Omaha daily bee., 1896-08-31
STANDING UP FoR FoRGERr.

STANDING UP FOR FORGERY.
For persistent mendacity and defiant
defense of forgery, commend us to the
Omaha World Herald. Detected and
exposed in its campaign falschood by a
letter from the editor of the London
Financial News. explicitly denying that
the article printed in Mr. Bryan's paper
and credited to The Financial News
ever appeared in that paper. it seeks to
shield itself by impugning the genuine
ness of the editors signature.
The facts in the case of the World.
Herald forgery are simple and indis-
putablc. That sheet kept standing at
the head of its editorial columns for
weeks. both during Mr.. Bryan's editor
ship and since his retirement from con
troll. an article said to have been taken
from the London Financial News. tell
ing of the advantages free silver would
bring the United States and the losses
1t would infict upon England. ON
August 1G, cable advices were received
from London to the effect that The
Financial News denied having printed
denial the World-lIcrald in its issue of
August n, persisted in its falsehood as
follows:
1t might good idea to paste in your
hat the fact that the London Financial News
has never denied and cannot successfully
deny the article first printed in this news
paper February J.. and which has appeared
in these columns under the heading: Paste
This in Your Hat" 1t is a story which
shows that free coinage would help America,
but would prove disastrous to Great Britain.
On August %, The Bee printed Il fac
simile of letter received by Mr.. A. c..
Plat of Lincoln, from the editor of The
Financial News, returning to him the
clipping from the World Herald. and
saying "that no such article ever ap-
peared in The Financial News" Yet
the World-Hcrald of August 80 again
persists in the forgery by insinuating
that no responsible attache of the paper
affixed the signature to the alleged
denial"
But Mr.. platt was not the only one
who sought to have the World-llerald
forgery verified or disclaimed. The ed
itor of The Bee sent the cutting from
the Bryan organ to Mr.. Walter Neef.
London representative of the Associated
press, with II request that he ascer-
tain its genuineness. After calling upon
the editor of The Financial News, Mr..
Necf returned the cutting with Il letter,
in which he says:
Tho oditor of Tho Financial Newc savr
article in question never appeared in their
columns in any form whatever, and it's SEN
timents are totally foreign to the beliefs of
The Financial News. He also drew my at
tention to the enclosed editorial note which
appeared in his paper of the 18th
The enclosed editorial note from The
Financial News, of August Is, reads rs
follows:
We have received numerous letters from
American correspondents containing what
purports to be editorials from The Financial
News and which have been reprinted in
various western papers as campaign litera-
ture." One Omaha paper prints an article
stating it is "from the London Financial
News of March TO-" No such article was
ever printed by us and its whole tenor is
directly opposed to the view we have taken
of the effect of free silver in the United
States So far from advocating free silver
coinage have persistently pointed out
that it spells reputation and the Withdrawal
of all European capital.
All of these documents are in the pos
session of the editor of The Bee and
may be seen by any one who wishes to
satisfy himself that they are precisely
as represented. But, as we have said
before it is hardly to be. expected that
the World Herald and other lying sill
yer papers will cease their campaign
of forgery and fabrication.