The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1886-12-11
BALTIMORE, December 9th, 1886.

enclosing an article puOilShed IN a |
recent number of the Oakland Demo.
crat. and clipped from Sunday
paper published in this city. If the
article had been merely published by
the Democrat without comments of
an unjust and insulting character.
courtesy would have led me to write
to that paper. Under the circum-
stances, ask that you publish this
in your excellent paper, which has so
often referred to us and our work in
a most favorable manner.
Permit me to say here, at the be.
ginning, that the mean, ungentle-
manly comments of the Democrat,
without having first known whether
or not we were responsible for the
statements in the article, cannot fail
to hold him and his paper up to the
contempt of all fairminded people of
Garrett county. The people. of ycS.aali
county know US as we'll as they do
him, land better. a;ld we believe we
have ten friends there where he has
one, and we further believe that the
/ utterances of this statement will be
beliess2d by every man. sgaNman aids1s
child in Garrett county.
Yes, we expect to visit your county
again in the spring, if not sooner,
and we shall find the same warm.
hearted, truth loving people we have
ever found there, the Democrat not
Withstanding. Here is our statement.
If the Democrat is honorable enough
to publish it, we shall be glad to find
that its editor has one CLEAN of fair
ness in his nature:
We never saw letter of the article
referred to before it appeared in the
Sunday Ne,0s, nor had any knOwl-
edge of its contents. We would never
have known that it had been pub
lisheG if our attention had not been
called to it by friend. AS soon as
we read it, we deplored the state
ments which it contained, and re-
marked to Rev. David Henderson,
who has desk in our Office, that the
reporter had published what was
false and unkind.
The article does contain matters
that give it the appearance of COM
ing from us. We can explain this.
Reporters often come into our Office
for news, and in the course of CONVEX
sation we often relate incidents of
work and travel. A few days before
the publication of the article referred
to Neaos reporter came in and had a
friendly chat with us, but not word
was said disparaging to the people of
Garrett county. In fact, thousands
of people throughout this State can
bear testimony that we have often
referred to Garrett county in themost
complimentary terms. How could
we do otherwise? But the reporter
wanted something sensational for his
Sunday edition. and changed facts
into fancies.
l. No formal nor informal meet
ing of missionaries took place.
2. COnversationally reference was
made to Rev. Eneas English, who
spent some time on Negro Mountain
in mission work, and when he met
US at Grantsville, his clothes were so
tattered that he was compelled to don
new suit before he could be pre-
sentable. The word heather was not
mentioned, nor the word civilization,
and the incident occurred over ten
years ago.
3. The statement in the article that
missionary had seen a bear cross
his pathway was garbeled for the fact
related, that missionary saw black
hog cross his pathway, and as his ex-
perience in mountain work was new,
he thought it was a bear. 1t does
not take a sensational reporter long
to change hog into a bear.
4. No mention was made of school
four miles from Grantsville, nor of
little girls as missionaries. This was
totally imaginary. The location of
the imaginary school precludes the
idea of little girls visiting railroad
camps.
5. An incident was related of a
woman getting lost in the mountains
back of Sarg Run. without the COM
ments contained in the article.
6. Reference was made to cayv
back of Elkins. It's yastness is the
reporters addendum.
The conversation referred to was
incidental and was not intended as
the basis of a newspaper article, at
least one so incorrect and sensational.
Mr.. Editor we haye tried to make
this as brief as possible. We love the
people of Garrett county. For years
we have labored among them. We
have formed ties which the Demo
crdt cannot sever. We have more