Tama County Republican. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1867-1872, 1872-03-28
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The state Rsgister, OF last Saturday
has this in its editorial column:
Tho Tribune. some ten days ago. distress
;nr,y anxious to deal Grant new btow'
ana finding no fair excuse, invented loh''
!, had IL. correspondent telegraph from
Washington tina. The President had SAID ne
,.;ntpndei to force the nomination 81 me
philadrlphia Convention in his favor, ana
INA; he had further said lie ''wouid DO SO,
IF. he knev i, would divide and defeat Inc
rcr.y.' She whole thing was fabrication,
rietiherotelv and maliciously coined vi
cadrse it was promptly denied, ana on Inc
hes. OF authority. but IT. Tribune, most "A'
fairly, refused TO correct il,
Here is what the correspondent OF
Inc New York Tribune really did say
1T is reported, on good authority, that
the Presilen, recently asserted that he Is
determined 10 force his nomination by the
Philadelphia Convention. even ii lie shoulo
.Ne satisfied that his defeat, if nominated.
would Ia aeyiable He said that ne nae
Been 80 dniustly criticised. and so innch
abused. Of late, That he would!prefer to oe re-
nominated and beaten at the polls, rather
than have The nehublican party succeed
villa another candidate.
in ,ts editorial columns CT the same
issnc the Tribune said that the report
MAS on the authority OF 6 leading
congressman and a warm supporte!
Of tile President Editoria!ly,the VI
l,mc neither affirmed nor denied Tic
report, for it did not pretend To know
tie truth o! it. Whether OF not il
ssavo publicity to the prompt denial
q! the report. we do not know, but
Suppose, on the authority Of the Stat.
l1oa7,ste,'. that it did not. It certainly
oagh 10 hare aone 50.
The readers OF the State Rsgtste'
vii! recollcct that, sumo four or iivs
weeks ago, that paper eaitorially stat
ca Chat reporter OF TIE lnaepsade@
.ot New York, hal interviewed Hon
Charles Summer, ana that Mr.. ). stat
"a that he would not support Presi
dent Grant, even if he was nominal
cd. On the strength of this report
tic State Register give Mr.. s. a sever
lecture and formally dismissed hin
from the councils Of the Repuh!iea
partv. In due course Of time, It o.
cured, as every unparalleled ma
81 intelligence knew would occur
:,aclyeiy and most emphatically cen
,ralicted. OF course, the Safe Rs3i;
fer publically SO stated and took bac
us lecture and rc-consilered It's dis
missal of Mr.. Sumner Not so. r
Ills day, the Register has not notice.
the denial. In the light OF I'll; alloy
tact are not the words of the Reqtsie
applicable to Itself that, distress
inriv anxious to deal Mr.. Sumner
l.ow, and, not finding fair excuse
iayealel a foul, and that tie z giste
aftei most unfairly" when it re!u:
vs 10 correct the truth OF statement
On which it bases editorial lectures {
lubIic men: 1t is proper to ask
the State Register is the proper judg
81 the value o! the jewel, Consister
c..
'I'he REruna1cAA has no persona
qnarre! with the State Register, but
desires to ask the latter paper prol
CT question. AS the State Regi.tr
has, on more than one OCCASION, &C
cusei the editorial managers of oil
CT papers of debating the assume
news their regular correspondent
telegraph or write, we would like
know II the Register means to be III
ac@s,ood as following the line Of rrat
lice laid down for o,he,so We a.
fer information.
So o