The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1875-02-18

Some Of our newspapers are striving
!, see which can print most, of the
Beecher- Tilton trial. or rather reprint u
for, of course, the statements OF Mr..
Tilton and Moulton have been published
heretofore. and their evidence now Is
but repetition of what they said last
fall through the newspapers. Neyer,he.
less, number OF newspapers are pub.
fishing this twaddl" again. and are act.
| ually Boosting Of it, 1t is, indeed, no
BILE ambition. Ii family secrets are 10
exposed, trust these papers to be ready
to give such revelations to the public
| If the nursery rhymes Off father to his
children, or the "baby talk OF mother
are read in q court room, trust these
newspapers to tell just how they SCUM
| ded and Just where tho accent fell. Ii a
! man SO far forgets his honor, his pro-
priely, his re gard for public opinion, as
TO publicly proclaim his wife's shame,
| while no proof exists of it, let these
| newspapers alone to tell the public every
detail and Just how the parties looked
and acted while goingt Trough This public
exhibition. They have trustworthy cor,
respondents on the groand.as we are As
| sured, and as we may readily believe
| from the following reports printed the
same day, and both coming from spec.
ial correspondents Of a Chicago morn.
| ing paper. Speaking Of Beccher's ap-
pcarance while Tilton was delivering
his testimony, one correspondent says:
His face was very calm, and was al
most constantly turned to the witness
chair with an expression of quiet inter
est" Says the other: His face was as
livid rs the face of a corpse, land he i"oS-
cd palsiea by shame and anguish"
From the above IL will be seen that
the public will be sure Of the truth when
they read sensational reports, even il
they have to determine for themselves
which account contiin this pearl,
Another teal. IRE Of sensational journ
alism is its tendency to PREJUDICE eases
make humanity as corrupt as possible
| and undermine confidence in virtue am
integrity. Almos, without exception
the class Of papers represented by ca
morning contemporaries began by insist
Ing on the guilt of Mr. Beccher, ane
have directed all their efforts to max,
the people &C cept this view To ,hi
end reports are gsrbled, language is per
ver,cd, and even faischaod is indulge,
in without scrupie, Correspondents ar
employed to distort facts, and every un
fair method used To fortify the publ,
/ mind against a favorable reception o
the evidence of the defense But a
these new spapers and Their correspon
dents Che latter, we regret tn say. utter
| IL without character,as has been shown
failed In their work last fall so will tho
fail a. We confidently believe, in III
present instance. Tae question of Mr.
Bocchcr's guil, is being tried by a jury
OF unprecedented men, and tn them ",
are willing to consign the determination
Of verdict. The scanjalous attempt,
to create = public sentiment which shall
sift through the barriers erected to pro
tect the jury f.om outside influence and
| control their verdict is unworthy of the
mission OF "a gre ~ newspaper aud shows
how power is Sometimes enjoyed by
those most unfit 10 WELD H. In spite 81
| all however, we expect the trial to be
| fair and the verdict to he vindicatio.
of truth ard Il rcbuke to falsehool -
| Inter Ocean