The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-10-25
ROUNTREE'S ATTITUDE
Is Condemned in Very Strong Terms by Many -- State Papers
State Papers.

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 IT kypptree got rebate on all tn
 kSup that press CD gang deyoured h
 onfnt 70 De very comfortably fixed. finan
 v,1ia ,11y. ana 't seems. that he, did.-Abbe
 J. Asa Rountree. Secretary of the Ala
 nama Press Association, pulled the leg o
 .ne Association to the amount of $S.S40 .5C
 arg orrect.--Guntersvhe Democrat
 @
 At any rate, the recent investigation o
 the Alabama Press Association scand l
 do not show, Secretary Rountree up in
 very enviable light. If Mir. Rountree I
 set himself right with the Association % an,
 the public.-Mobile Item.
 y. Asa Rountree, who gouged the Stat
 Press Association and the railroads should be indicted by the Press Associa
 tion like any other criminal And 1t Il
 believed the self respecting newspape
 men of the State will demand it.-Hunts
 vile Herald.
 tree entered plea of guilty. The r,resl Association should expel him promptly
 It Is inconceivable that a man or news paper that claims to be honest can giv,
 ssAS ASc~Ac ct1Ay any SuppOAI we nave nt recollection of ever hearing of a meanel piece of grafting.-Cullman Democrat.
 Secretary Rountree plead guilty of hay. sion. but refused to say how much. Blu, the figures showed up that the trip netted him above 5000. In addition tc
 5000 and over the excursioners presented of their. appreciation of his courtesies shown them on the trip. Expensive cour- tesies. to be sure.--Ashland Standard.
 That Press Association Committee is showing up Secretary Rountree in most unenviable light. Rountree admits he made money off the Canadian trip, but declines to answer questions. He may have a card up his sleeve. but things look rather dark for him now.-Greenville Liv- ing Truth.
 As we feared, Secretary Rountree of the Alabama Press Association seems to be worsted by the committees investigation of the Canada excursion last summer. Rountree says he made money, but re- fuses to say how much. It Is stated that he made over $3,000. The excursions were him and outings to most of the other excursfonists. The opportunities were too tempting-the margins for profits too great for frail human nature to stand it! Sad!-Clarke County Democrat.
 The committee appointed to investigate certain charges made against MT. J. A. Rountree. Secretary of the Alabama Press Association in connection with the recent excursion to Canada, met in Birmingham last Friday and elicited some interesting and unpleasant facts relative to the pro- ceedings of the Secretary. The state of craze country" editor before the expos ures made by The Montgomery Adver- tiser. The committee will be ready to make their report at the meeting of the Association which has been called to con- month.--Florence Times
 The special committee appointed by President Yerby of the State Press As- sociation to investigate the recent charges preferred against Secretary Rountree. for "hoodooing" the railroads and making money out of the editorial trips, met in Birmingham last Friday. The develop nnents were sensational. Rountree admits that he made money out of the junkets and that only fifteen bona fide newspaper men went on the Canadian trip this sum- mer. He refuses, however. to render a statement of receipts and expenditures on the trip. which is almost a positive ad- mission that some two or three thousand dollars found their way into Asas jeans. "-Alexander City Outlook.
 On every count of The Advertiser's in- dictment as the Secretary of the Ala hama Press Association found guilty aAd If no sentence is passed. the scandal has been wiped out as far as the Association Is concerned, and hereafter things will be on the square.
 MT. Rountree had counsel, but Captain J. M. Falkner is somewhat of an arbi- trator also, and has no patience with man who practices deception on his fell Press Assocciation are due The Adverti- ser and Captain J. M. Faikner for the and uprooting of this miserable piece of business.-Camden Banner
 Mr. J. Asa Rountree is sending to the editors of the State his explanation. or defense, of his conduct in connection with he recent trip of the Alabama Press As sociation. The Herald has therefore had title to say concerning the charges brought against the genial secretary. We covered him with the broad mantle of charity pending proof of his alleged mis- conduct. The proof has been produced. Mr. Rountree himself admits the charge If having made money out of the press excursion. He seems to be at least 8 900 ahead of the game.
 A pitiful amount, indeed. for the loss of he high standing he enjoyed with the .ditors of Alabama. Common decency demands that he should now subside.
 He seems to have been as crooked as rams horn and those members of the State press, who aided and abetted in the lisgraceful affair should he included with lim when the editors exnell him from the State Association.-Mobile Herald.
 Before special committee of the Ala 'ama Press Association In session at raised to investigate irregu- arities in the conduct of the Canadian rip, J. A. Rountree. secretary, admitted le made money out of the trip, but de- lied he imrosed on the railroads.
 After repeatedly saying that he would tive the executive committee an itemized of money collected and dis cursed on account of the trip. MT. Roun- rec fiatly refused to give up this infor- 
 Chairman Doster announced that from official sources the committee had ascer- aimed that Rountree cleared $3.264 on he trip. He asked MT. Rountree if this vas corret. He still "had nothing to ay." Its findings will be submitted to special meeting of the association on October 20. There is no doubt of the nature of this report. Men who have ,een disposed to doubt charges made by The Advertiser have expressed amaze nent at Rountree's conduct and his atti- ude.
 MT. Rountree was represented by a awyer who fought every inch of ground. Ie opposed hearing on the ground of ack Of written charges, but was over uled by the committee which adopted in The Advertiser as charges.
 The sentiment of the executive commit ee is shown by Q resolution adopted thanking Captain Falkner, md thanking him for his interest in the ssoclation.-Monroe Journal.
 Mir Rountree acknowledged that ne made n1Ouav O1it nf the recent Press Itin-