Evening journal., 1889-02-02
PROSTITUTE JOURNALISM.

Every Evening, in its attempt TO regain
It's equilibrium after the scoring it re
.ceived at the hands Of the EVENING
JOURNAL Of Thursday. says
Every Evenings advertising columns
are open 20 the public, but neither it's
editorial nor news columns can be bought
II has duty to perform toward the pub
lie and tax payers and will raise it's voice
To prevent en- abuse Of their rights and
toward barring dishonest men from pub
lie office.
In 1880 the National Democratic Com
mittee divided sum Of money among
different localities for the purpose Of de.
fraying the legitimate expenses Of the
campaign. New Castle couaty's share OF
this apportionment was some seventeen
HUNDRED dollars, which was paid to George
H. Bates who was one Of the Democratic
State Central Committee, and who was,
and is now, one Of the owners Of Every
Evening This money was paid
into Every Evening and used
by il for about four wears When
asked by the treasurer Of the County
Committee to turn over the money,
Mr.. Bates claimed that Every Evening
was entitled TO il for services rendered
by its advocacy Of the party in the cam
.paign. This money was finally turned
.over to William Herbert, uader com
pnlsion, after having been used by Every
Evening for four years free Of interest
Perhaps Every Evening viii enlighten
ihe public as to the methods used in
changing the corporate name Of the com
Pany, whereby some Of its stockholders
wore entirely frozen out
So far as Every Evening is concerned,
we have no wish to injure them ia any
way, but when it assumes for itself such
an angelic posture Of holiness, and tries
20 do so at the expense Of the EVENING
JOURNAL, we believe it to be time 10
drew the rein And we can draw il stir
1ighter il it is necessary.
Now for the Sunday Star. and its I'M
neighborly treatment of the EVENING
JOURNAL. On last Sunday the Star
printed the following
Last Sunday the Star remarked that it's
cartoons Of that date did not refer to the
JOURNAL under its new management. Our
cartoons Of to-day dorefer 10 IL under it's
new management, or rather in its new
departure, for the management, it seems
is the same, with the exception of
a new figure head We also said last
Sunday that we hoped the JOURNAL. by
its change. would merit and command
the respect of newspaper men aud all
others who cling to the old fashion notion
that truth, honor and fair dealing are as
essential in a respectable newspaper office
as they are in she home circle or la a
church We desire to say now, after
understanding the real character and
motive Of the JOURNAL change, and the
manner in which it was affected, that the
affair, in our present view, is far from
creditable, and we fear our well meant
hopes were entirely misplaced. We wish
no harm 20 oar contemporary but we
caEnot refrain from expressing the opin-
Jon that a more seandalOus bargain and
sale Of what the EVENING JOuRNAI calls
its political principles was never before
made IN Delaware indeed. OF anywhere
else.
And we win dispose OF the Sunday
Star ia "a few words During the late
campaign for the nominations, jerome B.
Bell, editor Of the Sunday Star met two
men in clubhouse on Shipley street
and there received one hundred dollars in
consideration OF the use of the Stars
columns in support Of certain candidates
for nomination for Office. A remarkably
cheap man and paper
And we can tell much more concerning
these alleged newspapers, as well as
other 81 our esteemed" eontemporGries
Of the eut.throat persuasion. Though
the EVENING JOURNAL did not begin this
war, if it is necessary we will carry the
war into Africa