published the
cbarges which Association claim 10 be false, do IL
| uo harm by refusing ~ publish IFS denial.
| Prom The Bafalo Express
| Whatever may be the merits OF the question
TECHNICALLY under tAe rnIes VI laelaIkabs e1EasAS