The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1893-08-15
Grand Juror Benson's News.
paper Defence of Policy
and How the People
Like 1t.
An OBJECT LESSON IN JOURNALISM.
The Circulation of the Davis Ring
Organ Steadily Decreasing
One Cent Copy.
From The Evening Journal of yestsraaU.

from me hoepfng journal OF beSferdd0.
That it is The habit of the New YORK
World to make assertions. and publish
reports, in relation to various matters
with reckless and utter disregard Of
facts Is notorious. IL has been so oftan
guilty, and so often convicted, OF Ialsi-
flying and taking" that it has come to be
regarded, as the Albany Euentnq Journal
correctly says of 1t, as 81 ,nIirsly irres pom
sible." Among the Worlds recent ex-
hibtts of its disposition amt capacity for
Misrepresentation and untruth are its
wordy, wiUdy statements in relation to
the policy gambling business in this city
and the way in which the Grand Jury of
TINS county has dealt with The subject
since 1t was brought to the at
tention of that body. AS we have
previously said, it Is not legfti-
mate, nor is it possible with strict re-
gard for facts and truth, for any news
paper to oriticise. or coudemn, any grand
jury before It's actual proceedings are
made known; after 1t has acted, or failed
to act, aud the facts have become public,
then criticism Is in order. III th Is case
the World has undertaken to state whaE
has occurred IN the Grand Jury room and
has grossly misrepresented the facts, and
by It's unfounded assertions it has given
the court a false impression, aud led one
man. \ minister of the Gospel. to deliver
himself Of an unwise and incorporate
firade. The statements made by the
World IN relation TO the testimony given
by witnesses before, aud the documen-
tary evidence submitted to the Grand
Jury in relation TO the policy gamplings
business have been. for the most part,
grossly inaccurate, and, in many respects
utterly false. The witnesses have not
given the testimony to the Grand Jury
that the World asserted they had given,
or would give, aud no such books aud
accounts" OF any firm engaged in the
the policy gamblI nR business have been
presented TO the Grand Jury as the
World said had been presented, The as
seetions of the World in relation to these
may be that policy dealers will be in-
dicted, but il they are. it will certainly
not be oD the strength of any assertions
made by the World, or any evidence
which 1T has furnished. or enabled the
jury TO get. This whole business, so far
as the Worlds connection with it
is concerned, IS merely one of its
attempts at sensational splurgiug
and newspaper taking and humbug
When the Grand Jury has concluded its
Work the real facts can be made public
In relation to this matter. II policy deal
ers are indicted the trials will bring out
the facts; IL they are not, the Grand Jury
should. in justice to its members,
through the court, MAKE known the rea-
sons why indictments were not found
incidentally the World while running
its fake machine with the policy grist,
has grossly msrepresented and maligned
certain individuals and also made fee
Die attempt to sling mud at the EUenipg
journal. These ebuliritious are. as
Mr.. Toots remarked, ''of no SORT of con-
sequence" because no intelligent person
DelleveS AnY statement originated by the
WOrd, or made on Its sole authority.