Year: 1872

If any one wants fair ordinary illustration
of the difference between a newspaper and an
organ, let him compare yesterdays issues OF
THE TRIBUNE and Tie Ne,c- York Times.


Perhaps the most notable political event of
the day before was the elaborate speech of
Daniel w. Voorhees,, abating his former hos
tilty and declaring for Greeley and Brown.
THE TRIBUNE printed over column aud a
half of it, being by far the fullest report
given in any journal east of the Alleghanies.
The Times did not print one line of it,
and even suppressed the Associated Press re-
port. But this was to be expected, since one
half your organs business is to suppress news.
It's action about the NewHaven meeting was
merely stupid. This was a Grant dem
Onstration. The promise of Senator Ferry and
Representative Dawes as speakers gave it news
significance, and THE TRIBUNE, as news
paper to which its readers always look for
details of all noticeable movements, whether
for or against its own positions, prepared to
report the meeting fully. Mr.. Ferry did not
appear but THE TRIBUNE nevertheless gave
one and quarter of its wide columns to n full
and fair account of what was said. The Times
was able to give to it less than one of its
narrow columns. The meeting at Albany was
the first at which either of our NewYOrk
Senators had appeared. THE TRIBUNE printed
fairly the Associated Press report of it, and
gave Senator Fenton's speech (Over four col
umns) in full. The Times suppressed
the Associated Press report, gave not
line of Senator Fenton's speech, and
printed only brief paragraph, apparently
garbed from the Associated Press, to the
effect that the speech was a failure. Next in
political significance of the days events
was the appearance of Dewitt Z.
LittlejOhn at OswegO. The TRIBUNE
printed a fair, though necessarily brief
report of this. The Times absolutely
suppressed all reference to it. George w.
Julian, statesman of national reputation,
spoke to a great meeting in Indianapolis.
The TRIBUNE printed a third Of column
report The Times gave it eight lines, wherein
room was found to say that it was not
success, and that Mr.. Julian's main business
was to prove that he wasn't a sorehead.


In other political details and in gen.
eral news the comparison is about the
same, but it need be pursued no further.
THE TRIBUNE is a newspaper, The lines is an
organ. Whoever wants to find the news
honestly reported, without suppression or
exaggeration, because of its political
bearings, must go to the newspaper. From
the beginning of this campaign we have
printed, with absolute fairness, the most COM
plete political reports attanable from all Sec
tions of the country. The Times has systemat-
ically suppressed what did not favor the
Grant party, and Gas in the NewHaven case)
has proved itself as incompetent to give the
news of its own side as it is dishonest
in dealing with that of the other side.
We have hitherto said little or nothing about
the fullness or variety of THE TRIBUNEs
political news. 1t is not our way. Our read
ers expect it of us-come to us because they
know they will get it fairly, and all of it-think
it Gas we do) quite a matter of course. And
they know (eyen such of them as may be op
posed to our political position) that they will
get it nowhere else.