Wilmington daily commercial., 1873-02-22
WILMINGTON. DEL.
Irdav Afternoon, Feb az.
A CoPYIsT CONVICTED OUT OF ITS OWN
COLUMNS - THE MIsFoRTUNE OF Rash
ALLEGATIONS.


ALTERATIONS.
few days ago, the assertion was made in
Ece,y EUening that 1t was "a rare occurrence
for any item of news to appear in this paper be-
fore 1t appeared in that. We propose to show
tho untruth of its sta.ement-not by ill-temper-
ed and offensive epithets but by facts. Since
that assertion wks made, casual inspection OF
its own columns shows that, day by day. it has
been printing news which the COMMERCIAL had
already printed, proving that to do so is not any
''rare occurrence" Some Of these we will no
tice parliculAry,to establish the positive accuracy
OF our statements. Observe:
On February 14th, an item which appeared in
the COMMERCIAL of the 18th, relative to the leas-
log of a prominent city boarding-house, was
printed In the Every Euentng.
On thu 18th, the arrival Of new steam fire
engine, in the city, duly reported in the CONNER
oAL Of the 14th, appeared in Ecey Ecening ap-
parently copied from the Gazette but, per-
haps to avoid the evident ''stealing" or ''gross
impudence, v rewritten, and somewhat altered.
On Feb. 18th, the designations Of two promi-
nent city clergymen were reported in E1ery EUe-
nina. and the facts we're deemed of enough i'm
portance to call for display heading The
same information had appeared in the CONNER
cIAL of the 18th.
Also, on the 18th, Z. E. reported fire in the
ME. church at Port Deposit, which was reported
in the COMMERCIAL, just one week previously
Also on the 18th, there appeared in Ecery
Ecening, an item referring TO some disciplinary
proceedings in Delaware College, credited to the
republican. Now the item originally appeared,
word for word, in the COMMERCIAL Of the 18th,
from which the Republican got it
Also on the 18th, there appeared in the Eco3
Euening the reports of two Coroner's inquests,
They are taken, toi1loW credit, from the Con-
MERcIAL Of the 14th, and an error Of name is
reproduced, proving the commission of what
Every Euensng terms Stealing
On the 18th, E. E. reported the death of Mr.
johnson, a brakeman on the W. d W. Railroad
injured some time before. This item the Con-
MERoIAL originally printed, and for more than q
week it had been travelling around in various
newspapers, before Euery EUening printed it,
Also on the 18th, E. E. modestly printed I
report of the new enterprises at Newport, taking
it evidently from the Gazette, which had printed
just such an iton, on the 18th. But the report
originally, was prepared for and printed in th'
COMMERCIAL Of the 10th, from which the Gaiat
gotit
Also on the 18th, Eoery EoeniaJ was able +
print Information concerning the injury Of th
railroad bridge at Laurel, the facts having beel
given in the COMMERCIAL Of the 18th
On the 18th, Eray Erening informed the pull
lie concerning the new Screw Company, an pre-
posed Mandatory. Its item was short and ii
complete. Three treeks ago, the Commercial
had reported this new enterprise, and give
twice as many details
Also on the 10Th, Eoey Eeening informed i
readers, for the first time of the accidental dea
of MF. Dos Santos. The accident occurred (
the 16th, and was duly reported in the CONNIE
cIAL of the 18th.
Also on the 10Th, Eeery EUeniag printed, ju
,oeek later than the COMMERCIAL, and Gdza
the figures OF the annual statement Of the NJ
tuAl Loan Association. The item, too, (thl
proving both its inaccuracy and its dishonesty
said that the annual meeting to which the repc
was submitted, had been held "laat evening
which would have been the 18th. II was rea
held on the 11th and on the 18th, we gave Il
synopsis Of the report
-1nese arc low ltems culleu lfom AouA
five issues Of Eoe'y Ecening. Do they not &C
clusively show how hippantly unsound was
averment that for an item to appear in the Co
MERuAL ahead of it, was rare occurrance
The list might be almost indefinitely extend'
but is it necessary? Do not the facts, (whi
any one may examine for himself thorough
prove the complete truth Of the statement ma
by us that ''our neighbor prints many ite
which first appeared in the COMMERCIAL = L
not true, IS We said, that: "We give it frequ
opportunities to do 30 p