The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1904-06-01
LOGAN, May 30, 1904.

EDiioN hEfu bLlCAN
The Journals alleged facts in reply
to my request for the evidence in the
matter of their "authent icated ru-
NOR" concerning the recent examina-
lions Of city pupils is as clear an eva
sion of the question at issue as any
thing the Journal has ever produced.
or anyone else, for that matter. In
their issue of May n, they charged
that, according to an authenticated
rumor, ] quietly passed copy of the
questions to a party, who circulated
it among the city pupils in the hope
of giving them an undue advantage
over the county pupils. In your is
sue of May % you printed over my
signature an absolute denial of this
charge, and asked that the Journal
produce its authenticity, that the au-
thor of this false statement come out
and prove his case. This the Journal
has not done, nor can 1t do so, from
the fact that none OF the questions
were circulated among the city pu-
pills." no Interior motives were used
in submitting the questions to the
principal of the Woodruff Scholastic
had perfect right to them, as shall
explain later-and the city pupils
were gwen no undue advantage what
soeyer over the county pupils.
After the charge had been made, /
called on the management of the
Journal, and inquired into the reason
for its publication, and was informed
that they knew nothing about it; that
they did not like the spirit Of it, and
would look 1t up as soon as their local
editor returned from Salt Lake. How
ever, the supposed management treat
ed me kindly, and expressed desire
to be fair In the matter, and II injus-
tice had been done they would right
1t. handed them a statement deny
ing the authenticated rumor" and
asking for the evidence, just the same
In fact, as the article in THE REPUB.
LICAN, but was told that they would
not print it, as IL would lead to end.
less discussion. They did say, however,
that they would straighten the mat.
ter out, and on May "a they gave what
purported to be my version of the
affair. Now, had this been my ver-
sion, it would have sutliced, and l
would have been glad to let the mat
ter drop, The Journal says That |
said that Mr.. Thomson may have
had good grounds for suspecting unfair
work; this is not true, he did not have
good grounds for suspecting any such
thing. They say that we agreed that
the questions should be submitted to
some of the principals, etc. We made
no such an agreement, and made no
such statement. They further say
that l turned the questions over to
Miss Cassidy, and she kept them over
night. This is equally false, as Miss
Cassidy has stated In the columns of
THE REPUBLICAN. There was no ne
cessity for making these false state
mcnts, as was In the Journal Office
during the afternoon prior to this is
sue, and they could have had my "ver-
sion" II they had wanted it, but IL
appears that they did not want it
other than in their own way.
left for Salt Lake the next morn
ing. The night before, however, l
left the denial which THE REPUBLI-
CAN printed with the clerk of the
Board of Education, and asked him to
request you to print it in case the
Journal did not give satisfaction In its
next. issue. procured II copy OF the
Journal on my way to the station, the
next morning, and read what purport-
ed to be my version, written by the
Journal editor, absolutely false, as far
as 1t refers to me.
felt then that it was right and
proper to contradict in my own way
this authenticated rumor" and to
demand the proof of such rash state.
ments, and because l presumed to ex-
ercise this right and your paper print
ed my communication, the Journal
flies into rage, accuses me of being
in league with you, of being response
BILE for the printing of lot of balder'
dash and in fact being responsible
for all the storm that has arisen. Now
| know of no paper l would sooner be
In league with than THE REPUBLI
CAN, but THE REPUBLICAN,, as far as
! have been able to learn, can success
fully hoe its own row, unaided by mt
or anyone else, and as far as the state
ments of the principal and pupils o.
the Woodruff School, l knew nothing
about them until l. returned from
Salt Lake, Wednesday night, in fact
did not know they were going TO b'
printed. This Is neither here no
there, however, the fact Is this; TIN
Journal was In a hole. Its local edi
tor went Off .ialf-cocked, and In hi