The Green Forest tribune., 1893-09-07
CAPT. GOULD is A winner.
THE CITY COUNCIL OF LITTLE ROCK TRIES TO
SUPPRESS THE WEEKLY TRIBUNE
But Utter Failure the Result Of their ETor4-The
Paper Comes Out on Regular Time.

At the meeting of the City Council of
Little Rock on Monday evening of last
week the following resolution was
adopted:
Whereas, The Little Rock Tribune, a news
paper published in the city Of Little Rock, is
filed with obscene, slanderous, and seurrilous
matter, which is calculated to njure the morals
of the inhabitants Of this city, and to provoke
breaches of the peace, therefore, be it
RESOLVED by the City COUNCIL, That the may
or and chief of police be directed to prosecute
all persons engaged in circulating the same as
provided in sections 40l and t02 of the supple
mentary digest of the city ordinances.
OF this action the daily Democrat of
that city said editorially.
The Democrat is of the opinion that the city
council made a grave mistake in passing the
resolution to suppress the Tribune. If the Trib-
une has slandered people, OF which there is little
doubt, there is a remedy at law. Ifthe Tribun e
has printed obscene matter, as is charged, the
editor is liable to criminal prosecution. The
Democrat condemns the general course of the
AIlDuue, Gue Ciby COuliClI Is HOb tle UOuy W
suppress newspapers. In the opinion of the
Democrat it oversteps its authority whenever it
attempts to interfere with the liberty of the
press. Beside the council viii be open TO the
charge that it is governed in its action in this
case by the harsh criticisms of the Tribune upon
that body. That the Tribune is guilty of much
that is very reprehensble. there is no doubt, but
the council of the city of Little Rock is not the
tribunal to settle such cases
Since then the Democrat has contain
ed several other editorials expressing
the same sentiment in even stronger
terms.
The indications of the following
special of recent date are that Mr..
Gould is getting the better of the
fight:
LITTLE Rock, Sept. 1.-The fight be-
tween X. o. Gould, editor of the Little
Rock Tribune, and the city authorities
is becoming very interesting.
Judge Compton, sitting as a chancel-
lor, today granted the petition of Gould
restraining Mayor Hall and Chief of
Police McMahon from interfering with
the publication, circulation, or sale of
the paper.
The courtroom during the trial was
crowded with citizens. Among the
spectators were nine leading clergymen
of the city and several ladies of the
Woman's Christian Temperance Union
Society. The people were all sympa-
thizers Of the editor.
The city authorities were greatly cha
grinned at the outcome of the contro-
versy, and will now apply other means
to suppress the publication.
At late hour this afternoon Chief
McMahon ordered Gould s arrest ON the
charge of publishing obscene and scur-
rilous literature. His trial is set for
tomorrow in the police court. It is al
lodged that in the issue of August Is
the Tribune printed obscene matter rel
ative to the city officials. They pro-
pose to try him for each and every copy
of the paper sold. AS the editor claims
1000 circulation in the city Of Little
Rock alone. he will have just SO many
charges preferred against him.
This information comes from the po-
lice department.
Public sentiment is almost unani-
mously on Gould's side.
The city has undoubtedly bitten of
more than it can chew.
! OUT ON TIME.
LITTLE Rock, Sept. TX. O. Gould,
editor of the Little Rock Tribune, who
was arrested by the city authorities
Yesterday on the charge of publishing