The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1894-03-31
James Buell. of the Bankers Assoc
iation is Caught "Dead
to Rights
TO CORRUPT THE DAILY PRESS.
The Chicago 1uter Ocean and New
York Sun Each Get a
Gentle Tip.
Full Particulars.

Full Particulars.
The following in substance has oft
been published, but this the Express
gives just as found in the bound files
of the Inter Ocean of the date given
Inter-Ocean, Monday, Oct. 20,
1877.
The Inter- Ocean acknowledges
receipt of the following singular
document which came to this Office
from New York, Saturday morning:
THE AMERICAN BANKERS Assn !
247 Broadway, Room4, :
NEW YORK, Oct. 8, 1877.
Strictly Private.
DEAR S1R-Please insert the
inclosed printed slip as loaded mat
ter on the editorial page of your first
issue Immediately following the re-
ceipt of this, and send marked copy
with the bill to Yours truly,
JAMES BUELL., Sec'y,
247 Broadway, Room 4.
Comments on the slip, not to ex-
ceed half column, will be paid for
if billed at the same time. j. B.
The following is the document
which we are asked to insert as lead
ed matter on the editorial page, in
our words, as a statement made by
the Inter- Ocean:
"The greenback party has offered
through its managers to sell out to
the democrats and hereafter to work
in democratic harness if few of
their leaders can be provided for.
This shows how much dependence
there is to be placed on the leaders
of the lunatics who clamor for money
based on nothing"
We insert this but we shall send
no bill. We shall send no bill be-
cause in the first place, we do not
follow directions about leading it;
secondly, we can't believe a word Of
the statement to be true. We do
not know who is managing the affairs
of the American Bankers association
but whoever he is we advise that
body to get rid of him without delay
The attempt to thus maliciously de-
stroy the greenback party without
submitting word of proof is piece
of effrontery which ought to be be-
meath any body of commercial gen
tlemen, and especially the American
Bankers association. We refuse
to believe that such an extraordinary
document was authorized by that
body.
Since the above was in type we
have received copy of the New
York Sun containing the above cir
cular, which it appears was sent te
that paper also. The Sun publishes
the document with editorial com.
ment from which we quote as fol.
lows:
'sThis we say is an extraordinar,
circular, with an extraordinary slip
1t will be seen that the slip is or as.
sumes to be, an item of news. Ii
is an item none of the ubiquitous
reporters of the Sun had been able
to get hold of. If any one of them
had brought it to us properly authen-
ticated by documentary or other evi.
dence, we would not have asked him
to pay us for printing it, but on con.
trary, we would have paid him well
for procuring it. 1t will be observed
however, that the scandalous item
which we are asked in the name oi
the American Bankers association tc
publish, has two peculiarities: First
no proof of it's accuracy is furnished
and, second, we are offered none,
for its publication as loaded matte'
on the editorial page of this day
Sun. This is remarkable business t.
be performed in the name of thu
American Bankers association.
Our astonishment is increased b,
the postscript which appears at th'
bottom of this circular. 1t inform
us that ''comments upon the slip no
to exceed half column will be pait
for" This means of course, that tn
editorial comments that are to b.
paid for must sustain the slip on tn
editorial page that is to be paid for
i y \ But is this attempt t.
bribe and corrupt the press, by th'