, 1875-03-22

| LIE AEbLLo AtalGAL ELtbt
Tho members Of tho Apollo Musical Club arc
! seqncstec to be at tho rooms OF tho club at Tag
rhasP this evening for spectal EnhcatHal.
LOCAL LETTERS.
TIE "TsMEs."
| To the Editor Of The Chicago TRIBUNE:
| CHlcAuo, March 2o.-As m observer Of curreut
orcnss, have boon Rroatly Interested iu noticing
the devices resortel to by yor,r morning contoH,-
| porary in order to Bccuro and maintain q hold
| Oh public attention.
Tho ond Is desirable, and, in fact, necessary to
successful Journalism, but hardly think tho
end desired juatiaos tho various rncanB IT rososts
to. That tho Times is cnterprlsiuE all conccde,
and II itH other qualities correspondent but lfttto
could 10 said against it. Wo presume. naturally.
that it reflects lts odltors and propretora opl1.-
ions and character. aud giyinE him credit for q
/ modicum Of sonse, We wonder, whom ttcrois such
abundant room for nlt tho morning papors dccenslY
conducted. IL should fool It necessary daily 10
yiolate dccency, honor, manhood. and conhaencc,
III order to further liz selfish aims. It studious-
ly ytplnteH thu common dec0nclea Of life. in its
asrocious personal articles, involving tic repu-
tation oftel Of tho best citizenH in our com.
munity, tho slightest thread Of fact being sufll-
cicnt for tile widest md most extended clabora-
tion and misrepresentation, dono with 4 rcck-
lcssnesa that hns excited the wonder Of almost
! every porsou In this city how such Infamous
attacks Gail continue and their euthor still 1.-Two.
think there arc few places on this Continent
whore their nrthors lifo would not have paid tho
prlco OF his temerty eio this. Tho absurd and
lypocritcal assumption that they ITO pasadcd
before tho public III tho intercata Of lcccncJ and
tho publa good ia onsily understood BY reference
to tho articles ~ published. Tako, as o1anplest
tho two Fourth avenue articles that recently ap-
pearea, nnl for ono Of Which Ill. Storey non
s.andH Indicted. They are amply outrageous,
intended to DO sucll, &nd to fostor the worst im-
puiseA OF weak humanity. Human nature la
wifi, N tnrinncv f0ya ria hn bnf mi
wien It las tho hc!p Of q demoralizod press,
God lelp 1t.
Take another example In tho p,oaent in
decent attack Oh our city officials. No
assault could hayo been made. Judge WitaIns
IL ono of our oldest, most respectable, aud uoi-
vcrsalIY esteemed ctlzene, md ~ far above a
bsibe ~ Mr.. Storey is below 1t. Mr. Heed is
known 10 all, good and bad, ns \ faithful, iDdua-
trious, md incorrupsiblo prosecutor Of crime,
aud hero porhaps comes the rub. In bis official
capacity, il haA boon necessary for him 70 de-
voto hIs attention to tho Times seroral times lato-
cal duties from bis desires, and Is NOW trying to
bully nfr. Recd into winding ut bis deltnqueuc.cs
but the better cIass Of people arc Haaly mistaken
II such will DO his luck.
t1cachery-in his recent bo!s, In that, aftor CIV
ing tho stcrootyrod apology that has become 30
ridiculous, and by tho faithful Efforts Of hia
lawyess he WIS released from nerised puniuh-
% tho wholo thing in vtat l,o sunnoeoti md hoast.
ri waa An nnintlictahio form. snd fneIutied NJ
Toed Ia whom ho wa lsrreIv tntlcbted for thia
LEGAL ienionoy. 1,nt. from hr. Reads nonyo.
monts undor lie lnat ,ndiotments, imaeino that
thav vii hn trioi nro,nntiv and m tl,eir merits
Thc Tio,e. hna nnithcr 93r;ncin1s nor noiinv
u ns,s s .,, co1er"ins y oo pUuy
~ o,o ro- nrvthinr All * nccSa ~ brew
IN order to decide what to do. ia to
flnd out what IL f1ght anu whas tho
community "an-Ana tnko tnn othnt sue.