The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1896-01-16
BRIBING THE PRESS,

BRIBISG THE PRESS
James Buell.. Acting for the American
B.nksr,' Association. IL Exposed
In An Attempt to Corrupt
The Daily rress.
The following has in substance been
frequently published. but this THE
reproduces word for word
from the Inter-Ocean OF the date
named. As evidence OF the fact that
the attempt TO bride the Press which
general, we note the fact that many
daily papers throughout the country
published the identical article which
the Inter-Ocean, refusing To endorse,
exposed in the following manner
Inter Ocean, Monday, Oct. 20, 1877.
The Inter-Ocean acknowledges the
receipt OF the following singular docu-
ment which came to this office from
New York, Saturday morning:
THE AMERICAN BANKERS AssoCIA-
TON, PAT broadway, Room 4,
NEW YORK, Oct. ., 1877.
Strictly Private.
DEAR SIR-Please insert the inclosed
printed slip as loaded matter on the
editorial page OF your next issue, i'm
mediately following the receipt of this,
and send marked copy with the bill to
Yours truly,
JAMES BUELL., Sec'ty,
pa Broadway, Room 4.
Comments on the slip, not to exceed
half a column, will be paid for if billed
at the same time. j. b.
The following is the document, w hich
We are asked to insert as loaded matter
on the editorial page, in other words
as a statement made by the Inter
Ocean:
THE g-eenback party has offered
through its managers to sell out to the
democrats and hereafter to work III
democratic harness if few of their
leaders can be provided for. This
shows how much dependence there i:
TO be placed on the leaders Of the luna.
tics who clamOr for money based or
| nothing
We insert this, but We shall send nc
bill for it. We shall send no bill be.
cause, in the first place, we do not fol
| low directions about leading it; sec
ondly, we can't believe a word Of tn,
statement to be true. We do not know
who is managing the affairs of thu
American Bankers Association bu
whoever he is we advise that body t,
get rid of him without delay. The at
tempt to thus maliciously destroy tn,
greenback party without submitting ,
word of proof is a piece of effrontery
which ought to be beneath any body o
commercial gentlemen, and especial,
the American Bankers Association
We refuse to believe that such an ex
traordinary document was authorized
by that body.
Since the above was in type we hav'
received copy of the New York SUI
containing the above circular, which
it appears was sent to that paper also
The Sun publishes the document witt
editorial comment from which w
quote as follows:
"This we say is an extraordinar
circular, with an extraordinary sliI
sumes to be, an item of news. 1t is a.
item that none Of the ubiquitous re
pOrters of the Sun had been able to &c
hold of. Ifany one Of them,had brough
it to us properly authenticated by doc
umentary or other evidence, we woul,
not ask him to pay us for printin,
it, but on the contrary, we would hav
paid him well for procuring it. 1t Wi
be observed, however, that the scanda
lOus item which we are asked in tn
name of the American Bankers AssO
citation to publish, has two peculiari
ties: First, no proof Of its accuracy
furnished: and, secondly, we are offer
ed money for its publication as ''leade
matter on the editorial page" of thi
days Sun. This is remarkable bus
ness to he performed in the name {
the American Bankers Association.
sour establishment is increased b
the postscript which appears at tn
bottom of this circular. 1t informs Z
that comments upon the slip not t
| exceed half a column will be paid for
This means Of course, that the editor
ial comments that are to be paid fO
must sustain the slip on the EDITOR,
that is to be paid for. But
this attempt to bride and corrupt til
press, by the direct offer of money fe
editorial articles made under the autl
GRITTY of the American Bankers Asst
citation, the name of the secretary {
which is signed to the circular aboy
pr inted? We call for information III
on this point, and shall wait for it.
authority has been given to bride tt
press, then very certainly attemp
will be- made to bride congress, an
corrupt the sources Of influence
Washington in the same interest.
is shameful business, if there be n
: some mistake about it. Let the tru1
he brought out. Let the responsible
. for this circular be fixed.
. eff this circular is forgery we sha
. be glad to make it known"