The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1877-10-25
IL this Genuine 7
Tho Following extraordinary circular was
received yesterday at the Office Of THE SUN {:
Tlrs Awrpron R,vs,ns hs,o~suo-,
@47 Broadway Ucm ~

247 Broadway Uc-nA
| !S,t-tly prieae
| DrAR Eta.
Please insert the enclosed printed clip ~ headed matter
M 'hc editorial page your hrst issue Immediately iO
having III" receipt this and sud marked coIy OF your
| paper, with bill. to Yours truly,
| JANIS BuvtL. Secretary 2i7 broadway. rooms
comments on the slip exceed hall coioinu will
BE- paid for II billed at the same time. J. II.
The encloecd printed clip thus sent to us
for paid insertion and pc,uniary comment
runs az follows and since IL In here inserted
gratuitously, no bill will bc scnt for 1t:
Tho prospect s tina, In six months there will no, he
sreenhack leader IN all the land Overtures have been
made by the leaders o the greenbnck movement IA Pres
u'ht HAYES To abandon the grcenhaok asa lost cause
providing he will give good official positions 10 about
twenty " the most blatant N the clamVrers for
money that h based On nothing"
This, We say, IL an extraordinary circular.
with an extraordinary slip. II will be seen
that the slip is, or assumes to be- an item Of
news. 1t is an item that none Of the ubiqui-
tous reporters Of THE Sun had been able to
get hold of. If any one Of them had brought
1t Ia us. properly authenticated by docu-
| ncntary or other evidence. We would not
| have asked him tn pay us for printing IL. but,
ON the contrary, we would have paid him
well for procuring II. II will bc observed,
however. that the scandalous item which
We are asked in the name of the American
Bankers Association, to publish, has two
peculiaritics: First, no proof Of its accu-
racy Is furnished: and secondly, we are
offered money for it's publication as loaded
matter on the editorial page" OF this days
Sun. This IL remarkable business to he
performed in the name OF the American
! Bankers Association.
Our establishment IL increased by the
| postscript which appears at the bottom of
this circular. Uniforms us that comments
upon the slip, not to exceed half column
will be paid for" This means, Of course
' that the editorial comments that are to be-
paid Tor must sustain the slip on the edilO-
rial page that is to bc paid for No di-
rcctions are given 10 the editorial con-
mentatOr. but IL Is assumed that he will
understand the course he must pursue Ii.
for example, any editorial commentator
were to ridiculc the slip, pronounce ii base
less, AMI give his opinion OF the man who
sent it 10 him. and offered 10 pay, not
only for the publication Of the slip. but
for the editorial comments made upon il
he would probably meet with AL inter-
csting reception when he presented his
bill 10 the silyucr of the circular. The cdi-
turial commentator, it is understood, must
say. in substance, that the item of news
upon the slip is disgracciul to the guilty
parties; that their conduct shows how un-
principlcd they are; and that the honorable
men who have exposed their corrupt johhcry
deserve the thanks Of an intelligent commu-
nifty. Let these comments be spread out over
hall column, in very strong language,
accompanied with IA few words upon the
vigilance, patriotism, and integrity OF the
officers OF the American Bankers Assoca-
ton, and the commentator can boldly pre-
sent his bill with one hand while holding a
marked copy of his paper in the other, wait
ing, meantime, till the cash is counted and
mutual gratitude is expressed
But Is this attempt to bride and corrupt
the press. by the direct offer Of money for
editorial articles, made under the authority
Of the American Bankers Association, the
name Of the Secretary Of which is signed
10 the circular above printed We
call for information upon this point.
and shall wait for IL. Ii authority
has been given TO brihc the press,
then very certainly attempts will be made
t. bride Congress. and corrupt the sources of
inlluenceat Washington in the same interest.
IL Is shameful business. if there hc not
some mistake about il. Let the truth be-
brought out. Let the responsibility for
this circular he nNed