The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1886-08-26
LYING ABOUT MR. sKDGWICR,

Mr.. 6edgWick, as he approaches the
frontier, IL suffering some OF the incon.
VenIences insepaFable from the position Of
ths agent OF the government In . thInly
S0Itieo region, where the sense OF respon-
ability IL but slightly developed. The
eager reporter lights upon his trail, boards
hIs car, sees or does not eee him, and -
the envoy" speeds on bis way she reporter
pToceede % attribute 70 him anything that
seems likely 60 magnify the FepOFteT's In
pOrtance in his noble profession. The
government agent Is travelling In one al.
rection while che words imputed 10 him
ere flying In the opposite direction, and
II may b weeks before he even learns
what he 10 supposed % have said. II was
~ EmporiA, 10 the state Of Kansas, on yee-
terdAy, that Mr.. SedgWIck ives made the
victim 81 the zealous interviewer, and was
caused 20 say Q number Of foolish thingn
which, as . man OF ordinary sense. q good
lawyer, and person with some training In
journalism, he is undoubtedly quite in
capable Of saying.
He was represented e declaring that he
wa actIng only aS an agent for the gov
ernment, and had s'no power 10 arbitrate
In the matter" But, though thus allowed
70 modestly repudiate the functions Of en-
arbitrator. be was reported to have as
sumed, practically, 70 aspire 70 those OF
the prealdent and congress and lay down
the conditions under which, without the
slightest besitaiion, war will be declared"
Apparenily the reporter who invented
these declarations for Mr.. SedgWick was
Of Q savage and blood thIraty disposition
and was eager for battle, for he fathers
upon that gentleman . statement Of condi-
tiOos IN which war is nearly. II not quite,
inevitable.
Mr. SedSWick IL entitled TO the SYM
patty Of the public. Hls real mission 10
IL . delicate and difficult one, and he IL
precluded entirely from talking about Il
while he cannot prevent others from doing
90. His Ill luck began early. he was not
yet out of reach OF his New York daily
when he was compelled % read that the
state department at Washington had itself
set the example or incorrect statements
regarding him. and had denied IN the
most emphatic manner that he had been
or would be sent 70 the Rio Grande. The
department even went 30 far a. to intimate
thatany such mission would be Inconsistent
with its policy and would be q concession
that Il had decided to investigate the facts
after it had acted upon them. Perhaps Il
IL not 70 be wondered ct that. with the ex-
ample given by the state department, the
reporter OF Emporis felt authorized to do
q little lying on his his own account. His
venture In this direction IL, on the whole
more harmless than the escapade Of the
department, because no one need and very
low Will OoAloVo the 6mpOrI0 topOrSSfs
while great many perSons were obliged
70 believe the department until the depart
ment'e own Submissions made it impossi-
BILE 70 do so.-INeW York Times.
Sour grapes. Mr.. Sedgewick, in effect.
said just what was contained in our inter-
view with him. The trouble is that Mr.
Sedgewick lodged all Of the Newspaper
reporters between Washington aud this
city, and would have probably eluded the
NEWS man at this place had he not been
about a. we'll informed a. the writer ofthe
above a. to how "thinly settled" Kansas
ID. He probably thought he had arrived
at tue jumping OF place of civilization, al
though the first question he asked our re-
porter was: "Are you . correspondent of
any eastern paperH" and on being an
swered that the scribe was not, proceeded
TO unbosom himself.
The New York Times must be hard mp
for . quarrel when IL takes umbrage, be-
cause 1t did not happen TO have q corres-
pondent, from the Atlantic 70 the Pacific,
who was able to corner the agent Of Secre-
taFy Bayard and interview HIM. Never
theless, when they did see that he had
been captured, they Immediately copied
tie dispatches, dated the next day.
The Times man may be pretty well In
formed. but we Will take the word OF
SedgeWick in preference 70 his.