The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1898-09-04

he would promise not to print his speech,
(which he had with him reduced to
writing). He would not accept the terms
The speech he desired to deliver is as
follows:
JUDGE CLARK'S SPEECH.
| Gentlemen of the Board of Trustees:
If this were an Oratorical contest
would say what | have to say without
manuscript But as ! might have the
fate of DR.. KiIgo, at the coronation of
Mr.. Duke, and the notes of my speech
taken down by another might differ
from my recollection, | have reduced my
argument to writing that | may read
it. Especially is this prudence when
Dr. KilgO'S unswOrn stenographer alone
is allowed in this room, and my request
to have stenographer present ut my
own expense has been refused at DR..
Nilgo's instance | regret that it may be
more tedious to you, but it will prevent
all controversy as to what | shall say.
At the meeting in July, 1897, DR..
Kilgo made a report in which he rec
commended as follows: Il quote from
Mr.. Southgate's letter. THAT the law
which requires the election of the fac
ulty every year, be so changed as to
elect them not oftener than every four
years" | opposed the proposition. 1t
was referred to. Il committee of which
| was a member, and which reported
against it and it did not pass. The
Trinity Catalog of 1S94-5, which | hold
in my hand has the word, Faculty" in
large letters. and the first line under
it is
JOHN c. KILGO, A. NJ,
President and Professor of Philosophy"
In the present CatalOg, it is headed:
FACULTY AND OFFICERS.
And the first name under that is:
JOHN c. KILGO, a. NJ, d. D.,
President and Professor of Avera
School of Biblical Literature:"
So it is clear, beyond cavil, that if his
recommendation had been adopted, DR..
Kilgo would have had four years
term instead of one year. 1t is alleged
that he discIaimed at the time, includ-
ing himself. The place to have done
that was in the recommendation itself,
or by amending it. If he made such
oral disclaimer, it must have been when
| was out on the committee, or when
my attention was otherwise occupied.
| did not hear it. Some weeks later,
having visited the Tobacco section and
heard large numbers of Methodists ex-
press themselves adversely to DIR. KilgO,
on my return | mentioned this to
Mr.. JOS. G.. Brown. fellow trustee,
with whom | had transacted my banking
| business for over twenty-five years, and
| said to him that it was well we had
| defeated the resolution for a four years
term. This getting to Dr. Kilgo's ears,
he seemed vey much offended. Whether
| it was because he wished to pose as be-
| ing so altruistic that he was only look
ing after the rest of the Faculty and
was absolutely Indifferent to his own
interest, or whether he would have it
understood that he was absolute master
| here, and nothing could shake him out,
do not know.
To his letter l replied, endeavOring to
/ avoid a difficulty. | thought when l
showed him it was IL private conversa-
ton he would desist. In truth, did
not wish to tell him what l had said
about his unpopularity. He persisted,
and when he finally threatened to lay the
matter before his board, | gave him, in
nv letter, July 14th. 1897, the CONVEX
| sation and the reasons i'll plain Anglo
Saxon. When that
Chunk of old red sandstone
"Struck him in the abdomen
| there were no subsequent proceedings.
| The correspondence suddenly stopped.
| When the board met i'll June, 1898, L
/ did not care to come here to vote for
| his reelection, and not knowing any
proceedings affecting me were in prog
| ress, / staid at home where | had some
| business needing me.
When | received the short note in
forming me that in my absence, COM
| mittee had sat on me, condemning me
and asking me to resign, and the board
| had adopted their report, l was deeply
panied that men who had been my as
sOciates for years, and whom l had
deemed my friends, could have taken
such steps, especially without any no.
| tice to me or opportunity to be heard.
There was telephone in the building
in Raleigh. where / sat, connecting
with one in this building, where you
were sitting, and four trains a day each
| Wav between the two places, and your
| board was in session two days or more.
Yet not a whisper of those proceedings
came to my ears. | respectfully asked
for information. Your secretary put
me off several days. Possibly Mr..
Duke was absent. Then l received Il
curt note, in effect that l knew the
verdict and sentence, and that was
enough for me to know. Still l said no
Il word to any one. The punishment
for questioning DR.. Kilgo's supremacy
here was not enough. 1t must be pub
| lished to the world. In the Charlotte
Observer, June %, appeared the follow
ing:
JUDGE CLARK'S RESIGNATION
AS TRUSTEE ASKED FOR.
1T is learned in Charlotte that con
troversy by letter has recently been in
progress, between Judge Walter Clark
of the Supreme court, and Dr. j. G..
1 Kilgo, ID. d., President of Trinity col
| Iege and that at meeting Of the trus-
| tees of this institution last week. DIR
Kigo laid the correspondence before
l the Board, asked for an investigation
and stated if they We're sustained his
resignation would be forthcoming. The
1 investigation was made, the result being
| that DR. KilgO was sustained, and that
| the resignation of Judge Clark as Il
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