Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-11-27

The Western Union in the Election.
DR. Norvin Green, for Jay Gould,
makes a defense OF the Western Union
against charges that ita Geographic
service was used to spread reports
favorable to the Republican candidates
and create an impression Of Demo
cratic defeat. DIR. Green's defense is
neither ingenious or strong. 1t totally
begs the question.
Nobody ever charged tho Western
Union Telegraph company with "par-
TALLY in reporting or Withholding the
returns.n That company ia in too
precarious position and is too shrewd
to do anything 10 iHcense congress
toward 1t. There is strong and grow
ing feeling against its monopoly,
which many people in and out Of con-
gress think can beet be overthrown by
government telegraphic system. The
Western Union has been standing on
the verge Of this danger for some time,
and with u Democratic congress soon
to meet, that company In taking care
not to invite the fate that It
breads. IL is not very likely
that the Western Union, as
corporation, did have any hand in the
work of sending out Republican news
and withholding Democratic news.
The Associated Press did that, and the
Western Union Telegraph company
WAS simply its instrument in the de-
ception.
All through siX-months' campaign
this hostility OF the agents of the Asso-
ciated Press toward the Democratic
cause betrayed Itself Every utterauce
of the Republican candidates for pres.
ident and vice-preeident was reported
with wesrisome fullness, while the
Democratic candidates were dismissed
with the fewest words possible, or to.
tally ignored. The Mulligan letters,
one of the most important pieces OF
campaign literature, were not touched
by this partisan news agency. The
great Democratic business mems parade
In New York, when % 600 men were IN
line, was not mentioned, while the
wires were burdoned with details o
Blsine's hippodroming over Ohio ant
Indiana, his speeches reported in full
his minutest not and utterance givo1
with exhaustive PARTICULARLY.
IL the press report of the preslden
tial election was an impartial one, a
DIR. Green processes TO believe, his ide,
OF u partial report would be interest
ing. New York was represented b,
these reports, three days after the elec
. ton, as giving o Republican majority
while the returne to all the New Yorl
papers gave Democratic msjorlty
, 10 isqueer, indeed, that such persist
ent errors could have been made ii
the face OF known facts, and queere
still that all these errors should tend l.
make up a Republican majority. Ii
Indiana the partisanism of this new
agency was more glaring than II
New York. Instead of compai
Ing the vote received wit
the presidential vote OF lsSC
to indicate Democratic or Republican
gains or lossee, as was done in othe
states, the mean deception was pras
ticed OF comparing with the vote Z
1882, The vote of 1850 gave n Reput
lican majority OF 6OOO, while IN las
. there VISA Democratic majority of IL
600. The purpose of comparing wit
1882 was 20 show apparent Democrat
= losses, while had the vote been CON
4 pared with that Of 1852 It would hay
shown large Democratic gains. Whe
, reports began 10 come In Tuesday nigh
Of Democratic losses In nearly ever
precinct, the Democrats, supposin
e these TO be losees from the vote OF lss,
: and knowing that they must gain il
] stead oflosing to carry the state, CAV
up hope Of Indiana and conoes
0 ed II TO Blaine. Not unit
I special kilograms were sent o.