Los Angeles daily herald., 1884-11-26
NEWS OF THE WORLD.
The Associated Press En-
ters a Defense.
ATTORNEY GENERALS REPORT
Rosecrans Suggested for the Cabi-
net-A Long Fasting Girl-The
Virginia Plague.



EXECUTIVE OFFICE, WESTERN UNION
TELEGRAPH COMPANY,
NEW YORK, NOV. ~
To The Pabiie:-Now, since the Presiden
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.'"' eieo''oi 70 se'''e' a"u ' ss, hos aha
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ed. Il is proper to say that we are prepared
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lessness of all charges agai"s' '"' "es'oi'
Union Telegraph Company OF Partially IL
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epo'"ns " Naw yort Ido,v a,
turns OF the state OF NC" uens IL
the most emphatic manner that the Western
Irn,on cornnspx DELAYED, altered or with
on,o" oou'P ,,,,,, rat,rns a., ~,
held the eiec'i"" "i"' VI tnis
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returns OF the State OF New York except to
transmit them over It's lines as prepared by
turns of the state were collected BY the As
ISOLATED Press; all the compiling was done
in its ofiice by Its own agents, and all bul1e-
tins were prepared by Il and copies were
simply delivered to Mr.. somerville, Super
intendent the newspaper service, for gen
eral distribution to the public. This com
pany had nothing to do with making the
bulletins. nor did any officer or agent or
in this company, except the operators who
transmitted the returns, have access 10 or see
any of them until the bulletins had been
m ide up therefrom in the Associated Press
office aud handed to us for public distribu-
the agents OF the Associated Press acted
otherwise than In correct manner Ordi-
narily many OF our Offices are not kept open
for business after s O'Clock p. n. To assist
In meeting the extraordinary expense Of the
extra employment of several thousand night
operators we have had, for many years, ar
rangements with press associations giving
us the privilege OF selling bulletins to polit-
customers. We simply took the Associated
Press bulletins as that association had made
them up and delivered them as heretofore to
customers who had subscribed for them--no
more. The charge that returns were plir
posely withheld, or that there was unusual
delay in reporting them, Is entirely false.
Instead OF such delay there was extraordi-
nary promptness. Never before have reports
ceiyed within so short time. Within forty
eight hours after the count OF the ballots
begun, returns were received from 9S per
cent. OF the three thousand election districts
IN the State. Although the night OF the
election was stormy and there was some
trouble In the working of the wires no delay
occurred liz any reports handed In to our
offices outside .of the city Of New
York, and within the city the tele-
graph service was as nearly perfect
as il was possible to make 1t, and the only
trouble was with some Of the short wires
hastily erected for temporary use. Ii Is here
TO be noted that heretofore the maj0rities
reported from the most populous and here
tof0re the most accessible counties have been
30 decisive that he popular mind has been
set at rest respecting the result OF the cleo
tion ON the first night, and there being no
hope or fear OF a change in the general re-
suit, subsequent returns, more or less tardy.
have struggled In unheeded. In two In
stances In this State have been informed
that the County Canvassers who met one
week after the election this year, had
to adjourn over because the County
Clerks had up 10 that time been
unable to get In the vote Of their