New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-02-15
THE POLICE PRINTING.


Evening Journal" under the title AN OBJECT
Iosson attention is called to the fact that Ill
IN. voars 1S7S-79 and in all the years from 1871
,o 1sa3 Inclusive the political advertising OF
,h. Police Department OF this city when Is re-
.,,.od hv law to be given to one newspaper OF
oocb Marty was awarded The Tribune rs inc
representative Republican journal. In order 10
give emphasis to the "object lesson 'he
,,roo,so sums paid The Tribune each year
for This service are given In 'aDniir
1r,ess these figures were furnished
hv some resident Of this city. who. by r'"-
sor y, ;ntimotc relations with the late dis
ponsers Of municipal patronage. had unuS'ai
,,,.,~. co.. rrocurinc information Of this sort,
the DISPLAY Of enterprise thus afforded may ne
.,,a ., mo ouitc unusual We congratulate our
con,cmnorarv upon It. The figures, II u naru'y
.,.a,u,. "a cav were already in the possession
- The Tribune. and would havc been puhllsh'h
in this paper had We supposed INV p"'"'
,ho .,,,,h,ost interest in them The total amount
received from this source durihS '"'"' '"'
:, ,,;ron nv .,rbc Jonrnal''-and we presume IT
is corrcct-at S1S3.230 62. TINS, II ma! Nv '"''
i'm passing is not a large sum Ior '"cN' '"''
advertising considering the amount " HP'',
Its facts and figures being correct I" ms
mint we regret being under inc he''S>'! "
nointinC out subsequent inaccuraci'S III '"' Wv
loot lesson" Our Albany contemporary !" Us
desire To impress Il great moral 'S>'" VI" NV
vcnality of the press. pr"cecds 10 S'' '"'' W.
incident with the naming OF Inc i'
morning Republican paper OF tnis Guy ny Wv
no,r ncpuhIican Police commissioners. rs the
publication in which the ADVERTISING S"'"'' ~
Inr, thereafter The Tribune changed lis attn
.,udr toward the men ana lh'a>u''> II nav
Favored and stecrcd lis course "''N "'''
coward the days Of 1877. We p'Ii''' W. ~"
make the meaning Of our Albany contemporary
moro plain II was much more dlStihc'E S'"""
in the circular which Mr.. Plaii SEM ou' i "'n'"
ar two ago with rcadyinade clI"rlais ]" '''
coun,rv prcss What our Albany contemporary
means is that The Tribune. being angry !"
cause Mr. Platts TWO Commissioners ny VII
platt's direction. took the Police ah'''"'l"-
away from The Tribune and CAV" " I" Inc
Press" changed its attitude toward Mr. IEl'
and prt itself in opposition 10 that eminent ''"
cr's plans That. obviously l. Inc meaning III
th,. "objcct lesson" This being W"" III
which the motives If men and ~ newspapers
arc constantly liabc to be- misunderstood II =
not best 10 20 heating about III" biNh III SUI"
matters Nor is II wisr Ia get h"t Ap'u' IT,
So we venture in al good nai'lr" !" lH''rI'">'
some corrections Ia our contemporary enforce
ment ~ It's moral which. evidently, i tha' Inc
Tribune is vcnal and is 80 Sor" over Inc loss 81
advertising patronage that 1t is willing to break
I'D the Republican party In orI'r I" hN'"-'
itself upon great party leader
Our contemporary j. not 80 fhr "r"h- III US
intimation OF change Of aiutud" on III" part
~ The Tribunr toward Mr. Plat. ;" long ~
o had r.,snu to believe that Mr.. rlaii was
rot :, on,u hostility or undetermined opposition
., Tin. nnvcmcnt 10 rrorganze and reform The
Kcpublican party ~ this county. aS WAS lhdI
Gated hy his published interviews IiiIr more
than n year ago. The Tribune did not An'aE'
niZ. him. ON the contrary. being a"aF" "' h'N
influence among certain class ~ h'phph'hn
,l;,ici,us if welcomed his aid It's attitude In
that regard did change when it WAS dl>c"''r'H
that he was utterly ENTHUSIASTICALLY ana lh>h
ccrc and that for the lurp">" 81 l"rp''hi'l"s
abuses which the Who'll" party WAS III r'N"l'
against he had played fast ana loos" WIN h"lh
the rival organizations. and seemed III f'lr
way 10 defeat the honest Efforts ~ pom Tor
municipal reform. Bur our contemporary i
miSlnformcd when il says thai ms ciiahg' "l
attitude was "concident" with The calamity
which fell upon Tile Tribune when MIR Fhii
and his tyo Commissioners Withdrew the Police
advertising and gave II 10 I'm" frc>S MI
Plat was indiscrcci We hay" before remarked
that he has been getting careless OF In cal
ing attention 10 the fact that the iolic' al
vertisng had been Withdrawn from IN" IT'D
mo For the circumstance was within III"
knowledge OF The Tribune readers ana III"
general public that the action OF the Romeo tom
mssloners followed the changed attliud" OF ihe
Tribune. and consequently could not hav" pro
yoked It. Moreover, II put The Press III an
embarrassing position. for there were not lack
ing uncharitablc persons who noted III" fact
that about the time Of the transfer that abb"
and cntcrprising newspaper ceased To hold
neutral posItion between the local factions and
became a warm and enthusiastic advocate of
Mr.. Platts views And there were frivolous
persons who cyncally observed that citizen
Of Tioga County had taken S2J.OoO out Of the
CITY treasury TO buy the support Of Il news
paper owned by citizen Of Massachusetts and
edited by a citizen Of Philadelphia Mr.. Phtt
made a mistake in calling attention 10 IL.
But these considerations are entirely apart
from the merits OF the question, which really
Is I'm It's essence whether or not Mr.. Plat IL
and should continue TO be the Republican party
Of this city and State. That is all there Is la
It, Upon that question The Tribune has very
positive convictions. and cndeavors 10 present
them with intelligent fairness And the matter
OF Police advertising has no more 10 do with il.
II our Albany contemporary will permit us 10
say so, than the mortgage on THE Albany Even
ing Journal" office has TO do with the attitude
Of that able and influential newspaper toward
the political operations Of the mortgages.