The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-04-24
THE rR1BUNE's FAKES.

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Washington, to the effect that the Gu
ban resolution, adopted by congress on
Tuesday, had been approved by the
president that same evening. and sent
! to Minister Woodford. together with
| the ultimatum of the United States, and
| that no one save members of the presi-
dents cabinet and the Tribune's core
| spondent knew of this adroit diplomatic
move.
The Associated Press dispatches of
the same date TUESDAY, 18th inst.),
stated that neither the resolution nor
the ultimatum would be signed or ap-
proved until Wednesday, the Goth.
While it was apparent to every one
that the Tribunes special was a rank
fake, very little attention would have
| been paid to the matter, had not the
Tribune attempted to bolster I'D it's
fake OF Wednesday with another on
| Thursday, which was SO rank that it
would not hold together.in any partic-
ular: and there was not a person either
friend or foe of the Tribune, who gave
it credence.
The first special to'the Tribune, dated
Washington. April 10. said the resolu-
ton had been approved and a copy,
together with the ultimatum, had been
sent to Minister Woodford at Madrid.
Thursday morning The Herald ex-
posed the Tribune's fake special of the
18th. On the same date the Tribune's
special correspondent at Washington
supplied that paper with another "spe-
cial, which reiterated the statement of
Wednesdays issue. to the effect that
the ultimatum had been forwarded to
Spain on. Tuesday. the 18th, and clinch-
ed it With the statement that the pres
ident had received a message from
Minister WOodford on Wednesday
morning, which gave information that
the demands of the United States upon
Spain had been officially delivered to
the Spanish government" And thus
was the Spanish minister at Washing
ton 'outwitted, and a great diplomatic
trick turned
The Herald>on Thursday requested its
Washington correspondent, Mr. Frank
H. Hosford, who, by the way, is man
that ranks with the best of Washing
ton correspondents, being president of
the Gridiron club, the principal press
club of the national capital and who
is in the confidence of all the principal
government officials, so far as news
matters are concerned, to investigate
and report the facts to The Herald,
which he did; and on Friday The Her
aid published a complete refutation of
tie Tribune's fake story. This refuta-
ton was on the authority of a member
of the cabinet. who was present when
the Cuban resolution was signed, and
he said there was no truth in the story
that the resolution had been approved
before the official announcement made
Wednesday morning.
Friday the Tribune came forward
with another Special" which declared
Spain had held up the dispatch of Tues
day, which was never sent. On Thurs
day this same special correspondent of
the Tribune had said positively that
Minister Woodford had cabled the
president that he had delivered the I'LL
tfnatunn, but Friday the correspondent
said Minister WoodfOrd had done no
such thing, because Spain had delayed
the dispatch of Tuesday; therefore, the
minister did not cable on Wednesday
that he had done so. It is not neces-
sary to go into these details to prove
that the Tribune has failed all along in
this matter, because the copy of the
ultimatum, which was dated April 90
says the resolution was approved that
day.
The Tribune published another dis
patch yesterday morning, saying that
Minister Woodford was in disgrace at
the White House, because he had not
delivered the ultimatum which had been
sent him on Tuesday. In view of this,
what becomes of the positive statement
in the special of the goth, published in
the Tribune on Thursday. the 21st, to
the effect that the president had a
cablegram from Minister Woodford
which gave information that the de-
mands of the United States upon Spain
had been officially delivered to the
Spanish government?' If the minister
practiced such wfllful deception on the
president, then he ought to be in dis
grace. The fact of the matter is that
the resolution was not signed until
Wednesday. April 90, at liza a. m. and
that the ultimatum was not sent to
our minister at Madrid until after that
time; and no better proof that the
Tribune has faxed is needed than the
special kilograms themselves. The Her
aid would not pursue this matter so
persistently were it not for the fact that
the Tribune has repeatedly of late tried
to discredit The Herald and it's news
service, and in an editorial yesterday
morning it attempts to uphold the will |
full deceit of its Washington CORE
spondent. Any newspaper may be de- |
ceived, and mistakes will occur in the |
best regulated newspapers, but there |
is no disgrace in acknowledging a mis-
take or admitting that deception has |
been practiced upon it, but to attempt |
to uphold palpable deception at the
of a rival is not respectable |
journalism.
The Tribune is entitled to no credit
for first-class or exclusive news SER
vice, but only to Reproduction and con-
domination for attempting to work off
fakes on the people. A papers news
services is part of it's stock in trade,
and it is entitled to the benefit of it,
The Herald has no desire TO belittle
any papers news service, but it does
not propose to have it's own news SER
vice belittled by a jealous rival with
out resenting it and showing UP that
-iyaPs detention