Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1896-02-07
KODAK VS.. PASTE-POT.
DUCKERlNG TAKES A SNAP SHOT
AT SCOBEY.

says the Olympian Changed a Word
In His Letter TO Make n Point
shows the boot to He on the
Other Leg Regarding the Accept.
ance Of sWhiatiIngs and SHAW.
ings" for Pay.
Ed. STANDARD:
Will you kindly give me space in
your reliable paper that l may set
right that which is wrong?
1 wish to correct some false state
ments made in the Olympian of Feb.
4th, in reference to myself. The
abuse and filth you will no doubt have
read. do not wish to make this an
answer to such All expression of dis
gushing language. 1t speaks for itself
but / must in justice to myself prove
the falsehood therein, and show that
the brain from which the low, loath-
some language emanated, Gf not de.
rsnged) must he at least SO low down
in the social scale that its respectable
ity would be questionable, anywhere
but in the west.
My letter was addressed to Mr.. J.
OBJ. Scobey, as a private letter, not to
the office of the Olympian. He not
only publishes it with the silliest abuse
but he stoops to the low meanness OF
classifying it to gain q point. Would
this be done by any self respecting
gentleman. one fit to represent our
county in the legislature, or United
States Senate? Or would it come
from the brain of an will leave
you to judge. Quoting from my let.
ter, it should read: They dare to dc
right in face of odds and never turn
their backs upon a foe, be he either
HottentOt or an American editor" in
plain large letters and there could be
no mistake about this particular word
editor" but it was changed in prin,
to soldier" This, suppose. was in.
tended to embitter the old soldiers
here against me personally. The sol.
diery of this country 1 admire and re-
spect. Many of them are my own
countrymen. l love my native land
and know my duty to my adopted
country, but l do not believe, as some
do, that we could wipe the rest of the
world out of existence by saying So
nor do / think it manly or in good
taste to call friend or foe vile names
In regard TO the misstatements oil
having to take pay for the paper in
photographs, / beg to say that is abso.
lutely false. The enclosed receipt will
bear me out. The reverse is the case.
I have had to take my pay for photo
graphs in advertisements, or paper, OF
60 without pay. Mr.. Esling, q year
ago. got photos from me to the amount
of 81. which he wished me to take out
in advertising. l took out S. and
asked him to stop the sd. He said he
would, but did not take it out Of paper
and brought in q bill for amount to
cover the 81. This is why they were
compelled to balance books to save q
quarrel. Mr.. Scobey. editor, got
photos (not tintypes, l do not make
them) in February, one year ago, and
the only pay l could get for them was
the enclosed receipt,
Received April 10. 1895. OF w. Duckerirg, &C.
counts for photos for ScObey, Hopp & Esling, In
cancellation Of all advertising accounts to date
and In payment for the Daily Olympian to De.
eember ], 1895. w. X. ESLfNG,
For the Olympian.
thus paying for my paper nine months
in advance. Mr.. Scobey would have
taken more of my B. B. B. B. tin.
types, il l would have taken them out
in advertising this Christmas, for he
asked me in October il l would do so.
w. DUCKERING.