The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1897-05-23
AN AMUSING NEWSPAPER TILT.

Governor Tanner Of Illinois and
thirty glittering Colonels'' of his staff
went to New York to attend the Grant
Tomb dedication. 1t seems that the
story got out that the visitors were in
suited, meanly used not treated with
all the honors and consideration they
should have received as hailing from
the State that gave Grant to the Ma
tion-that is, as the Illinoisans looked at
it. They We're not received at the de-
pot, nor given the right of the line
nor the front of the platform. The
best seats at the tables were not for
them and they were not invited out"
They had to pay for carriage-hire like
other people, and so on through long
complaint of degradation and insult"
that filled some of the Chicago papers
as they bristled with Indignation and
roared so Justify that they were heard
even in Greater New York, which in
sists with gravity that it has not the
slightest jealousy of the second city in
the Union.
However, whether we believe that or
not, the way in which the Chicago
press fiayed New York for its treatment
of the Illinois Governor was a caution
how calmly and smilingly the New
York press comes back" How plac-
idly, loftily and amusedly it pats Chi
cago on the back, and bids it retain it's
linen. Here is the New York "Tri-
bune," for instance devoting column
to patronizing rebuke, and telling its
Chicago namesake that really no affront
was intended; that it is difficult not to
overlook some one on such great occa-
sions; that it was all a mistake on the
part of Chicago however, as Governor
Tanner had declared he was well
treated and perfectly satisfied. With
what refinement of cruelty the New
York paper then pours molten lead into
the gaping wounds of Chicago as it
says:
We felt certain that somebody had
made mistake. And as the Chicago
newspapers, which have reputation
of their own for veracity as well as for
calmness and moderation, were pub
fishing what seemed to be authentic re-
ports of remarks made by Governor
Tanner and the thirty Colonies, init
mating that they had been put upon
insulted and wantonly degraded by this
action of the New York committee we
assumed that they had made the mis-
take of supposing that the demonstra-
ton was In honor of the State of Illi-
nois for giving Grant to the Union.
rather than a tribute to the memory of
General Grant himself Considering the
local and State pride which is so charm
ing characteristic of the citizens of
Illinois. and particularly of the city of
Chicago. and which makes their society
and companionship SO delightful in
whatever part of the world they may
be encountered, the mistake did not
seem at all unnatural. But ii being
none the less a mistake in the judg-
ment Of several million people outside
OF the State of Illinois. the Tribune"
in a spirit OF kindness pointed 1t out,
taking occasion at the same time to
express regret on DehalI OF the COM
mittee and the whole country that any
thing had occurred to mar the happi-
ness or disturb the serenity OF Gov
ernor Tanner and his staff of thirty
giittering Colonies.
This mistake" to which reference is
made is explained in the close of the
rejoinder by a quotation from the New
York dispatches to the Chicago "Tri-
bune" following directly under the
rasping criticism of New York's Dis