The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1870-01-17

that inquiry formed the report in Che
W01{d of Wednesday, Nothing was sup
pressed nothing made unduly prominent.
The same story, with very slight variations,
was heard from every person inquired Of,
and no persons were inquired OF but those
likeliest to know. This was the story told by
the reporter Of the World. For this truthful
account the Rev. Horace Cooke endeavored
to avenge himself by an assault, entirely at
random, upon q member of the staff of this
paper. This truthful account the Tribune of
friday without knowing anything about
the matter--for had it known, it would have
known il to be truthful-was not ashamed to
call ''fictitious;" and this shameful assault the
Tribune of Friday was not ashamed TO
Justify. 'Mr. Cooke has been wronged,
whines the Tribune, "by the publication of
series of falsehoods respecting his former life.
Let it adduce the evidence on which it calls
the statements it refers to falsehoods, OF own
itself the falsifier ''He had no right to take
redress into his own hands"-oh, hadn't he?
but where was his remedy How many
would have done the same thing, only done
it with a little more vigor2' "The Reverend
Horace Cooke could not 90 into court
with an action for damages in his present
situation" That is to say, he has injured his
own character so much that jurors would say,
and say rightly that it was incapable of fur
ther damage. And therefore, according to
the Tribune, he is to be justifed-for the
faint damnation of the Tribune is plainly
iustification--for entering newspaper Office
and making random assault upon the
first person pointed out TO him, without
knowing his responsibility, his position, or
his name. The Tribune hereby gives notice
that it would rather approve the conduct of
any person who might consider himself
aggrieved by any article in it, who should
thereafter enter its editorial rooms and horse
whip any person he might casually meet
there. In the eyes of the Tribune, the
offense of being an intriguing scoundrel
is trivial compared to the offense of call
ing and proving man to be an In
triguing scoundrel. Tho pharisaieal prig
who is revolted by the conduct of the
World sees nothing to be revolted at in the
conduct of Cooke. Il insults every decent
man and woman by heading its report of the
outcome of crime which has gone far to
break up two families, and has brought
| scandal upon a church, "The Flirtation's
| Finale In the last case of this kind
which occurred, the Tribune distinguished
| itself by offensive and indecent apology fo1
| intrigue and bigamy; in this case it distin-
| guishes itself by offensive and indecent apo
logy for il trigue and abduction. and by abuse
of those differently minded men who call a
| spade q spade and a scoundrel a scoundrel.
Filtration is the worst word il has fol
Cookies crime; Lying gossips, ''licentious
press, and sensation mongers" are the best
| words it has for those who expose and
| denounce his crime. The sympathy with
actual or attempted adultery which, in
the case of Richardson, private friendship
made possible and pardonable, in the case OF
Cooke shows itself as a. sympathy with sin Of
this sort per SC. The World denounces the
vices of an unworthy minister. The Tribune
denounces the World for SO denouncine
them. People who set value on female
purity and clerical uprightness may choose
| between us.