, 1873-05-18
, sLEEVE-BUTTONS.



n.~ h.fore Yesterday TIE TRIBUNE published
w. p.'s+.tements relative to an alleged ATTEMPT
~. n.rs of young man by the name o1
%ess.- then in the employ OF Messra. Burling
td, t,d,er to "infuence the Judgment off," Or Ia
~. ypupe man connected with the Times
~ saff, Yesterday, having room for q little
.s.;,o tho statement Of the young man himself
S.nnblished. The reporter who called on him,
/ %meh Nm drilled into decorum by long attendance
..,rlcous meetings, was hardly able to control
i. riGbles While listening to the young mans
,sansa: It vas like listening to Mike Nc
t,ansd swearing that he had never dealt any
(hne but square game. .. -.
i gts object Of TIE TRIBUNE WIS q purely be-
] ,<ralent one. It cared neither for Flinders moi
i !. Times reporter, nor Curling & Adler, but il
ufeel regret that an old and Weakening man
Il, III. Storey, whose income diminishea a. biz
/ ,srs increase, should be plundered OF 1ewehy
! sshich he, il any one, was entitled. OF tie
i isas, with q decreasing subscription List, can
j uk lyo e1cept by resorting to those devices
tsch nticklers for decency and morality call
/ Escsmalling then the profits resulting from
II
aNr. Storey alone. He is the one who gets
/ trsshea-not his subordmates. Why, then,
kond he not handle the caah 2 So THE TB1B-
| r8 ve1y kindly pointed out to Mr. Storey the
/ ii in his e1chequer. Common humanity de-
! 1,nded it.. Il one sees a vagrant, rank with
5se.se and broken down by age, hobbling along
hs street, while two or three scampish boys are
tyng to pick his pocket of the few coppe1s it
talains, it is ones duty to inform the vagrant
tat the Phiiistines are upon him, even Il one
hoTB that the object OF Ills kindness will turn
ruund and CURSE him for his information.
But the editor Of tho Times declines to look
round at the little boys. Possibly what he calls
sthe seniIty of old age has come upon him,
I'd has weakened his Judgment. More proba-
III, however, it is due to the peculiar turn OF
Is mind. Mr. Storey is singular1y suspicious
asn. He suspects all who are around him He
il who surround him is his controlling motive.
81. the Inconvenience OF this is, that when an
huoes. man goes to him and tells him
me Of bis su bordinates is dishonest,
h at once suspects the honest nan,
nd generally tells him it is none Of his Internal
ka5iness what the employees Of the Times do.
Ee knows very well what his eubordinates are,
but be thinks they fear him, and that they set
to much store on their places to take any extra
risks. He is unwilling to acknowledge that his
r2dsrlings can deceive him, and, therefore,
duies that they have done 30. So in the pres-
mt instance, Mr.. Storey, ashamed to have it
roderstood that his men have been trading him
Cd. chooses to deny the whole matter, and to
trszen it out,b by accusing others. These accu-
t,tions are made simply to mise dust, under
eo,er Of which his subordinates may escape.
The Times in its plea sayB the studs we're
ro.tls but the design was vile, such as gamblers
CT horse jockeys might fancy. It was an inju-
ddoua alIuslon On the part Of the Times, for the
fsct is that Flanders picked out that particular
t5le because he was acquainted With Times
reporters habits. and the way in which they
spend their money. Flanders, being u young
1nsa about town, knew very well that Times men
were in the habit Of frequenting gambling
houses for the purpose OF playing faro and other
epha sro two s of tb.t
ttre arrested while gambling at Haa1xins'
paee, On West Madison street, md ahut
Up in: The West Side Police Station
in some hours. On that occasion, in
ftesd Of paying their fines Like little
= .aan thsy attempted to make it test case. and
there az reporters. So they arnuse themselves
On the day Of the trial by swearing to d number
cfstatements which they knew to bo untrue, be-
Ing aided therein by their friend the dealer, who,
stter the Judge had let them of, very honestly
Etatsd that the young men had been playing.
q permissible or laudab1e even-to save the rep
1tatinn Of q woman, for instance Whether it
wa proper in this case Is for the professors Of
;shics to say. But then man fresh from =
aiming house, still damp from vet cell, and
e.rful ct being fined $40, does not stop to con-
1ttt the ethical code.
Nobody has much compassion for gamblers. 4
srson Who preys on them is not looked On with
inch indignation, aud yet iG is contemplate
usiness. Times reporters we're in the habit Of
Ealing with the gamblers in the following inge-
ious way: They would 60 to house, and IN
asde Of his place in the Times, and the police
Eould not be bounded on to pull it, provided
uo7ided what Why that they would give the re-
]orters handful OF chips, and allow them to
muse themselves. II the man did not listen to
ssson, the attention Of the police Was called to
j. = house, and the Times. performed
d % inafacient' ' o officers A'At Who yepi sliorad
to go unwhqipped Of Justice. Il the man
:sndad over the chips, the Times. boys sat down
I'D played. If they lost, they lost nothing. All
boy had when they left the room Was clear gain.
hen tthe Times said that G D kept . gaming
:ouse, Of course. but it was a very quiet, re-
Peotable one, with nothing Of the brace-game
bout it, sir. Now, Mr.. Storey's paper did that
lssslng; Why should not Mr. Storey have had
Flinders knew about al1 this. He had seen
1nes men On the street, and Was familiar with |
heir loud and gorgeous style OF attire, the vel
an ''oiled and curled Assy1ian bull"
'hnde1s Was all right; he dealt square
sized his man well enough the only trouble |
as, that he did not double the dose. Homeo-
athlc bribery is the meauest form that homoe- |
at1Y can assume. On the 4th Of April Flanders |
the first dose. From that time till !
y 18th Of May the Times steadily praised Bur
ng Adlers plans, and then it quit. Naturally, !
= there was no repetition OF the dose, and the
ut one. had lost its power to move. But Elan
ess could not repeat, and, therefore, WIS 1eft
Ut IN the cold. The Times man got the studs-
hlch we're by rights k1r. Storey's studs-and
! aora them pretty steadily until tha 18th
May. They we're admired in the Office.
ID he Has congratulated on their possession. |
ecked up at the Baggs Housed Nonsenee
nag was an afterthought, Like the story OF the
snoling reporters, that they went to the
y On Madison street On journal 4
&c business. The only remarkable feature
'oot this transaction is, that the bIibe was re-
9neo- Ih1s is as surprising as il one OF the
seotateQ "nlneteen" Were to have refunded. !
70 y TACT is, the clerks at the Briggs House azo
-, >: accommodating as the West Side faro
81 :.1ef. .ihey do not remember that any such
1a cage Was ever in their vault. /
:. a. WILL De seen that these young men are
seaoqs' They have made money ont OF q |
'pet "nlch barely supports ita owner. They
,se ~. used, and fooled and tsicked and robbed
slac!ons, ~ unInstlng old man, and all the esi-
;se ~ n ~ The world chnnot bring him to see it.
~, ntef all, it is his own funeral. II he likes
~ ~ one can object. L he prefers to be treated ;
= 10 i. no# 81 Il, veil and good This paper went
h;% ;sh Hs Tay to tell him, aud he is ungrateful,
- ~ 10 not only impolite. but wrong for it j