The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1879-08-26
DE YOUNG VS.. KALLocH.

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Of to-day had an editorial stigmatizing
the whole course of the Chronicle to-
wards Kalloch rs so gross that many
who are not bad citizens, would have
upheld him in seeking his assailant. 1t
says this affair serves as fruitful Illus
| tration of the general course of the
Chronicle which has boasted Of its pow
er to kill any public men it did not like
and has, in pursuance of this business,
established detective system which
has filled the pigeon-holes of its private
bureau with damaging material against
prominent public and private men,
which has been used to extort money
or pull down men who would not be
blackmailed. Deriving its sustenance
from corrupt sources, it has been in. a
measure, independent of public patron
age. Fed by wealthy corporations
which feared its enmity, or had
schemes to plunder people, it held pub
lie opinion in contempt. No other
community in America, probably, has
been so disgraced and despised by
public journal as this. Its attack upon
Mr.. Kalloch and its subsequent attack
upon his life are in keeping with its
policy-to kill where it can't control.
The Alta will, tomorrow morning,
urge moderate counsel on the part of
the workingmen and touching the
course of the De Youngs', say: The
Chronicle has been assaulting the char
acters and regulations of men, women
and girls in this city for years. And
who is to blame for all thisp We say
that the weight of the outrage rests
upon this community, especially that
portion of it which has for years not
merely endured the presence and exis-
tence of the daily journal whose as
saults upon characters and regulations
have been daily repeated and unres-
trained, but who have aided in build
ing it up into power capable of des-
troying reputation, character, happi-
ness, homes and about everything held
sacred by decent public opinion. If
any men or firms dared to withdraw
their patronage, they have at once be-
come the targets for abuse of its col
umns. Disappointment in failing to
create and lead successful party, based
upon little better than personal vanity
and hope of official plunder, has un-
doubtedly had the effect Of pushing the
Chronicle people towards desperation,
while impunity for years in vituperat-
ing and denouncing any and every one
by which they could make q business
point or greatly malignant feeling,
served to embolden De Young to plot,
and to do this final deed Of blood.
From the first to the last the cause of
the Chronicle has been demoralizing,
indecent and infamous.
The Chronicles leading article on the
shooting of Kalloch, is as follows: We
do not propose to comment in detail
upon the deplorable event of Saturday
morning The time has not yet come
for a calm and candid discussion of the
merits of the case, but if there is in this
great city one human being in the shape
of man and pretending to the digni-
ty of manhood, who could tamely have
heard the mother that bore him assail-
ed in Language too vile to be repeated
without offense to modest ears, let that
despicable creature throw the first stone
at the avenger of the grossest insult
that was ever offered to woman ven
erable in years and irreproachable in
character. When men present them
selves before the people as candidates
for office, they become. fair and proper
subjects for criticism. If their ante
cedents and their record are ventilated,
they have no right to complain, from
the moment in which they offer them
selves as candidates, they become pub
lie property, but their households and
homes should be sacred whatever may
be the blots upon their record. Their
mothers, wives, sisters and daughters
should not be brought into the fight.
No manly or chivalrous antagonist
would resort to SO despicable system
of warfare, and no human being with
the natural instincts which belong to
us all as sons, brothers and husbands
can be expected, without special grace
from on high, 10 hear those who are
nearest and dearest to him, coarsely as
persed and villified before the public
without experiencing an overwhelming
impulse to resent the outrage. Let
those who are disposed to indulge in
harsh judgement, in this case, make it
their own. Let them consider what
they would themselves have been i'm
PEELED to do had their own mothers and
sisters been subjected to brutal insult
before public assemblage.
In another article it takes exceptions
to the Bullet,n's editorial telegraphed
as written, with view to incite mob
violence. 1t also alleges that the Bul-
letin and Call encouraged Kalloch to
take the course he did by advertising
his meeting and intention in their news
columns 1t also compliments the au-
thorities and the conduct of the police
and the military in preserving order.
OPINIONS ELSEWHERE.
The New York Sun says in its first
editorial: We know Of no reason why
plain English should not be applied to
the shooting of Ralloch by DeYoung,
editor Of the San Francisco Chronicle.
1t makes no difference whether the
charges brought by DeY Oung against