The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1877-06-06
She Daily grs'as.
ROCK ISLAND, ILLINOIS
CURIOUS NEWSPAPER TACTICS.
Secretary Evarts az a Journalist whv
the New York Times is Attack
ing the Administration.
Special Dispatch to the Neo York crnpai.

Special Dispatch to the Neao York Graphic.
| WASHINGTON May 28.-Some atten-
ton ls bestowed here on the course of the
New ork papers toward the administra.
tloE. The animadversious Of the New
York Times on the cabinet and its policy
are exciting surprise in some quarters.
but are quite well understood in others.
The outside public do not comprehend
the ingenious traetics of politicians ana the
newspapers under their control. The most
clumsy Kind OF newspaper support is that
which is always laudatory of an admins
tration. The most effective aids to party
IN power are those journals which give ex-
preston to the discomfort of large sections
OF the party, but which are always to be
relied upon when national contest takes
place. La its day, the New York Tribune.
under Horace Greeley's management, was
the rebellion organ Of the party. Il was
always on the alert to censure whatever
unwlse measures the party managers
might adopt; but when congressional or
presidential election took place Mr. Gree
ley never faltered. Hence the value of a
press which will give voice to the discon-
tent as party, but which will prevent
its adherents from going outside of the
party lines, and finally influence them 20
vote the regular ticket, notwithstanding
their embittered feelings Old politicians
will remember the signal instance of Gree
levs opposite to the nomination Of Zachary
Taylor; his threat to go over to the Van
buren, free-soil movement, and how finally.
alter having "spat upon the platform"
OF the Taylor Wings, he advocated the
election of ''old Zack."
Now matters are curiously reversed.
Then the Times was the official organ of
the Wing and Republican parties: now,
the Tribune occupies that position. and is
benefited by the cordial support it gives
the administration and its policy. There
is reason to believe tina. the course of the
Times is really dictated by Secretary Ev-
arts. 1t Is known that Mr.. George Jones
is on the most pleasant personal relations
with President Hayes and his premier:
and there Is report current here that Mr..
Evarts, owing to the presidential contest.
was paid retalners by the New York Her
ala to furnish it with political IDEAS on
which to conduct the canvass. The story
IS that Mr.. Bennett was not we'll statistic d
with his office advisers, as he made num-
Der oil mistakes touching the policy OF the
day. At one time, it is alleged, he con
suited Mr.. Dana of the San as to the pro-
per course for the Herald to pursue in
given emergencies 1t will be remember
ed that Mr.. Evarts began his career as a
journalist, and was a writer on Park Ben
Jamin's paper about the time that 4. Oak
ey Hall started on his career as a writer.
The policy dictated by Mr.. Evarts to the
Times aims, it is said, to keeping 10 hand
the discontinued element of the Republi-
can party. so as to have them cast their
votes on the right side in the event OF an
election. It's ADMITTED that the Times is
able and bold in its new departure and it
is hoped it will retain sufficient influence
over the disconnected republicans to keep
them within the party lines. VisTA.