The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1898-06-30

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The trust ihresgA which bsys aat -
educated - dee roooece foe ~ soDs-
eieeity Of gseas wealth. VAsa soqsised
through trust over he socst0ce Of
life By thoosaods {0ho lad 0oehS0g
else to 06es) as ths call Of shels c000.
try.
do NOS believe that any eossiAsss-
BILE portion Of the hard voted for IL
resolution, and that feW Of these, 20
any, 0utside she Duke-Kileo syaAi.
cate, kneW the violatioa q che ele-
wentssy psiooiples Of justice b. which
% had oeen obeaiooa.
To the hooess, fair. niadeA ioselli.
gent people q North Caroliaa, aad
% the people Of The ho0oeUl
church Of Which ] have bsen q 0s0.
Der Tor over thirty yeass, A will.
ing 70 soomis this matter, and Will
accept their verdics-oos yours.
Yours truly,
WALTsa CLAaE.
The C.sas Bs,ii.
We AK the Judge how the matter
o. gan. tie said:
AT he meeting VI trustees Q yeas
*" DR. kilgO brought In Q report In
W ich paragraph instantly arrested
my attention. This paragraph recon.
~. "d-d that the faculty should b
ell cted fOr four years, instead Of from
ear To year ~ usual. I opposed that
recommendation, and it being referred
to committee, composed Of judge W.
J. Montgomery and myself, We reooa-
mended that that paragraph b not
adopted, and IL Was voted down. A feV
days later, having visited the tobacco
belt and heard the adverse criticisms al
Trinity College under Dr.. KiIgos nan.
aEenent, l mentioned the matter q
M. Joseph @. Brown and said: ~You
eee now We were wise TO vote doWn
that recommendation Of DR.. Kileo "a
give him . term Of four ysars," Mr..
Brown asked IL l thought that was DE-.
kiIgos object, to which l said that the
recommendation Was broad enough "a
embrace the President, and from what
l knew Of DR.. Kilgos previous reputa-
tion and his course In this State, I
thought he had not intended to leave
himself out--0f words to that effect,
This was conversation With fel.
low trustee, and expected to hear No
more about it, but some Ramsey sniff.
Hes" got bold Of It'll and 1 received q
letter from DR.. Kilgo asking II I had
used such expressions. Desiring nc
controversy, 1 replied, asking his in.
iormane. After some correspondence
Dr. ktlGo wrote that it Was q conyersa.
ton with NJ. Brown. Still Desiring q
avoid . controversy 1 wrote that what
passed between Mr.. Brown and mysell
was private, not . public, oonysrsa
lion, was between us a. trustees about
college matters, WAS not intended "a
inJure him, and that be ought not "a
press the matter. Then DR.. Kilec
wrote perempt0ry letter winding or
~ threatening to lay the matter be-
r. the Trustees. 10 this l replied q
follows:
RALEIGH, n. c., July IA, 1897.
DR.. John c. KiIgo:
Sir: Yours to hand. Its tone imoli.
-dIy asserts that il 10 q very grave mia.
iemeanOr not to entertain for you tn
same good opinion which you hold OF
yourself.
In conversation with another Trus.
tee, l told him Of your growing I'M.
popularity, and expressed nv thank.
fulness that the Trustees had defeafet
your recommendation which voult
have made you irremovable for fouI
years. Your recommendation that I'M
Faculty should be elected for Tom
years was unheard Of and unnecessar,
You made no exception Of youroei
from ies provisions, and - men are pre
sumed to intend the consciousness q
their own acts, inferred that YOU
motive was to do exactly what You
accommodation would have dons m
We had adopted it,. i. e., given you. =,
we'll - the professors, protection from
removal for four years.
Inc growing 0pp0siti0n to you
which has become intense with msuv
In the tobacco section especially. yoS
reported speeches attacking the bon
esty Of silver men (Who oonstitut,
nine-tenths of the white men Of MI
Carolina), the attacks you have mad,
on the State University, and the ouar
rels you have managed to get M M,
keep up with DR.. KIngsbury, Rev. ~
Page, Mr.. Webster and others. have ere
ated antag0niSms which must shortal
your stay unless you are protected b,
| four years. term or some influe nc.
not based on public esteem. am corr,
that your energies are 90 little occu
pied that you are even now seeking Z,
ADD controversy with myself TO You
amusements.
The attempts Of Northern multi-mil
iionsires to capture BY gifts and en-
d0Wments the control of the education
OF the children Of the people has creates
. sensitiveness on that subject in th
public mind. The charges In the pub
lie prints, however, intimatiug that th
consideration Of the gift By member
OF the Tobacco Trust to Trinity, ~
that the youth there were to be prooe
iyted and taught political heresy foe
eign to the faith Of their father
would have had small effect NTH \
Just people - ours, II By your perad
OF your gold standard views (WhicI
must have an untoWard effect on tn
minds OF the young men In your care
and your reiterated and oetentstiou
assertions Ct your superioeity TO pub
Tic opinion, had not given color 70 th
charges. IL your perseverance, in ths
line OF conduct shall deepen in tn
public mind suspicion into conviction
(however unjust IL may be in fact
wealthy syndicates may give 70,
money, but the public will not sen,
you boys.
In 1858, the State University had Be
nind it the State Treasury and Cd,
then dominant political party, bat /
failed because the public opinion o
those Who furnish college students N
against 1t. You may think, hoVeve1
you can carry It over IN sdyefse pub
nc sentiment. You will know bette
after you have tried it.
!! regret to write you this. Your I'd
miniseration promised success, AM
you ought to have won Is with he
ability than your friends credit 70,
with possessing.
do not undsrstand your threat {.
lay my views before the Trustees, bu
e you somehow seem to think that tA,
Beard has iuPisdiction m tn o0.a>