Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-07-14
Mr. Jaelson Vs.. Rs ceiver nrown.

MIR. jackson Va. Rs ceiver Brown
Fort WORTH, TEX, July l2.--Edltor
GAZETTE; knowing your principles and
earnest desire TO furnish your patrons
with the most reliable news upon all
subjects, never suppressing the truth, |
take this mode TO inform your patrons Of
the ways and means used by your
Dallas contemporary TO give the news
of the day, and at the same time,
possibly, blacken the characters, no mat
ter how pure they may be, of those who
differ from them, while they seem TO
whitewash the characters OF others.
In the Dallas Morning News OF July 3,
1856, the following appears under the
heading "Statemfnt Refutedn:
In his speech Mr.. Jackson said senator
Coke In his great speech on the labor Rrbitra-
ton bill said the producing and tax paying
masses were paying money 10 create dividends
on 5000 OO0,OOO of icticious railroad values In
this country the railroad values Of our Union
were 81 600, 200 900, and OF this amount $40 o.
100000 were fictitious, which were not worth
the paper on which they were written. MIR.
Brown laid before congregational committee
al Fort Worth sometime ago that II was the
purpose OF the railroads 20 raise dividends on
these delicious values, IL was done either by
direct taxation or by high freight tariffs. or
by the reduction of the price OF labor TO as low
"A rate as the lab reT would stand.
In his alleged REPUTATION, MIR. Brown
says:
have no desire 10 discuss the inertia OF tho
controversy with MIR, jackson or any other
person, for Inn in q line OF duty altogether
foreign TO such disruption; but my sole
object is TO prevent a false statement at
lributed % my compulsory testimony be
fore committee of congress- organized
ut the request OF the knights of Labor,
! did not make the above statement before the
committee, nor did ! state anything which any
truthful man Of the large audience who heard
me could reasonably torture INTO lire statement
attributed by your reporter 70 the speaker.
Now, Receiver Brown, how can you
make that statement, when IN the Fort
Worth GAZETTE Of May 10, 1886, lind
seven columns OF your testimony before
the congressional subcommittee, which
was held In that city, and in the third
column on page four | lind the follow.
ing;
Examined y Mr.. Cultivate;
| q. VIII not an effort be made by the manage
ment OF the railroad That has Issued large
i amount Of watered stock TO pay dividends on
| that stock
4. Yes, sir, undoubtedly
Receiver Brown, Mr.. Editor, is not so
much TO blame. He felt that II he did
deny what he had said II would be all
right, for the Dallas Morning News would
not give Mr.. Jackson chance 10 reply.
| You all can attest how well his con-
hdence was placed, for Mr.. Jackson never
denied It in the News.
| For metropolitan newspaper TO
do, as / can prove the News has
done on this occasion, should
make the patrons OF said paper
a little careful In accepting its utteranees
as truth, no matter how much stress they
may lay on II or how flaming the heading.
| EWhen Receiver Browns statement APP
peared, Mr.. jackson went TO the News
Office 10 find copy OF the morning paper
of May 10, but their file YVES incomplete.
That copy was gone.
Mr.. jackson then asked whether, II he
sent a card In, the News would publish It,.
He was answered In the Affirmative, but
when Mr.. Jackson's copy was delivered
10 the News It was suppressed and the
patrons Of the paper left 10 think that
Receiver Brown had told the truth, and
Mr.. Jackson had not while II the News
had published Mr. Jaekson's reply, what
position would Receiver Brown holdf
Mr.. Editor, II hurts Dallas man 70 have
70 leave his city, the pride Of his heart,
aud 60 10 another city 70 place the truth
before the public, but II must be done II
the truth be published at all Asking
that you viii give this space, am, re-
spectfully, E,P, MvLYIHILL,