The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1870-08-12
The Tribunc on the Sneak News Thief
John Russell Young.
We find the subjOincd article in the TIL

We find the subjoinod article IN the Ift
tpne Of yesterday:
"'Its to bchoped th.t the viudcauon of,he law In
ihe sneak news tie JONI rssfLI Yorse. and ali the
other sneak thieves In the city,
Yes but what does Tue Sun think Of the jour.
n that pints column after column or tie SPECIAL war
correspondence Of the Tribune as From our utsl
Correspondent at Metz, or al Pdris,' or at
making lis readers believe that they we're collected
for and telegrapbed 20 itself and not to She Ibvey
We call no Names but ask TUE SUNS Judgment on
the case as above Presented"
While We agree with our distinguished
contemporary that JOHN RUSSELL YOUNG is
correctly described as a sneak news thief, we
will also with frankncss state what we think
uron the general subject to which he invites
cur attention.
Tho 7'riJu,sc, the Hcrdld, the 7imOs, the
morning papers, belong TO an association
known as the Associated Press This asso
cation is governed by articles Of partnership
which bear the sign and seal of each of the
partners, tho 7rilFac included
Onc of the articles OF this ns,rum cut pro.
y.dcs that, excepting matters relating to po-
ltical conventions. executions, and sporting
ncws, neither of these partners shah have
any exclusive Geographic correspondents al
any other place than Washington and Al
bany; aud that all tclcpraphic intell.-
g,ncc procured for either Of the partners
from any other place shall ! @ communicated
TO all the others for use oy them, il they deem
pIolcr, just as though the same had been
procured by their own special correspondents
or ly the ordinary agents Ct the ASSOCIATION.
Accordingly, when any such intelligence
Is furnished to either one Of the journals be
longing 10 this partnership and s used and
PAID for by that journal, it is just as much the
property Of that journal as though il had
# its own, or by an ordinary agent of
the association. Ia neither case is Il the OK
elusive property Of any one of the partners
it belongs TO all the partners equally This
ownership is fixed ard determined by the
articles Of partnership. On what pre,cnce,
then does the Tra,an, presume 20 address 20
us ouch questions as those quoted above
VIII it contend that what we pay for, that
10 VIII h we have an unQucst.onablc right
and the delivery Of which TO US the law
guarantees, is not ours in every sense of the
word? We have published nothing except
what we have paid for, nothing but what
was our lawful property.
JOHN RUSSELL YOUNG st0io ncws which
bcl1nged to the IiIjRAc and TO us, and
sid it. This WAS theft, and we applied
20 the thief the name, by which he il
now recognized by the Tribune as wei
as by tie public, of Sacdt NJ ne Thief We
simply recorded against linn that offence @
Aeekingly stealing the newF, for which h,
YVES iGnoniniously kicked out Of the Tr,i1a,
establishment.
We repeat, that we hope this sneak new
thief and all other sneak thieves, will tax,
warning from the fate Of john REAL; an,
we rejoice to see the 7Iil RRe on our SIDE onl
ON that of common honesty.
| And now, Us we entirely concur wi IA til,
I,ijDat in regard to JoHS RUSSELL YoUNG
the sneak news thief, VIII that journal COP,
our article as we have copied its article il
| full?