The Sunday herald. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1866-1887, 1885-05-31
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The Capital last Sunday made compari-
son intended TO show that on the previous
Sunday II had sold more copies than The
SUNDAY HERALD had sold at some of the
hotels. The figures given were, however,
incorrect, as the number ofIIERAIDs sold was
understated. A more important fact, however,
is that no comparison of the kind can fairly
be made, since THR SUNDAY HERALD is not
placed on sale at the hotels or elsewhere.
All copies of our paper the news dealers get
are bought and paid for, while the Capital
pursues a different policy, placing its paper on
sale at numerous places and taking back all
the unsold copies. weare not giving papers
away TO increase our circulation. Notwith-
standing the fact that IL is sold on commits
sion, while TnE SUNDAY HERALD is not, we
will not object IL the Capital will be fair and
give its hotel circulation for whole year,
say from January, 1854, to January, 1885.
We believe II would be shown that our cir
culation at those points was nearly If not
quite double that of the Capital We do not,
however, propose to give either time or space
to advertising our neighbor. tits so different
in every respect from The SUNDAY HERALD that
there can be no real rivalry between us. Jour-
nails so entirely distinct in the matter they
l.,
ously interfere with each others circulation.
The peculiar difference between the two
journals was in part indicated by the date
selected by the Capital for its comparison. Two
weeks ago it printed one of the foulest pri-
vale scandals which was ever put into the
columns of newspaper. Apparently it
watched the effect, for last Sunday it came
ont with a statement which. IL true, would
show that an unusually large number Of
copies of the issue containing the vile story
were as stated, It only proves that people
who condemn this kind of journalism have
curiosity enough to buy the sheet which en-
cages in it. Such a competition is one in
which The SUNDAY HERALD cannot engage.
Not for the sale of ten thousand extra copies
would it willfully print what the Capital
did on that occasion.
Some of our Republican friends are railing
at the Democracy because the crop of fraud
thus far exposed by the new Administration
is not larger. This is a clear case of previous
r.,.l,
the public service full from top to bottom Of
Republicans of course only the surface of
official rascali.y has yet been scratched. Yet
in all conscience the discoveries in the De-
partment of Agriculture and in the Land
Office are sufficiently bad Our radical con-
temporaries will cry enough before the re-
form broom gets through with them.
Secretary Whitney is winning the good
opinion of the country. His business like
methods in dealing with John Roach are as
gratifying to the American tax payer as they
are exasperating to that veteran lobbyist.
Mr.. Roach seems quite incapable of taking
in the situation. He apparently feels that
he is a much abused man. Yet nothing
would crafty the public or the Secretary of
the Navy more than to be convinced that
Mr.. Roach is honestly aud skillfully build
ing us sound and serviceable war vessels.
There ia at the present moment nothing so
important fer the Navy as that the new
cruisers should turn out we'll. When once
we get some good ships afloat there will be lit.
10 1ty ;,,n nlt s,s, fo,
others. One would think that with the
great future before successful builder oi
American war vessels Mr.. Roach's first de,
sire would be to turn ont cruisers with
which no fault could fairly be found and
that he would court trials and inspections
But strange to say Mr.. Roach 8 only ambition
seems to be to turn his ships over to the
Government and pocket his money. When
contractor manifests such spirit, it does
look, as the New York Times charges, as II
Mr.. Roach did not build ships to cruise, but
to repair. And SO long as this spirit rules
no Secretary could safely give Mr.. Roach
new cruisers to build. We trust it will not
be necessary to contract with Mr.. Roach to
build any more cruisers until his work on
the larger and more important ones now in
his hands shall be found satisfactory. The
Navy cannot afford to 20 on multiplying
failures.
Mr.. Samuel J. Randall will occupy in the
next House Of Representatives position ol
great Importance. His influence with the
~ 1. q. t. 1.1
and It is not too much to say that no Demo.
crst stands higher with the country at large
His following among his fellow members Ii
always great, and he appears able to make
or mar the fortune Of almost any measure
that can be brought forward. Just now Mr..
Rsndall's plans and purposes possess a
peculiar interest. To him was chiefly due
the defeat last winter OF the horizontal 10.
duction plan for tariff revision. But the de-
mand that the tariff shonld be lot alone by
Mr.. Randall and his friends meant TO for.
ever oppose a revision of the tariff. No Ont
knows better than Mr.. Randall that tht
tariff must some time be revised. Occupy
ing his position, and with his intimate
knowledge of industrial affairs, who can be
better fitted than Mr.. Randall himself Il
undertake this necessary work. No public
man has such futurs as that which
is now before Samuel j. Randall II ht
will only come forward as the champion of a
moderate and business-like reform OF the
tariff. Onr greatest manufacturing indus
tries have long suffered from the restric-
tions imposed by duties on raw materials
Such duties are anti-protective, and there I;
no doubt whatever that II our tariff could bs
revised in such way as to relieve manu-
facturers from all Iuties which make tLeil
products dearer, while retaining the pro