The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1907-06-14
EDITOR OF THE
DAILY PATRIOT RE-
spends TO LETTER
fFrom the Daily Patriot of Concord,
N. HI

fFrOm the Daily Patriot of Concord,
Some time since an editorial ap-
peared in thesecolumns replying to a
public letter addressed to the editor
Of the Patriot by Hon. William r..
Chandler, the counsei-in-chief for the
next friends" In the Mrs. Eddy suit,
In which, In reply to his suggestion
that read the letter which Mr.. Clio
yer had addressed to his mother
some weeks prior, said that IN due
time without any assistance IL the
said letter were favorable to Mr..
Chambers interests, he would devise
some means for getting 1t before the
public. even IL he did not succeed In
getting It into court.
Mr.. Chandler has at last realized
on his hopes The letter has been
published published In full, and
that was what he wanted.
After all, there is not much to 1t
when one considers the source from
which It came, and the purpose or
purposes sought to be accomplished
by Il.
Mr.. Chandler Is trying this case in
the newspapers, not In the courts,
and majority OF the matter that he
has gotten into the newspapers so far
q not admissible in court, and he
knows II.
Take for Instance. this letter,
which Mr.. Chandler swears was
signed by Mr.. Mr.. Glover. It would
not be admissible in courtroom un-
der the ordinary rules of testimony.
II party to a legal proceeding
writes a letter discriminating himself
IN any way or admitting things
which make against his interests,
such letter is admissible, but when
that party writes letter or makes a
statement favorable to his interests
OF tending to relieve him from re-
aponsibility, or to set him and his
cause n light prepOssessing to Q
verdict In his favor. then the letter or
statement Is act admissible.
Mr. Chandler is a lawyer, the man
ner Of proceeding In this case to the
contrary Notwithstanding, and he
nowB the laws OF evidence as we'll az
any other, hence his effort to make
the most use he can prior to the trial
of the suit. of the newspapers willing
to devote columns of space to his
manufactured and inadmissible testi.
mOny.
M. Chandler. in an affidavit pub
lished with this would-be Glover let.
ter, swears that Mr.. Glover signed
the letter. but he does not say thai
Mr.. Glover wrote the letter. He
takes Il for granted that ninety-nint
out Of every hundred who read his
statement that Mr.. Glover signed tins
letter will conclude that Mr.. Glover
wrote the letter. and in all probabii
ity ID drawing this inference he hal
hinged close upon correct interpre
fatinn. and the purpose OF this ed
iorial fe to save the readers Of THU
peDer from such a conclusion; Mr.
Glover aid not write the letter.
The letter Is written by one ripe II
Experience In letter writing, by Ons
rich IN resources IN letter writing;
By one skilled IN playing upon thu
'cfednlify Of the public: written b.
one praeticed in diplomacy and Gun
ming and not By one Of the plain and
sImple faith who. Shakespeare says
Knows no tricks
In the New York World some thret
months ago q statement was made
By one who seemed TO know. and
doubtless did know, that Mr. Glover
could not read nor WRITE The hope
hf that time was to convince the pub.
lie Of this mans inability TO look
after bis own intererests. and that