New-York tribune., 1895-02-12
TO "a CONSTANT READER"

TO "a CONSTANT READER"
W., have two suggestions 10 make to the
! norsons whom Mr. Thomas {. Plat has en-
Moved to work up healthy public sentiment
in the interior of the state, and make that scntl
mcnt not only felt but feared in this office. The
! first is that thcy have regular forms printed i'll
! blank for the Use Of the "Old Subscriber anu
.cons,ant Reader" of The Tribune who have
, road The Tribune from the publication OF the
first number with approval until now. but who
regret. or protest. or are indignant etc. etc That
r.ouIJ save the time of the "Old Subscriber
and Constant Reader" and incidentally be IN
o1vantope 10 the editors. who find 1t much easier
70 read plain print than dccphcr bad mann-
script The second is that they should make
the "Old Subscriber and Constant Reader
understand clearly that the name of the eminent
statesman whom The Tribune is wlckedly and
maliciouSly cndcavoring TO restrain from the
exercise Of his proper and legitimate function
Of supervising legislation and distributing OH
cial patronage is not Pratt Dut iIa''. III
creates confusion In the ONCE wncn, III Il le'''r
full Of hot Indignation from up the STATE. we
are charged with maligning MT fraU b"-
cause we find it difficult to understand how an
has sufficient intelligence to administer rcbuke
TO The Tribune by mail. can be- so ignorant or
the proper names Of the great men ol the perioh
as to suppose that the shining mark Tor all thc
calumny now current is Mr.. Pratt
And now having offered these suggestions III
all kndncss-for it really seems to us. since MI
Platt made such Il bad break In sending out
editorial matter to the country press WIN
much too candid circular. that he Is getting
careless in his methods ds-wc print in accordance
with the writer's request the following letter
from Constant Reader a. ). kibbcc, or Al
bany The closing sentence, in which he says
with evident emotion. Il write this from n sense
'of duty TO you & The Republican Party. and
-hopc IL will not be thrown in the wasfe-basket
"as Of no value" appeals To us 80 forcibly 'ha''
notwithstanding IL is written on both sides OF
the page which in ordinary circumstances III
all wcrcgulatcd newspaper offices sends com
municaton 10 the wastc-baskct. we print II con-
spcuousIy here 1t is as follows verbatim ct
litcratm:
Editors Of the Tribune
Dr. Sir / have been constant reaI'r OF me
Tribune, since its first publication under hofac'
Creelev and have been pleased with ts sentiments,
& its general conduct I'll now. Your position ana
editorials In regard to Mr Pratt IS ehurey un-
calld for-ts unwise and among all fair Repunh-
cans will a. is doing immense HARM sehd you
an extract from the Argus. While II Is the eN-
preston % a Democrat. II expresses VAST amt.
of truth expressed by Republicans. a. we'll "ouhi
suggest that you cal a hali-ii YOU 90 hol sooi
many readers will cal 4 halt on inc lrlhnhe-
which | would regrets the harm You are DONG
you will In vain day try - undo
| write this from a sense OF duiy - YOU & the
Rep Party and hope It will not be thrown IN the
Waste basket as OF no va.ue-Yours very trily
A.. kiBBEE
The extract from The Albany Argus" so con
sdcratclv forwarded by Mr.. Kibbce and
youched for by him as expressing "A vast
amount of truth" opens with the Following
calm and thoughtful utteranccs:
How The New-York Tribune RACES AMI gnashes
its teeth in vain endeavor TO try and smash some
thing which t. not there. IL must deHsh, "i'.
Thomas G. Plait he sits on the red push dNahs
OF the Fifth Avenue Hotel and receives the homage
OF the men who have votes in the Legislature anu
who control districts and the Republican state ana
National conventions. that further down broal"ay'
across from the city Han above the park "h'h
faces the bronze statue o, Horace Greeley theie
sits daily a man who enashes his TEEN IN VAIN
Wh!telaw Reid II he keeps on. will occupy almost
the same position toward the Republican party
which Joseph Pulitzer has been occupying toward
the Democratic party. 1t Is Impossible for Whiteaw
Reid ever to get as bad az low as Pulitzer Tor he
has Limitations which Pulitzer has not MI fIatt
is abused because he keeps legal residence IN
Tioga County and eats and sleeps at the Flith
Avenue Hotel.
Notwithstanding the judicial tone of this cA-
tract its freedom from partsanship and firm
catholiciiy Of feeling. should hardly have
reprinted it except for Mr. Kibbcc's warm com
mcndatun. II is not specially important That
in It's vast amount Of truth II contains small
inaccuracy as to the precise locality where Mr.
Whiclaw Reid is now engaged in ''Gnasliiiig
his teeth in vain When last heard from Mr.
Reid was in Egypt. and the "CnashlnS' so dis
tinctly heard In Albany was not probably NJ Mr.
Plat or MIR Pratt but M u SphvnN of greater
age. though of less indura'cd cheek. II was
doubtless heard in The Argus Office by long
distance telephone.
As to calling halt which Mr.. Kibbce 50 ear
ncstly suggests we have only 10 say that, while
we are extremely reluctant to give offence 10
..a constant reader Of The Tribune since its first
publication" we feel compelled To dcclinr We
are frequently requested To 'ca Il halt by
Constant Readers and "Old Subscribo!s," who
saw as Mr. Klbrc does. that il we do not call Il
halt "a good many readers will call halt on
The Tribune" but we hardly ever do II. And
the queer thing about it Is that we have never
noticed any great falling off in circulation IN
account Of it. Perhaps Mr. Kibbcc himself will
feel differently about il presently.
THE REFORM or THE SCHOOLS