Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-04-25
Nearspaper Comments.

San Francisco, April 24.-The newspaper ac-
counts this morning of the shooting of Charles
De Young all substantially agree with the
account heretofore telegraphed. Editorially
the Chronicle gives brief sketch of the life of
deceased, and closes: 'What the first James
Gordon Bennett was to the New York Herald,
what Horace Greely was to the Tribune, was
Charles De Young to the Chronicle. In his
business his genius was Napoleonic, his iudg-
ment was as unerring as fate, and his courage
and energy sublime. Charles De Young had
bitter enemies. No Journalist of his strength
and uncompromising spirit ever failed to have.
But he had also a host of friends among all
classes of citizens, and merited friendship
from no class more than the poor and lowly,
with whom his naturally warm heart was ever
In most active sympathy. In journalistic life
he was for years leader of men and shaper
and director Of politics and parties. They
who stood closest to him and understood him
we'll, all bear us ont In asserting that whatever
ne did he did it with an eye single to the pub
lie welfare-the greatest good to the greatest
number. Charles De Young had a profound
sense of right and Justice and an ever
increasing adherence of wickedness and cor
ruptiOn In high places. He never spared these
evils and when once he had made up his mind
to attack evil or evil dOers, no threats nor per-
suasions from foes or friends could swerve him
from his purpose. His taking off right in the
intellectual and physical prime of his manhood
will be felt as public calamity throughout
the city, State and coast. By those who best
knew him and followed the course of his life
from boyhood to death his loss will be most
keenly appreciated and mourned.
THE CALL,
after brief reference to the circumstances of
the tragedy, says: "The sentiment of law
abiding citizens is one of regret that the law
was not trusted to right whatever wrong may
have been committed. The delays of the law
are often irritating and sometimes inexplica-
BILE, but in civilized communities it is the arbi-
ter between man and man, whose decision
must be abided by. This is the view Of the
case which the community will come to when
the present excitement has passed away. It is
high time that the public should find
some means to put stop to these
personal wrangles which keep society in fer
ment. We have tolerated them too long and
the natural results are such tragedies as we
have now to record"
says: ''The killing of Charles De Young was
a vulgar assassination and is dark blot on
San FranciscO's record. The dead man was far
from blameless, but he on whose account the
crime was committed was not irreproachable
in reputation or reticent in spaech, and had
avenged by the bullet. Neither side can claim
to have acted the part of meek innocence
Each has made charges against the
other, unsuitable for the public press.
and inexcusable even if true; and
both sides sought to avenge
their wrongs, or pretended wrongs with pistols.
1t is great misfortune for San Francisco that
any of the parties had ever made their home
here, and the community is sick of malignant
personal abuse drawn from the secrets of pri-
vate life, and of allowing party who adopts
that mode of warfare and finds himself beaten
about it to retaliate by murder. Indignant
public opinion and ineXorable rigor of law
should insist that such offences shall no longer
be permitted with impunity in our midst"
THE BULLETINS
editorial this evening, after briefly re-
viewing the whole Kalloch-De Young Quarrel
says: ''The causes which lie at the bottom of
the feud are reckless journalism on one hand.
and border politics on the other There Is a
line in journalism which cannot be overstep-
ped without provoking retaliation It is in
large presence the dead line. The public acts
of public persons are just subjects of public
criticism, but even that latitude is not justi-
fed if personal malice is tke leading motive"
THE POST
says editorially: The homicide last night was
the natural, logical and inevitable outcome of
the example set by the deceased. j. III. Kali
loch appealed to the popular court of last resort
to yindicate his family honor.
precisely as Charles De Young
had done eight months before. The
only difference in their respective, cases is the
fatal result. In both, the intent was criminal.
viewed from strictly legal and moral stand
point. In both, malice aforethought stood
self attested. In both. justification is sought
in the provocation of vituperation and dis
gusting SANDER"
THE EXAMINER
says of the tragedy: SIT was a deliberate as
sassination, and the assassin had manifestly
premeditated the atrocious deed, with malig-
nsnt determination to make no failure of his
fatal purpose. The murder of last night was
another and last chapter in this most unfortun-
ate and deplorable trouble. For the peace.
order and good name of San francisco, it
should be the end of lawless violence and
criminal shedding of blood in relation to the
matter"