The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-12-28
FROM MIR. GLEED.
He VIII Never Again Dare to Talk
to the Capital About Another
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To the Editor of the State Journal.
Heaven help the man who gets be-
tween the upper and the neither mill
stones of a newspaper controversy. That
IS where 1 am. I talked to one news
paper about two others. A man VINO
Will do that needs guardian. He as
more reckless than Hobson. I conversed
with Capital representative about the
Wichita Eagle. The facts about the
conversation 1 give you in compliance
with your request though 1 cannot
imagine who will be interested in the
recital outside the several editors.
Desiring to be polite to a very gen.
tlemanly representative of the Capital
put myself to some inconvenience to
give MIN various items OF news. some
thing brought up the fast mail matter
and at his request I gave him such in
formation as had though I expressed
the opinion that it would be well to
avoid discussing the matter in the pa
pers. incidentally I commented with
more or less severity on the untrue and
unfair statements often made in the
State Journal and the Wichita Eagle
about the fast mail train. I had no
thought of being quoted and had no
thought of impeaching the general
truthfulness of either the State Journal
or the Eagle. The Capital representa-
tive, to the best of my knowledge and
belief, honestly thought that 1 thought
I was being interviewed for publication.
Nothing could have been further from
my expectation. I wrote you a note
saying that I had no more thought of
being interviewed for publicati ton than
of going to Jail and that I had not at
tackled your general truthfulness. In
your haste you did not read my note
carefully and in referring to it you
made me appear to deny having talked
to the Capital representative. Here IS
where the mill-stOnes got in their work
| The Capital wanted to know How
about it2" I told the Capital the exact
nature of my letter to you. The Capt.
| tai again charged the Journal with
| prevaricatiOn. The Journal was wrong
| in it's aluSiOn to my letter but do not
| think it meant to be SO. I accept its
| word about that as I do its assurance
! that it's mistakes about the fast mail
| have been due to accident and misin-
/ formation and not to a desire TO mis-
| lead. If the gentlemen of the Eagle
| give me the same assurance shall also
| accept their statement as true. do
| not believe the fast mail train costs the
Eagle or the Journal single subscri-
! Der. I believe it is an immensely desira-
! BILE train for the country through which
! it runs There is another thing I be-
! lieve. namely, that I shall never again
/ Yours truly, c. S. GLEED.
! Topeka, Kan, Dec. %, 1885,
Tin referring to Mr.. Gleed's note deny
| ing the genuineness of the alleged inter-
| view as an interview for publication, of
! course, and as to its correctness even as
| to a conversation, the State Journal
| added to it's Mondays article just be
fore the paper went to press, the fol-
| lowing exact words:
''P. S.-A personal note from G. S.
| Gleed has just been received in which
I he says he had no more thought of any
| such interview or the alleged one print
| ed in the Topeka Capital than he had
| of going to jail
We knew, of course, that Mr.. Gleed
had some kind of a talk with the re-
| porter about the fast mail, because he
said So The word interview" was
| used by the Journal in the sense in
| which it is generally used by newspaper
| reporters and not as meaning merely a
| personal talk or conversation Mr. Gleed
| did not want to be interviewed and said
| so to the reporter, that he thought the
| matter ought not to be discussed, etc
| But the paper Interviewer him just
| the same, and what is the serious part
| of the matter, put into his mouth words
| and sentiments which he neither SaiC
| nor expressed, for publication or other
wise. Mr.. Gleed is good natured, as we
| all ought to be, but he was Hbelled, we
do not say maliciOusly, as an individual
in the morning paper, just as the eXem-
plary law firm of which he is member
has been libelled in the columns of the
same paper, and that is all there is tC
it. No amount of squirming or evasion
on the part of our unhappy cOntempor
ary can change the facts.-Editor State
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