New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1867-12-16
JUDGE BLATCHFORD And THE TINES.

JUDGE BLATCHFORD And THE TINES.
We have no quarrel with the Editor of The
Times, and can only understand his bitter as
sault upon THE TRIBUNE upon the theory that
he is anxious 10 assure Mr.. Dickens that H0c-
dy Journals are published in Newly York. and
that Mr.. jefferson Brick still yields hippant
pen We took occasion recently TO comment
briefly upon an order of Mr.. Justice Blatchfosd.
Il was not directed against ms more than any body
else, and could therefore give us little indi-
vidual concern. We saw a law, directing the
Registers Of bankruptcy TO select such news
papers rs they deemed best for advertising their
notices. There was no law and 10 custom
which made The TRIBUNE their newspaper
any more than THE Herald or World or
Sun. We got our share of the business
just az we presume the other papers got
their share. Mr.. Justice Blatchford however,
steps forward and says that 10 news
paper shall receive the business Of his Court
but The Times and Commercial Advertiser. To-
morrow he may issue an order transferring his
business to The Transcript or The Caucasian.
What we object 20 is that he should issue any
order at all Let the matter rest with the par
ties in interest, and not with the Judge, who is
supposed not TO be in interest. Mr. Justice
Blatchford has been long enough member of
the NewYork Bar to know the scandals that
have widowed the crmine Of the City Judges
by reason of just such practices.
For thus firmly, but kindly protesting In be-
half of the press, and as Il warning to Judge
BlatchfOrd, we are arragned as "a bully or a
sneak" These are hard words Jefferson
Brick was never more emphatic; but we let them
IL W
eve never heard" says The Times, "of its
"CTHE TRIBUNE)srefusing an advertisement Of
"any sort that was ever brought to its coun-
"ter" We have refused many advertise
newsstand we do refuse them every day-be-
cause we do not care to be the medium of their
circulation. If The Times would like to know
the character Of these advertisements, it has
only to turn to its own columns. Under the
head Medical" it will find certain announce
mcnts which are not in The TRIBUNE, and
which The Times Editor would not care to read in
his family. We reject hundreds of them every
year. On another page will be found the an
nouncement Of a lOtteTy-whch has been ex-
posed on the floor of COngress-and which we
have denounced as a fraud. IL is to bo hoped
The 1imeSs interest in this scheme does not
is, we could make good deal of money
by printing the same We would rather not
speak of these things. We are not above the
desire for money; but We have our own way
Of earning it. The Times has a right to make
money by inducing its friends to invest in lot
teries, and informing them where they may be
conhdentally cured of uncomfortable diseases.
IL may also open a faro bank, or keep q house
OK assignation. 1t is iqueston of taste, but
must create no scandal for fear Of the police.
Ihe Times knows very well that THE TRB-
UNEs taste diiiersin this respect, and the state
ment TO which we are replying, therefore, is an
absolute Misrepresentation of what every we'll
informed Journalist knows TO be the truth.
Having thus answered the only statement
which THE Times makes, worthy of answer, we
pass to higher considerations. The order of
Mr.. Justice Blatchford, addressed not against
HE TRIBUNE, but against the press generally,
and affecting The Herald, and The World, and
Ihe Sun as much as il affects MS, is only part
OF system which has gone too long un-
checked. The interests Of the Government in
New-York are made subservient To the per-
sonal necessities Of the creatures aud followers