Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1873-1877, 1874-02-08
THE SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE
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unclean thing Ike the San ffahciHco
Chronicle. they mustn't get squea;nish II
unclean subjects get discussed IN other
papers besides the Chronicle. \ fact Is
a fact: aud despite ali the evidences OF
the disreputability of its conductors, and
the uuvo,thiness OF its aims and pur-
noses. the Chronicle, no doubt, has the
wi,les. circulation. and is the most
eagerly sought after OF any paper on the
Pacific Coast. For that reason it Is
made the medium Of Il lir,e aud various
advertising patronage There are many
who advertise in the rhr0:tcte for the
sake Of securing its silence regarding
their doiugs: and there are great Eui.-
bars of business men who advertise IN
it for the reason that it is read by a great
many people. Business communities.
Ike corporations. have no soui: and they
seek notnrietr without stopping 10 ask
the nature Of the medium through which
they can acquire it, Thus it comes, that
what NAV be called, for want Of a better
generic name. Nazeppa journalism, has.
Mt last. through the Chronicle got foot
hold and an actual influence and bust
ness standing in san Francisco This is
due to the superior shrewdness and ex-
celIept business tact of the De Young
brothers. They are, probably no worse,
certainly 10 better. than the late Mr.
Walsh of the Varieties, or that other
person, whose name escapes US, VINO
published, for time, that filthy thing
called the Na:eppd-a weekly oxidation
from the yiIer Sums of San Francisco
The inartistic coarseness of the idr'etiss
and the lMr=eppc. the degraded character
Of the objects Of its attack. ami the lack
of business knowledge with which those
papers were conducted. revealed them
selves TO the obscrvaEt eye of Charles
De Young. and lie avoided and improved
uncn them. 4 little lower than James
Gordon Bennett, and a shade above
Walsh in point Of education, this mem
i-rof the now very notorious De Io.;IS
family has developed a surprising ability
IL forcing 6 place for himself aai his
style Of journalism anon: = s,nsation-
loving gossip ;levourinv, sianda--relish-
Ing community. IL r,aps the WAGES OF
> ec..hi.ci sti,nalant IF. an! rsl.,!sc .,
.cral.r tmo1aliz.;:on. The snlf he
t=ecn extremes Ct fvttuae l. 10: a.
wars vide. The possession OF
some courage, mach ey:uiiin, an'i de-
e:dr,i genius for tn compiling Of the
garbage OF sensational news matter, has
lifted the Ds Youuss from tie oesearity
Of ox.or;ionate parasites upon the melo-
leon GIRLS Of San Francisco, to the more
profitable notoriety % election barriers
and 5allies @: sensitive, revenue-yieldin3
vice
The business which has been brought
Suddenly TO a head 10y the san Francisco
Sua.s now famously Infamous article. Is
IN brief as foIiovs-As by lang-estab-
IisheI custom, not alone in san Francis
CO, but everywhere where gambling goes
on land it goes on everywhere) the po-
lice have been paid 70 wink st the vioi'a-
ton of the anti-gsmbliDg law by the
better behaved gamblers As part OF
the same plan of operations. tie tell-tai'
press, whose conductors regard all such
vices as We have styled revenue yield
ing as legitimate game, have been
hired to ignore this dereliction OF the
police and to be blind to the doinGs of
the gamblers. When Cock.rill. the pres
ent Chief of Police of San Francisco was
elected, the Chronicle. lest no time III
giving a very broad hint of It's intention
of exposing him if he failed to break up
the contraband business of gaming The
gamblers took the hint and had an in
terview with the De Youngs. 1t was
agreed tina. large sum of money-hush
money-should be paid the Chronicle.
within a given time. 1t was expected
-. D:;r p-:~- n usu known gambler