The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1896-10-03
Again the Treasurer of the
L'Anse Relief Committee Re-
plies to An Insulting Article
Published i'm the Baraga Press.


A reporter for THE SENTINEL
called on Father Joisten Monday to
ascertain what he had to say regard
ing the personal attacks made upon
him in the last issue of the Baraga
Press. This is what Father Joisten
said:
''The article headed, "He is Hot, +"
although personal attack, is too
ridiculous to comment upon and un-
worthy of notice, but since you ask
me what | think about it, l will say
that if the matter is left to the peo-
pie for judgment, as the editor of
the Press remarks, he or will not
have to travel far to hear their
opinion. He is too well known to
the communities of both Baraga and
L 'Anse to succeed in making me
ridiculous. He will have no better
success in this case than in other in
stances, where he tried to show his
cleverness by similar personal at
tacks. 1t was my intention when
first reading the item in the issue
of the Press of Sept. 18th, to simply
| ignore it, but was urged by mem
bers of the relief committee and the
people in general to defend the
relief committee and the treasurer
in particular. If common street
talk gives the Press sufficient
reason to make an attack upon
community (even if it denied hav-
ing done SOY, it is no wonder, then,
that the Press is in such miserable
condition.
THE editor of a newspaper must
suppose that his subscribers are in
telligent people, and not school
children. The mistakes in orthog-
raphy and composition in the
article in question in the Press
last week, could be easily de-
tected by school children of the
primary department at first sight.
Would it not be better for the editor
of the Press to pay more attention
to that point instead of trying to
make people ridiculous when he
doesn t know how? His advice to
me to seek notoriety in another
manner than through the columns
of country newspaper, is ridiculous
in the extreme. l am known by
many of the residents of L'Anse and
the surrounding towns for about
three years, and they are well aware
of the fact that | am not seeking
nortoriety The editor of poor,
country newspaper, like the Press is
at the present time will not con-
vince them of the contrary. The
remarks published in the last issue
| of The SENTINEL made as an officer
of the relief committee.
The editor of the Press uses
terms such as his reverence, etc,
attacking me as clergyman. This
shows to the public what few words
he has in his vocabulary to use as
titles when addressing person in a
public article. The remark: 'Criti-
cize us, W. H., as much as you
please, but when you quote us, kind
ly quote us correctly, proves once
more that in his attempt to make
me ridiculous he turns things to his
own disadvantage. All that was
by mistake omitted in the quotation
of the item mentioned is: 'Ontona-
gon fire suffers (sufferers) need cash.
We all know that. How would that
change the essence of his attack
made upon the relief committee?
again the Press says Such
rot as that in THE SENTINEL we have
no room for ever (even) if our tele
graphic news is too stale for the
gentleman to relish.
"A foolish excuse, we have no
room. "A country newspaper like
the Baraga Press, with its telegraph
and miscellaneous pages the same
for two successive issues, has suf-
ficient room, or must be standing
with one foot in the grave. The
people don't like to hear new
conner ,sven if he thinks he has the
ability to be tie editor OF so-called
newspaper) passing his judgment
on personal affairs before he is real
ly acquainted with the community.
The gentleman thinks that the item
in the Press made me hot. On
seeing the Press last Sunday l
laughed, as did undoubtedly others
who saw it, at both article and
editor.
He addresses me as W. H. in the
close of his article. would rather
be excused from being on such
| familiar terms with such a man as
the editor of the Baraga Press, or
to be addressed by him in such
familiar style. If his reverence
needs advice he will certainly seek
it from a more intelligent and
educated person than the present
editor of the Baraga Press. | think
that the gentleman could employ his
time more profitably by minding
his own affairs.
Referring to the publication !
made in The SENTINEL last week l
will state that / have done my duty
as treasurer of the relief committee
in defending its members, and
further comment on my part Will DC
unnecessary.
1T is my opinion that the Barags
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