Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1892-09-15
CANDIDATE REID Apologies.

Ca0UluAt0 luz TVeruSutS pun
lished d very harmless little para
from q correspondent at
Asbury Park, in it's issue Of Aug.
81. 1t ran ae follows:-
"The parade of the Junior
Of United American Me-
chanics here on Wednesday after
noon was q deeply impressive one
to some persons. There were
OF members Of the order,
and they wound through the
streets to the music of enough brass
to make furious diecords. 1t
was the most awkward,
uncut and uncarved
procession that ever raised clouds
of dust ON lsun-beatel streets.
Nevertheless, the spectacle of an
Asbury Park crowd confronting
such an aggregation was An intere
sight to a few people. i
The procession was composed of
men, bronzed, slope-shouldered,
uncouth and begrimed with dust
Their clothes fitted them lily, for
the most part, aud they had no
idea of marching. They merely
plodded along, not seeming quite
to understand, stolid, unconcerned,
and, in a certain sense, dignified-
a pace and d Bearing emblematic
of their lives. They smiled &C.
casionally, and from time to time
greeted friends in the crowd on
the sidewalk. Such an assemblage
of the spraddle.iegged men OF the
middle class, whose hands were
bent and shoulders stopped from
delving and constructing, had
never appeared to an Asbary Park
crowd, and the latter was
vaguely amused"
The picture was. graphic. But
it aroused the wrath of the icjune
Juniors. who forthwith began
bombardipg the Tribune, with in
dignant letters, to the effect that
the ''order" was q "National pc.
litical organization !"
The Editor of the Tribune
that is to say, not the Editor who
is a candidate, but some other
Edltor,-thereupon expressed his
deep regret " that bit of random
correspondence, passed inadyert-
emily by its copy editor chow
many cooks aasist at the Tribune
broth-pot y, " should have put into
our columns sentiments both for-
eign and repugnant to-the 1ri-
bune
With the assurances of his dis
ti"guished consideration for the
principles Of the order, the editor
(pro tenn. hoped that the storm
was over; but il evidently was
not ; for he again takes up the sub
Ject in the Tribune of Aug. 81,
saying:
In remarkifig upon q random
letter from Asbufy Park, which
was unfortunately allowed to slip
into the Daily Tribune last week,
in which expressions occurred of
tensive to q highly esteemed or
|ganization of American citizens,
several correspondents have raised
the question of Mr.. Whitelaw
Reid's responsibility for these
phrases. Mr.. Reid, ss has been
often stated, gave up his connec-
ton with either editorial or busis
ness details of the Tribune in the
spring ofs1sS9, on accepting office
abroad, and has never since been
atle to resumeasit. When the
letter in question appeared he
was not even in o 4 near this city,
but in the West, the Tribune.
however, hasteneds publicly 10 ex-
plain the mi.hap through which it
had gained access to our columns,
and to offer to tire. Junior Order
of American Mechanics our full
and hearty apologies. The men,
bers of that excellent society scarce
~ needed that tn be assured of our
regret for the publication of eenti.
ments utterly foreign to the Iri-
6une.
Whether::or not this lame apol-
ogy will satisfy the susceptible
aJuHiors'' remains to be seen. Il ia
y dangerous thing TO etigmatize .
solemn procession as being practi.
cally an awkward squad of knock.
kneed. lop-eared pelicans in hu.
man form; and when the pictur,
esque correspondent calls them
ahouest,' he only adds insult to
Injury BY ! transparent bit Of
[blarney.
| Editor We should sey Editor
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