Gunnison news-champion., 1902-05-09


ieadiaz maaIicrs of the stale prohi
hitis'n eonultttee sSPre--ei - "a
lhc fullest ooI.l llcn1c IN his iBae grity
ama abiiiiv-a coniidsnce which b
-urey Justified bv nis clean aaa Ell
cieut Wark
ASraTSEl1f A HAwLF1.
Pres. Colo W q. TT.
@ anuisoH- MARCH z5. 1900.
"a wili be noticed thai IL is car,
tuly werdoi she did not give hu
a "eharucser" bal in al fairness ! a. ,
did she not say y hat wsuld work o.
eyculpate him from oar cbargess "a
Wss thou. a. uuw. state Presidest 4
she N g. q. a.. capable OF know ias
Che trutb. fat fcar that We are b.
41isZ ia-tiae % wonan Whom "
have Cor wears believed 10 be a sincer
and inufhtsl. as we'll as eansc ietstiou.
reformer ~ uoW ask Mr. uawieyf ,
tew questiou+.
Ms Autoiuctte Haw iey. state Preat
dent ". G.. r. T.
Respected Madam -Nn yep
kiud.y Stale whethor yuu are
present ia possession of facts ths
change your opiniau OF The cbaracte
Of rbe Rev. e.. ! Hail from the opis
iou which you published iu the Nes
ot ihis place two ycnrs ago?
Were you justified. DO you thint
iH making che statement YOU az
I without investigation. after his stand
ing bad been s5 seriously mnpesciled
+ 10 you did not at that time kaos
che facts of IaI'- investigation b.
un executive session ct The body oi
which yuu are President, were va
eNeu,abIe Tor tesufying in print tha
Pee "did not Ask f1r the eudorsemes
Of the IA. G. a. & before bsginsia.
work ia this stateg"
I Your statement leads one 10 believ,
/ that he worked for while unlei
different auspices and hen app e.
far your entarsrmcnt surelv 81
{ did not adopt so unfair q subterfuge
for defending such a man2
Mrs. Hicks, the wife Of Rev. Hicks.
who once had charge Of the NJ T..
church at this place, snd who is
actively identified with the work OF
the splendid society of which you are
the honored president, is now, nd
theu was, the custodian OF the papers
filed at the time that Hall was in-
vestigated by your organization in
I ! 1913, aud her husband So informed
my representative, his wife baing
away from the city at the time.
Were you acquainted with that fact?
viii you not be kind enough 60 10
the undersigned the tardy justice 90
at this time state the plain truth re-
garding this man Hall according 10
the developments of the pest two
years, aud also make clear the reason
why you saw iii to defend him 10
the extent of usiug the high and h1n-
orable office which you then and now
hold, to assist in keeping him before
decent people?
The columns of this paper are open
to you to max an explanation which
seems to be demanded to set you and
| right before this people.
Yours Very Respectfully,
G. T. RAwAIT.
Mrs. Hawley will be in GunHi-on
this week and will address audiences
time or two. In view of the tardy
confederation of our charges Of tive
years ago, in view Of the fact that
the W. c. T. L. records show him 20
be worse than ! charged. ! only
charged him with deserving a wife
and two children. Ellis Meredith
/ places the number at four; | only
said that ne tried to commit matri-
mony with one innocent young wo-
man, Ellis Meredith SAYS that he
tried il twice at least. think
that not only myself but the CUM
nison public is entitled % au az-
piauati1n With this end u vi
a copy OF this publication will He
placed ia be hands .of Nr-. Iia0 eT
as esrly as pr-eliaabIe alter Der -..I-
VAL ami we invite an ezalaratlaa @
a situation which ts Say the lr-r &.