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castinR Il aside. t-! ~. ~. ~" y r.
Mr.. Jenninp' fitness to b n editor 1t
al b seriously called In question BY many
who know him well, and who regard him
- both . malicious and dangerous man
for man 4 dangerous who uses the jour
nal he controls to revenge his private cried,
= witness his recent cowsrdly asa1lt on
LAwrencs jerome end VIM. R. Trsvers,
because they, with Nj. Belmont had said
that Mr.. Jeaniap could not be { member
Of the Union Club. ! And Q, man b danger
ous, too, who num, interest OF ignorsncs
allows . great journal liks the Tvmss % b
used for stock; jobsing or other inegitimste
purposes, :Nevsrthsiea The Ales q the
|psper YIN show that while 4 Va denounc.
ing tho IriSs~sfor Jay GoulTs owaesship
1ast fiA. that adroit operator WAS nanipu-
latins through tie editorial coanmns Of the
1ymss, . stock obbing conspiracy against
the reformed management Of tia Erie road,
the entire basis Of which consisted In forged
and fictitious accounts, shrewdly foisted
into Jennings possession. and which the
htter spread before the public with great
JUNCTION, abusing President Watson mean
while, and promising "ffesh proofs !"
Of Fries Insolvency" and cooked
dividends" In order = that the Lon
don negotiation Of Watson might - Il then
did, fall. until Mr.. Lucius Robinson, the
vice president of Erie. took the matter in
hand, exposed the forgsrs, and compelled
them to confess under oath that they were
lying for purpose. This exposure he com
PEELED the Times 10 print thus convicting
that paper Of having at least been the VIC
tim of q shameful job, put up ashe averred.
by the enemies Of the new management Of
whom Jay Gould was the most active. AZ
ter that Mr.. Jennings had nothing more to
say about "ffesh proofs," though 1t is cur
rently reported that his "outside man."
whom he put in Wall street for the occasion,
retired gracefully AFTER few weeks with
. small fortune. '-.....-. e
We might 60 on. almost indefinitely, to
'enumerate the blunders, hardly short Of
crimes, by which this man has shorn the
TSasss of In influence in two short years,
and imperiled its future success. But it
Is not necessary. Our correspondent made
the issue squarely on the point Of Mr.. Jen-
niny' responsibility for the zSmss aud his
fitness for the position Of leading Republi-
can editor. That he does control the Tsmss
and Mr.. Jones, too, and that he b unfit for
his position by birth, by education. by tenn
per, and by want of conviction and moral
honesty, has long been apparent to the earn
est Republicans of New York city and State,
il not to the whole country. What the
Republican party and the Administration.
as its representative, need in their princi-
pal Republican newspaper Is not q
reckless, thick -and-thin advocate, which
is Just what the Times ID when
it undertakes advocacy at all; nor paper
whose support Is chiefly the refutstioh Of
calumny-sor lies will die lies, generally
speaking. even II LEFT to have their day;
but . paper whose comprehensive discus
sion Of the leading questions Of the day
shall harmonic with the cossictiens Of the
masses Of intelligent Republicans It is
still party of conviction-as the editor or
politician who disregards It's sentiment win
find to his cost !; . paper which can educate
public sentiment and thereby lead 1t q
paper whose presentation of the work and
aims of the party win render the lies Of Its
opponents of little or no effect an editor
of ability, tact and dignity enough to draw
around him tho ablest and best men of the
city and country. the services Of scores of
whom can be had for the asking who will