Omaha daily bee., 1896-09-11
READY To srnMrr TIE PROVE.

READY To SUBMIT THE PROOF.
The World-Herald still persists in its
course Of imposture. 1t prints a fac
smile of a clipping furnished by a Lon
don Press Cuttings bureau and says it
is the original of the alleged London
Financial News editorial which it has
been parading in support of its claim
that free silver would help the United
States by destroying English commerce.
The fac-simile itself does not disclose
the slightest indication that 1t was
printed in the London Financial News
on April 30, 1894. or Mt any other time.
IN the certificate which John NJ. Devine
appCndS he does not pretend ever to
have had or seen Il copy of The Finan-
cial News containing the article. Even
if the clipping had been genuine. the
World-llerald's alleged extract is not
the same, but is willfully garblcd so as
to credit a London paper with what
Senator Cameron, n pronounced free
silver man, is quoted as saying.
Against this so-called proof, which Is
no proof at all, The Bee has in its
possession the positive denial of the
editor of The Financial News that the
article printed in the World-Ilerald
ever appeared in the columns of that
paper. 1t is true that the letter to Mr..
A. G. Platt Is signed "ThC Editor" with
out the full name of the writer. But
the gcnuinenesS of the letter cannot be
gainsaid. 1t is the ommon practice Of
EnpliSb p1itnr% D., sim, t1,ni, ,,po
~spondcnce in that way. The most con
vincing proof which would be accepted
in any court of justice is the original
copy of The Financial News Of August
IL. 1896. which editorially declares that
mo 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"
In order to put an end to further con
tention concerning The Financial News
forgery, The Bee offers to submit the
original documents in its possession
to the inspection of a committee
composed of Judge e. II. Dutlic,
Judge ID. u. Gregory and ID. Glen
Beaver. Judge Dufie has been Sc
lected as the congressional nomi-
nec in this district by the combined
silver parties. Judge Gregory is presi-
dent Of the Silver league. Mr.. Beaver
is member of the populist national COM
mittce for Nebraska. We are willing to
abide by the findings of this committee
that the copy Of The Financial News of
August -, from which we have quoted,
is genuine; that the letter of the editor
denying the World Herald extract is
Meet, London representative of the AS
ISOLATED Press, saying that he personally
called on the editor of the London
Financial News, and after exhibiting to
him a copy of the World erald's al
legged extract was told that the said ex-
tract had never been published in The
Financial News, is genuine.
Here is Il fair proposition to which no
silver man who wants to know the
truth can take exceptions. All all events,
however, the proof is conclusive that
the 10th of March Financial News arti-
Gle which the World-Herald printed was
a downright forgery; that the 3Oth of
april, 1894, article is not Il true copy
of the alleged cutting which Mr.. Devine
says he circulated; that against the I'M
supported word of a cuttings bureau
we have the printed editorial denial of
The Financial News that any such arti-
Gle ever did appear in that paper.