The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1894-03-28
"a SEASON OF FALsIFICATIoN."
Says the Journal


"a SEASON OF FALsIFICATION."
Says the Journal:
The most important general press dis
patch from Washington Thursday night
! began as follows:
! The democratic members of the senate
/ finance committee have been assured of
the presidents cooperation In having the
tariff bin become a law, as he has ex-
| pressed his approval Of the bill a whole.
| In the course of a conversation with
| member of the committee Mr.. Cleveland
| referred TO the bill and took occasion to
say that he hoped it would pass. and that
| there might be as little delay as possible
| in getting il through the senate.
] The dispatch could not be found in
| yesterdays Sentinel. but ii was alluded
10 in a brief paragraph expressing The
! Sentinels belief that the report is false
| Journal, Saturday
The Journal has in this matter raised
its average of truth and veracity. 1t
| makes three statements. The first of
these is false, but for it's untruthfulness
the Journals ignorance may excuse it.
The second one is deliberately and prob
ably maliciously false. according to the
Journals usual custom. The third, con-
] trary to the rule in the Journal office, is
true.
|
important general press dispatch from
Washington Thursday night was that
referred to. That dispatch was ishy
| in its general composition as to lose
what Importance it might have had. had
! it been we'll authenticated. 1t is notice
! able that the member of the senate
! finance committee, who is supposed to
/ have had the conversation with Mr.
! Cleveland is very careful to conceal his
| identity. That at once casts a doubt
/ upon the truth of the whole statement.
| If any senator had succeeded in getting
! from MIR. Cleveland a statement so at
variance with all his weH-known views
| on the tariff question as that he APP
| proved the senate bill as reported. he
/ would have been eager to have had his
name connected with the disclosure
which then might have had some impor-
! lance.
The second statement is that the dis
patch could not be found in Fridays
| Sentinel That was delibera tely false.
The rumor of Mr. Clevelands approval
of the senate tariff bill was published
| conspicuously top of column. next to
pure reading matter" as the festive adj
vertiser would remark. in the second
column Of the second page. with display
headlines. where "he who runs" might
| read
| The third statement which, being true
must have crept into the Journal by
mistake, is that the dispatch was al
luded to in a brief paragraph express
| ing The Sentiners belief that the report
was false This statement must have
been inserted by the proof-reader or the
ofice-boy. 1t is very doubtful if any
one who has been writing editorials for
the Journal very long could have con-
densed so much truth into the same brief
space.
1t is probable, however. that this lapse
into veracity did not materially interfere
with the main purpose of the Journal.
which was to deceive it's readers with
the impression that The Sentinel had
| suppressed the report of President
| Cleveland's approval of the senate tariff
bill. What the Journal expected to &C
complish by this Justification it is past
| honest and intelligent comprehension to
! understand. Perhaps nothing, further
| than merely to carry out the Journals
fixed policy Of deceiving its readers in all
matters political. If this were its pur-
pose, it certainly has failed in this case
and in this neighborhoOd. for most of the
people who take the Journal for it's vi
cious political doctrines are likewise COM
PEELED to take The Sentinel to get the
news; and while the Journal may have
misled a few readers whose political bias
is so strong and whose fear of the truth
is so great that they subscribe for moth
ing but the Journal, the majority of the
Journals readers knew the falsity of the
Journals statement the moment they
read 1t.
SO far as The Sentinel is concerned 1t
| does not care whether Mr.. Cleveland APP
proves the senate bill or not, except that
it would be exceedingly sorry to see a
man who has so long been representa-
tive of tariff reform misled by the spe-
cious arguments made i'm behalf of the
senate monstrosity. OF this. however, it
has no fear. Mr.. Cleveland is not the
| man to be deceived into support of a
high protection measure because it bears
the misleading title Of tariff reform