The Evening critic., 1881-11-02
COOK AND THE STAR.
PAR MOBILE FRATRuM.

N Noble Pair Of BROTHERS., Truly
The Dog Returns TO His vOmit--
The Dog Cook Lichs the Hand that
SmOte Him.
The Washington Star yesterday evening
published the following:
Mr.. william A. Cook sends the folio wing
In regard to the action yesterday Of the
counsel for the defendants In the Star route
cases:
PHILADELPHIA, Nov. 1.-The ErcninD Star,
Washington, d. C.:-Plense say that the
action OF the defcndants counsel In the
professional trick. They knew l was NIB
sent, and would return In n day or two.
The understanding was that on the return
Should be- xea ay nos Rno% Rc had az re-
turned. II notice was left ut my Office II
was with the knowledge that was absent.
We VIII be on hand Thursday
bond of union between VIM. A. Cook and
the Star that communication between
them would be published. There was
time when the star, under the same editor
ial management as that which controls 1t
to-day, would have repudiated any alliance
with William A. Cook, as witness the fol-
lowing
from the Washington Star of June 9,
1s70--Crosby s. Noyes editor.l
William A. Cook nnounces in the Ctron-
icle that he IS going to sue the Star. and Re-
him into contempt In this community. He
will have lively time of II. Tho very first
Cook.
The above remarks were published at q
time when honest men in this city of WASH
ington were making an effort to secure o
pure administration of municipal govern
ment. The Star was then an honest paper,
and pretended to rcpudiate dishonesty in
politics as advocated by William A. Cook.
And here Is what it said upon another oc-
casion. We do not publish these things in
chronological order. We simply desire to
show the mcadacity of the Star, which now
supports William A. Cook.
From an editorial in the Star, Crosby s.
Noyes, editor, of June /, 1901
This morning n circular signed by VIII
every member of the House, In which is
quoted the following editorial from the Sta,
of Monday:
TWILL NOT CONGRESS GRANT RELIEF?
1.-THE sympathy of Congress has been
shown In too many ways In behalf of the
citizens of Washington who are struggling
for IL reform In municipal affairs to doubt
that that body Will not afford protection to
the legnl voters here II the way is pointed
take the pains to satisfy themselves by per-
sonal inquiry of the fact that the Bowen
ring are attempting, to defeat the will of
the people by fraudulent registration, and
by placing the polling precincts in remote
parts of wards, difficult of access for quiet
citizens, and where their roughs can have
full sway. We further call the attention OF
members to tho fact that tho registration
books are in the exclusive control ofa
CORPORATION EMPLOYEE NAMED WILLIAM A.
| M COOK,
who intrusts them to another corporation
employee named Tom Bowie, u desperate
and Inscriptions character, who has
served out q full term in the United States
penitentiary. Also to the TACT that In many
of the precincts the receivers OF votes are
| corporation en- ployees and are notorious
strikers OF Bowen, und that these men have
the opportunity to count the votes without
witnesses, and afterward to hold exclusive
possession of the ballot.boxes. The legal
voters of Washington ask of Congress that
legislation may be had by which some com
petent United States official, In whom Con.
States marshal of the District or the Judges
of the Supreme Court-may be appointed
to designate the polling precincts in acces
sible parts of the different wards, also that
some legislation may be had by which the
purity Of the registry list and OF the ballot
boxes may be secured. Tho citizens OF
Washington ask for nothing but II fair
! orderly, legal election and this VIC are GER
tain Congress means they shall have"
Cook proceeds to say that tho articles
quoted from the Star ais manifestly in
tended to induce Congress to pass law
citizens party, or the enemies of the Re
publican party in this city," and he then
has the astonishing cheek to assert "thn'
are Indignantly untrue" Without an cx
| ception they are gross perversions of facts
orabsolute ialsehoods, and Y an opportu
| nifty Is given to do so most conclusive PROOF O.
| fbjs m ese,.fio,1 mill be 0tt,ey, :,
The italics are Cooks. He thus, In the
most solemn manner possible, stakes his
character for credibility, or his ability. t.
| dispr0ve these allegations. And now wha
shall be thought Of
THIS MIsERABLs TRIcKsTRR, LIBELEn AM
| FAsIFIER,
who thus to bolster up for few hours be
fore Congress in order to defeat measure
| only intended to secure u fair, orderly cleo
ton, is willing to put himself on the RECORD
| in this shamefully mendaci0us character
What single allegation In our statement
can he deny!'
Let the reader remember that the words
miserable trickster, libeler and falsifer,
applied to him by the Washington Star, O.
which Crosby S. Noyes was then and is now
editor. And yet it accepts from him tele
gram in which he makes charges agains
honorable lawyers, who were simply per
forming their duty when they demanded O
hearing in case which had become national
and in which the special counsel for the Gov
eminent said they would be ready at al
hours notice. What change has come owe
the spirit of the dream " of the Star, o
which Crosby 8. NOyes was then and is nov
the editor and controlling spirit
We might quote other extracts to show
the contempt IN which William A. Cool
was then held by the Star, but we forbea
in great measure. But here is one which
we must reproduce. On May 80, 1870 tn
Star said editorially
Rev. william A. Cook is going to sue Cor
poration Attorney William A. Cook TO
making him contemplate.
That was Star sarcasm at that time
What has caused the change? The Star
control has not changed The same edito
controls it and has the influence that h
had in 1870. If, according to the Star
William A. Cook was miserable trickstei
libeller and falsifer in 1870 will it pleas
! explain what he has done to change hi
character since that time?
1t is true that the above extracts ar
copied from the Star when 1t was engages
in o heated political campaign. But the
do:unot disprove tho fact that it the
entertained a very despicable opinion O
William A. Cook. The campaign was
municipal one. M. G.. Emery was the can
didate for mayor on the one side and Sayle
j. Bowen on the other. That the hatre
of Cook and the Star at that time wa
| mutual thcre can he M dnuht Thara ,vo