Evening journal., 1898-05-07
THOsE IOCKED HORNS.


the Every Evening have locked horns
in the Superior Court, the interest in
the American Spanish war Is lntensi-
fed. For weeks the Every Evening has
been pratlng about the war service 1t
was giving its patrons and the Daily
Republican was but little less forward
in it's expressions Of self-esteem. FL
nally the Every Evening became 50
bold as to attack the service Of the tJew
York World and the New York Journal.
1t was like fea jumping on the back
Of a Newfoundland dog. The great
metropolitan dailies do not vince every
time a moribund sheet like the Every
Evening is seized with dlstemper and a
spasm Of seif-concelt. Finding that the
attacks were, If anything, increasing
the sales Of the New York dailos in
this community, the Every Evening
began looking around for something
nearer its size and opened up on the
poor old Daily Republican. 1t began to
scold like a garrulous Old woman and
back. Finally the Every Evening call
ed the Daily Republican a fraud and
accused 1t OF stealing the war news
from the Every Evening bulletin
board. This so incensed our neighbor
at Third and King streets that IL re-
tained an attorney and instructed him
to bring suit against the Every Even
ing for $4,000 damages, and to have
the editor arrested for criminal libel.
lie followed his instructions and there
the matter rests.
The entire controversy has been Of
that drlvellng, senseless sort for which
the Every Evening and the Daily Re
publican are noted wherever they cir
culate. They are both conscious OF
their shortcomings as live. wide-awake
newspapers, and neither hesitates to at
tack the other on a spot so vulnerable
and so tender. The clothesline tele-
graphic service OF the Every Evening
is n recognized fact. Even the Repub-
lican must admit that The principal
function Of that special wire is to drag
several thousand dollars out of the
pocket OF Samuel Bancroft, Jr., every
year, neither the paper nor its readers
obtaining any proportlOnate benefit for
the expenditure The Every Evening
needs its special wire. 1t needs some
thing more. A powerful galvanio bat
terry applied to it's editorial and news
departments might wake them up.
We do not believe that the Daily Re
publican stole any news from the bull
letin board Of the Every Evening. 1t
woulf not be in keeping with its WELL
known policy. In other words, IL
would require the expenditure OF toe
much energy. It would be too much
trouble. We do not believe that the
Every Evening and the Daily Republi-
can are frauds. When the people buy
them they know what they are getting
and persons who invest their money
with a full knowledge that they are
giving something and getting no.hing
have no right to complain.
The whole matter was uncalled for
It makes the Every Evening and the
Daily Republican the laughing stock o
the community and loads down the Su
perior Court docket with cases which
will never be tried. We believe that 4
the two papers would confer and agree
upon a systematic course Of action t'
delude their readers, they might yet b.
able to re-establish those friendly rela
tions which have existed for so man.
years between journals possessing S.
many features and so many interest
In common.