New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-09-02

Tribune. If his mental and moral proc
Gases had not been warped, could have
answered his question honestly by re-
forring TO The Shreveport Times OF Az
gust 30. 1916. and The Shreveport jour
nal Of the same date
In those issues Mr. McDufhe an
svercd the question. Unfortunately ne
did not answer il honestly. Tor ne
claimed that his action in behaif OF
Tnnlac had been unofficial. But III tne'
nanors of a week previous is the rear
answer. Whatever the condition OF my
"mcntal and moral processes to "nlcn
tho eminent Tanlacker so feelingly al.
vcrts. my ocular processes arc ho1
"Yarned" and | saw in those Shreveport
pancrs the reproduction of n telegram
aboos,inp" Tanlac, first class tes.l-
uon;al in fact. signed "P. &. WcDHWt,'
pr,sidept 1flonid fd Mems rinb' Wn l
psrmission giuen for uS unhmueo o'''
This WAS before he was called to ac-
count nv the Shreveport Advertising
Cluh and made TO understand IN VIVA,
an unfortunate position ne had P'''
himself and his home CLUB. IL.
Tborefore. to Mr.. McDufie's question
Did I try TO bolster up my ciien' y.
using my official connection WIN w
Atlanta Ad CLUB" there can be Ou' o"'
answer. ., fave.
we'll to Mr.. McDufie and ms paihlu.'
writings lie is no longer pte''ueo.dI
Of the Atlanta Ad Club, when Is goJu
thing for the club, but might consul
crably depreciate his own Value 40
Testimonial writer for Ianiac'
The Called Baltimore News Winees'
OF all the pathetic and futile pine
elected by way Of reply to any alt'o.s
in the series. the saddcst IS that III,
Advertising Manager Frank j. Nepu .,
The Baltimore News put torth ~ va
nanor. One full page he devoted TO ~
some weeks after the Baltimore al
appeared; on the hopeful theoly,
doubt not. that Baltlmoreans Wou'T
have forgotten by that time WAat :
lad said about The News. NoJ rAtu,h
becr able to think OF any piu.
sblc defence Of his own. he selZed upo"
tho BRYAN "opon letter Ill ING ~
ianta Georgian as upon Happy
thought. and published It m part uhueI
tho heading. ATLANTA Was Treated 20
tho same Sort of Mess Parsllel 20
Mr.. Bryan's Mr.. Webb prints an 800 10,
~ his own. in which he proves 10 ms
own satisfaction that nothing "nlcn
The Tribune or said about ne
News or Baltimore was "oi suinclen'
importance to he dicnihed WIN re-
NV" That is, it wasn't of suthclent
inheritance when the Baltimore artICLe
apneared. Apparently II grew IN welSn,.
Possibly The News heard unpleasant
echoes Of it from local and nauohsl
sdyertisers. If not, what agency
aroused the imprcssionsble Mr. Weop
n tho point OF answering at sreat
length ard in urparliamentary Ian
cuaee. 1ceeks after the Dpbhcdiloh,
Accusations which ~ the time thcy
wcrc brought were not "of sufficient
importance to be diGnifed with re-
ply? .-n.. +,
We'll. 70 do Mr.. Webb justice ne
didn't dignity them with reply. or
his editorial in Toe News Of Nav -
neither replies to The Tribune charge,
nor is it OF a character 10 "dignliy,
ANYTHING. least of all the paper when
nrints IL. II consists chiefly IN
an effort 10 prove that The Tribune
has no standing in the journalistic and
advertising world l"espoclally IN lt'
home city, where it ranks exactly last