Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-08-15
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ppeclal TO the Gazette.
DALLAS, TEX, Aug 1S.-Yesterday afternoon
when the railroad men were admitted into the
councils of the Blake committee great tighten
sued about admitting the representatives of the
press, the railroad men contending for the pa
pers and Blake opposing. Finally the railroad
men carried the point and Mr.. Blake agreed to
send word to the representatives of the press.
He sent word to local paper, but for reasons
best known to himself he did not notify THE
GAZETTE and other state papers, presumably
because they were hirelings of the railroads.
at least Mr.. Blake made such remark about
THE GAZETTE on the streets of Dallas several
days ago. Mr.. Blake has read about three GA
zETTEs in three years, and consequently is in
good position to make such a charge against a
paper, and it is presumed that he has evidence
of the most rigid quality to substantiate his
statement, else, being man of honor and integ =
rity, he would not make it.
However, Mr.. Blakes failure to notify the
representatives of the press, as he agreed to do,
was the cause of THE GAZETTE and other state
papers not having this morning an account of the
wrangle which ensued yesterday, because the
Blake committee was unwilling to give the rail-
road representatives an opportunity to state
their side of the case. Consequently, the meet
ing of yesterday accomplished absolutely moth
ing
Some days ago THE GAZETTE had occa-
sion to write its Dallas correspondent
with reference to some information con-
corning the freight committee IS action
In reply to that letter THE. GAZETTE re-
ceived the following:
DALLAS, Tex, Aug. l, 1888.
Fort Worth, Tex.
DEAR SIR-Your favor relative to ''railroad
freight committee scoop received. There is no
way in which I can guard against scoops in this
direction. Mr.. S. D. Blake handles all these
matters, and he hands them in to the News. Mr..
Blake dislikes THE GAZETTE and me because of
our course in the Brown controversy matter,
which you will remember. saw Mr.. Blake
yesterday and told him that we would publish
the matter if he would furnish it to us so that
News. He said that he had already given the
News something for to days paper and that We
could get it out of the News this morning. I re-
piled that if we couldns get the matter to pub
lish as early as the News that we didn't
want it at all. Then he said that in
the future, if we wanted the matter I would
come up and copy it on the condition that we
would publish all. I told him that l could not
know when hen was unless he told me, to
which he replied that he couldn't help it. He
said that he had agreed to furnish the News a
copy of his matter but that if we wanted it, we
would have to come around and copy it. I sug
gested that he could manifold his letters, but he
held that it cost too much, and the association
didn't have any money to throw away. 1 then
said that if we couldn't be treated with the same
consideration that the News was, we wouldn't
handle the matter at all, and that he cutting
off his to spite his face, he and his crowd
were getting the benefit of circulation free.
He then charged that we were in the employ of
the railroads ana were opposed to the interests
of the people. denied this and challenged him
to try to substantiate his statement, Then he
admitted that he had reason to believe it,
only that we refused to publish his rejoiner to
Governor Brown. told him that I knew he
paid the News to publish it. He said that he
did not. I offered to bet him that he did his as
sertion to the contrary Notwithstanding. Then
be admitted having paid the News Sc cents line |
for the matter. Your truly, G. NJ. BAILEY.
The Evening Mail of this city yesterday
afternoon printed the following:
THE GAZETTE does not understand why Mr.. |
Blake, of and for Dallas and S. d. Blake, took |
advantage of his position as chairman of the |
freight committee to give its proceedings to the |
News, an avowed railroad organ, and to with
hold them from the other papers.
1t is possible that the Mail can throw some |
light upon the subject. Some time ago the Mail |
applied to the Dallas merchants exchange for a
copy of Senator Cokes letter, sent for the use of
he freight committee, and of which the senator
himself had told Mail interviewer. Hereis the
etter it received in reply:
DALLAS, TEX, Aug. ., 1889.
Nail Publishing Company, Fort WORTH
GENTLEMEN-we are under obligations already
o give the first copy of letter referred to the
G. H. HARMED, Secretary.
It would seem that the public has an interest
n knowing the nature of the obligations that its
sponsors in the freight matter,
he Merchants exchange and Mr.. Blake owe
o the Dallas News, the bitter enemy of railroad
equation.
Now THE GAZETTE submits that this
Whole business is a Dallas scheme, con-
.octed for the benefit solely of Dallas IN
erests, and to delude the people of the
tate into the support of it as a weapon
With which to compel the roads to submit.
Me Dallas News represents the railroads
n this controversy, if 1t repre-
ents anything, and the Dallas
reigM committee assumes to repre-
ent the people. What then is the I'M
cen bond of union between them? What
anne of hide and seek are these Dallas
representatives of conflicting CD interests
laying on a eredulous public? Why is
be Dallas railroad organ selected by the
lalIas advocates of the people, so called,
D the exclusion of the entire press of the
tate? OF what discrimination can Mr..
ilake complain that is more odious than
hat of which he is guilty? What secret
urpose had these alleged champions
f the people that they suppressed the
Of public men until
1rced to publish them? Why did they