The sun., 1898-11-15

"IN telegraphlc service and enter
prise" "Every Evening" ''easily leads
among our daily papers," says the "Mid.
dletown Transcript" For this frank
compliment we return thanks. The
statement is absolutely true, but there
are envious contemporaries who would
lie themselves to eternal perdition before
they would admit it.-"Every Even
ing"
The transcripts" statement as to the
telegraphic service is unquestionably
true. The telegraphic service of "Every
Evening" is better than that of any
other daily paper in Delaware for the
reason that it enjoys the excellent facili-
ties Of the Associated Press. The papers
dog in the manger policy bars the As
sociated Press service from any other
paper in Wilmington or within 80 miles
ofthis city in the State. As long as the
owner of Every Evening" in his selfish
ness refuses to give his consent to the
adoption OF Associated Press news by
any other Delaware newspaper, just so
long will all morning papers have to do
without 1t.
These are the circumstances which
make it possible for every Evening to
have the best telegraphic service.
In the matter of enterprise The Sun
has been a regular leader of every
Evening" during the past year. Enter.
prise is quantity Of which Samuel Ban
croft and Every Evening" have not the
most remote conception.
In giving the result of the recent elec.
tion every Evening" displayed not the
slightest energy or enterprise.
Facts are at hand to prove this. At 5
O'Clock Wednesday afternoon last,
Every Evening" had not given to its
subscribers grain more of information
as to the result of the election in Della
ware, and in fact, all over the country,
than was published by THE Sun and
given to this papers subscribers at 5
O'Clock Wednesday morning
These are facts. In truth the report of
the election published in Wednesdays
Every Evening" did not contain even
the entire news of the battle of ballots
which appeared in THE Suns complete
and thoroughly detailed account We'd
nesday morning.
There are three matters in which
every Evening" is enterprising. First,
holding the Associated Press service.
Secondly, the suppression of the con-
nection OF Richard R. Kenney, Il. T.
Cooper, I. s. Clark and others with the
iooting of the First National Bank OF
Dover. every Evening" exhibited en-.
terprise in Withholding the facts of that
crime against the United States and the
stockholders Of the Dover Bank. In its
Jealous enterprise every Evening"
robbed its subscribers.
The third enterprise of Samuel Ban
croft and every Evening" is the won.
der of the State. Like the Associated
Press enterprise this third enterprise 10
also monopoly. Bancroft in his every
Evening" has, after mature consider
alton, brought four charges against the
Levy Court OF New Castle county.
Every Evening" printed Bancroit's 8
charges as follows: Crooked contracts,
mismanagement, maladministration, and
extravsgant appropriations.
Bancroft and every Evening" then
relapsed into the deepest silence. No.
body can extract from them the facts
supporting Bancrofts charges.
THE Sun offered 500 for the facts.
Every Evenings" silence seems to in.
dicate that it has received more for re.
naming silent and keeping the facts on
which these four charges are based, to
itself.
Undoubtedly EVERY Evening" dis.
plays enterprise in concealing the proof
OF its charges. How much greater would
that enterprise be ii exerted in the oppo-
site direction. every Evening" holds
the facts which would. if printed, result
IN the greatest expose in the history of
this State. The circumstances surround
ing the matter and legislative body and
men implicated would make such an nv
pose far reaching and bring it closer to
she people OF not only this county but
State.
Every Evening is a very ordinary
afternoon paper, containing simply the