The sun., 1896-10-25
TINE YrLB xEWsPAPER.
The Originator or the Type and Its steadi-
~ Increasing vuiGnrity nnd Debasement.

English language and compliment you upon
the performance OF q public service In directing
attention to the new journalism" that has de-
veioped In New York to the utter disgust OF
every decent citizen.
This new journalism, however, 10 only the
natural outErowth, or natural putresence, more
properly of the methods the st. Louis 1shmael-
ite projected Into newspaper circles when he
took possession of the then moribund sheet that
has in q dozen years destroyed all Journal
istio unities, panderel to the vicious OF this
community, outraged all sense OF deccncy, and
served "a the educator for evil In Its utter lack
OF appreciation OF the morals OF the public.
Since then there has been a succession OF these
degrading and degraded publications. They
have flashed across the sky, some Of them, and
others have remained fixed In their policy OF
Fagnizing the town. There the little sheet
that was made for factory and Rhop Girls ana
courtcsane, and that gave free range to Immoral
advertising and libidinous paragraphs; II was
but the continuation. through intense rivalry. OF
the family traits that were impressed upon tho
aforementioned paper, none of which has ever
been named in decent society. Then came the
paper, now passed to Its long rest which strove
to cater to the assumed vicious tastes OF society
Now we have tho indecent rivalry between Jew
and GENTLE for the right OF possession OF the
greatest journalistic sewer. Nothing seems too
filthy to be voided by them upon the public,
nothing too brazen to be faunted In our faces.
1t is our misfortune that tho Jew has limitless
wealth. the price OF tribute to his salacious
pages. and tho Gentle an unexplored Income
from which to draw to maintain his competitive
crusade against his Magyar adversary.
Those educated to the methods of the journal
Ism that was credit to the country, of which
there stlll some conspicuous examples. and
who were reared amid It's Influences, look with
horror on the development of this new school. tho
chief tenet OF which is to debauch. That which
Is ennoblfng and instructive is discarded for the
daily rec ord OF crime. indecent spectacle and
prurient exhibitions. Pages OF fostering SCAN
oals are reek!ngly laid upon the tables of news
stalls, and served to the young and old. Murder.
rape arson, seduction. name!ess physical hor-
rors OF human device. are lamingy fash"ned
with types and pictorial embellishments for our
impressionabe boys and girls. Nothing is too
shocking, nothing too indecent nothing too
loathsome to find It's favored place in these jour
nails.
II all comes OF the atavic recurrence of tho
! originator's degraded progenitors' natures. 1t
is all built up on the foundation OF a depraved
character. II is tho natural expression of
mental strain that would make Its possessor
walow in filth were there not the restraining
influences of society about him. We all know
the history of his papers evolution. We, who
have followed the journalistic changes know of
the character OF the people he had with him
aiding in the endenvor to prostitute the whole
fourth estate. And we now behold the culml-
nation of this degrading crusade in the s,rug-
gle the newest conner is maSing TO win the king.
ship OF this realm OF nastines-. 1t is deplor-
able spectacle. but tits faunted before our eyes
every day. The dunghll sends out its sicken-
Ing odors. its killing miasmas. every morning
and afternoon. New York is being saturated.
hpf fnre ri hp y alndr NJ mn
tridity.
1t is q deplorable spectacle. that OF a young
man OF boundless wealth. with education natur-
ally tasteful ideas, Eentlemanlike instincts. and
good breeding. throwing his arms about the
journalistic temples pillars and trying to drag
the edihce TO the ground, Just to cripple his
publisher rival. There was a broader. nobler
field in which he might have strivcn for su-
premacy among the journalistic giants had he
had the instinct to enter II. not to say tho de-
ceGcy TO do so. He gains no word OF praise by
aplng the methods Of his rival and carrying
them to the uttermost limits by reason OF his
disposition to spend his inheritance In befoul-
Ing the nest In which he was reared.
few years back the rivalry was to make in
teresting. instructive. educational papers. There
was legitimacy OF business methods and an
honesty OF purpose in the editorial field. News
papers were made to be read for the instructive
news w OpiHloHS lucy CullalUetl, ana t..e WORM
was better for 1t all. There were men OF brains
In the management. not mere vaudeville per-
formers bent on lightning change acts and trick
mule performances. or the pictorial exposition
OF tho towns latest indecency on n roof garden.
There were dramatic critics who criticised
plays, not men who paadered to the prurient
tastes OF the community in columns of indecent
insinuatons. There were men who were con-
spcuous among the people Of the city for their
~.
drew their inspiration from brothcls and other
foul sinks. through which streams Of flth are
constantly flowing TO the nastier sewers.
These lines are not overdrawn. Read the
pages OF those papers day by day. Note what
they tell and what they never reveal. Watch
the care with which they recite all the things
that tend TO carry the public down. with never
q line that elevatcs, ennob!es or edrca,os.
What are we going to do about It? You can
take an anarch!stic mob by the neck so to
speak. and choke 1t till Its eyes bulge out and
club it into obedience to the law: you can turn
the hose be foued Individual ho has fallen
into the cesspool and stiles a community with
his awful odor: but ho~ are you going to dun
this increasing flow OF slime that Is being
emptied from these journalistic sewers upon
society everywhercr The published figures
tell every day. so far as we can believe them
how the vile stream is spreading over the city
" th juhant tono the fact Is shouted to the
world that New York Is every day growing
fonder and fonder Of the prospect OF being SUBJ
merged by this tide of journalistic foulness
And when you look about you in tho streets or
In the cars. you find your youth already drink
ing in the lOathsome stun. 1t is up TO their
mouths already.
Barring the sacred right OF liberty OF the
press, It would seem as II there should be some
restraining power that would prohibit such
journalistic panders from hibitinG or dissent
mating their infamous prints and pictures, iust
as there is relentless law that Will prevent and
punish immoral or obscene displays In any
public place. H.
New YORK. Oct. 20.
He Wants Oihers TO Win the Victory for
Him.