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Show A CARD TO THE READERS OF THE "LEADER."' . Salt Laee City, Oct. 20, 73. K.Hturs Salt Lake Herald: I beg to trespass upon your courtesy for the publication of the following sLitomentof a piece of sharp practice, on trie part of some of the Tetl.une publishers, almost unparalleled in the history of journalism. In the last issue of the Tsadn- I statt-d, as an explanation of the delay attending its publication, that over two days had been lost, in consequence conse-quence of a refusal on the part of the irihiaxf publishers to print it, on the grounds of non-obligation to do so by the terms of their late contract. To the surprise of myself and my , friends when the paper appeared yes-! yes-! terday murning, it was discovered that some of the " Tribune publishers" had had the perfidy and dishonesty to tamper with the columns of the Lia-la-, and had surreptitiously appended ap-pended to my editorial on the subject of the delay the following note: In the above statement, onr Brother Broth-er Harrison shows conspicuous inexactness. inex-actness. Any delay in the appearance ol this number does not rest with tlie Publishers. Mr. Harrison's proofs were read for him at the usual time, but he failed to put in an appearance to read "them, and tlie foreman and pressman have been hindered waiting upon his motions. Plulisheks TRinrxE. By the insertion of this note into my columns, I have unwittingly been made to publish a lying rejoinder, in my own paper, to one of my own articles. arti-cles. The note was introduced into the Leader, after I had left the Tribune office, on Saturday night last. Having Hav-ing remained until 1 had seen the verv last linn mil. in t.bn "form " m,l the whole paper ready for the press, I left the paper in their hands to be printed, not imagining that I had men to deal with who would venture to interfere in-terfere with the editorial columns of a paper that did not belong to them.. Alter I was gone, they took the "leads" out of the lower part of my editorial, crowded it together and inserted in-serted their answer. Having maltreated maltreat-ed the paper in this way, they sent the whole to press and published it early ihe next morning, leaving me to discover the way in which they had treated my type, after the paper was in the hands of the public. Every editor and journalist, as well as every intelligent member of the community, will recognize, in a moment, mo-ment, the dishonorable nature of a transaction of this kind. In the newspaper profession, a man that would surreptitiously creep into a press room in the absence of the editor edi-tor and add to the contents of his columns col-umns in this way would be considered little better than a sneak-thief or a burg 1 ar. An cd i tor 1 s col u mns are his property, as much so as his house, or his watch; and no person, unauthorized unau-thorized by him, has any right to interfere in-terfere with one more than the other. His reputation apd support depend upon their preservation from violation. viola-tion. In the case of the tribune men they cannot plead any right of control con-trol over the Leader. By special agreement wiia tie ui rectors oi the company, they were simply permitted to be its printers and publishers, without with-out the right to interfere in a single line of its contents; and in the case of this last number a special and extra sum of money was paid to them for the express purpose of enabling me to get out a number in every respect in compliance with my wishes. They had, therefore, no more right to tamper tam-per with the contents of the Leader than any of my readers have to steal into the press room of the Tribune editors.atter they have left the prem ises at night, in the fullest confidence that everything is right, and clandestinely clandes-tinely insert, within their typo a rejoinder re-joinder to one of their articles. As to the contents of the note I will simply add that it is one glaring lie from beginning to end; well sustaining sustain-ing in this respect the reputation of its authors. They say that the delay was not due to their refusal to print the paper, whereas Mr. Godbe is witness wit-ness that nearly two days was lost before be-fore he succeeded, by sulliciently subsidizing them, in getting their consent con-sent to get out the number at all; and that, moreover, owing to their neglecting to give me any intimation : of that consent, still another day was j lost. As to their statement that the I delay was due to my not being ready I to reed the " nroo'fe," I will simply say that I have witnesses to prove that I sent four distinct times, between be-tween Wednesday evening and Friday Fri-day night for the proofs, and on every occasion was told that they were not ready, and requested to send again. Obtaining them at last I correct them immaii.uciy, and waited with them myself two hours in the 'Tribune office before a single compositor ' was ready to commence upon them. And, Messrs. Editors, it is tricksters and falsifiers like these that consider themselves injured by being considered consider-ed "unknown." It seems to me, that for tho reputation of the editorial edi-torial portion of their staff, at least, it had been better for them if they had remained "unknown persons" still longer. E. L. T. Harrison, Editor late Salt Lake Lender. |