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Show J- - 1 1 ' . . " I V jl The prominence given the Thaw trial by newrpapers all ever the country, and the columns devoted diily to the deUlls cf the testimony nave brought a protest from some cf. the clergynea Some of the divines, - though deeply interested ia the ca.se, as ara the laymen, lay-men, believe that the thing is being overdone, and the printing of salacious details is demoralizing In Its eiJect. Instead In-stead of seeing the warning, -"-leaders absorb only. the immoral features of the case, they assert. . "It is positively harmful for the papers pa-pers to print the details ef the Thaw 'trial," declared the Rev. P. W. Sirapkin of the Phillip Congregational church today. "Publicity does much good, and we should bo thankful for it, but there are a thousand things which ought not to bo published, and: this is true of the Thaw ease. The salacious details which were made public in Mrs. Thaw's testimony testi-mony last week have had a very deleterious dele-terious effect upon the Nation. "Naturally, everyone - Is - reading every word printed In this matter, and though Evelyn Thaw carries an awful warning, the public mind does not dwell upon that, but upon the uncleanly, bestial bes-tial part of it. "Onlythe most meager- aeeount of the disgusting part of the testimony in that case should bo given to the public. I do nor know any boy that is being benefited bv reading the accounts of the Thaw trial which fill any paper yon pick up." The Rev..Cherles E. Perkins, rector of St. Paul's Episcopal church, hold the same view. "Naturally, everybody. is interested in the Thaw ease, ,r he' said. "It in-volvespersons in-volvespersons of prominence, and such a large" sum of money that it naturally would attract from those points of view. Also from a legal viewpoint it is most interesting. "Two of the cleverest lawyers in the country are opposed to each other In the case, and naturally legal minds all over the country are Interested. ' "But the salacious details of the testimony tes-timony given recently by Mrs. Thaw sheula be suppressed. They are having a bad effect upon the morals of the country, I believe, and the papers are responsible. They give the Thaw case prominence over everything else, and i print the most disgusting ffatures in i the most prominent-places. These de-! de-! tails should not be given to the public, for the effect is very, very harmful." Tbe Eev. Benjamin Young, paator of the First Methodist Episcopal church, said: i "I believe in publicity, but in the Thaw esse we sre getting a little too much of.it. The young wife's testi-monv testi-monv on the stand last week, which shocked the world, should hsve been suppressed." ' . Dr. Young tskes a 'healthy ' view of things, and believea that a little judicious' judi-cious' muck-raking through the papers does wonders, but be holds thst too much of the salacious is not wholesome for the public mind. He continued: . "I believe, in general, the publication publica-tion of full accounts of, the trial hare had so bad effects. The world Is Interested Inter-ested In the case and Is entitled to complete com-plete reports, but those things which are depraved should be excluded from print. - " ; "It makes good reading, i from a newspaper point of view, but the effect upon the publie mind ia bad. Ordinarily Ordinari-ly I believe in giving as much publicity ss possible to the affairs in which the publie is interested. It hss a salutary effect and makes for soundness in the body politic "I admire Mr. Jerome very much. He is an unusual man and has exhibited his strength in the Thaw trial as never be-, fore. He has 'few equals In his manner of conducting a trial and the results he secures. The Rev. J. J. Csirns of the -Heath Methodist church shares this opinion of men of the cloth that the wide publicity given certain features of the trisl should be suppressed. ' "Personally, I do not npprove of giving giv-ing . some features of the Thaw trial such wide publicity," he said. "I imagine im-agine the effect upon the public mind is not good. "The facts in the case should be made known, but where the evidence reflects re-flects upon a man who is dead and gone and cannot contradict it, that would just as well not be published. '.'I should not care to have children of mine read it. It is not healthy for young people, and what their elders are reading and talking about they will read and talk about, too. That is where the harm is done." The same view is taken bv the Bev. D. M. Helmick, pastor of Iliff Methodist Metho-dist church. "The papers, in my opinion, are dwelling entirely too much upon the Thaw ease," was his dictum. "The statement of facts should be enough, without printing all the various ramifications ramifi-cations Of the trial. There has been much in the evidence that shows the baser side of the human character and of life. Thoee things ought not to be aired in the newspapers. It is not elevating, ele-vating, to ssy the least. It Js, in fact, demoralizing and debasing. "And young people see enough of the debasing'side of life without having it thrust upon them through the newepa-pers. |