Show LECTURING REPORTERS Judge Tuley of Chicago created something of a sensation in his court the other day It was divorce day and His Honor was mad first at the newspapers and next at the crowd which bad gathered into the room to learn of the troubles in families and witness the unlocking of closets containing con-taining ugly skeletons The audience was made up largely of women and girls some being friends of parties to divorce suits and others were there cu of curiosity and to eratify their tastes for sensation ahd filth Looking over the crowd Judge Tuley showed by his countenance that he was disgustedand then he proceeded to deliver a free lecture lec-ture as follows I desire to say to the representatives of the press that it is my earnest wish that the newspapers cease the publication of these divorce proceedings Apart frm the erect wrong done the parties seckin the relief of the courts I am satisfied that the publication publica-tion of these divorce proceedings has avery a-very bad effect upon the public morals 1 know it will be said that these details would not be published if the public did not du mand it The public has no vested interest in the scandals or infelicities of the married people who find themselves compelled to appear in these courts as applicants for divorce If the public taste is so vitiated as to demand de-mand the publication of these proceedings it appears to me that the newspapers ought to ba better than the public 1 am aware of the fact that you gentlemen knights of the pencil are acting only under the drders of your superiors but if you arc bound 10 report re-port these proceedings I think the jodgss have a right to demand that they shall be correctly reported his has not always been done Without entering Into any particulars par-ticulars designating any special newspaper news-paper any reporter or nny particular occasion oc-casion I will say that scenes are pictured as having occurred here that never happened witnesses are reported to have made statements state-ments tbat were never made counsel to ask questions that were never asked and the judge himself to use words that he never thought of uttering I do not believe that there is any malice in this work on the part of the reporters It appears tt arise from an effort to give a facetious recital of what occurs or to create a sensation E This must be tapped I scarcely know how It is to be done I have not fully considered it I know that the newspapers can stop it and I hope they will As to those people who gather here to listen to the recital of evidence suitable to their depraved taste I propose hereafter to admit none except those who may find seats I have been compelled on more than one occasion to order young girls who came In parties of from five to a dozen to leave this court room I shall extend this order to the bailiff to keep out of the court room all minors during the hearing of these divorce proceedings It Is wise and even necessary to publish these proceedings in an accnrnto manner Therefore I cant exclude the reports even if Iwisbed and would not if I sad the power but I feel that the manner In which these divorce proceedings have been reported re-ported for the last six or twelve months 1 lends to bring the almlnlstratlon of junior S Into ridicule if not contempt and itmust beg be-g topped In so far as Judge Tuley denounced the sensational and untruthful style of reporting which some papers assume lio was right and his words will be applauded ap-plauded by honest reporters and honest newspapers and reputable journals would rejoice if it were possible for them to avoid publishing the details of the matters which he does not like to see in print But when His Honor tells newspapers that they should not or must not publish such thngs he I should also tell them how they can help it The publcations are not because editors and reporters like tbac sort of thing SJine may like it but the great majority of them are as clean in mind and thought and as moral as other people and they grieve over the publication publi-cation of unclean matter more than do the readers Sensationalism and falsehood false-hood can be and are avoided byre spectable newspapers In their court reports as in other matters but before Judge Tiley assumes to say that ntwspspers ought not to pub 1811 1 reports of divorce trials and other matters which take place in court he should loiter around the newspaper I office and on the street and listen to i the popular denunciations of a Journal which fails to print such proceedings Nor are we certain that the publications publica-tions so long as they do not descend to indecencieswhich all can avoidare not really beneficial in that they expose ex-pose the ugliness and deformities of natures and lead people to avoid the misdeeds the sins and the wickedness which tend to divorce The newspapers and the reporters are not responsible for the pecularities and the ugliness of people and are certainly cer-tainly not justly chargeable with the disagreements and immoralities of men and women who go into the divorce courts to parade their disputes and dirtiness |