The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1902-04-11
latroducisg Gov. Durblc 10 The Truth.

Introducing Gov. Uurblc 10 the Irusn.
Some days ago, DR.. Horne made
public charges agaist the manage
ment of the Michigan City prison.
Recognizing the seriousness OF the
allegations, The Sun instructed . 70.
liable and truthful reporter to call
upon Gov. Durbin relative to the
Horne charges and the probabilities
of an Investigation. This is Gov.
Durbin's reply, as printed in The
Sun of Thursday:
about two weeks ago / received
Q letter from DR.. Horne containing
in general the same charges which
have just been published in the
newspapers. referred the letter to
the prison board. The board IL
compoeed of gentlemen whom l
TRUST, and l cannot see that it is any
business Of mine to interfere with its
action. In fact, it is not an affair
OF mine"
| The governor said Substantially
Iths same thing to other papers. AT
once there began to buzz in the gov
ernor's ears q public protest that
|caused him to worry. Tho Indiana
l|public, as The Sun has said, 10
deeply interested and concerned in
1.-The state institutions, and this same
! public was amazed at the governors
|apparent indifference to tho Horne
charges. Realizing that be had
; touched an unpopular chord-that
he had failed to realize the import
ance of the matter--the governor
+. sought means Of squaring himself
r With the public. What did he doY
: He denied that he ever said the
matter was "no affair" Of his-de.
, MED that he ever uttered q word
THAT could be distorted" into such
r an expression.
He did not make this denial TO =
|, Sun reporter-he did not ask The
Sun for correction. He did not
elindicate, directly or indirectly, to
The Sun that he had been mis-
{ quoted or that his words had been
misconstrued.
Perhaps Gov. Durbin 10 80 dense
s of mind that he does not realize the
e wrong be has committed. He has
attacked the good name Of report.
|er-he has attacked and attempted
',sslto destroy tho chief stock in trade
Ioi q reporter. He has taken ad-
vantage Of his position - governor
Ito give weight 10 this attack. He
! would rather destroy that reporter
than to tell the truth about himself.
!. The Sun here and now repeats,
with all the emphasis 1t its com.
|. mand, that Gov. Durbin did say oi
>, the Horne charge that lit is not an
affair Of mine" The Sun further
says, with equal emphasis, that, i
r. the governor repudiates the quoted
statement, he lies.
VI Men in official places seem to
think it their province to resort to
falsehood, deceit and other i'm
y proper methods, without compunc'
e, tons Of conscience. They make
unmanly and cowardly attacks up
. lon the regulations Of their betters,
and hope that their official positions
will insure them against loss Of pub
!. llic confidence. 1t is dirty business
and the governor knows it.
The Sun accepts full responsibility
for its publications. 1t errs, o.
ht|course, because it is human TO Dc
leo, but il does not deliberately mis-
,olquote OF misrepresent any ono, higt
or low. II aims to tell the truth
b and that is wherein II differs from
Gov. Durbin and other officials.
Gov. Durbin knows that he said
sylwhat was published in The Sun
a. Indianapolis Sun (Republican)