New-York tribune., 1904-09-03
MUD-SLINGIyG AND WORSE.


Last Sunday The Tribune printed chapter
from the recorded history of the election of
Alton b. Parker to the office of Surrogate in
1877 by means of fraud in the second Kingston
district The following day "The New-YOrk
World. referring TO our rehearsal of occur
rences which are well remembered and at pres
ent much talked of in Ulster County said in an
editorial article: "The American people are in
mo mood for a mud-slinging campaign. They
won't tolerate it," Bearing in mind a recent
signed editorial in "The World we might have
invited our contemporary to judge which comes
nearer to d-slinging--an elaborately gro
tesque distortion of every utterance of a con-
fessedly clean, honest patriotic, high minded
President into the revelation of determined
purpose TO grasp empire not merely over the
United States, but over Central and South
America, or an unbiased narrative of estab-
lished facts relating to the election which intro
duced the Democratic candidate for President
into the field of politics. If we are not mis-
taken that contrast would have been quite
strong enough TO make "mud-slinging" an I'M
congenial topic TO The World,' but circum-
stances compel us to give the precedence to
later publication in that paper.
On Thursday THE World" printed a long ac-
count full of minute details concerning two in
terViews therein declared to have been held in
the month OF July between President Roose-
velt and Mr.. j. PierpOnt Morgan at Oyster Bay,
whittier Mr.. Morgan described as having
gone aboard his yacht, the Corsair. This story
was not reported a part of the floating gossip
of the campaign. to which the reader might at
tribute more or less Importance, as he pleased.
1t was painstaking. circumstanta descrip-
tion o. what was explicitly declared to be an
errand of corruption which resulted in a cor
rupt bargain. These are the headings in con-
SDcuOuS OlV yrb oh 4I,o
was printed:
MORGAN SEES ROOSEVELT: DEAL
MADE; TWO SECRET TRIPS BY THE
BANKER IN HIS YACHT CORSAIR DE
LIVER THE WALL STREET INTERESTS
TO THE PRESIDENT on TERMS Salts
FACTORY TO BOTH. PARTNER STEELE
AT THE TEN HOUR CONFERENCE. NOR
GAN AND ROOSEVELT TALK OVER SIT
UATION, AND THE FORMER GETS AS
SURANCES THAT WIN HIS SUPPORT
THE BANKER TO RAISE FUNDS, THE
PRESIDENT TO BE GOOD"
And this is paragraph from the body Of the
article, TO which THE World" gave its editorial
Endorsement:
That the result was favorable TO all the wishes
Of President Roosevelt, as we'll as of Morgan
political circles have long been we'll informed.
ROOSeuet at this meeting. ichich is HOr a bit
OF political history pledged to Morgan. body and
OOHtS, me IhEhTe or me RepuOttcqH DdTtH. ana
that ia return for the promise that nothing rcro-
lHfiOndry' GCGs 10 fOilOr President ROOsercIfs
election, the entire UGst freight of the Morgan in
tereSfs lrGs TO be MrOtcH for the Republicans and
that all the money needed from Wall Street was
TO be produced at the proper time by a syndi-
cate, with j. Pierpont Morgan at its head.
1t will be observed that this is not a mere
intimatiOn. but positive charge of purchase
and sale The President is accused of promis-
ing to engage in a course Of monstrous perfidy,
to prostitute his party by making it Mr. Nor
gan's creature, and on demand 10 betray the
interests and honor of the country I'm consid-
Grafton of cash paid in advance to secure his
election. Appearing in some journals, such
charges might be attributed TO an utterly
reckless temper and helter-skelter methods of
getting out newspaper. We must assume that
their appearance in 1.-The World" proves delib-
GRAFTON and a set purpose. What is to be
thought of them? There can be no doubt on
that question after the following official state
ment by the Presidents secretary:
The story in 1.-THE World" about the visit of
Mr. Morgan TO the President at oyster Bay is
lie from beginning TO end. Neither Mr. Morgan
nor any representative of Mr.. Morgan has seen
the President or communicated with him direct
ly or indirectly at Oyster Bay or anywhere else.
knows. Mr.. Morgan has been nowhere near
Oyster Bay. in a yacht or otherwise.
WHAT is The Worlds present opinion on
the subject of ''mud-slngng''? What are its
views concerning a publication which the term
criminal libel" more accurately defines?
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