National Republican., 1883-06-23

bodlng to Hoadly as he listened TO the null
labaloo Of this later occasionp
-
MIR. Storey in Defense OF the New York
Times.
Mr.. F. Hatton, Of Hattonville, Hattoutot county,
In the province of Hattonia editor OF the Hatton.
ring party organ OF Hattonism, has peculiar Hat
tonistc idea OF what constitutes "wholesale
fraud" The Hatonian idea is that the star route
robberies were not frauds but 'postal eNpendi.
lures west Of the Allegheny mountains" Public
critics to the eastward of those mountains, who
treat the star route thievery as species of fraud
and speak dsrespectfuy of the Hattonian cham.
pionshp of the swindlers, "have a blind eye and
a deaf ear" says Mr.. T. Hatton, for wholesale
frauds which are practiced on the postal revenue
within the shadow of the New York postoffcc."
The alleged wholesale frauds" consisted In the
establishment by private enterprise, Of local
delivery OF private letters. This private rival Of
the government delivery system, by proving itself
| quicker aud more satisfactory to its patrons than
! the latter, soon gained much patronage from the
! merchants and business men iu New York, and
| 80, according 10 Mr.. f. Hatton, deprived the
postal revenue OF from $500 to 900 day." until
the official champion Of star route swinding took
measures to suppress 1t.
The above is from the Chicago Times.
Nothing could be more appropriate than that
the Times of Chicago should come to the de-
fenso of the Times of New York in the latters
reply to an editorial printed in these col
umns few days ago headed "a journalistic
Lunatic" II is 50 we'll known that the
Chicago Times is and has been for several
months past edited from private retreat for
the weak minded that we repeat we are not
surprised that it should attempt to answer
an article which the New York Times has not
yet had the courage to reply to. While the
we'll known lunacy of the editor of the
Chicago Times might justify him in in
dulging in such gibberish as the
wholesale lying. The article published in
these columns few days ago had not word
of defense for the star reuters or any Of their
schemes nor has THE REPUBLICAN since it
passed under its present management ever
, published line in defense Of the defendants
in the star route cases. This every paper in
the country that wants to be fair knows full
WELL and the only excuse the Chicago Times
can offer for not admitting the truth of this
assertion is that its controlling spirit owing
70 his confinement, has not had an opportu-
nifty to read this paper. THE REPUBLICAN
editorial at which the above quotation
from the Times is directed, did not make
the point that the New York Times, which
persstently abuses the Postofice department
for any expenditure made in the west,
, whether it be for an extension of mail ser.
| vice or an increased allowance to the Chicago
postoffice has persistently and violently
abused it for any saving it has made If
) In that article we called the attention of the
: public to the fact that the New York Times
while pr ofessing to be great reform journal
has had no word of encouragement or sup
port for the department in its efforts /,
close up the private postofice companies
in New York, which are daily de
priving the government of $500 to
$1,000 revenue. Again, it is not surprising
that the editor of the Chicago Times, owini
to his confinement, should come to the de
fense of these private companies. Ho doubt
- less does not know that the business Of thes,
companies is carried on in direct violation o
, law. Judge Wallace, of the United State
s court, recently delivered a very able anc
; forciblo opinion to this effect, and tho depart
: ment is now proceeding against these com
p panies in New York city, but in doing SO tn,
- New York Times gives it no support what
ever. The statement Of the Chicago Time
r. that tho public can be better served by thes
Is private companies than it is served by tn
n department is utterly absurd. In New Yorl
>. city the private companies do not pretend t.
% make more than two collections and deliver
/. les per day, while the government makes from
n eight to twenty. The only advantage tha
a the private companies have at all over th
Z Postoflice department. is that they deliye
!. local mail matter at cheaper rates than
- charged by the government but in doing Sc
in the opinion of the United States court:
clearly violate the law. The New Yorl
Times may be justified in defending thes
/. companies and remaining silent when the dc
a partment attempts to shut them up and Tt
Is cover to the government $500 or $1,000 pc
10 day revenue for the reason that it is MOI
n likely that some of its personal friends ar
v connected with these companies; but nothin
# can excuse the Chicago Times for its defens
v of this raid upon the treasury but the dis
\ eased mind of tho editor Of that pape
II which has caused his close confinement fC
" many months
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