The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-01-10
Mr.. BENNETT AND SPAIN.
ruy THE HERALD OPPOSES THE
CUBAN PATRIOTS.


,..,op, for Relief That Behind . Campaign or
r.,,.ho.d aud Islander There IL q specific
c.upnct the spanish GeveFn-
,u.,t and Editor Bennett-ssner n1orot, tho
,,i,,.ter for the Colonies. IL "i~lispauicusr
ar the Herald staG-ls Nr. Bennett In tho
Employ or the spanish Government ,-Piain
-,,L I'm spnin About n 'sContract OF Bribsry.1
TorHE EDITOR OF II SuN-Sir: On Nov. 26
e,nor Canalejas, writing from Havana to his
.sx,naper in Spain. FL Herdldo dc Madrid, re-
nor,ed this circumstances: "Secrctary.General
conrosto spends hours ovory day closetcd In his
n,Iyate office with the NeU York Heratd's cor.
,.spondcnt In Havana, connecting with him re-
norris favorable to tho Spaniards. TIL most i'm
portsn, documents OF a private and confidential
character are handed over to tho Hcraid's man.
rbo carries them to his own office, copies them,
,,d then returns the originals to the Secretary
General"
Tho Ne,p York Herald Is making o campaign
a, falsehood and Islander against the Cuban
n.triots in order to influence Congress and
American public opinion In favor Of Spain. I
bee leave to call attention to certain facts in
relation to the course Of the Herald, from which
the public will not be slow to . deductions
that arc both Just and obvious.
The present financial distress Of the Netp York
Herald has been confessed by Mr.. Bennett him
selt. There is need of no other testimony than
that OF the columns Of his own newspaper. On
June / OF last year tho plight Of tho Herald was
disclosed in this astonishing editorial statement
that Mr.. Bennett found the salaries Of his en-
ployees too heavy q burden to bear:
Some thirty. forty. or fifty years ago employees of
Nil sorts, whether they were editorial writers. chief
editors. city editors. managing editors. reporters,
actor, or Others, worked for living wages. We mean
By living wages q fair return for tho work they did
that ID. living wages for their employer. But to-day
oil this Is changed. An employee. whether he may
b m editor. . writer. an actor. an art critic. or q
mu,ical critic, desires his wages in accord ance with
bis opinion Of himself. Tho trolley car conductor who
spares two or three lives in q trip Of . few miles by
no. killing anybody considers himself worth ~ least
o5 or elo . day. The reporter who saves his paper
libel suits two or three times . month by not being
100 fresh considers himself entitled TO an increased
GALAXY.
In fact, We have como to the conclusion that the
trades neutrality-suspicious.. pressmen. and all
those people who naturally are associated with trades
unions-are not to be oonsiderod whom compared to
tho "brainy" reporter. the brainy artist. the orainy
city editor. the bTainy managing editor, or the brainy
nisht editor. Evidently the press OF New York, and
maybe throughout the country. has come to the con-
elusion that those are the men that should DO looked
after and should be contracted with. How many CON.
tracts have been made in the last year with city edi.
tos, with managing editors, editors Of colored sup
p~lements, &c.l In fact. there 10 only one thing loft
that come proprietor should contract with another
proprietor to reduce the sine Of their papers and In
crease their price. There would be money In that.
But until that time arrives 10 will b nothing but CON.
trsoss and oontrscts-city editors' contracts. night cd.
itors' contracts, reporte1' contreots. artists' con.
tracts. foreign correspondents contracts. until there
will DO nothing Tefs fof I'M bf0p7istors themselves.
except 70 mako contrasts FOR she poorhouse.
To escape the p~oorhouso. Mr. Bennett de-
cided on Nov. 20 TO discontinue the publication
Of the Evening Telegram. Hero are tho now
celebrated words in which he announced that
measure Of retrenchment,
The Evening Telegram ceases 20 appear from yes
terday for the time beinG.in accordance with Abraham
Lincoln's wise saying that "you can fool all the
people some Of the time and some Of the people all
the time. but you can't fool all the people all the
time"
And he was right The public also can fool pub.
lsher all the timo and advertisers can fool publish.
err some Of the time. and they seem 20 b oontinu-
ing to fool them all tho time. But the Euentng Telo'
gram doesn't propose 10 b fooled all the time.
An upto date evening paper ~ ono cent doesntpay
Therefore those who are publishing evening papers
at one cent are either fooling the public or foolin0
Themselves.
fool itself or fool the public 10 has oeasoa publication
fooled and stop Jooling.
That Ata. 49,. -l,~ $500 n AAA-A~,
next morning. Nov. 90, tho Ne,o York Herald
announced that the publication Of its proftless
and money.losing evening edition would DO re-
sumed:
In view of its many outstanding advertising con-
tracts and large circulation. and for other considers
Mons, the several editions OF the Evsntn0 Telegram
will continue to appear a. usual every day. with all
the latest news and the numerous bright features
that have made the Telegram the fayorito evening
Newspaper Of Greater New York.
1recall this astounding incident and this sud.
Den return to q condition of financial pros
perity. because they have a direct relation to
Mr.. Benefits negotiations at Madrid. Directly
beneath the announcement that the time had
arrived when Mr.. Bennett could afford to oon-
tinue the ErenfnD Telegram without either fool
Ing the public or foolinR himself, there ap-
peared an editorial article calling attention
TO the publication in another column Of tho
"semi-ofcial Spanish reply" TO Senior Estrada
PAlma's declaration respecting the Intentions
OF the patriots. The answer from Madrid,
through Mr.. Benefits newspaper. was signed
"Hispanicus." and was written, according to
the Herald. by "a diplomatist close to the
sagasta Government, and In a measure So
lected to reply to Mr.. Palma That day. Nov.
~. the Herald appeared full fiedged as q Span
ih organ. 1t published many columns Of mat
Yer In the interest OF Spain and against Cuba.
hispanicus," as 10 now generally known In
Spain. Is Don seRismundo Moret. Spanish Min
ister for the Colonies, and q member Of the
Heraid's stan since Nov. %. 1897.
Why could Mr.. Bennett afford on Nov. 81 to
reconsider his decision OF Nov. 90 to abandon
the Improbable TeleDramf
On Nov. ls Mr.. Hussey Fife. tho Madrid cor
respondent of the Herald. acting under direct
instructions from Mr.. Bennett. was in confer.
ehce with sehor sagasta. the Primo Minister of
epAin' for the purpose of promoting, for the
second time since tho war broke out in Cuba.
a'rect relations between the Herald and the
spanish Government.
oh Nov. 20 the Spanish Cabinet had not an.