Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1888-07-28
UNFAIR JOURNALISM.
Some Interesting Facts Concerning the
Campaign at the East


The following letter, published in the
San Jose Mercury concerning editorial ex,
pressions appearing in the Herald of that
city, is from well known Eastern journal.
ist of high standing, now upon this coast
who is entirely familiar with public men
and the present political status at the East,
and the letter is therefore of special in
| terest:
Ed. Mercury: l notice two leading edi-
torials in Yesterdays Herald which seem TO
me to assume an ignorance on the part of
your community which its well-known in
telligence would scarcely Justify. The first
one asserts that 1.-The religious papers gen.
orally take the side of the Democrats in
this campaign" and then give at length
an article from the Evangelist leading read
eis to suppose 1t is an expression of opin-
ion on the part OF that paper. Nothing
could be farther from the truth. Rev. DR..
Culyer contributes generally one article a
week to that paper, and his topics cover q
wide range. The paper disclaims any re-
sponslbliity for the opinions of its con-
trlbutors. DR.. Cuyler is undoubtedly the
best writer OF short articles on religious
themes in the country, but when he
touches politics he is scarcely up to the
average of a school boy. He is a radical
prohibitionist, and like all of them defends
Democracy in order to break down Re-
publicanism.
The Evangelist has not uttered one word
favoring the Democratic candidates, and
will not. | challenge the Herald to name
one leading religious paper in the country
which has. The Independent, with the
largest circulation in the United States,
four years ago earnestly supported Mr..
Cleveland, but is now strong for Harrison
Its proprietors, the Bowens, were most vi
client against Mr.. Blaine, and contributed
large sums to defeat him, but they now
say there is no reason why any man, ever
Republican, should fail to support the
Chicago nominees.
The other editorial copies in full from
the Springfield Republican, and speaks of
that paper as heretofore the advocate Of
Republicanism." Every intelligent man
knows it is the leading free trade organ of
New England; that it has generally, from
the early days of Samuel Bowles, been in
dependent in politics, and that four years
ago it attacked the Republican candidate
with more violence and vitriolly bitterness
than any paper in the land.
Let me add: Seth Low, the bright young
exMayOr of Brooklyn, is the only Repub-
lican of the least importance who has de.
fiulted, and his change of front is entirely
o wing to his fathers importorial business
IN teas and coffees the largest in the world
As an offset, five ex-Mayors of the little
city of Troy, always heretofore Democrats,
have publicly espoused the protection
cause, and they are but few of the thou
sands of business men in the State who are
ranging themselves on the side of home in
dustries. New York Republicanism never
was so solicited in its history. All fac
tional quarrels are buried beyond resurrec-
ton. There will be but one name for the
Governorship before the State Convention,
and we look to his election by an overwhelm-
ing majority. Tricky studded with fac
tories and foundries of every conceivable
character, with hundreds of thousands of
workmen accustomed to wages known
nowhere else on the globe, you may conf
IDENTIFY look for result in the Empire State
only equalled by the great majorities of the
war period A NEw-YoRKER.
San Jose, July 81, 1885,