Show JEALOUSY CAUSE OF ABSURD CHARGES AGAINST STANDARD but paper making them was cleanly scooped seven times yesterday by the standard the little paper up the hill frank cannons subsidized sheet has been BO thoroughly scooped lately that people are beginning to wonder it it is really a newspaper or simply a patent medicine their work has become BO raw that they seem to consider that the speech of public men or a public occasion Is their own especial property last evening in their midnight edition they have an article accusing this paper of their report of a recent occurrence to say the least the subject matter of the article is indelicate and coarse and among many business men of the city there have been heard words of condemnation that such an article should be printed at this time As a newspaper the sheet up the hill has no standing and should receive no consideration at all but while they are ranting on the subject of plagiarism arism would it not be well if they followed more closely the code of ethics which they lay down for the guidance of others in the article referred to which of course our readers have not seen ow ing to the meagre circumstances of the patent medicine advertisement that sheet after boosting the paper tor its energy in securing certain speeches accuses this paper of lifting their entire story when as a matter of tact the standard was on the street an hour and a halt before the forms of the medicine sheet were closed and was in their office an hour before the forms closed in regard to the stories that appeared in the standard and the examiner the story that appeared in the standard was written hours before the event took place the story that appeared in the examiner was written from the notes taken by a reporter who was in attendance at the event but who owing to the number of newspaper men present could not secure a seat at the press table if by some unfortunate circum stance the report that appeared in the examiner and in the medicine sheet was similar then this paper pleads guilty to the murdering of the kings english but denies the allegation that it in any way lifted the etory from the sheet up the street in regard to lifting matter it would seem that the shoe was on the other foot for there is not a day that passes that the editors up the hill do not gobble some story that has previously appeared in the standard or the examiner Eva miner or one of the salt lake papers As tor instance they last night published a story under the head death ot popular local actress she lived in salt lake a story that appeared in one of this mornings salt lake papers which they lifted bodily in another column under the head of changes in the board of aduca tion they have a story without reason pr fact to the effect that dr joyce is to succeed the lata judge dee aa president of tho board which is simply an effort to boost dr joyce for the position this selfsame self same paper cornea be fore the public claiming that it Is a newspaper and ask asks s the patronage of the public on the grounds that it Is primarily a local paper and therefore deserves the support of the local public it their claim is true then how ia it that night after night they go to press minus the most important local story of the day and are scooped one has but to compare the local papers of last night to discover tho wildness of their claim in last nights standard there no less than seven distinct scoops ami so that there will be no question about the matter they will be pointed out for the information of the manageri mana geni of the sheet they appear under iad following heads crazy man in ogden canyon A class for portland fair children to demonstrate tedi work of mutes canals are running dry contract from the 0 S L end of a long case fought on a car and judge kept busy of course it Is expected that ofle sheet up the hill will run a story tonight trying to belittle the that this paper publishes but that la only to be expected and the fireworks are awaited with interest |