The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-05-24

Meeting at EMO Ended In Drunken
Debauch Is a wIIIfuI and Malicious
Falsehood and That Isenberg was the
That All the Editors Conducted Them
selves in a GentIemanIy Way and Were
Treated Royalty.
Woodward, o. T., May 23.-To the Ed
hor Of the Eagle:-In recent ISSUE
you copy articles from the Enid wave
and the Oklahoma Times-Journai false
ty accusing the Oklahoma Press meet
ing of being an organized deoaucn. L
was present at that meeting and cheer
fully assert that Isenberg lied when he
Wrofe that article. The meeting was
p]easaut and profitable in many ways
and Isenberg was the only drunkard
there. He at first refused to have any
thing to do with it but finding the meet
Ing was success without his valuable
assistance, ne came in and took hand
la the proceedings, even filing the hon
pred chair of POSTMASTER at one of the
prettiest and most elaborate banquets
ever spread in Oklahoma. The ban
quet was rendered the editors and their
guests by the good people of Enid and a
very large share of the credit for same
Is due to Charles L. Hunter. After
the adjournment of the association and
most Of the members had returned home
Isenberg attacks it Savageiy in order
to even up matters for a licking Civ
en- him by Mr.. Hunter, whom he had
called vile names in public on the streets
Of Enid.
A spirit OF fairness to nine-ten of the
newspaper fraternity of Oklahoma
prompts the writer of this, together
with the following from the Ell Reno
Daily Star under date of May 10, and
trust the same spirit on your part will
allow its publication in full. Respect
fully, WILL Z. BOLTON,
President Oklahoma Press Association.
The Ell Reno Stars article is as fol-
lows:
Those who attended the meeting Of
the Oklahoma Press association at Enid
last week, and partook of the endless
hospitality of those whOlesouled people,
will be shocked and grieVed when they
read Isenberg's dirty roast concerning
the same, and they Will be disguised
when they scan the article penned by
the jackass who edits that half-made
up. axle-grease sheet known as the
Times-Journal of Oklahoma City. We
feel that we can give the particulars
concerning everything that transpired
during the two days meeting, as we
were one Of the first TO arrive there and
about the last to leave and took
part in all meetings of the association.
business and otherwise, the ball, ban
g,-e~
berg's cur nature prompts him TO term
the pleasant hours spent in the Enid
club rooms. OF course we don't blame
the intellect-starved mummy of the TT
Typographical Johna) so much, for the
pleasure of the occasion were not mar
red by his presence, and therefore he
knows nothing except what he has
learned from Isenberg's filthy pen, and
in his mulish ignorance, descarts on the
Wave editors deformed ideas conceriEg
the meeting.
The Wave and TT. both publish con-
summeate lies in their articles anent the
proceedings Of the Oklahoma Press as
ISOLATION. They claim there were only
twenty members present, and If neces-
6ary We can name over forty and there
We're at least a score who, through sick
ness and other circumstances, which
made il impossible for them 10 come,
sent their regrets. There are others
who would have been there had IL been
possible. Isenberg claims there was no
head or tail TO the organization; that,
on the face Of it, is a lie. The retiring,
as well as the incoming president,
headed the organization in an able man
her, and SO far as the tail is concerned,
everybody knows that Isenberg is fit
only for that position. The Wave luna
tic alludes TO an upstairs debauch,"
meaning that some of the members
were intoxicated and we can swear
there was only one editor drunk in Enid
during the two days, and that was Isen-
berg. His article came from a brain
steeped in liquor, and was conceived in
a whisky-crazed mind. The Editorial
association has been insuIted by two
individuals, the Wave and TT. idiots
but it is in the position of the man who
was kicked by a mule, il can consider
the source.
'1T'he young ladies of Enid, including
1senberg's most estimable wife and
daughter. and the gentlemen of that
city worked with untiring zeal and en-
ergy for weeks previous, and every min
ute during the entertainment to make
the visit Of every guest enjoyable, and
their efforts were rewarded by hearing
thousands of compliments showered
upon them, and listening TO the many
gracious expressions of appreciation for
their hospitality from their grateful
guests
'SThe writer has attended many So
cial functions at Enid, but the entertain
ment OF last week far surpassed any of
them. That meeting of the Press asso-
citation Will long be remembered as one
at which we were treated with ever
courtesy and kindness at the hands Of
our hosts and hosyeSses, and will be
looked back TO as one of the most pleas
urable events Of our life Even on the
night of the LAST day when we saw Isen-
berg accost that prince of entertainers.
Charlie Hunter. on the streets, with all
the vile epithets he could command,
the incident did not tend 10 mar our
hapiness.for our cup OF joy burst over
when we saw the small but muscular
Charlie lift Isenberg almost twice his
weight into the middle of the muddy
street. stand him on his head and With
the assistance OF the wheels in his an
tagonist's head spin him around for a
few seconds. We Joined heartily with
the crowd in clspptng our hands and
shouting for joy.for everybody was glad
10 see the journalistic cur meet his Just
deserts.
Those who witnessed Isen berg's dis
graceful actions at Galveston last Octo-
Der Will say that the language used in
this article falls short Of the strength
IL should have. but all will agree THAI
we have wasted 100 much space on him,
and especially 50 with the fossilized an
NedeluVian % the TT"
HENRI WATTERSON SCORES SILVER