Delaware tribune. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1867-1877, 1874-11-26
WILMINGTON, DEL.
THURSDAY. NOVEMBER rs. 1874.
ANxwsrApn Wan.

Those who care for newspaper wars may pre-
pare themselves to BIO entertained by the devel-
opments which It is promised the attitude Of the
Herald aud Republic newspaper Of New York,
and Of the rival news agencies the Associated
Prsss and American Press Association, may bring
forth. In general way we believe the public
cares nothing about newspaper quarrels; that it
knows nothing about them and does not care to
know. The reader of course wants his paper
to have tue news, speedily discerns
any deficiency, and instinctively transfers his
allegiance to the Journal which gives him the
best aud most attentive transcript Of Affairs, but
n to the means OF procuring that intelligence
he il profoundly Indifferent. News is . CON-
modify, and the same rules regulate its disposal
~ govern the disposal Of other wares. A man
buying suit Of clothes does not inquire where
the tailor bought the material, nor the charac.
ter of the bargain all he lie concerned about is
that the clothes should suit him and be reasons
Bile in price. Men in other than the
journalistic calling do not preferably take the
public into their confidence In matters Of bust
moss essentially private. Why newspaper peo-
pie should alone do 80 Ia rather curious. The
reason can scarcely be that they have the
means. and consequent temptation, for public
communication always at hand, for III these days
printers art is in universal use and any man can
employ IL to any desired extent. But without
attempting to dispose OF this vexsd question we
may admit that some interest in the complioa.
tions above referred to is legitimate and to
be understood The American Press Association
had, previous TO the establishment of the New
York Republic but one paper OF much mpor-
lance in it, interest in this section. That journal
WAS the Eeening Buie IN OF Philadelphia, an old
and well established paper which felt that will,
the aid of a Special News department it could az
ford to run independent OF the accepted order Of
things, and which it has done, We are glad to
believe, with undiminished success. Still, the Re-
pubic gave the first decided sign Of o break, for
the reason that IL was large morning newspap.
erstarted especially to rival certain Of the lead
ing New York journals, and because one of its
svowed objects was to break down - tile monop-
oily in news. " In this object it has now been
joined, apparently, by the Herald and it is here
that popular interest il chiefly excited Tie PEI
cuiar relationship of Mr.. J. r. Young with the
Associated Press is remembered and Mr.. Young
has now by one of the strange freaks Of fortune
control Of the Herald, and IL able to repay Man
ager Smonton something OF the grudge he
bears him The subject has delightful
complications. Papers and men who
were Youngs enemies cannot attack him
now, for recovered from his ndiscretion, he is
their partner under the new rule, thanks to the
call given HIM by Mr.. Bennett, while other jour-
mails, such the Bulletin, which criticized him Sc
Verey when he was managing editor Of the Tri-
1"r'e, and they were receiving the Associated
Press news, will be enforced to silence or into
championship, now that all the conditions are
strangely altered. Yonng is once more in the
centre of newspaper affairs, and is justifyng
the belief Of his friends that he was not the
kind OF man To be kant an,u1a