FAIR PLAY.
TO THE EDITOR.
Sir, — I was at Mr Bryce's meeting last night and heard Mr Hutchison's ra ther telling speech, in which he advocated a vote of confidence in Sir Julius Yogel as the colleague of Mr Bryce. The speech was well received at the meeting and the vote of confidence was carried unani mously. However upon looking at the Chronicle this morning I find that not one word of this speech was reported. Now sir, the Chronicle sets itself up as a model of impartiality : it is righteous in its indignation upon any of its contempo raries that it considers docs not come up to its own standard. In this respect it is a very Pharisee " and not as other papers are." If such an immaculate paper could possibly be guilty of a little mean, petty revenge I should say that this omission was caused by a soreness on account of some threatened legal pro ceedings; but surely the Chronicle would not allow private pique to interfere in any way with its reports of public meet ings. I should advise it on this occasion to practice a little of the Christian feel ing and brotherly love which it so often preaches and offer Mr Hutchison and its readers "an ample apology." I am, &c,

Observer.
