The age-herald., 1897-08-14
NON, GRANNY, DO BE GOOD Gov. Johnson and Secretary Glass
 of the Advertiser, EXCHANGE SOME LETTERS On the Subject of Discriminating, Which Is
 Said to Be In Vogue Democratic .. Papers Ava Re osnized.
 

Montgomery Aug. 13.-(spe )-Dur- ing the wesk there has ben an lntsr-st-
 ing eorrs spondence betwsn the goser- -por's office and the local morning news
 paper. and copies of ths letters were ob-
 tadned at the governors office this after
 noon, and indicate that the governor is
 very mueh disposed to stand by his
 friends, He is dispoSad to discim.na e
 against the enemies ofthe regular dsno- cratlcTarty and doesn't seem to care who
 ksoY9 it.
 The. correspondents Is as follows and explains itseF:
 R.lntSLAss TO THE PRIVATE SEC- RETARY.
 Montgomery, Ala, Aug, Il. 1887.
 Mr. Chappel Cory, Private Secretary. | sDear Str:-Dullng the lass Week nave !, observed several tim S tfat issms. of news
 originating in the governors office have
 appeared in the Birmingham Age-Herald which have not been brought in by our state house reporter, MT. Brumby. This | is especially noticeable today. l Alr Brumby says that your usual an- swer to him when he asks for the hews of the day is that you have nothing fer i 1him- WIFI you please b'e so kind as to let
 me know whether this failure to get news 1 is due to any fault of MT. Brumby, or whether 1t is a sort of boycott of the Ad- verti5er as newspaper by the governor? If it is MT. Brambys fault. I will try to have the trouble removed. If, on the 1 contrsTy, news is withhelA purposaly from our representative, please be so frank as to let ma usderstard the situa- | tion so that can save Ms. Brumby em- ba4rassment and ourselves unnecessary tronble. :. Respectfully yours. losve. F. P. GLASS, Sec'y Advertiser. as f1Hs Copy.
 MreF. F. Glass, secretary. | Dear Sir-1 beg to acknowledge yours of even date and take pleasure in assur- l ing you. that MT. Brumby is always wei
 ,comed in this office and in indorsing him asa a most capable and conscientious fnewsga therer
 lsiAs to the second part of your inquiry, tits simpropniety as addressed to the pri- kvate secretary of the governor, is so man | fest, that I am sure you will excuse a 1 reply. .sa Very respectfully, sy (Signed.) CAMPBELL CORY, ssas ss, Private Secretary. Montgomery, Aug. F, 1897. Hon. Jos. F. Johnston. Governors Office, City.
 Dear Sir--T inclose you copies of some correspondence with your private secre- l tary. Mr. Ghappel Cory.
 | lsgYou4 will observe that MT. Cory ex- presses his unwillingness to answer the
 second part of my inquiry. I construe his meaning to be that should have ad- dressed you directly upon the subject. My mistake arose from the fact that I had always understood that the gov l-ernor's private secretary was his official representative, and that he was especial ly charged with the duty of giving out to the newspapers such news in reference to the work of the executive office as the governor saw fit to have made public.
 If there has been any change in this GUS tom, I have not heard of 1t. As stated in my letter to MT. Cory, the Advertiser has of lsta experienced great difficulty in getting news from your of flee. That shere has been important news originating fhere, which has been seen
 proper to be given the pUbEc, is proved by the capital correspondence of the Blr- minghnun Age-Herald. MT Cory says that OUT state house reporter is always welcomed in your office and that he is a capable newsgatherer. These facts seem Ito make it plain tiha, somebody is giving
 out this news, and that there is distinct discrimination against the Advertiser. Tn tn light Of these facts, I will be obliged if you will Ter, me know whether this dis + criminal iCn against the Advertiser is to continue, or if 1t is without your sane tion, whether you will sse to it that this
 paper is put on an equal footing in ihe ter of getting nsws With any other in the state? Respectfully, yours, F. P. GLASS, Secretary. THE GOVERNORS REPLY. Mr F. P. G.lats, Secretary, Montgomery, Ala: .fr..
 ? Dsar Sir:-I have your letter of yester-
 day wi lh enclosures. I have to say in re-
 ply that al Items of news original ing in
 this office which every citizen in the state
 has a right to krlow, will be given to any
 representative of the press without dis
 elimination. I ems which aihe governor in
 the exercise of sound discretion, under
 lhe law of the land. can either withhold ,or make public, when 5n my judgment
 they should be given out, through such
 agencies as may select, and the Mont
 gomery Advertiser will not be one of them. Respectfully.
 aF JOSEPH F. JOHNSTON.