The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1880-10-23

interest of the republican party. Its
manager is a rank republican OF the
incorporating sort, and he is
inancislly interested in some western
pspeTp, which are, ike him, bitterly
republican. The bureau, in distri-
buting neWs, deals fairly With dog
fights, morse races, railroad disasters,
and saloon fights, but when it comes
to politics, the democrats are in
vnriably put in the back ground. A
republican demonstration is magni-
fed and expanded, Whilo a demo
cratic display ia reduced or goes with.
out mention. Nothing ia taken from
9 democratic paper, except perhaps
some slip of the pen, or indiscreeI
sentence, that will help the opposi-
ton, whils column after column Of
opinions from republican journals
are telegraphed. Oar readers will
observe that political kilograms from
New York slmsst invariably begin
like this: THE Times says" or thus:
"the Tribune contains the following"
ETC., the leading republican organs
being quoted. From Chicago they
read: "The Inter- Oceans special"
"The Tribune has the following"
etc. Republican msjorities at cleo
tions are always magnifed, and when
the democrats win tie news is slow in
getting before the country, and it is
usually accompanied by an explana-
ton from some republican journal.
as to how it was brought about, or
the assertion of the Press reporter
that democratic money was freely
used. An illus trait n Of the manner
in which the Associated Press is
conducted ia the interest OF the re-
publican party, appears in cur col
umns this morning. Marshall Jewell.
chairman of the republican national
committee, has a long telegram in
which he ia trying to explain some
thing that has come out against him
in connection with tho campaign.
We can CLEAN from bis reply that
Chairman Barnum has discovered
and exposed some OF JEWELS dirty
work, but just what it ia our readers
will have to'guess. The Associated
Press agent could not let the country
have Bsrnum's. exposure of JEWELS
trickery, but finds it convenient to
send the lstter's explanation, together
with a slurring comment On the
democratic exposure by the editor OF
republican newspaper. Barnum's
card must have been published in
New York on Thursday, and no
doubt the democratic papers had
something to say concerning it. 1t lie
evident from Jewell's explanation that
he has been hurt; but western DEM
ocrats will learn nothing Of
the exposure until tie mail
carries the New York papers to
them. The Associated Press also
runs in the government official
groove. 1t is in the ring, and is sup
plied with all official Information that
will injure the democratic party. If
Wade Hampton writes q damphool
letter to John Sherman it is handed
over to the Associated Press, with suit-
able republican comments; lift appears
from the pension records that "Bill"
English, forty years ago. cheated his
grandmother, the item is pointed out
to the Press reporter; il the Confeder-
ate records contain anything derogA-
tory to the character Cfany prominent
democrat Of to-day, government en-
ployGa search it out, and the ASCOT
ated Press sends it to the country. at
the cost of democratic ss we'll as re-.
publican papers; il "Sunset" Cox
frank becomes too numerous through
out the country, the Associated Press
uses its immense facilities for letting
the fact be known to the injury OF the
democracy. With the exception Of
half q dozen rich papers, the
press of the country ID poWerless
in the matter. The newspapers
must take the Associated Press re-
ports or 60 without. They cannot
afford to keep agents at the news
centres, and obtain special reports.
Democratic papers must libel and lie
about their party in their Geographic
columns, must publish lot of repub-
lican hog-wssb, and print republican
compaign papers, or go without
news. 1t makes little difference what
comes to Salt Lake, as the only effect
favorable or unfavorsbls democratic
reports can have is upon tie feelings
of the readers. Votes cannot be
gained or lost here, for we have none.
But the practice is tie came all over
the United States. The Associated
Press, whose only legitimate business
is the collection and distribut ion OF
news, is devotedly attached TO the re-
publican party, and hence is bitterly
opposed to the democracy. 1t is
never fair in its political reports, and |
never does justice to the democratic |
party.
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