| Show IS 13 IT exaggerated we publish in issue a from president J 11 tanner in justification of the vieng expressed by him before the iho tea cherb convention at amanti lie ile quotes extensively from the outlook in support of his view of the case caie which he thinks i the tha view generally entertained by conservative n men that mr ir tanner and the I 1 outlook voice the tha opinion of quite a number must be conceded lut but that they express the views entertained by a maj majority arity of e ean cn conservative men we do no not t believe boctor tanner explains that his hia simile of the big boy going around with a chip on hi shoulder seek ing an antagonist had reference refe recca to the irresponsible press which it is inferred is seeking to plunge the country into all the horrors of war without adequate cause and for purely perso personal ial aggrandizement I 1 mr tanner denies alia accuracy of tim THE JOURNALS conclusion that tile tie public is conversant with the facts acts Eur surrounding rounding the llaine explosion an aej d the fease quent discoveries averweg made mada by the divers and thinks it cannot be true because the court of inquiry has not yet reported he also claims that from a careful reading grou ground d for the e sensational charges which have been made it mav may be well to reviews review a fe lew iv of the newspaper reports based upon associated press di dispatches p itches and a few of the circumstances surrounding in the maine laine L disaster in order older to 0 o d determine et ermine whether suspicion of spanish duplicity is not only a reasonable but almost inevitable conclusion cl the maine elaine was in havana upon a peaceful mission with a view of relieving as far as possible the strained relations between the two countries she did not choose her own anchorage but was by spanish direction moored to a buoy on account of the extremely bitter feeling against the united states which nas ag so strong that it was unsafe for sailors to p go on shore except in squads it was duty to so guard that vessel that no harm from without could possibly have reached it or as aa the united states government guarded the vizcaya upon her subsequent visit to new york just before the fearful explosion a spanish vessel lying in the immediate neighborhood of the maine hoisted alcher moved to a place of kafetz aud and then once more ane anchored bored certainly an unusual proceeding at that time in the eveni evening nm to say the least these things prece led the calamity then came the terrible event which shocked the world and called attention to them immediately after the explosion almost 61 suspiciously suon euon the boats of the spanish warship were alongside this turned its ita searchlight on the wreck for about ten minutes that was all al vo no other searchlight aided the searchers although althou gli others were avail a ame able now new come the known results result of the work of tho the divers they found captain Sigi bees pipers papers and the ships records record 3 anong A nong these was tho the record of the temperature in in the forward magazine and the adjacent jacent coal bunker blinkers taken ton but t a short time beffie beffi e the explosion lon which refute the idea of spontaneous combustion buB lion they have recovered powder cites cases from the forward magazine Ma Dazine crushed crual led in iii eu auh b a manner and blown in such euch a direction that the force must mast have come f from rom the outside again had bad it cone come co ne from within they must have burst into thousands of fragments and the exploded had the force which sunk the I 1 maine laide been exerted from within it would have sought the point of I 1 eat ea t resistance for an outlet and it is regarded its as improbable that I 1 its ts massive steel hull would have been destroyed dea troyed if photographs and descriptions of th h wreck may be relied on the final and conclusive proof is furnished for they show that the heavy ribs braces and plates of the hull were blown upward and inward which would have been impossible had bad the force been an internal one on the contrary they would have blown downward aud and outward the lower plates now protrude through the deck and rid the non corrosive green paint with which the hull was painted below the water line is visible above the surface if all of these thee the e antecedent and subsequent indications are cot sufficient warrant for suspicion th then en indeed the newspapers naval officers officer cong congressmen and the general public are wrong aal and a mr tanner and the out right rf 3 rs i went ment of t b 0 pres easy to account for tte dional press presa is date and I 1 trained iren directly to the fee to use their eyes and ears while the slower magazine awaits the red tape routine and official leports leporta e the sensational press it at least as ie degardi ar di the N new e v york journal and world have added magazine features feat and colored cowie comic supplements to their sunday issues filled with matter more ep en if not so ele elevating vatina as that offered by the more prosaic learned magazines hence they have trenched upon the field heretofore occupied by the magazine therefore the animus speaking of the reliability of newE newspaper paper and associated press dispatches diz patches the great newspapers and the alsoc assoc associated coated frees employ none but reliable well trained men the first demand is strict accuracy the sec oud ability to oat ain the first in of everything of importance and the third the faculty of succinct yet vivid description the outlook is in error when it states that the people ot of havana generally displayed reverent sympathy for the unfortunate victims its disinclination to take seriously the suggestion thu thit the horrible tragedy was due to an attack upon the maine by rt a blow from without and its assumption that it aits have come from within are u by anything resembling evidence while un fortunately fortu nataly the coerse of its assumptions seems to have a preponderance of evidence in its favor mr 1 tanners claim cla i m that headlines headline are sometimes written which cavey a false idea of the context of the articles article over which they are placed place d is true it is true also that some of the papers pander to too great an extent to the public dem demand arid for sensationalism sensational ibm but that any of the th 3 giedt papers deliberately mislead their readers or publish that which they know or have reason to believe untrue we d do 0 not believe journalism has its code of ethics and they are ara as binding and well observed as are those of any other profession the result of the court of inquiry will be patiently awaited by the press of the country before war is urged urd but tili thi claim that 0 P there is no ground for suspicion and that rent government officials endl endorse arse this view is be lidd by Prest president dent McKinle Ic Kinley id anxiety to secure an all im uc diate and heavy apar appropriation 0 privation pria tion for the increase of the navy the unanimous unanimous and eager vote vole I 1 ofton of i arps granting it to him t the I 1 le hurried dispatch of fa a naval commissioner to europe europa to negotiate for vessels and the intense activity in tho the army and navy departments looking at it frum from a reason reasonable reao niblo ible standpoint and in the light of recent occurrences had the liri private ate bk information formation conveyed to the president regarding 0 the investigations of the court of inquiry be beebi ell of an assuring Dg nature would not the excitement incident to the first news of the great catastrophe tr have been allayed rather than increased we once more reassert assert le our belief that there is very grave C cause ause for suspicion |
