The Evening critic., 1882-05-02

as an Associated Press dispatch. The
JcUfHGt assumed II TO DO genuine, ana, OF
course, published IL, as It had a right TO do.
II turns out then that tho star stole II from
THE CRITIC placed n date limo to IT. aud
pamed It OF on the public "a an Associated
Press dispatch. and the journal, as well as the
public was imposed upon by the fraud. The
star IS making puerile effort TO ape the
Times In the manufacture OF dispatches. II
sometimes becomes necessary In selfdeionse
10 expose both OF them. Tho Washington
CRITIC viii learn the facts ana VIII hold tho
Journal blameloss.
The promptness with which the Journal
explained how it came to publish TIE
CRITICS news without credit, telegrlphing
us at once a full and perfectly satisfactory
explanation, stamps it as a manly aud
honorable journal. The Journal will accept
our apology for suspecting it of doing 50
mean thing as to palm OF stolen article
as original news, and will further pardon
us for the somewhat strong language we
used.
We have been compelled in self-defense
to protest against the appropriation of
news from our columns without giving
us proper credit, and we shall continue to
speak right out in meeting about it 50 long
as it continues. Scrupulously careful to
give credit ourselves, we propose to exact
the same fair dealing from others. We
admit that the temptation to plagiarize
from The CRITIC is great Our corps of
editors and reporters gather every day all
the news, local and general, Departmental
and Congressional, worth gathering; it Is
carefully edited and thoroughly trust
worthy, and is presented to our readers in
,,,a 80 I,;l ,n,l-1 81. To
never equaled in this city. These facts ac-
count for the temptation to plagiarize. Our
columns are open to all to take news from.
All we ask in return is the decent treat
ment of giving us proper credit.
Returning to the Kansas City racket.
just why the Erening Star of that city
should copy our structures on the Journal
for its supposed oflense with gusto, or
without gusto, we fail to see. The exon
Grafton of the journal places the offense at
the door of the Star. 1t should rise and
explain, fol the onus is upon it so to do or
stand convicted of itself stealing from THE
CRITIC.
A correspondent writing to the Journal
under the nomme de gaerro Reader" has
discovered a rev solution for the whole
trouble, TO wit:
Tho Times seems to be doing the one-scene
act OF crawling on its belly with considerable
vim of late. In yesterday mornings IlnJsS 1t
copies from the Washington ID. C.) CRITIC an
item which pretends to say that the Journal
copied an item from the columns of THE
CRITIC without credit 1t also publishes a
special from THE CRITIC. Now, Mr.. Journal,
the meat in the cocoanut of all this is simply
the fact that in these references TO the Wash
ingon CRITIC the Times is simply crawling on
its belly, or performing that graceful one-act
scene, 10 repay and to escape the conse-
quences OF dirty and willful slander the
Times Washington correspondent commit
ted against THE CRITIC some two weeks
ago. This Washington representative Of tho
Times of sensational dispatches III would seem
slander) telegraphed, some two weeks ago
that '"rhat scurrillous sheet, the Washington
CRITIC, owned by one of the meanest of the
Stalwarts," etc. This was tho substance, and
THE CRITIC is after the aforesaid correspond
ent with sharp stick, and something worst
If he does not play the shelly scene," botf
| with vim and penitence The correspondent
of the Times, like its editor in the "Judge
Burgess" case, is adept at crawflshing,
hence these specials at this time with the
proper credit.