Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1884-11-26
The WESTERN UNION.
ITS TELKeRaPa ssKviUn DsFENpKu.
Dr. Norvin Green's Osro In which ne
Denies the CbA'ges that Hts COMPANY
Tavnnsraa NEsta E.~rtsna Ra-.

Dr. Norvin Green's Osro ia which ne
Denies the CbA'ges that Hts COMPANY
Tempered with Election News.
DR.. Norvin Green, president Of the
Western Union telegraph company, has
issued card to the public, In which he
says
Il deny in the most emphatic manner
that the Western Union company de
layed, altered or withheld the election
returns OF New York state or any other
state, or tampsred with them in any way.
II had nothing whatever to do with the
returns of the state of New York, except
to transmit them over Its lines as pre-
pared by the agents Of the Associated
Press. All the returns OF the state were
collected by the Associated Press, all the
compiling was done in its offices by its
own agents, and all bulletins In New
York were prepared by 1t and
copies were simply delivered to Mr..
Som mervile, superintendent OF our
newspaper service, for general distribution
to the public. The company had nothing
to do with making up the bulletins, nor
did any officer or agent or other person
connected with or interested in this com
pany, except the operators who transmit
| ted the returns, have access to or see any
| OF them until bulleting had been made up
theretrom in the Associated Press office aud
| handed to US for public distribution, and
| have no reason to believe that the agents
of the Associated Press acted otherwi
than in an impartial manner. Ordinarily
many of our offices are not kept open for
business after o'clock p. m. To assist
us in meeting the extraordinary expense
of the extra employment Of several thou
| sand night operators we have had Tor many
years arrangement with the press associ.
alton, giving us the privilege of selling
bulletins to political and social clubs, and
other subscribing customers. We simply
took the association's bulletins as that as :
association had made them up, and deliv.
cred them, as heretofore, to customers
} who had Notwithstanding more. The
charge that the returns were purposely
withheld, or that there was unusual delay
In reporting them, is entirely false.
/. The reports came through and were
sent out by our superintendent, Mr.. j. F
Wsllack, who insists that he used every
effort TO obtain all the returns as speedily
, as possible. consider the demand for al
investigation of that service made by tb,
indianapolis Sentinel, and also by Mr.
Wallsck himself, reasonable aud proper
and | have asked the chairman of the
Indiana Democratic state committee Il
take part in the investigation, or to nam,
, representative to do so. The manage
ment of this company in its business rela
tion to the public is strictly non.politics
and non partisan.
= "The employees represent every shad,
, of political opinion. s<s know tha
, there are quite as many Democrats as Re
, publicans. 1t is, therefore, manifesto
absurd to charge that the service of thi
: company should be converted into part
3 machine, or could in any way distort O
D stifis the facts, when such an attemp pte,
, conspiracy could only have been made b
the aid OF q large number of members @
the political party which it was designe
! to iDjure."