The daily silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1903-1907, 1904-04-20
WHY THERE is CANDAL
By Lue F. Vernon.

BY Lue F. Vernon.
The cry has gone up in a good many
quarters of late against the tendency
of the press, especially the daily news
papers, to publish scandals. The IN
fe. ence is hat 1t is the newspapers
which ale the malefacto.s. when in
fact the newsmonge.s. the reporters.
the journal itself have but oh ionicied
faithfully the occurrences that nave
come to Their knowledge. Society,", the
degene4 acy of the times, s~ensuality In
high places, are the cuipfits and Of
s, and the newspapers OF winch
complaint is SO loudly made are al
most aalIy compelIea out OF cons.de.a-
ton OF public deeency, to omit or
abr dye reports of g.oss nfamles and
inIqultles When tall unoer tneir notice.
No, 1t is not the newspapers which are
the SHINE. in the great moral catas-
lopnles which the moralsts bemoan.
When a man VINO has Leen a leader
of ms f~eiiow5-nono4 ed, trusted a'-d
reve. ed as a conspicuous mo.ai teach
els found 10 ue reeKlng with the
oo4e OF pc soI4al impullty and To nave
wo4n MS cnare44ly Sa4inents as a MASK
for the grossest s~ensuaiity. it is not
the newspaper which Is to blame.
lie viole.lee wincn is zone 10 faith
in human v44lue ny sue cases Is la
more eaIdmltouS tt.an the uenaontion
Oh TIE NEE lnuIvluual. 1ney weaken
Commence III ali v.itue. IAey aAe a
blow, moe Ga less, al Inc Social SGT
tu.e 4.seIi, because the muIt.tuue sand
wo..a.4Iy noiIor AID Manly p.op-.e.y
OF eonauct totee-s. None OF US cain
measure the evils wnicn a great sn&ine
CANES Al IT'S Tam. ouppos the mdn
We ueSc-lDe 20 pe a USED spir..4ai
leaee.. As lt not eat that The
maI4 $ 1ail lsoise S many moe tna.l
himself. ana Is IL the lauIt OF the
eseA.s .Aat, III ,AeSe Jays, the Cnais-
tia.i CuurSa al the Unl.ed states 10
los..4g us Lola because o. TIE ammo. a.
lies wA.icn II las Deen p4oselI ~ CON
tam, ana wnicn with Iatal snoIlslgAt-
eu44eSs AZ has s4riven 10 CLOAK?
OF women-ana women iep4 esenl d D-s
share or the re.iglous desolees OF tins
a5e-wAo hang lne4r lain uYoI Minis
te. anu Dlsnops. and estimate. IL you
can, the v.o4euce Done them by lAe
olsciosu4 es sucn as aae made, I4ont
time 10 time, IN the church. f1aFin5
fof Yeas shaped tAeir moral acton l..
~. ..... .a.. -. a a a a - sa.xar A p-Fa
by d splAiluai leaoeI, What es4ls MAJ
not Ioiow the shocking know4ease
that all this time their trusted sp4ris-
ual guide has been an aduiteler ana
al. naplluai vloldtor OF the law which
it is his olnce 10 eAoound?
Again, take the theatrical profession.
Recent occurrences seem moe thai,
eve to point to the enemies of the
stage that he playhouse is a den OF
the grossest sensaanty and that pur-
ity OF lie and conauct is VIII
among play actors. IL can not be otn
elwise than that the public hold theil
faith in the possibilities of p ity i'll
private life in an actor and actress
by a more eachero tenuie because
OF the scandals which theat. ical people
have become involved in. The stage.
II has been argued, shares with the
pulpit the conservation of public NOR
ais, the incuication of just ideas OF
ietribution for wrong doing and of the
homage due spotless. unassailable vir-
tue. But If il comes to be believed
that the very persons who have es-
teemed the pate. ms of purity which
have redeemed the stage from licen-
tiousness are themselves unbridled.
what a reaction against the drama
and the dramatic profession may We
not properly dread?
~Scandalous episodes In the church
have already p. city thoroughly con-
WINGED the Indifferent and doubling
that "the world" presents few evils
which the church does not duplicate:
but the public disposition to enquire
~searchingly into the walk and CONVEX
sation Of actors n actresses seems.
If II Is gratihed much further. likely
TO reach the conclusion that men and
women In the dramatic profession are
lewd and generally immoral and thai
few or none are free from the faint
of personal impurity in practice. we
are, as a country, In q bad way 10