The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1896-07-11
TIME CARD u. p. Ry.
AN EXPLANATION

Mrs Lindsey organized 'bloomer
brigade Of the A. Z. AS. In the odd
Fellows hall Tuesday afternoon.
rar apparently harmless three line To-
lluoted above appeared In the INDEX
IN III issue Of May 30. and that any one
,"uid possibly take serious exception TO
IA was the thought farthcst from the
mind Of the writer at that time. How.
ever We have recently been officially
notified by committee appointed for
The purpose by the mems council Of the
x +. \. order OF this place that the
l4dlcs who comprise the membership
OF HAT order here. interpreted the para
pranh as direct insult Ia themselves
order and that = part Of the members Of
size mems council view the matter In
thc same light.
We sincerely regret that such an idea
has obtained with regard to the para
graph and especially that we should for
a moment be deemed guilty OF Offering
al Insult either directly or indirectly to
the ladies Of this community. No brave
nan win strike a woman. and no gentle
man will insult one. are two aphor-
isl1s which were instilled into the mind
OF The writer In his childhood and they
have never been forgotten. The para
graz h was intended simply as
matter OF news. condensed to a few
words aud written In facelous vein
and We repeat that We sincerely regret
that any of our friends should have done
Ms the injustice 70 SO misconstrue
our meaning in the premises, aud we
earnestly hope that those who have felt
themselves aggrieved will accept this
explanation as well as the original para
graph In the spirit IN which they were
written.
We have also been Informed. not OIL
cially. but bv individual members Of
the 4. +. A that number 90 the mem
6,rs Of that order took exception 20 the
following local which appeared in the
same issue Of this paper:
"l,ev Lindsey delivered his A. =. A.
lecture last Monday evening In HAYES
hail 10 good sized audience. The
speaker confined his remarks chiefly 10
the ahtipaihy Of the Kuhish church To
the public schools Of America and To
tie subject of taking mp a collection.
2 hr collection was attended 10 midway
az the speech and possibly the speaker
luugrd The remainder OF his remarks tn
clufoim with the number aud denomin-
zion al tue coins deposited in the hat. "
- far rs this item is concerned we
have no explanation 10 make. We claim
the right TO praise or criiicisc any pub
lir man as our judgement may dictate
10 hong rs we conilne oursclf 10 the truth
and are actuated by a spirit OF fairness
IN such praise or criticism. The i'm
rrtssien we received from Mr. Lndse,s
lecture on that occasion was that he
gave the matter OF the collection rather
more rromiuence than was altogether In
good last. and We think 80 yet. In urg-
ir-fne Audience 10 contribute LIBERAL,
The speaker said IN effect that possibly the
remainder Of the lecture would depend
on the amount Of the collection and We
Simply quoted the genllemAn's own
words in the closing ssut,uce Of the
paragraph.
Nor 10 We consider that 10 crilicising
Mr.. Lindsey as speaker--if the item
can be termed 4 criticism 10 much
a. implied criticism on The A. r, A.
a. an order or on any member of that
order. o Emmett or elsewhere. except
Dir Lindsey himself aud when members
~ the order accuse us u opposing their
os14r heca1se we sxercised The right ~
zDy indlyid4ai Or any ncn.raref IN %