Pioche daily record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1872-1876, 1876-01-29
PLAGIARISM.

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may be excusable sometimes. II neatly
done. but case which has Just come to
our notice is without excuse. especially
In paper like the New York Sun. In
its issue Of the 18th We notice an article
headed "who will have the Chief Com
mand?" In the Phoebe Journal OF the
26th Of the same month an article sp-
pears with the heading: "The Chief
Command" Now on reading these arti-
Giles, one in the New York Sun and other
in the Phoebe Journal. We were at once
struck with the similarity. Could the
minds OF both these men have been cast
in the same mold? Could two minds 50
run In the same channel and be so agreed.
one in New York and the other In Phoebe,
that tho same article could DO written
word for word and letter for letter. I'm
possible! There 10 but one conclusion.
The New York Sun has been guilty Of an
act Of plagiarism In its worst form. Tho
insurmountable obstacle and the sticker
with rs is the dates of these papers. The
Sun 10 dated January 18th and the Jour
nal January 2sth. How can such things
bsa Being desirous that this thing
should be sifted to the bottom We here
with give the Suns article, the readers
OF the Journal having already seen what
II has to say on the same subject.
"wHo WILL HAVE THE CHIEF COMMAND !?
In the event of Grants precipitating
war, will Gen. Sherman take the chief
military command, which by reason OF
his rank he would expect to get? We
do not think It at all certain that he
will.
By law the President, as Commander
in-Chief OF the Army and Navy, is per-
mitted to select his own immediate sub
ordinate. He is not restricted In his
ohoioe by rank. but may assign which
officer he chooses to the leading com.
mand. General Sherman, it is we'll I'M
derstood, has not won Grants regard
for several years past. His self-laudato-
~ Memoirs especially displeased the
President, who thinks Sherman stripped
him OF honors entirely his own, to endue
himself with them. The sententious re-
marks no is reported to have made after
the publication OF Sherman's Memoirs
suggests his feeling. ~ seem to have
had nothing to do with the war" was
Grants pithy speech, and 1t cannot be
denied that Sherman gave him occasion
for making 1t.
These and other reasons lead TO the
inference that Grant would not be likely
to trust Gen. Sherman ct the immediate
head Of the army in war, in the con.
duct Of which was wrapped up 80 much
Of his personal ambitions, and which he
expected to keep him four years longer
in the WhitelHouse.
The man to whom Grant Is most like
~ to turn in the emergency of war is
Lieut.. Gen. Phil. Sheridan. In him he
has trusty lieutenant, who does not
stop to philosophize about the meaning
OF events, but Furnishes up his sabre,
mounts his charger and goes forth to
battle. When Grant made war upon the
Legislature Of Louisiana, he passed over
General Mcdowell, who was in COM
mand Of the Military Division Of the
South, and General Sherman, who was
in command Of the whole army and was
at st. Louis, nearer New Orleans, ana
went to Chicago and picked out Sheri-
dan to perform the secret mission. And
Sheridan followed his instructions ex-
aotly, not hesitating to engage in the
outrageous military interference. and to
assail the white people OF Louisiana,
whom he denounced as .banditti and
threatened to treat az outlaws.
It seems probable, therefore, that
when actual hostilities occur, Lieut..
Gen. Phillip H. Sheridan, though sec.
ond in rank, will yet be ordered to take
the head Of the army.
Tom Marshall of Kentucky. was guilty
Of anticipating what Henry Clay would
say by way Of argument in case where
they were opposing attorneys. and pro.
ceeded to spike Clay's gun, but he made
a failure Of it when compared to the
effort OF the Sun in anticipating the
article which appeared in the Journal
yesterday morning.