New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-10-13
L CANE BROKEN Up.
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lie opinion

"Thc Evening POST has been making
,,o,, ,,,roor ,hout ALLEGED forged extracts
from the London press reprint I'd by IN" Il pun
,ic:.n Cnngr,> ,Nal Committee. IN f'i''h>' ~
lis >h,ill cry Hunt the t"re"rS down. we pre-"
duc"d an article from 18th" I"n""n lines
IN which the precise passage or'"ff'"' NI"I
the date If issue AMI the pa:" column ana ''''
YL.,, !. can BE- found. Whit d""> our "\-
.,t.d f.; nd ,lo when confronted with IN" proof
.l,t i, b,> been rr,kin. false charc'S? Al"'-
r.,,. tn the Krpuhlcrn Congressional Commit
.... r,, lr,ndin. them - fol."r>' rAnkII
,,ur,.> that il has made serious hiin'hr III
..,l.lr.,lv ocrrI>in, prominent E"puhh'an| 81
Ii>hnnr,all" conduct? No: II" 'N'"'"-
Post" clri,y lron"unc's ia" p':"'a''"h a '''
Lied one l,r.:u>.. Il cprInn N.'> ''hN'I'i lH'"
, ..,iud and \ >oni,.iic. !"it unfinished. " ha>
tho wi >,,uc c.ir,nt"iy { ASSERT thai "" nave
"m,d. !, yer, pll;n wa, l;'h"n iH,'a'y h''h
I;J moi prl; ia. precise da' on Oh" 81 ~" sis
,....l ru,taiiouS" No. prtHlnI n"lghl"r. -
,,uld lc mole correct tn >Av That w. nav"
;p,.,f.,od with a very lad gam" Wh'ch Won
have locn payin: for long t'm"
Tbi. j. MT the iir>t Offence" ne tN'n'
mo- Posi-" In, repeatedly accused E"pu'li' a"
,.i,ijr,l manager, and Journals OF MAKING
IJ L.,,,. ulaciicc Of trilckin. III t'l:'"i P''"'
,,,inu.. |, ku"'y- mri'siiH veal mat spurious
! attract, from ia" l.a@'i>h lI'>' hay" n"i ''"h
,uvcnrd l." l;"uiIr an nanl:"r> ana Hf'"-
| ,,,,d dr,lor1,.lv and with m1ll'" al re 'h"H"h'
c,,, IN. nyrr.,> purpose of imposing upon pub
il. ,rc,lu'iiv. WHY Should any on" r1h" IN"
/ ,,ouIlr f., invent Such c\'rI''> Amen ih"F" Alr
,hnu>aud> uf II-.Ig Of uuIn'.'i"i"" a'i'"n-
a.. ft,N tt !
with the ,nw-tariif It" .-'r..'" l'"moc'ar> p
! THAT ,I"-, of late years Va hr"" ME" WIN
ryrIr>>loI, "r opinion favorable t" VIZ 'l'N"-
| lands rc.clction. IA" paS>a%" "i IN" M'rf'>"H
and Mills tariff bills and the Success "i ~"
| Democratic party. There Las not been IA"
| .,irhtc>i s>ity for Invention ana i"rS'i! III
| This matter: and the accusations lnad' 10y IN"
| Evening POST from time I" tim" 81 pi'n"d-
;,atcd aa,hling. Justification and forgery nave
| Lc,n a1ronts to Ecpuhliran committees ana
| ;,uruols y. gratui,7nl> as they hay" been wan
| ,,n C,rclc-.nc<, III Withholding dates thrr
may have been but that has SIMPLY grown "lt
e Tho conmou practice Of q,I0tin:. from news
,,,.,. With 4 general credit line in which the
| d,,c If issue has been omitted. OF the hun
| drod. of extracts of this nature reprinted III
1855 not more than three wcrc even suspected
| If heinz inaccurate. That any i"lG"i1"S were
deliberately planned and executed hy R"puh'
i;can managers no sensible man can be induced
| to believe.
Why then, has the ontcry OF forgery been
raised? The motive is obvious. The Ficc
| Trade cause is AWAY, damaged when evidence
is produced that English manufacturers and
| merchants are unfortunately demanding low
| tariff legislation in thc United States and are
in hearty sympathy with any political party
that is working in their Interests. The Krpmh-
lcans have cited the mtorances of III" English
press as a practi-aa,, demonstration Of the ma
rcrial gain 10 Europe and corresponding loss to
America which would fellow III" surrender of
the hcmc market t. foreigners and the >acriiir"
Of National industries This hurts the Dcnwc-
racy. especially in large cities, where the lr~h
vorc is It's main dependence. Hence dr>prlat'
cifcrt. arc always made by the Democratic press
to brcal; the force of such exposures ly loud
clamorS Of" forgcrcs' and spurious extracts.
1.-The Evening Post; has been one of the loud
est frcc-trldc journals in its frantic d"nuncIa-
tons Of these so-callcd frauds. and naturally il
is very angry when its game is exposed and
broken up.
There is nothing in the political experience
Of the present generation so incont">tahly es'ah-
shcd as III" fact that frrc-tiadc England from
motives Of en!icht nod s"lf-ntcre>t. desires thu
success, of the Democratic party iii the United
states That is a point which Republican ccm
mit,ccS and journals do well to emphasize. sine"
it indicates whore American interests lie and
the extracts from tho English press prove the
case When frcc-tride journals raise hue and
cry over forged Extracts" and seek to divert
public attention from the real issue they ar
guilty Of deliberate Justification. II is they VIII"
are imposing upon public cred,lity and not
the Republican journals or committees. VIII"
have perhaps enc inaccurate crcdii-lin" for
every ninety nine gen,lin" and nnimpcachahh
citations of English opinion. Th's" tactics oi
the frcc-tradc press have been sufficiently dis
crcditablc without So cOntempthlc an exhibition
as The Evening Posts" attempt to sneak out