The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1883-07-08

WAsaiNcIoS July 1.-The sunday Herald has the fol.
,oSm N.Y. Fsln
saa YGSses. there On board shs a.!S
,es ,ssG In r 's .n
~: %!"ss: a%ts ::
recognized him at once ~, to be certain inquired Of
3, NJ f" !, +
,sssd to
for understand what he was trying 10 say
I%F .ss 1 an a pa
@ ala is'sa Seemed ill., anew" VERY Sy S vs
n the G1@ay
t"%pas and without .rsns, ana tile other
=. him ' s6ad So
NUN sS 'nss o
low coupe which had come for him. and he was driven
mind ss I. s S,, hi; cSndsn His
ion GOOD sannos was, ssry meant sSa
Ss f %s. the san .nS s sGy
TdSn ia, swuy ' ehsnssa ana IN II.
9f course did not sneak to him. should have done
& al he v.ry
weak old man"
This invention may have appeared first in a
Washington paper. but some Of Mr.. Tilden's
friends think that 1t originated with the pro-
tended copyist. We state on information from
friend Of Mr. Tilden who has personal knowl-
edge Of what he afflrms that there is not a
shadow OF truth In it. The distinguished
Southern member Of Congress" fixes the day
when he made his personal inspection OF MIR.
Tilden In tho car. by the date whom he was
travelling from West Point where his son Is q
cadet. to New York. He fixes his inspection In
palace car where he protends to have occu-
pied chair next to Mr.. Tilden. The day Of the
pretended occurrence was Wednesday, the 9th
Of June. Although Mr.. Ti!den usually COOS to
town once or twice In a week. 1t so happened
that no did not go to the city al all that week.
Mr. Tilden was not on the train any day that
week. neither on nor before nor after tho
Wednesday fixed by the " distinguished South
ern momber OF Congress-" When no goes to
the city Mr.. Tilden always goes In an ordinary
car. and never In palace car. There Is not
word Of truth in the whole narration. It Ia .
clumsy specimen Of the lie oircumstantial."
An inferior sample Of manufactured inter-
view is tho following taken from the columns
OF tho Tribune:
Washington Correspondents: Of the boston Traveller.
mnS u Sand h. Ta.S !. long
:sf.S gs'a. @.y . ssh.s' sS1I pss
ss II the T. rss: he vHn No
sa. si r. Il
the Cincinnati Convention and the very duy that
Tildens letter read declining 10 stand at the head
Of the ticket again. friend called upon him. the
Governor immediately asked for the latest news from
tho Convention. The gentleman said. Governor the
most interesting feature Of the proceednxs today
tho reading Of your letter All said Tllden, what
was the genera. ,mp,ss'iSSn prodacea on The conSon
great many dstrust your sncerty' Never mind that
never mind that interrupted Tilden didn't the Con
ventOn admire its high literary styet That incident
shows how full Of vanity the Sage Of uramercy Park Isl
On the same authority We learn that there Ia
not particle OF truth In this pretended inter-
view. No such conversation ever occurred.
The manufacture OF fictitious interviews may
answer temporary purpose OF malignant dis
arrangement or OF trivial gossip but the pub
LEGATION Of them Is proof OF bad journalism.
When gentlemen cannot depend upon truth
full report OF what they say. they naturally
refuse to talk. or even to admit dlstrusted cor
respondents into their houses. Intellig ent news
paper readers will neither trust nor take Jour-
nails indulging In fictitious interviews. The
SUNS rule Is the only safe rule. No interview
should ever be printed until either the proofs
or the manuscript have been submitted to tho
gentleman interviewed and have been pro-
nounced correct. or until the manuscript OF the
report has been read and corrected by him.