The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1893-09-15
WHOLLY IMPARTIAL AND RELIABLE

AS proof positive that Democratic SEN
ators and Representatives from the south
have sold themselves TO the Administra-
ton, we are told that the Associated
Press says thus and so. Also that this is
'sfrom a wholly impartial source" If
the Associated Press is wholly impartial
source, when has it started in on the
impartial line in politics?
Every paper in the country knows that
dispatches relating to political affairs are
constantly tinged with q Republican
faint. Also that attached to items of
news, particularly relating to political
occurrences, are the opinions of the
Trainer OF the dispatches. Examples of 1t
are seen every day. If the facts are as
alleged, the opinions are to be taken as
opinions and nothing more.
In this case the statement is made that
southern Representatives have sacrificed
their OPINIONS on silver, and say they
cannot go to their constituents unless
something is done directly desired in their
section.'' Which southern Representa-
tives have said so, in what way have they
sacrificed their views and why did they
do it? The assertion is too vague. 1t
smacks of press invention. 1t is made up
for effect. 1t will not do for people who
think.
With all the abominable accusations
and insinuations OF bribery and improper
influence OF various kinds against Mem
bers of Congress, there has not been adj
duced solitary scrap Of proof that any
Senator or Representative has been offered
or has accepted anything as re-
ward Tor his vote on the silver
question. There has been nothing but
assertion. Some papers seem to think
that repetition of charge is evidence OF
its truth. And one sheet in this city cites
the bare word of press dispatches, utterly
destitute of proof, as conclusive and ire
futable.
This is funny coming from that source,
because in the same columns is a direct
contradiction OF this theory OF Associated
Press infallibility. The story OF Presi-
dent Cleveland's dangerous illness, of an
operation on his face for cancer, of the
chances of Adlai Stevenson for accession
to the Presidency, etc., was sent by the
Associated Press to every part of the
country. Well, here is what the editor OF
the sheet in question writes concerning
the President:
had good long look. at the President
night before last, and judging by his APP
pearance all the stories of his 1ll-health
are utterly unfounded. His face wore
| the serene look which attaches to boa
constructor after he has swallowed an OK,
and while a good digestion is doing its
perfect work. The great operation Of
which we heard so much consisted in
having an old tooth extracted and the
filing off OF a sharp corner of bone left
where silver of the bone came off with
the tooth.
Now, which is right? Were all the
stories telegraphed about Cleveland's i'll
health utterly unfounded?'' Or are we
to take the press reports as entirely re-
liable and wholly impartial? Anybody
who has the time and the inclination
could obtain heap of fun by going over
the files of the Liberal organ and compar-
ing its contradictory utterances on the
same question from day to day and often,
as in this instance, by contrasting one
column with another on the same day.
Its reliability and impartiality are in q
worse fix than those of the Associated
Press.