New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-03-09
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WASHINGTON, March s.-SenatOr Blair has returned
TO the charge that the newspaper press Of the
country under the influence OF certain fell and in
fernal agencies" has conspred and still conspres to
keep from the attention of The public the terrible
facts about the condition Of education in the south
which he has been assduousiy collecting, and TO
the elaboration Of which he recently devoted about
fortnight on the floor of the Senate His former i'm
parchment of the press general in character this
time he makes specific complaints, and tine
burden Of his indignation strangely enough. is lad
upon the shoulders of The Tribune. Mr. Blairs
vagares of speech are seldom to be taken seriously
and perhaps the statement made this correspondence
few weeks ago about the absolute inadaptalnty
tor newspaper use of the New-Hampshire Senator's
excessively long and scattering Introductory address
was sufficient answer to any OF the friends OF the
Blair bill who may been inclined to listen with some
degree of sympathy to its chief promoters tale of
Interpretation and neglect
There are some passages, however, in this new
outburst of scorn and reproof which are too char
actcrstic of the NewIIampshre statesman's
peculiar turn of mind TO be lost
20 the public the musty pages of
"The Congressional Record" The Senator. after call
ing attention to the fact that the press throughout
the debate on the Education bill, has manifested its
full share of subserviency 10 the Jesuitcal power
puts in evidence letter from "a member Of the
New-York Press Club" to show that in NewYork City.
after all these years of agitation, newspaper man
named Gideon j. Tucker, who writes for two or
three party papers," does not even know what the
Blair bill proposes to do for education. The Repub
ucan Club Of NewYOrk City, II seems. was IN an
equally benighted condition" Hottentots." the Sen
ator says-on this subject. until he himself went on
TO the metropolis and talked to the members person
ally. says Mr. Blair in 1.-The Record
Think of this A man engaged upon the press in
the city of NewIork utterly unable. after al these
years, TO know what this biz Is DOW and he wants
linton afiopf mo and
il not publish any of this matter because II Is
old matter. The New.York Tribune never published
a column. years. of all these terrible
which have been arraycd here in the senate ana
IN NewYork Tribune does not dare to DO II toda lS,
new. and gathered within the last year. ana WHOLLY
since the debate of 15eo.
pulsh resolutions passed b. the New York Republican
Club. only little while ago. favorng ms DA:
was invited there TO make al address before That
Glib. and went there. and talked TO them two hours
as talked to the Senate weeks. went there
not know any more about ii before that time than
many Hottentots-al Of them nearly, readers Of Inc
eXnained it to them. they referred it to their
miee on Legislation, considered carefully approved
il unanimously and tried TO get the resolutions pub
shed bur could not and so they wrote 70 me, ut
ery surprised was not surprised Know Ncr VINO ,ho
clutch of Jesuitism. and false TO their trust,
good many of them with two or three exceptions
once there was conscience In The New-York
Tribune, but the died who had the conscience.
Now these great papers simply mOnOpOles OF the
uterm"Sf and diresi and worst Kind monopolcs that
collect alleged intelligence, and disseminate Just what
the interest of the papers and of individuals and or
corporations may see Ill to give TO the public at large
and the country press, and the smaller papers IRON
these perverted and poisoned sources carry to the
people Just what they can gei ana So 1e nar,y
many sections o. the North, misniormed and LED 10
about this bill have been induced TO back in
places upon the natural instincts and impulses OF ke
pubcansm, and Of patriotism. and T. oppose H. But
you give them the facts. a. IN GODS name they VIII
get them sometime; and this tuculent and mercenary
press will tell different story, or VIII disappear
This of course, is amusing as burlcsque, and the
senator WILL no doubt, be able to persuade the igno
rant Hotteirots" of the Republican Club that his al
fusion to that progressive political body lie entirely
Plckwickan 1t would be good nature 10 assume that
the references TO The Tribune Pickwckan also
Mr. Blair himself before he sat down. withdrew the
charge that The Tribune had refused 10 notice the reso
buttons favoring his bill, passed by the Republican
Club: and he will no doubt, when he RECEIVERS his
equannity admit that his other grounds OF complaint
are equally mistaken and empty.
The Tribune has not opposed his bill and has always
tried 10 give the discussions that have taken place
over the the attention they really deserved
II did not devote much space 10 Mr. Blairs las pro
lon ged effort, mainly because the senator uilOanen
upon the few hearers he had vast mass OF undIgcst@i
chaotic informatiOnscTaps of reports, letters, tee
grams petitions. ETC. which at only to be used
as data for a speech, and which could nave been
summed up and stated intelhgbly and win vastly
greater effect in a sine'c afternoon.
To tell the plain truth ne PHI mas been n aux o. 70
only friendly act on the part OF Inc tribune whicn
has opposed the measure. 10 protect II as lar AZ
seemed reasonable from the over ~ ous nal.crclohs
against himself however If he Will persist III ndsM9
these ridiculous ana childish exhibitions ID :" The
Record" Of his personal chas'in a, suPposso III
treatment By "truculcnt and mercenary press