Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1876-12-05
THE ASSOCIATED PREss

During the late Presidential campaign.
and sven nov. when the campaign In
ovsr. Democratic journals have persist
entity asserted that the Associated Press
dispatches were all lies. ssnt in the In
tsrsss Of the Republican party. One
Democratic paper in this vicinity refers
to simontou. the managing man Of the
Associated Prsss. - the Great Liar. A
these charges have been made so often
against the association which furnishes
10 the citizens Of this nation news from
all parts Of the wsrld. IL is well to meet
them squArsly and honestly. and con-
sidsr what there 10 In them. IL MT.
simonton has betrayed his trust. and
prosiitutsd the great Association OF
which he 10 the manager. TO serve the
ends Of any political party. he 10 no
longer worthy to all the position which
10 holds. and should Be removed at
once. On the other hand. II these
charges m false they are . libel on a
gentleman agaipst whom nothing dis
honorable has ever been urged before.
and should BE- disproved in justice to
him and the nation which relies upon
the news which he furnishes.
The Nsws receives the Associated
Press dispatches. and has. therefore.
. personal interest In this matter. Now
What are thu actual facts In the casef
The Associated Press Vas established to
gather news from all parts Of the eoun-
try and the world. This news 1t not
emily uses itself. bat IL sslls to papers
throughout the land. and the revenue
thus obtained more than pays the cost
Of gathering the items. The assoeie'.
ton 10 composed Of seven New York
Journals, the Heruid. Sun. World. T"ss.
Tribune. Express. and Null. These
ssvsn papers have thsir agents In every
part Of the civilized world. They re-
csivs from these agents all the nszs
which the world affords. The nswsPa.
psrs outside Of New York buy the news,
90 that the seven journals comprising
the association really make money ON
their enterprise. instead Of being out Of
pocket.
The political complexion OF these pa
psrs 10 ss follows; The World 10 the
leading Democratic paper OF New York.
The sun was originally Republican. but
since Grant refused to give Dana the
New York Custom-houss. 1t has been
consistently Democratic. The Herald
calls itself Independent" but has al.
ways leaned TO Democracy. The En-
PRES IL the acknowledged organ OF
Tammany Hall. controlled by Jonn ksl-
ly and August Belmont. The Null Is
one Of the oldest Democratic papers in
the metropolis. The Times and Tribune
are the only two Rspublican journals In
the association. To sum the whole
thing up there arc in the Associated
Press. i've Democratic. and but two Re-
publican newspapers. Those i've Dem
ocraiic journals control the association.
and II IL came to . square fight the two
Republican journals would have NO
show at all.
For this reason We believe that the
dispatches sent BY the Association. and
which We have printed. during the cam
paisa and since the election. told the
truth aud nothing hut the truth. Mr..
Simoaton. to begin with. would NO,
dare TO sell himself to the Republican
party. But ~supposing he WAS foolish
enough to do this. what would DO the
rssult1 After his FIRST fabrication oi
the dispatches there would be q meeting
Of the Association. The Democratic
papers control IL. and Mr.. Simonton
would hnd himself with no position at
all after the adjournment Of the session.
Had these dispatches been In favor OF
the Democrats, there would have been
some reason for Republicans to howl.
We might have said that the Ave Demo-
cratic papers Of the Association con
trolled Simonton : but to assume thai