The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1882-12-12
THE FORT WORTH GAZETTE AND TIE
PREsIDENT'S MESSAGE.

PRESIDENTS MESSAGE.
The Fort Worth Gazette on the morning
after the message of PRESIDENT ARTHUR was
sent to the senate and house of representa-
tives, came out without line Of the docu-
ment referred to. In explanation Of this
omission afterwards, the Gazette saw fit to
saddle the blame upon this that and the
other party, even drawing by indireGticn
into the circle of those wAcm it feigned to
imagine had prevented it from receiving
the message from Dallas, those who did not
know until within day or two afterwards
that the paper had had any trouble about
the message. Among o.ner things done in lis
haste and anger 1t charged Mr.. Il. J. GArfs,
of our city, to whom the MESA 50 was here
entrusted TO deliver TO the Gazette, at Fort
Worth, with being drunk, and hence a fail
ure on his part to perform the trust re-
posed in him. Wepublish this morning a
card from Mn. GATES, in which he details
the circumstances surrounding the affair
and shows the injustice that the Gazette
has hastily done him. The mes
sage, it seems, was handed by
the operator at Dallas to Mr.,
GATES who was going to the Fort, to be de-
livered to representative of the Gazette at
Fort Worth, the paper having been notified
by telegraph to have n man at the depot in
that city to receive il from the bearer. Mr..
~ 10 ham ttnny,tn1l,, In
character for sobriety and honesty, and the
document was entrusted to him from this
fact. The service which he undertook was
purely voluntary on his part, without
hope of reward, and as matter OF
accommodation to the Gazette. 1t was
sent by hand because it could not be trans
mitted by wire, AT the depot the bearer
failed to meet the Gazette man. lie made
extra exertions, however, to find him, and
falling in this left at the depot telegraph
office the message to be delivered to the
Gazette. While these are the facts, thar
paper suffered itself very foolishIy to get
mad, imagined some job had been put up on
it, and came out with very unkind and
bnseless charge of drunkenness against the
man who had out of Kindness done every
thing in his power to give the Gazette the
message. A few words Of advice given in
brothcrly love by us may not work our
young contemporary any injury, but may
possibly be of inCalculable value in cmer-
gences Of like character to the one referred
to in the future. A paper ought to make
every legitimate effort to get the live news
of the day, but failing in this, ii ought to
remain discreetly silent until il ut least
knows the true reason OF its failure, becomes
possessed of all the facts When the Gazette
has grown little older IL will learn as
Others have that accidents will happen with
the best regulated newspapers rs well as in
the best regulated families, but the dsap.
pointment should be borne with discretion.
The public do not like TO hear OF ones pri-
vate griels. 1t is simply after the news,
and when journal "slips up in any par.
ticular, the best way is to say nothing I'M.
less it has real good excuse for its seem.
ing want OF enterprise, We regret that
such occurrences have to be referred to,
and that disagreeablc differences grow ont
Of them, but the best way to prevent any
thing of the kind Is to first be yigilant and
afterwards discreet. Mn GATEs' card will
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