National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1875-08-17
THE TRIBUNE. THE TINES AND JAY
GOULD.

Whitelaw Gould, or Jay Reid, or what
ever his name may be. rests quietly under
the charge of the New York Times that
the editor of the Tribune is an 'fmpostor,
''liar," Cheat" and person who cob
tains money under false pretences." Not
only this, but he also rests quietly under
the repeated charges of the New York
Sun that he manages his journal in the
interest of corrupt stock jobbers. His
silence in the face of these Infamous
charges begins to assert its natural in
fluence. Whether they are true or not
the public is beginning, in the absence of
denials, to believe that where there is so
much smoke there must be some fire. In
truth, the reputation of the Tribune has
been sadly injured by this say-nothing
policy; for the public has been prone to
believe anything bad of its present man
agement. The fact that Reid has changed
the tenor of its entire being from straight
forward sympathy with true Republican
principles to direct and boastful aid to the
Democracy has opened the door to sus-
picion, and the general belief is consequent
that the Sun and the Times have told the
truth. 1t required some cumulative evil
dence of this kind to substantiate the Suns
charges, and something more than mere
assertion to give an air of reliability to
those of the Times. Both these requisites
have been forthcoming, however, and the
result, as we have said, has been detri-
mental to the Tribune. We see at once
that it is case of "pot calling the kettle
black" but no one regrets it, as the coun-
try is thereby enabled to Judge of the true
character of the would.be Liberal Re-
publican organ.
We say it is pot calling the kettle
black" for the Sun is well known to be
the most corrupt and maliciously dishonest
newspaper in the country, and the Times
is but little better. The successor of Mr..
Raymond as the editor of the latter jour.
nal is an unnaturalized Englishman, whose
reputation at home is none the best, and
whose inability to manage an American
journal has been attested by numerous
blunders arising from his ignorance of
men and things in this country. How he
became normally possessed of the shares
of Times stock which he pretends to own
has long been q matter of surprise to the
Republican politicians of New York, some
OF whom have repeatedly attempted to per-
suade Mr.. Jones, the publisher, to dismiss
him from the editorial chair which he so
thoroughly disgraces. This mystery is
plain enough, however, when the facts re-
gardiDg it are known. 1t should be re-
membered that the Times was fortunate
enough, after some hesitation, to begin the
publication of facts to prove the infamous
corruption of the Tammany ring. The
artist Mast, in Hdrper's Weekly, nodded
public opinion by. his cartoons In that
journal in such way that the intelligent
and wealthy citizens in New York became
aroused to the necessity of doing some
thing to relieve themselves of the rule Of
the thieves. They organized for that pur-
pose, and Tweed and his gang were de-
throned. The Times, originally inclined,
as it had been. to keep SILENT saw an OPP
portunity to make capital out of the affair,
and impudently assumed the credit
of the result referred to. Meanwhile
Jennings had been absent in Europe
and on his return found that the
circulation of the paper had greatly
increased. With characteristic arrogance,
he claimed that his management had also
produced that result By some means,
predicted upon this false assumption, he
persuaded Colonel E. d. Morgan to sell to
him few shares in the paper. Morgan
had bought shares during the Tammany
fight from the estate of deceased stock
holder for the purpose of preventing them
from falling into the hands of Tammany
sympathizers. He was not averse to sell
ing them, and Jennings became their osten-
sible purchaser. But it seems that he has
never actually held possession of them, as
they were hypothetical with, or carried
for him, by banker named Stout-A. V.
Stout, probably. Stout was Jennings
friend for q long time, and held the shares
for him until something occurred to put an
end to that friendship. Then Jennings
was compelled to seek aid in other quar-
q
tiers. Meanwhile he assailed Jay Gould as
bitterly as his malicious nature would al
low him to do, and finally may have
brought that worthy manipulation Of stocks
and metropolitan editors to terms. At any
rate Stout got rid Of the shares he held for
Jennings, and the Times ceased to assail
Jay Gould. In fact for months past
Jennings has not allowed anything un-
favorable to Gould to appear in its col.
umns, and the nine shares he claims to
own are not yet in his actual possession.
This explanation will, perhaps. satisfy
those who know that Jennings unpaid
bills sat 'ome in Lunnun" are often re.
ceived for collection at the business office
of the Times, and therefore wonder how 1t