, 1875-06-03
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10 ths Editor Of 7he Chieauo 1r,tnns:
Law OFFICE or WILLIAM T. DuTLEn, 20 Souru
CLARK STREET, ASHLAND BLOCK. Gli1cA,,ot juno
/, lS75-1n TnE TRIBUNE Ut tho 30t! ult. there
IL IN editorial hen@lotl "Tho SllyBter CSscs," In
which Injustice {unintontloual Of courho) IL Anlo
to the Eart,ca plnintiK tharen r0ferrcd to. FIe-
Bun,ing that THE TAInuNH, when satisfied Tint
wrong haR been done through Its oolu.nnB will
rejoice In the opportunity to right such wrong,
have doomed It not improper CD my part to teu.
der It assistance 10 that eud.
The aFtcio alluded 10, among ether things,
sthtes. "a defense in both caHcs was that tho
term shyster' wAa not necessarily libelous. uud
thore waa murs Of testimony Al to tue proper
Bignttlcation Of the word; III addition, there toas
ase .qe"eral de}t1sso of Justification"
The statement contained IN tho tagt (iho ltalt.
cixel) clause OF tho bontonco tuoto1 tn wholly
untrue. In one Of tho cHsca plea OF iuBtitlca-
ton had been lied by nnalAhe; but teiouilant'H
att0ruelB bud asked eAyv to withdraw 1t. uni 1t
had been Withdrawn BY leave Of tho Court, tho
plaintiff consentnE IN tho other case tho
be bud OIL demurrer, ailA woro therefore aH Of
feotnally out Of that cana III IL tlIoy hui been
Withdrawn, or llad uaTur hacn rleMicd. OH tra!
thoro was no justsiication isaue, uor was tliero
any attempt A. Or pretGnae Of justification iu
other cars. In the caeo last Tried the ges,-
erat reputation OF tho plaintiff was at
taciod. not ey way Of defepBc. how
ever, hut with ! view 10 mitigate damages !;
general, pelaona', nor pro1ehsional reputation Of
tho plaintiff wns put tu tsslo. nor IN way 1ucB-
toned. The tefauBe Was based wholly on tho
al!egeA harmless meaning Ut tho word hhyh-
tor" which the declaration sYerEoa to bu falha,
srandalonB, malicious, aud lofsmatosy."
Tho facts here Stated arc taattara OF record.
| and tho wsitsr ot ths article alluded to ought 10
haso known them. THE 1'AlbusE IL surely aware
| thu! il IL seea 1T to publish atatotuent Of u
trhl or prococliug in . court Of 1ustlcv, i II
bound to publiah . fns aud trus statement. The
records arc oPeu 10 it, but before telling the
world what atiy particular record is. tls0 writer
| should read aud understand Il. lle iA not at
hhorty " guoss At Or garb'o it. and tlIon publish
or tlle Judgment of, tho court oven though
some OF the pA.tie1 to such record may bo 30 OK
tseniely humblu ID 10 b. unknown TO tho perso,ln
Who ut present cal! themselves "wo" ip TMg
Tn1nusE. 10 bs unknown, to nnc!, persons lnsy nav
petAapa be misfortune. though nat tieceahar,ly
= very damaging Que; but to DO nslsreproscutcti
by thom IL another matter. l assanss that t!,e
sta.emont thss "thero wks gcuofa! dcfenss Of
Ileous!y. II III = Misrepresentation, l1oweyur,
and uot Al entirely harmless QUO, mud therefore
ought 10 10 corrected.
1agrce with you, Alr. Editor, ~ To the mean.
Ing OF the word ''Hllyntes," a1d tu1thcr agree
HilA yoa that "there Ia need for Ruch wHsl.'
AZ generally nn1u:ntouA, 1t IL descriptive Ut
class made up OF attorneys aud pseudo attorneys
and 90 largely repEsasntsd in Cheago lAat tn
humber here might bo very greatly REDUCED
without segol,s lup!lo dotrilnont, OF tho risk o
popular complaint. Tha wuid will probably 10
10 out ot use very suou, It IL already to b.
found III two booka Of rcfcrenco,-" BARTLETT
AnettranisnlH" " and "Sau!a's Synonyms, "-ku
I it nil urobably hare place In tho next editio
"Welsler's UnabridKod." 4 not unre than sc
, thousand "now wor.la +" ahalt hs embraced il
; such edition. But thoto IL neel for rot auothe
HnF Ii I'm 1}&h1r vof.n Ia,
used the word 'quack" no bsaud the pseud
J "doctor, and in tns ter1n "shyster tho laA
| yeta seem 70 have found word that deacrloe
0 What one Of tho gen.lemeu xho testified In th