New-York tribune., 1899-10-28
D labelled Memorandum from the Editor" and


! said
These quotations you easily corroborate.
| They are. however, exact.
| Your editorial this morning may call forth a
blast which will make these clippings useful
| Yours. H. e ALEhHNbbN'
The quotations referred to were typewriter
COPIES Of some 1866 newspaper nvectives against
! the late Charles A. Dana. We thanked Mr.. Alex
andcr for his unsought contribution. but we have
| not printed 1t. That neglect seemed to be n
| grievance to him and to Mr.. Dorr. for they
once complained to Mr.. Henry Hall. Of The
! Tribune counting room, Of our failure properly
TO appreciate them then and on other occasions.
! That was at the meeting Of which "The Mail
and Express" yesterday spoke, but somewhat
inaccurately. Mr.. Hall never went as para
! mount commissioner" to beg "The Mail and
Express" to support Mr.. Reid for any office.
| He once casually asked Mr.. Dorr at pub
| fishers meeting why that paper kept making
petty filings AT The Tribune when we never said
anything unpleasant about It and did not un'
derStand its apparent Ill feeling. He was re-
1uested by Mr. Dorr 10 call and talk II over. and
on doing so a little later learned of the grievance
over the contribution mentioned and Of little
personal pique of some years standing. ana
found that Mr. Dorr also felt hurt that we did
not more often mention THE Mail and Express
in our columns Accordingly, In good natured
desire to remove the impression that II was In
tentionally ignored. we did print a pleasant
| editorial paragraph about THE Mail and Ex-
press"
Such were the motives which the managers
Of "The Mail and Express themselves avowed
for the attitude which they now explain as vir-
| tuous indignation at The Tribunes political
views and expressions Mr. Hall was not author
ized to ask The Mail and Express" to ''let up
on Mr. Reid, nor did he ask IT, He merely, OF
| his own accord and on the spur OF the moment
| suggested that he saw no reason why two busi-
ness neighhors should not get on comfortably
together and wondered what the trouble was
that Mr. Dorr seemed TO feel otherwise, and
he found Mr. Dorr quite willing to take that
view provided he had enough notices and per
sonal consideration.
But this IS aside from the main point, and Is
only introduced to set right THE Mail and Ex-
press" whose memory seems a trife upset as
we'll as It's nerves. What We started to say
was that this column and n half about The
Tribune does not answer our repeated requests
| for defence OF Mr. Platt's present course.
| We notice after yesterdays column and a half
| of denunciation the sententious word dis
missed" In paragraph all by Itself Are we
10 conclude that "The Mail and Express has
had enough? Has It used up all its eXpletives
and determined all AZ once 70 make virtue Of
dignity? II began weeks ago to call The Trn-
une and Mr.. Reid hard names because we told
some truths unpleasant TO Mr. Platt. Is II go
ing 10 stop now while still go on telling the
same truths? Has II abandoned all attempt TO
prove that Mr.. Platt was wise TO keep silent
about Ramapo: that the Mazet Committee was
right in abandoning suddenly Inquiry into the
telephone monopoly and the Blackwells Island
Bridge scheme? Has II no defence or Mr.
Platts new warfare for spoils In the Custom
House building? Comments on these things
are The Tribune's "treasons' which have pro
voked this cruel war. We are told that we are
10 he denounced no more in that brave word
"Dismissed"' which recalls Qugg's famous
"Sit down. when. ms green Congress-
man. he spoke 10 n seasoned member The
swan sings before II dies. and. as "The Mall
and Express" reminds us. the wet hen has
long scold before It retres to smooth its feathers
We shall miss it's shrll notes And while II Is
| silent about us wonder what Mr.. Platt VIII
do for evasive answers to our ''treasons.'