New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-03-21

81, ,,.,,o, ooraer may devote some of the ac-
curulations of his minority to the purchase VI
a paper for the benefit Of his party win 'he
object of acquiring thereby additional We'E"'
IN It's councils THE London Echo has III 'ilis
way passed through the hands of number Oh
,ordlinss. including the Earls Of Rosebery and
Dunraven.
THE STANDARDS" ANONYMITY.
leaving THE London Times for the last. l
will now draw attention to the fact that OF all |
London newspapers the one which to-day pos
sesses most influence and most weight with 'he
public Is The Standard" THE Telegraph
The Morning Post and THE Chronicle d.
we'll AS "The Daily Mail" while excellent news
papers in their way as far as the purVeEihs VI
news is concerned are entirely without weight
with the English public. either among '"e
classes or among the The public at
large know that Mr. Harmsworth is the pro-
pretor Of THE Daily Mail" Mr.. Lloyd OF "The
Chronicle" Lord Glencsk of THE Morning
Post" and Sir Edward Levy Lawson OF lhe
Telesraph"; that THE Illustrated Londoh
News" belongs to Sir William Ingram and Ihe
Westminster Gazette" TO Sir George Newnes'
Each OF these gentlemen has gone out OF MS
way to make his identity known. and to destroy
the anonymity Of his newspaper. indiifercE' 10
the fact that he was imparing Its influence
thereby The public is thoroughly aware that
with THE Chronicle" and THE Mall the policy
and conduct of the paper are subordlna'Su u
/ a question of dividends while with Ihe Da"S
TELEGRAPH" and The Morning Post the con-
sid.rations that weigh most in guiding their
utterances are of social character ii to-oa!
the good Hooking owner of The Morning Post
occupies a seat in the House of Lords 1t is ne
cause the entire policy of his paper since he first
CHI has been SndI ed WIFI
the object of bringing him safely into mat
Cided haven Of refuge. Sir Edward Lawson the
proprietor of The Telegraph has been Tor
some time past following closely in the social
wake Of Lord Glenesk, and although ne Is lor
the Present still lingering in that species d
/ outer harbor known the haronetage, yet II Is
possible that before the present year OF grace
/ has come in close he. too. will be summoned
| to take his seat in the House Of Lords
Very dincren; is The Standard" the one Eng
lish paper ri all others concerning the ownership
/ Of which nothing is known, not even IN polltcai
and journalistic circles 1t retains all the
anonymity which formerly constituted so dis
tinguishing feature of The Times" and
whereas nowadays the principal writer's OF the
latter. as Of The News" "The Chronicle" THE
! Telegraph and The Pail Mall" are all more or
| less well known the utmost secrecy with regard
| IN the identity of the members of the staff or
I
/ "The standard" prevails. True, the Tory legisla-
TORS know that it's chief editor. gentleman or
the name Of Mudford, occasionally constitutes
/ member of the house party at Lord Sallsburys
/ country seat of Hatfield, and that this same UNI
obtiusve parsonage is an almost daiy caiIer dt
Arngton-st. when the Marquis Is In town. But
few people can boast of having met him. and MS
nersonal appearance is to such an extent ignored
that il is doubtful whether A score OF members OF
Parliament would recognize him were he 10 1oi-
low the example of so many Of the editors OF the
other newspapers and haunt the lobby The con-
sequence of this is that the utterances OF the
standard" are regarded by the public at large not
as those of any individual. but the voice OF the
/ entire Conservative party and by reason or THIS
! it now enjoys al influence and a prestige which
were formerly possessed by THE Times" but to
which nowadays other English newspaper can
/ lay claim.
THE TIMESS WANING INFLUENCE.
With regard to The Times" its power has
sadly waned since the retirement of its great
editor. John Delane In his day the anonymity
was so strictly guarded that no one save MI.
Waller the general manager, and the edito: were
aware Of the IDENTITY Of the leader or editorial
writer's the knowledge thereof being kept even
from the members OF the regular stan OF the pa
per 1t is not through any indiscretion or Inc
/ Times" but through Sir William Harcourts own
/ admissions that we know that he used formerly
} 10 be hurried down Printing House Square late
at night and whisked on his arrival into some
+ room. where, without seeing any one but MI
Dalane he would dash off in his peculiar incisive
STYLE some slashing leader on the question of the
bour The names Of the contributors and of the
principal writers were kept in book that was
ntrus,ed to the care of the general manager, and
l;.l had a ne
Delane. and Mr. Walter himself Even the names
Of the foreign correspondents Of the paper were.
as a rule unknown, and although to-day the
identity OF the representatives OF the paper IN
Paris. Rome Berlin and New-York Is pubhc
property. yet prior to the appointment IN 49, %
NJ de Blowitz as Paris correspondent Of The
Times" no one knew the names of those VINO
looked afte. the interests OF the great JourhaI
abroad In fact, great was the importance
which THE Times Of fifty years ago attached 10
its anonymity. regarded as the chief source OF ts
strength, that the late JohnWa alter that IS TO say
the second Of the dynasty twice declined peer
age while his eldest son. John Waller 3D. VINO
died few years ago. likewise refused an anal
osous proposition made 10 him a little over thirty
yca.s since Both were afraid that the accept
ance of a seae in the House Of Lords would at
tract undue attention to thair Identity. ana there
by impair the strength Of their journal
ITS ANONYMITY NO LONGER KEPT
To-day THE Times longer occupies its
former pinnacle of grandeur. although the
English people attached to it for the sake OF
"Auld Lang Syne" and likewise for the memory
OF the splendid services which it has rendered to
the nation its disinterestedness and It's delicate
. consideration-such as, for instance, when after
the horrible murder Of its correspondent Mr..
Bowlby. by the Chinese In 1851. 1t actually
stopped the presses after the regular edition had
been printed and struck off a single copy OF an
, othev special edition containing a much modified
and softened accoun: Of the outrage which was
mailed to Mr. Bowlbys aged mother, so that she
. might never know how her son really died. II
has been published far and wide that Mr.. Buckle
is al present the Editor Of THE Times, Sir
; Donald Mackenzie Wallace the foreign editor.
l Mobery Bell the general manager, Humphry