▁by ▁opportun istic ▁up starts ▁eng aging ▁in ▁unf air ▁competition , ▁while ▁Dal y ▁def ended ▁the ▁j it ne ys , ▁whose ▁own ers ▁had ▁organized ▁a ▁union ▁to ▁defend ▁their ▁interests , ▁as ▁American ▁individual ▁ing enu ity ▁and ▁collect ive ▁organ izing ▁at ▁its ▁best . ▁ ▁" It ▁is ▁said ▁that ▁j it ney ▁competition ▁is ▁unf air ," ▁Dal y ' s ▁argument ▁ran . ▁" Where ▁has ▁there ▁ever ▁been ▁competition ▁that ▁is ▁fair ? ▁Compet ition ▁means ▁the ▁surv ival ▁of ▁the ▁f ittest ; ▁there ▁is ▁nothing ▁fair ▁about ▁it ." ▁ ▁The ▁battle ▁between ▁Dal y ▁and ▁the ▁newspaper ▁became ▁even ▁more ▁bitter ▁when , ▁as ▁city ▁council ▁member , ▁he ▁discovered ▁and ▁th wart ed ▁a ▁secret ▁contract ▁between ▁the ▁paper ' s ▁owner ▁and ▁publish er , ▁Henry ▁P itto ck , ▁and ▁the ▁city ▁for ▁a ▁water ▁line ▁to ▁be ▁run ▁to ▁his ▁new ▁residence , ▁now ▁known ▁as ▁the ▁P itto ck ▁M ansion . ▁ ▁The ▁ins ider ▁deal ▁called ▁for ▁the ▁expensive ▁project ▁to ▁be ▁constructed ▁entirely ▁at ▁city ▁exp ense , ▁despite ▁the ▁fact ▁that ▁the ▁m ansion ▁was ▁located ▁a ▁half ▁mile ▁outside ▁the ▁city ▁limits ▁at ▁the ▁time . ▁ ▁The ▁contract ▁was ▁cancel led , ▁P itto ck ' s ▁public ▁image ▁t arn ished , ▁and ▁he ▁was ▁reported ly ▁en rag ed ▁by ▁the ▁incident . ▁ ▁May oral ▁campaign ▁" sk uld ugg ery " ▁In ▁ 1 9 1