The San Francisco call., 1897-09-10
Indignation Among Mem
bers of the Young Mems
Christian Association.
Accuse the " Examiner " of
Faking in Order to Mis-
represent Them.
Persistent Unfairness on the Part Of
the Paper Toward the
Organization.

Considerable indignation is felt by some
of the mem bers OF the Young Mems
Christian Association on account of what
they term the ''yeilow dog" journalism
practiced by the Examiner. That "Prlnce
of Fakers" has added another jewel to its
crown by publishing in recent issue
what purported to be interviews with
prominent citizens of this City in refer
ence to a-auestion which came up for dis
cussion at the recent conference of the Y.
NJ. G. A. At least one of the interviews is
flake" pure and simple. for the gentle
man whose name is used was not inter-
viewed by any representative OF the yell
low journal, nor did he make the state
ments attributed to him to any one.
The gentleman referred to Is j. u.
Daub the physical director OF The Mission
branch of the Y. M. G. A.
1.-The Examiner has sought by its carl
catures and the publication OF fake in
terviews to belittle our organization,
said Mr. Daub, "The matter of gym
nasium costume was hardly mentioned at
the conference, vet the Examiner took
occasion to make the Morality of Tights
the subject of extended imaginary inter
views with several prominent citizens.
The only mention made OF tights being
used in Y. NJ. c. A. gymnasiums was
when / sugguested that the use of turner
costumes was thought by some OF the
friends and members OF the organization
would tend to increase the mem bership.
II merely mentioned the matter because
some of our friends believed the turner
costumes better. l did not give my opinion
on the subject, as am interested In the ad-
yancemenL of the association and simply
wanted to find out what the majority of
those at the conference thought would be
to the best interests of the organi-
cation. The question of morality did
not enter into the discussion. Our
memb bers are supposed to be gentle
men in conduct as we'll as in dress. l
don't understand why the Examiner seeks
to reflect discredit on its managers and
work harm to an institution OF most un-
selfish character.
"The reports in that paper of our con-
ference were not at all fair, and in fact
were distorted, it seems, for the purpose
of ridiculing u.s."
DIR. Dietz, the physical director of the
assoc: alton, who was misrepresented in
the article, said:
1T would have surprised me greatly to
have seen such an article in any OF the
other papers, but knowing the Examiner
as I do and understanding its peculiar
l.
amazed. That paper, for some reason or
other, has never treated the Y. M. @. A.
with as much fairness as it has some of
the religious organizations. While THE
CALL has always given good reports of the
proceedings of our organization the Ex-
aminer has treated US very unfairly. If it
had happened once or twice only would
be inclined to think that, perhaps, it was
an oversight, but the Sights have been so
frequent that cannot help arriving at
the conclusion that it was done ueliber-
ately. The report of our conference was
terribly distorted, and | am satisfied in
my mind that it was done deliberately.
The other papers have always treated US
well and | see no reason why the Exam
ine- shopld not do SO also."
Several other members of the associa-
ton expressed themselves in about the
same vein, but they considered the source
of the article and would let the matter
drop and treat it as one of the yellow
journals attempts at joke.