, 1880-01-28
RALPH MEEIIER.
A BroaMcrsa plcn in Behalf OF His
Slater.

Slater.
New YoRK, jan. 10, 1ES0.-1O TIC Editor Of
the Dcnrcr Tribune: sec that some OF the
newspapers are severely crittcisinE Sccretary
Schurz and Gen. Adams for alleged sup
preston OF certain portions of the crimes
which followed the White River massacre.
l for one nm glad 10 know TINT somebody
has shown respect for tic ordinary de-
cencies OF life, as well rs the wishes and feel
ings Of young girl already burdened with
enough suffering to crush dozen men.
ask 1t the slaughter Of nlno Or ten inno-
cent people at White River does not
warraut" tho hanging OF every Indian
fsSn tlers IT,. Mt The the time? Ih9 White
tat atroet ts: Tat ss crRs + hdcoSs Ss
enough md black enough for vengeance and
Justice. without drnEgEnK out personal mat.
tters; And IT. would seem, incc0rtlIng t.. the
to the nnwritten code Which Is IN every gen
tenan's heart, that q GIRLS private WRONGS
arc her own. When Josephine Aiecker told
what she knew Of the butcl,ery Of her father
tllo courtesy and respect that q gentlcIna1
Is supposed to extend to lady. But that
part Of the public whtcl. hns transformed!
Itself Into 2 national scn!ittal-n1onger cared
were sI Isn5re. si Tho inosIern .levil-t,si .ie.
manted scandal and gusslp. and every wh!s-
EcT netallltg to wo'na,,s 1ar wrgnFS; v Mi1f f
n1os'esty or tra,nplo 1t Into the muh With It's
claws. II this portion Of the public lias no
respect for my sisters honor. I have;
Tt ng M,d1 at f II. fss Whit ths ts eag spgs
seemed to haye lost, their meaning, II was
Mr., Caldwell, the Government steNographer
a!nl special correspondent Of The Denver
nIony from tle newspapers, and t9 use Ills
Influence to the saiie emu with Inspector
F0il0ck, who first tonk tile capiivcs' testt-
lnony. This request was agatn made Of AZ; AT;
stenogruphsr eIa M'' for - G"a. @ XdaMs: Admit " Like q
c0uragrtIls and honorable inan l,e gave his
hand. aud said the trust would be sacrcdly
| kept; but 1t WIS always understood that the
ssg i. 1s b Ws is ye4 X ,e uss Gs'ftsi e scs T.
Secretary Sc!urz nna Gen. Adams linye
| enough troublu OH their l,antls without being
abused fnr teEitln!ntety trying to do deeGnt,
humane thing IN behalf Of oereayed girll NJ
brother, both Of whom extend to Alr. Scllurz
a,ld the Inspector their gratitude.
| lnvn no doubt TINT every possible use
was nude Of the secTet l1llor1natiGlt given Dy
been 10 much delay Mt Los Pinus. It wns
BECAUSE tho Government demanded tllUse
guilty Utes TINT there was delay aid q f'nal
,u not believe that Journalism Is bcne-
| ftetl by becoming a sewer for tho distrl01l-
ton of every species OF nastnesH. I'll regilrd
| tu thu demand made by the Pueblo Chfcttafu,
| I llnve only tn sny TINT 1t was brutal, ins0-
! lent, ungentlGlnanly, ,incAlled for, unllec-
| cssary, anil unworthy of Rny editor with d
heart under hts coat.
Josephine Mceker never denied, never
prevarIeated, and ilever tltnched. She simply
saisl, considering wliat she Ind expected
when sla left tl.o Agency, site WIS well
| treated, hut at best her experiences were 4
l0rs1r tl,at she could never forget. 4
gentleman Of honor could hive pressed Ills
Inquiries ll0 further. 1t Is not III keeping
| Will, the traditions Of Colorado for q 1tinn
claiming to be q representative OF that beAll-
ttful country to fling mud at q defunseless
girl. md say that slle tIie,! II, leceive tug
people. Her private llfo Is 'ler. own. 1t
belongs IT, no INN, even II lte Is y voter
| and II member ut Il political purity WHICH, ~
| lnIng liz best 10 phil down another political
| party,-ench cln1lning to represent the AL
| mighty aud tho universe ut lnrRr. Her name,
rr repnr1l, md her lonnr nre too high nb0vo
tho slime Of nh illegltlnlatN news seascl'snr
for a,tr to bN more than temporarily annoyed.
but no gentleman will stoop to annoy lady
even Ii SIN be helpless, .....
| II lnllrtlerHrH AMI tDrelttltnrteS cnlnot ba
punished without ErinttnE up q family, and
turlNring venerable md bctl-rlutlcn laotti1r
Into q confession tint IN decent white man
| outside Df u peNitentfnry would listen to,
| RALPH MKEKElL