Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1884-11-27
EAsTERE NEWS.



r..x,<.sls. ss she Assssassea rresa
vcrx. Nov. 2e.--soms days aRo
~ r...rsd II Commerce commsnted
~ sssshIv on The Assooiatsd Prsas ~
mIss;cn With fbe election returns
~ York. sud expressed the
f5el : ekaf Whitelaw Reid, Of the
as ~ exereised IN undue share
rHc-s.ce N the work. This morn
q 49, Is~ruaf contains sn editorial on
nsseok. written after David ~.
80 ne editor, had inquired INTO fhe
n 3 Is foilsws:
sT.s Joint Executive Committee OF
9s'tsrn and New York Associated
49, vesterday to investigate the
.;rts which have been made from
s~,sies concerning the reports Of
,1ss roiitioal campaign up 70 and
.rss,e tbe returns Of the election.
1e.p-s' sesefui sitting Of ssideucev eev-
\, ss~xs of public interest were estab-
S~vnnd controversy, and ve refer
Z IN brisAy 70 justify ourselves and
49, The srranRements for report
- prsceedipes OF the conventions,
:. scosptsnee of nominations. and the
s;scs and doings Of the several candi-
~ vere shown TO be ~ perfect a.
3 veIi be devised, and wholly with
~. .sytisan bias. Any seeming par
~ s'n.y ~ one or the other side In the
go. .s:.sstehes rsceived, was corrected at
- william Henry Smith, General
- ana All that human ingenuity
~ Ssviae was done to give reliable
S;.ssiiicsncs, S6 anchored by partisan pre-
~ editorial comedies that Mr.. Raid
- M oeraonai connection whatever
sa,s.;ss - 70 gathering the returns. In
ssss.a a 70 he collection Of New Ysrk
essss ,sturas. the Journal says that 80
- q a. action Of the General Man.
-, a the Associated Pressso or the con-
.,d Il tbe machinery is concerned,
sSs,s 4 no csuse for complaint, and
scrsudes y follows: Exactly how the
sssrsns from this State took on the par.
iissu character they assumed, We need
pet ssy, but We ara satisfed that no or.
= Of dissotioss Of the managers Of
~ Associated Press had any share IN
oonfribusipe 10 that result. :
,svsssisssssn Of the work o. ihc Asse.
a ciated Press.
INV YouE, Nov. GA meeting Of the
Iolnt Exeeutive Committee Of the New
York Associated Press and the Western
Associated Press, called in New York TO
Investigate the published charges oil
uarfissnship in their dispatohes during
ibe campaign and their collection OF
sItction returns, was attended BY tht
members as follows: Charles A. Dana oI
he New York Sun, Chairman; Whitelaa
Reid OF the 7'ribnne, Secretary; james
Gordon Bennett of the Herald. repre-.
sented by DIR. g. w. Haller, Richard
smith OF the Cincinnati Commercial Ga
atle, and VIM. N. Halderman of the
Iarisyille Courier Journal. After
thorough investigation of the work, in
ending circulars of instruction. CORES
pondence with candidates. complaints
from both Democratic and Republican
sources, dispatches sent out, returns re-
seiysd by telegraph and the originals
dlsd by the sendess IN the several tele'
uaph offices, Messrs. w. N. Haldsrman
Il The Louisville Courier. Journal ane
Richard Smith Of the Cincinuati Com
muclal Gazette were appointed aub
eommittee TO summarize the conclusion
reached by the members. They pre-
Rnted the following report, which VA
unanimously adopted, and the Chair
nan and Secretary OF the Joint Execu
i've Committee were instructed 10 siRi
he same and transmit 1t 10 the mem
hers and clients of the two associations
To the Members and Clients OF th'
associated Press; The Joint Executive
Committee did not deem 1t advisable
daring sharply contested campaign Il
axe public notice of the misrepresenta
ions and unwarranted criticisms pub
llshed against the Associated Press
Observation shows that during sucl
SEASONS of excitement men are moves
by passion rather than reason. Nov
that the party contest Is closed, th,
committee deem IL their duty to max,
public the following statement 4
meeting of the committee was called fe
he 25th inst, 10 which David w
Stone, President Of the New York ASso
tiated Press and Hon. Joseph Pulitzel
Of its Executive Committo were In
yiled. The latter was unfortunatei,
oul OF the city. but Mr.. Stone attended
and gave the committee the benefit oi
his counsel and experience. A careful
Rviev Of the work done, and of the
dheial records, warrant the statement
lhatthe high character and nun-parti
nm fairness that have given the Asso.
eialed Press its hold upon public conf
dsnce in the past, have been hrmi,
naintaired. and that no improper infia
snces, political or otherwise, have beer
permitted TO enter into the manage
nent The work, strictly confined with
10 The limits prescribed by the rules
which experience has proved TO be saft
aaa Just to all parties, has been large
than In any previous campaign. This
vas due 10 greater number OF party
divisions, and TO tha demand of the
pfsss for fuller service. The STATE
eonvtntions, nearly hundred in mum
Mt, and the National Conventions oi
althe political organizations, were re
ported With thoroughness and rapidit,
nfpassinR anything ever before AT
tempted. The subsequent official actor
q the party committees, tie letters
addresses and movements Of the candi
dates, we're carefully provided for unde
instructions similar in language ans
Pirit IL never has been considered a
within the legitimate functions OF thi
non-parsisan association to report ordi
nary campaiRs meetings, or to transmi
mescandals that spring up during sucl
heated periods. All such have beei
rnsofouslv excluded from the Associated
frea reports.
a ihe cnarge that election returns II
tae state OF New York were withheld.
are aisuyoyed by the fact that out OF |
osM o. le0a9 wards and towns in tn
as'e' the Associated Pres received ol
slecnon night returns from go, vherea
.o'o returns we're received from oni.
- and in lsSo frsm only 293. The ex
fapidity and substantial acourao,
su's city uere never equalled befor'
~. ~ .n's SLATE, the total vote of which il
- - ieeched the enormous number O
.,'es'uH. 50 nearly divided between ia,
,,s ,s,sai parties as to leave to the vic
;rs'y ~ o1iy about 100 of plurality. Ta
~N'Ration shows that while ther
49,. v some serious errors in the tele
,sloR ,s.rR OF our reports, especially fron
in. se y. points, due in part TO their be
- uansnitted over different lines o
w'sph, and while the errors ia ih
~ S uIsninished the apparent strengt
ima'e'Ard, there was but one error O
sagssnce in the office of she As
assu asssu Press. This error was i
sele,in issued ON November &. tw
Ls's Lslss The election. known as Bu
~ ~ va II, In making this up on
Il. s masaematicians employed. il
s,,.. ausence of full returns from dis
~ instead Of continuing 10 estimat
h hIs'eensage Of Democratic gains 8