Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1902-06-28
THE B. Us LATEST
"SOUR GRAPES" SPASM.

There having been no picture of King
Edward, Queen Alexandra or others
of the royal family Of Great Britain in
ex-Sberiff S,A. Lanes Fifty Years
and over and the Daily Tail-Ender
having, therefore. had no pictures to
print in connection with the critical i'll
ness of King Edward and the postpone
ment of the coronation festivities. that
relic of the days when Aaron was
Our little City suffers once more
violent attack of "sour grapes be-
cause of the Democrats very excel
lent illustrations. Not content with
apologizing to its readers for having
published no pictures during the past
week, from the junk heap.-as it re-
Gently did-or otherwise, the emaciated
relic Of the oh Fudge period also turns
back to the days of last September
when the Democrat was publishing
pictures in connection with the reports
of the assassination, illness and death
of President Mckinley. and suffers an
other spasm of sour grapes because
1t had no pictures at that time either.
With labored Dobsonianism the B. j.
undertakes to say that it would not
print fhe pictures If it had them,
though confessing that 1t has them not.
The facts are that the B. ]. could
not secure the pictures even IL it were
willing to pay the money neces-
sary to give it's readers an up
to-date newspaper The picture service
used by the Democrats is the same as is
used by the New York Journal. the
Chicago American. and other papers.
including on special occasions the
Cleveland Leader. The Cleveland Press
uses the pictures at Intervals, also.
The B. j. could not get this picture
| service IL it wished 1t ever so much.
because Inc Daily Democrat has the
| exclusive right to the service in this
county. and has lately arranged for an
extension of the same.
Ninety-nine of one hundred of the
pictures used in the Democrat are
made from photographs. The others
are reproduced from wash-drawings
and pen and ink sketches made from
life or telegraphed descriptions.
1t may be true that the Il. J. has re-
ceived a proposition for the furnishing
of pictures of the death of King Ed
ward" etc. The Democrat is willing
to believe as much for it has received
from the same New York boiler plate
establishment the same proposition. No
attention whatever was given the prop
osition in this Office for the Democrat
already has service Of illustrations
! which in itself is one OF the greatest
i achievements of the newspaper busi-
jness-which costs so much money that
no one newspaper. however great, could
4 afford It; but which is made possible
by the use of the service by two of the
richest newspapers in the world. wh'cn
are under the same control and com
bine to sell the service to select few
other daily papers.
And so the r. 1.-THE relic Of Mr. =.
| A, Lanes younger days-will continue
1 to drag out Its stock cuts-the pictures
originally used In Mr. Lanes history
| when opportunity permits, but on other
occasions it win he without illustra-
tons. and as yesterday. will still snarl
occasionally. The grapes are sour and
vainly endeavor TO persuade its readers
/ that newspapers should not he illus
trated-that the Summit County Bea-
con got aiong very well without pic
lures and that stock cuts are the only
pictures worth using anyway.