New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-10-15
ACTIVITY OF THE NEWSPAPER.

measures il necessary.
ACTIVITY OF THE NEWSPAPER.
Then. too. the newspaper organ was keeping up
a constant clamor against the company as Q
fraud. its managers as thieves and Mr.. Adams 40
an accomplice of thieves; misrepresentlng facts
classifying figures and daily inventing new lies
while 1t maligned the motives Of every one who
viewed the bill with favor. and did not hesitate
to charge either dishonesty or ncapacity upon the
Attorney General the Secretary of the Interior,
the Commissioner of Railroads, or the Speaker Of
the House. whenever the action Of either threat
ened to disturb in any degree the plans Of the
lobby Of which 1t was the mouthpece. The specu-
ators were fortunate In their choice Of an organ
lively served Its Industry was rntlrlng rs fer
frontery without parallel Starting boldly with
the assumption that the only source OF truthful
a characterless adventurer who had been dismissed
from office for dishonest practices, and that the
trusted were the obstruciionst Holman. the
feather-headed Springer and the anti monopoist
was of more weight than the mature Judgment
and 9 ibis
tangIy denounced as fools or rascas everybody
verac te Of the aiscreGed Clerk and the state
manship of Springer From the S1n OF June ei IN:
disclosed by division on preliminary ques-
tons till the end of the session, its fire was heavy
June it had an editorial denouncIng whoever
should vote for the Funding bill as betrsyer OF
s75 10000 out of the Treasury. on the 9Th II had
editorial denouncing Mr.. Adams as the figure
~ the spare form of Gould concealed itself, or
on the 10TH it contained three editorial paragraphs
on the pending bill, and "A Washington letter IN
S %a'fm IN M n pbc bensfacors and
on the 18th it had letter from Its Washlnst11n
Mr. Henley that he had il from the authority Of
a man familiar with the run OF business IN me
members have drawn checks through that Office
on various downtown brokers for the purchase OF
ton special attacked the appointment Of Mt Haw-
kns as Assistant Secretary Of the Interior DE,
lawyer and was not likely to prosecute the case
against the Union Pacific Railroad .. =,
the Extension bill would send Pacific stocks. up
booming and corrupt Conressmen are shaking
newspapers" on the 2lst it contained editorial ar
who have stolen themselves rich. while fleeing
the Government and skinnng their own STOCK
rise In stock. On the I'D It's Washington speciaI
Senator of the United States between two Con-
gressmen, who confessed themselves to be holders
p re- ' The Senator referred to was Mr.
George 2. spencer weil-Snown lobbyist; nI Eh1
greed represented in the lobby and in the edtoria.
ssrt" and %' speaking Of the Henley resolution
authorizing thu prosecution OF MI ADAMS SAG:
These daily attacks continued TIL the adjourn
ment or July Il had "A letter purporting to give
she IN whicS S was n stated that cali for 1000
shares had been divided among members OF ION.
made tremendous efforts to secure the passage OF
this bill The have used eyeTy p nipe rSompsoa
told nue. that his failure to secure re pnan 10
road men who punished him for his an,sgonism q
the last Congress But now mat Phii IS ous oH
captured him and that he is now talking f9r ihSs
Debt Extension hill. Have they caught him tyr'
COMMITTEE Committee Of which he is sscr,tary? .t
on The 7th it complained that the Democrat
a sockjobbing extension bill in the interest OF III
p@G S KsrSsa f1 sSms no OF oSaE
The President cri'Icl7'i "a; The same time De-
sidcraon Of few petty pension papers 70 see 4
he could not 80 som"thiny To secure the "9Vsr TT
ment's interest in The enormous debt oil the F'''c
or on the 10th it is said quite nu.ber Of Cor.
Railway stock. ana it would doubtless be q great
advantage to them - have the Extension 9iii ae,ea
pa attacked General Joseph Johnston and Com 0sr.
ties Of the ralro;i e;orporaIions Gail. 9TH.
Pacific Ralroal lobby which has worked here very
n bass its Finding Extension Bill and is directing
It's entire efforts I, shutting off his proposed M
about the House c,ery day calling out members
AZ this time il wax well known that Mr.. Adams
rad urged the passage of the investigation rescl'i-
ton in letters TO the chairnen OF the Judiciary
Committees OF he SenaCe and House, when nad
been published. -,
The work of the organ for this session was ~
this time finished The Funding bin was Killed.
and one objection was sufficient defeat the reso-
luton appointing commislon OF Investigation
which had been earnestly urged by Mr.. Adams. Tho
concluding shot for the campaign ir the Issue
of August g. in which 1t stated editorally that Mr..
Cultivate was in considerable DANGER OF losing
a denomination because - the prominent part he
took in the support OF the Debt Extension bill.
II did refer to the subject again until Noyem.
ber when IL opened new campaign FOR the short