, 1875-03-20
PUBLIC OPINION.
rI.rI.tiarn 1IEItESCY.

L:rts {fts.} Dtnateh, Ldifortai.
Thero Ia no uan,O known 80 we'll At tho West
u tho embodiment OF hystomatio and denht as
aaulta on public aud private virtue IN that Of tho
proprietor OF tl,u Chicago Ti'"es. lilo III a ma.s
who Inns lost. or rater who uoycr had, mud could
not acquire, tlIe sonso Of dcccncy which IL ono
Of the rat ioq1thites OF humanity, ntld without
Which mail IL superior to the btutca only ~ his
power to violate aud corrupt tho finest feelings
aud moss sacred o,lstoms Of noc}al anl domestic
l!fs. By tho lnprbd appntitn for i,n1Nlrlty ant!
scnrril,ty which prevails ~ tito city wo:o great
CIT blot il Lis existc,lco, this man l,ns bcoli
ablca to gather roui'd lin stall of Gss!stants
who aro. III tue exhibition Of the most degrading
tralts Of their brutal natures, in oycFy way lis
equals, although, to a man who knows tho prin-
c,al ouly, tho statement that ho could find
one who could match him In wickedness would
BeeM incredible.
Chicago and the naighboling towns aud citics
have suffered for yeaEa from lie moral rcstllenco
which the Times has bred III TINT region, and
decent reorle haYo Aought In vai'' TOR any loyal
rodrcEa fer tho Immense and enduring injury
which It's continued publication Las inflicted on
that community. III tile East the Times ia little
known save ~ figuring ntnonH tho exchanges OF
tho daily tourl,as. and extracts from ls columns
arc raro for tic simple reason TINT It's original
articles aso Of Huel nature as 70 prohibit thn!r
reproduction BY my respectable paper. It In
aafo to say thai in no single ihsue Of tho Times
for yoass havo their failcd to appear ariccu in-
1iilito1y worse thai tho yilcat phases of tho
Beechcr scandal In their ofructB Gil tho moral
tone Of goclety. 1t IN hard TO sny whatltcr tho
Times IL tho canHc Of tho mora! lnsity Of Chica-
20 society, or whether the mornl laxtty Of Chi
rag0 society is the cnse of tho existence Of tho
Tines. Wlchevor 1t may be. tl,eHo ricioua elc-
n,onts react on eRcA uther aud both OWLS ara ag-
grarateu.
Storey las for oncc, hovcvar, oyercstimatod
tho abnormal appetite eyeu OF Chicago. a week
Bnco he outdtd himaelf iu tho horribly milnto
ntrl indecent details at = most repulalyo scono
from tho fart life Of tllat citT, and Ito fonl iost
day thai the patience OF the better class Of tho
Was indlcted Oh tho charge Of wantonls scn:ftlptng
public morals by vilo aud intlcornt pui'ratun,H,
aud wns haid to apB1or in 11,1a9 hull. II il
hoped he may DO rluzzlcd for tAn Future.
&fio llork Grs.phtf, EEt'orIU.
-Four indictments 1ayo boon found by tic
urnnl Jury against Wilbur +. S.uyey. IL tho
Chicago Iimsx. 1Arco Of thotn charge him With
libel, nnl the fourth cllasGca him With publishing
all obae0ue audscaItlal01la newspaper. There Id
no donht that this man storey III ono OF tue mos.
poisonous old Hcnuudrols connected with
tho press. It ia hardly wtao, however, to
nudortake TO SUPPRESS liz paper by the
aucn papers ought to be tho work Of Tho public.
Aud il, point o{ fnct, the rnbsiD dues not pat
trpniZe indecent Shoots Who're t!,oro il on8
infamous paper thcre arc thousai,l decent
ones. However corrupt tic tastos oi any, mai,
may ho he does tlok want to tate a, indecent
pnper homo to luis family, and 80 it happona tllnt
paporB that aro puro and tit for tito fa,ily cir
clio outnumber n thousand to ono such pcstllent
rnpers as tho Chicago Iimes. Tlia only effect
Of indicttuE Storey will ba to advertise his pa
rer among persons with tasto fur blackg,larsl-
lBMl. It TOnld certainly bo 'S'aor to treat him
with client contempt.
s. rG'a E, 5nie,ueer Editorial. 4, T., ,a.
The editor Of tho Chicago Times IL In hot Wa
tor avafn. Tires indictments hayo boon thrown
Mt llia heal for telling atorics about poople.
8toroy could not help Il.