Daily capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1896-1899, 1898-06-01
REPUBLICAN OPINION,
From a Candidate On the
Portland Ticket.
Mr.. ACKERMAN'S STATEMENT.
Mr., John Gil's Reply to Certain
Passages Therein,
Mr.. ACKERMAN'S STATEMENT.
To the Editor of the Oregonian.

To the Editor of the Oregonian.
PORTLAND, May 20,-Professor Ac-
herman, in his reply to Supcrintend-
ent Lyman in yesterday mornings
Oregonian, gives me an unexpected
prominence, not entirely relevant to
his text. l should make no comment
upon the long apology Of Professor
Ackermqn If he had left me out of it.,
but he asserts that l am an agent Of
CHM & Co., and makes the apparent
intention Of apprising the conscien-
tious voter Of the peril that threat
ems educational "interests" in case Of
my election to the legislature.
am not the agent of Ginn s. Co.
and am conYinced Professor Acker-
erman knows l am not in any way
connected with them, except that our
firm buys from them the few books
required in our schools, as we do from
the American Book Company and
others. How profitabl and impor-
taut that connection must be will
readily appear to anybody who will
look into the proportion Of books in use
this state and city published by Ginn
& Co. No educator" need take the
trouble to look up the figures; they
all know very well already.
cannot be quite sure, from the
Delphic character Of the professors
final thurst, whether he means that 1
am furnishing a lack Of support to
Mr.. Lyman or. himself. Does Prof.
Ackerman recall circular which was
gotten out as campaign document
four years ago, to which many prom
inent educators subscribed, attacking
Irwin, the Republican candidate for
superi ntendent of public instruction,
and urging Reid's election 1.-THE Dem
ocratic nominee)? Perhaps he re
members the loyal, public-slirited
gentleman who paid for printing and
attended to mailing thousands of
those circulars.
l call the attention of the editor,
who made the deduction that Profess
sor Lyman had treated the question
of price uncandidly, to the fact that
II books appear in the Lyman list
quoted by Professor Ackerman. while
there are but 16 in his own list. Ack'
erman charges Lyman with two ele-
mentary Biographies, making false
credit of 65c in that item for himself
while further comparison shows Sl.OS
in Lyman's favor in the total.
Even a nomination does not seem to
me an irrefutable proof of Professor
Ackerman's title to my vote. Since
he charges me with being what l am
not, gratuitously, he may not need it;
though 1 haYe twice publicly urged
the people who heard me to support
the whole state ticket nominated al
Astoria. The people who like a pub
lsher's attorney at the head OF the
house committee on education ano
who supported the ticket" in the case
of DR.. Irwin four years ago, by the cir
cular which refer to will not hesitate
about supporting Mr.. Ackerman'
am sure. "The office is entirely non
political" as Mr.. Ackerman's letters
to Popullst friends allege. In fact' BY
"deputizing," thrifty man migh'
hold a "principalness" and th'
superintendency, too; but neithe
Young nor Crawford will ever ge
both at once. The professor
friends ought to send for Roby i'm
mediately to take charge of the lit
erary features of his campaign.
JOHN GILL