The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-10-12
4PAsrE THIS IN YouR HAT

We had hoped, we had thought thai
the dispute over the authenticity of the
quotation from the London Financial
News OF April so. 1924, had been SCI.
at rest forever But It seems that It
has not and that the hope was vain
The News in its issue OF September
10, 1896, 1--WE take the extract from the
Omaha Bee) said:
The silver party in the United States
continues TO bring itself into d.seredit
by CIRCULATING FALSE AND
GARFIELD EXTRACTS from articles
Ia The Financial News and in some
cases. as we have shown, It does not
even stop at downright fabrication.
The latest trick 70 which IL has de-
scended is to print as an editorial
from this journal few sentences of
an article Of ours tackled on 20 a report
which we printed in 1894 of a speech
by Senator Cameron of Pennsylvania
and this is now being circulated as
IAN editorial from the London Finan-
cial News, goldDug" THE PARTY
MUST Bic IN DESPERATE STRAITS
WHICH is COMPELLED TO RE-
SORT TO SUCH DIRTY TRICKS.
So far as resorting to dirty tricks"
is concerned, let US see what the record
of the News on this point is. August
the Il, 1876, the editor of the News
wrote to A. c. Platt, Esq, of Lincoln,
Neb.. as follows:
We beg TO return your cutting
which you forwarded us, and to say
that no such article ever appeared in
The Financial News.
THE EDITOR.
The cutting referred to was the
Paste This in Your Hat" article over
which the whole controversy has
arisen.
The New York World directed its
London correspondent, Ballard Smith,
to go to the Office of the Financial
News, and if permitted. examine it's
files. He did as instructed and an
swered as follows:
London. Oct. 2.--(Copyright, 1895 by
the Press Publishing company New
York Worid)-The World" correspon-
denr examined today a file Of she
Financial News'' IN IT'S office, and
ouotea the following extract from an
editorial 10 It's 3ssues OF April 90, 1894:
There can ~ no doubt about il
:llat Il tbs United States were 10 adopt
s. silver bsses tou4crcow, British trade
would be ruined before g, year was out,
for American industry would he pro-
tected nor only at home, but in every
other market
The World ON October 5, 1896, said
editcfialy:
Some time since there was sent out
a campaign circular containing an edi-
torial from the London Financial News,
making many statements about the
effect Of the adoption of free silver
by the United States, the gist of it
being chat British trade would be
ruined al over the world by that Of
America. This editorial was attributed
10 the issue of March is, last 1t was
denounced by the Financial News,
which said it had not printed any such
editorial An examination of the issue
of March is last showed that it did
rot contain the editorial The Thrice
a-Week World severely criticised the
issuance of such q campaign circular.
Later. a second statement was made
that the editorial was printed in the
London Financial News in its issue of
April 80 1894. Determined to make a
thorough investigation of the matter.
the Thrice-a-W eek World cabled to its
London correspondent, Mr.. Ballard
Smith, to go to the Financial News
Office ard, If permitted by its owners,
to examine the files of that paper Of
April 80, 1894, two and one-half years
ago. This sets the matter at rest.
The truth of the matter is that the
London Financial News stands con-
victed of attempting to lie out of its
own record Those Republican and
anti-siiver papers and people who are
charging the silver advocates with for
gerry in the matter would do well to
devote some attention tc the considera-
ton of the evidence in the case before
charging forgery in this or any other
case.