The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1881-04-23
Baltimore,s Great Evening Paper.

The Baltimore EUeniag Herald not be-
ing upon our exchange list, some one sent
US copy of last Saturday evenings edi-
ton The paper was received on Monday
morning, and, very probably, was sent from
the Herald office. In it was marked the FOL-
lowing, relative to piece of pleasantly in
last weeks ADVOCATE:
Be easy, friend; every one can't see through
one pair of spectacles. For your information
we will say that the dispatches published by
The Herald frequently appear simultaneously,
not only in the New York dailies, but IN all
the great dailies throughout the continent,
consequently your inverted compliment shows
The Herald enterprise in obtaining the same
news at home and abroad as the New York
papers. We are glad to know upon such re-
liable authority that The Herald has some
"brain.
After reading the above we compared
the contents of the EreniRg Herald with
that of the New York Sun, morning
journal, and found that some of the articles
were the same, aud several were not dis
patches. Since the Herald has challenged
it, we will note some observations during
the comparison: In Saturdays New York
Sun is an article, gathered By the Sa" $
reporters, with the following caption =
aCathoIic Priests Swindled. A Man who
has Legacies to Pay in Worthless Checks
on the Park Bank" In Saturday EUen-
ina Herald we find the same article, dated
New York, April 16, and with the follow
ing head lines preceding it;-"Priests
Swindled. Freely Profering Worthless
Legaeies. All Checks dated in Philadel-
uhia. The Fraud Discovered Through the
Bank on Which the Checks were Drawn.
In the San is a dispatch from GaliatIn'
Tenn, april 10, headed TOO Late with
their Shotguus. The Sequel to the Elope-
meut of Two Nashville Women with Two
Soap Peddlers." In the EreRiag Hlrafd
the same dispatch was found, with the
heading changed by leaving off with Two
Soap Peddlers, and dated Gallatin, Tenn,
Apnl IG. By changing the date, the
Herald reports certain matters as having
occurred Friday night, when, ia fact, they
occurred on Thursday night.
The above are not the only articles
which appeared IN the same form IN the
Herald aud SlR, but are enough to show
a similarity 10 their contents We do not
accuse the Herald of taking them from
the San. nevertheless the Saa is printed
about twelve hours before tn Herah',
and is delivered in Baltimore several hours
before the Herald Is issued. 10 regard TO
these articles, which appear in both pa
pers the Herald will no, elaim much stimuli
taueoasness about their appearances. Had
the Morning Herald published the dis
match above alluded to, from Gallatiu, It
would have Been above suspicion Of the
charge Of cribbing from the SEA; aud u
the other article. regarding the swindhng
Of Catholic priests, had been credited TO
the S,fa, il would not have laid i,selfliable to
similar suspicion, especially as il was not
dispatch to the .Sus, but was gathered
BY the Sans own reporters,
The Herald is ueEsy paper, bat q a
friend at our elbow remarks, the SRa must
rise before the little daily eau Herald the
news. This is between ourselves merely,
and not for the public, aud We hops the
Herald will not copy IT, Before closing,
however, We will remark that We never &C
cuscd The Herald OF having any "braia -
We only said it vas aewsy little journal,
the brain being furnished byo,her daiiies.
The Herald exercises good judgment in
its selections, except when II runs too much
into sensational literature to create de-
mand for the paper.