The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-09-09
1RIFLING WITH DEATH.

TRIFLING WITH DEATH
| The counsry Horr,n.d and p,.eu.t.a by tn.
touduct OF ruiitrer's Tools.
FROM the Wellington Post.
tits not diflcult to sympathize In the dis
| gust and reproach which has been excited 10y
the New York Worlds conduct in connection
with the cholera. That a newspaper which
thrives on public patronage should be willing
to sacrifice the public welfare in pursuit OF its
own selfish onds is almost Incredible. and
would be wholly so but for tho Worlds wi
testimony to tho fact. We do not wonder that
other New York journals condemn such "en-
terprise."
Just why tho New York authorities cannot
put a stop to the Worlds rather startling per-
forinances we do not at all understand. eXcert
on the theory that quarantine at that port is
moro oil a burlcslue than a reality. Tho idea
that tho World can send down tugs to lie
alongside OF steamers known to bc infected
with cholera: that these tugs can receive from
such stearner any quantity OF letters. pack
ages. &C.. and can then without molesta,ion
TAXI them to the cityand distribute them broad
cast. would seem to be too monstrous for belief.
II there be any efficacy In quarantine. this
practice would utterly neutralige it. II cholera
can be disseminated through tho medium OF
inanimate objects this is the surest and speed
lest way to disseminate 1t. This. however. ia
what the World is doing. and what it prides
itself on doing. Tho amazing thing Is that
tho World would wish to do 1t.
AS We say. it IA not difficult to understand
the condemnation OF the other papers. A
moro reckless ard incendiary performance We
have never seen or heard Of.
From u. AH-rny Morning Erpr,.,
The New York IOrii continues to receive
papers from the infected ships down Tho Lay.
which hre taken to the Office and then handled
ly tho employees oil the sheet. As contngiun
can DO transmitted in this manner. it is pos
siblc. In spite Of all the efforts Of tho health
officers. that tho cholera may ut last DO intro.
duced as the result o! a newspapers highly
dangerous "enicrprise.' II looks as though
the authorities should take this paper in hand.
In fact. the paper should be quarantine on
general principles.
F,"n tie Hpfa'o faU,ier.
OF course the HOrii ought to be severely
dealt with. 1t is no doubt true. as DR.. Edison
SAYS. that there is danger in handling any
thing from n pest ship" Should an outbreak
OF cholera in New York be the result OF the
Worlds misiire"ted enterprise. it's managers
might regret their reckless disregard of the
public safety.
firm ~ In inrnroiis Journal.
The sending OF a tug load OF reporters to the
infected ship in New York harbor is pushing
stHsatlunai lOuT1ailSn 100 lar. hlunultctur-
Ing foreign interviews in Now York Is bad
enough. but actually running tho risk Of bring.
ing cholera into a great city should take rank
as q crime.
From he B4r'inytr, Er-nin1 E.po,,.r.
There has never been n case where the GU
muiative evidence SO conclusively proved the
guilt Of a criminal as THE Suns expos6 Of the
New York Worlds methods OF manufacturing
foreign news. The World is not only convicted
OF q gross fraud upon the public. but is con-
victed OF wantonly attempting to steal the
$1,000 offered by THESuN for The Tribune fund.
For shame!
fIom the Eior Morning Jera'i anil En'y Gr,sa,.
The PRINCIPAL fake newspaper of New York
is printing. daily. notes purporting to be from
passengers on the pest ships in the lower bay.
If they are genuine they are evidence that Dr..
Jenkins Ia not maintaining the rigid lunran-
tine which the public safety demands. and
which he has sct himself ur to maintain ire
spectiAe Of the Government of the United
States.
Frrn IA, DrIam raVy Gia~.
No paper which has done what TIE SIN
proved Pulitzer did would tell the truth.
The Force RIl the Pnrtmoua Issue,
To TIE EDITOR OF TIE SuN-S6: VIII you
kindly afford me space in your valuable col
umns to answer certain bitter and untrue
charges that Appeared in the ..ya / JcW-ha'.
Published. We believe. in New York STATE. II
marked copy Of which was sent to this Office p?
The article in question begins 10y Ienvin: tho
correctness o! the predictions in my letter. in
which | fully and unrescrvedly concurrcd with
The Sun IN the wisdom and supreme impoy-
tanre Of tho Force ill as "A ~unifyinC issue and
the comparative ins!gnilicauce Of thc tariff
issue. If not its complete %inutiIity. Abandon
ing argument. the .Nr"ch Jo,Wnd' INDUCES in
bitter personality and declares ignorance or
Intolerance to be the source or motive of my
communication. Such is Absolutely untrue.
My views are the legitimate results OF II thor
ough familiarity with the temperament of the
people ftho south. Tn" southern people ara
to-day more alarmed over tn,. possibility Of
the passage and enforcement 0; the force hill
than any other measure that sectional hatred
has contemplated thristing on chem.
II the "dttor OF tn. N%ar& Iowmat could visit
absolute venality and corruption nf the negro.
his views would undergo n radical and whole.
some chang. lie would then ]prYneriy realize
source to defeat the Force, ill and avert the
terrible consequence Of nero iomin"ti%n'
con. in Atlanta. in Savannah. and other cites
Of note in tn" state Of Georgia franklv confess
h%esitats a moment % su.serijn +"
Georgla editors have taken tho NaiI y;,', |"
task about IT'S ncwS, ana yet IN parallel eiI-
torisl columns, hays double-lcadod editorials
c%ondemning the Force bill and appealing 10
to compass its defsat IL this cons!strncY?
Let tho editor Of the .NpGck .io,U'udi enlarge
his mental horizon by familiarizing hirsrlf
with. tho conditions that obtain in the South.
and venture to assert that he will surrender
his mistaken IDEAS OF the political situation
here. and frankly concur with The SuN that
the great fight should. he clearly defined on
the line that the Force bill Is tho
and oycrshnlowinG issue. L. /. MADE.
Managing Editor Macon Daiiy .Sstrs.
MACON. Ga. sept. 4. 4
HARRISON AND TIE FOECE ELI.