The sun. (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1905-1908, 1906-09-15
State CtJIciaI objects to Being Ais.
quoted and Puts Els Protest
INTO Letter, Which 1.-The
GREAT and Good"
Declines t. Print because Its Words
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never said the things you quote. is there Ian.
guage In the entireartice to justify the statement
ON which your editorial is based In the most
part the editorials you have published concerning
statements put into my mouth by YOU
Twill say to you, that no one has ever applied TO
this ONCE by letter for information of any kind on
any subject, who has not had q prompt and cour-
teous reply, his or her letter, marked and filed,
and the letter In reply to same placed OF record In
our letter books. Letters are not tossed aside"
and no attention paid them. Your continued In
situations that the records In the department
have supervision OF department Of Agricultural
are kept In loose haphazard manner are false,
and the statement made concerning same In your
paper Is made by some one wholly ignorant Of the
facts, or by O person knowing them, and possessed
OF malicious, Il not corrupt, intent to injure me
personally II you are honest In your purpose, II
you really wish to know the truth, most earnest
ly request you to come and examine into the
methods OF conducting our official work.
am not In the habit Of paying any attention to
newspaper criticism because ! am aware that in
most cases II only calls for other contortions and
Misrepresentation OF what may be honestly In.
tended by q statement. / recognize the fact, that
II generally 10 like one standing of and tossing
clod at a mud mill, Il simply continues to grind
out mud further recognize the right of an edi-
tor, equal with the right Of any other citizen. to
criticise the acts OF an Official but because he Is
an editor gives him no more liberty than other
persons. But donot consider 1t fair just or hon
est, Tor an editor 10 assume that an official has
said, what he did not say, is doing what he does
not do, 10 not performing what he does perform,
and on these assumptions build articles to shake
public confidence IN his honesty, integrity and
ability TO perform the duties Of the ONCE commit
ted to his trust by the people Of the State as you
have attempted to do to me- Hence felt Il my
duty to myself and the people who have made me
their servant to condemn and repudiate emphati.
cally the unjust treatment am receiving at your
hands. hope may never be in such straits. and
become 90 narrow In mind, or conscience scared,
or 30 lar forget my self respect my regard for the
character OF others. as 70 try to build up myself
upon the wreckage OF the characters Of my neigh.
bors OF all the falsehoods that are little. mean.
contemplate and to be despised It is that type al
iaisehood which gathers enough Of truth about it
TO deceive the reader and destroy the character
OF the individual discussed. Sometimes such
tnings appear. are passed unnoted because they
originated from some uniformed pencil pusher.
VINO has little standing abroad and less at his
nome. But when one finds, that which representa-
itself az the leading daily OF great State. stoop
ing 70 sucn methods OF editorial argument, IL
seems az IL 1t Is necessary 20 call halt Offset Il
win. q true statement. While watching this con-
tinual now OF Misrepresentation, / have wondered
what II could mean. Is II possible, that when an
omc,ai y misrepresented in paper. perhaps limo
omcial replies In q simple plain statement OF the
Iscts IN the caee he Is to be taught by this TRADE
Of misrepresentation and insinuation, that t mat.
ters not what any paper says Of him, II he dares
@ open his mouth to give the truth, his ofacial
character, his good name. his all, Is to be torn
rom MIN and destroyed. II this is what Il means.
!nink Il y time the people were moved to watch
with care the motives that may underlie the al.
lacks from some papers of today
We AL know that papers are instruments of
5000 when the man doing the writing is q fair.
1cmest man himself but instruments OF danger
methods. IN the only guide.