The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-05-17
ENJo1Ns DIR. GATES PAMPHLET
Attack of President Gates on the
American Book Co.

(From the Minneapolis (Minn.) Journal)
Late Friday afternoon, May Z, c. s
Jelly acting for the American Book COM
pany. filed papers in the district court
asking that the Kingdom Publishing COM
pany be permanently en1olned from PRINT
ing and circulating President Gates at
tack on that company A temporary IN
junction was granted by Judge EInott'
Reasons cited was because the defendant
the Kingdom Publishing company. with
the purpose and intention OF ln1urlng the
credit and business standing OF the plain
tiff, maliciously published and distributed
throughout the state of Minnesota and
in various other states, a certain false,
scandalous and HbellOus publication call
ed a Foe to American Schools. "
And further because the defendant has
already disposed of about 20gJ copies OF
said Publication ITO the great and ire
parable damage and injury OF plaintiff.
and is now threatening the issuance Of
another edition, which will sti1 further
credit Of the piaintiff.'
And still further because the plaintiff
is Informed and believes that the de-
PENDANT has no personal or real property
which could be levied upon and sold up
on execution and that a judgment IN
damag es against the defendant would be
worthless and uncOllectible.
president Gates book, "A Foe to Amer
lean schools appeared some days ago
and the wide publicity given to its pages
by lengthy review IN Inc journal OF
that date, attracted great attention 70
the nature of it's contents. 1t was viz
tually an attack on the American BOOK
on the work by the daily press but the
Kingdom the paper of President Gates.
contained an announcement the last of
April that there had been such demand
for the book that a second edition hao
been determined on ana put on the PIs95-
A representative Of the American BOOK
company disclaimed vigorously an lnIen-
ton of scurrilOusly attacking the King
dom people, but expressed the belief that
the publication was made in the interest
of other book companies The American
Book company now had contests in Utah
where the state board of education was
entrusted with the selection of the DOCKS
used in the states and the circula ton OF
President Gates terrific arralgnnelI had
prejudiced them until their chances Of
fair hearing had been endangered
IT'S the same down in Iowa, said he
where this spring there are several
county contests. And it is also true Of
Montana. I think that of the 1000 copies
of Gates book claimed to have been dis
tributed, large majority have peen taxi
en- by two opposing book houses rivals
of Ours,-but, of course, don want TO
talk about this just now; 1t VIII all come
The legislatures of two states had also
taken up the matter of charges against
the cOmpany-Pennsylva ana Illinois
and after INDUCING in any amount Of
LeXoWing, committees had reported back
to their respective assemblies that. the
American School Book company was not
In the list of eight reasons cited by the
complaint as grounds for the issuance
of an Injunction, the business appeIlatiOn,
etc. of both parties is first stated, then
the allegation of the plaintln good
name, then the charge of maliclousIy pub
fishing and uttering Hbelous and false
information is made against the DEFEND
ant: then the purpose of a second edition
by the same party is outlined and then
the complaint refers to the damage the
complainant has experienced from COM
rnents in the Kingdom and extracts from
the book of President Gates.
Copies of the book and the weekly are
attached. The plaintiff delivers himself
Of his last Singing statement by reouesf-
ing an injunction because the OFFENDING
Continued on Eighth Pagel