Los Angeles herald., 1907-12-20

titude Of the Times toward the public
schools His effrontery is amazing. Long,
long before e. G. Moore appeared upon
the scene here in the role of a peda-
gogue, this journal was engaged in the
good work, never relaxed, of giving aid
encouragement and intelligent support to
our public schools and every worthy
teacher in them
THE pedagogic appologist who thus
weakly cttempts to excuse his bad
break is still more unfortunate In his
efforts to locate and describe the motive
for the criticisms made by the Times upon
his public course. He insists that the
editor has him 'blacklisted because he
(Moore) undertook to edit a certain con-
tribution by Gen. Otis to the Guide Book
published for the information of the Ma
uonal Educational association last sum-
mer. The contribution in question, which
exploited the foremost reason for the
prosperity of Los Angeles, was solicited
from, not volunteered by Gen. Otis. Be-
fore the MS was sent to the printer,
Mr.. Moore and committee (self-appoint-
ed or otherwise) undertook to exercise
censorship over the utterances of the
author in his signed article; they essayed
10 edit the matter to suit the notions
of the timid and the truculent, in which
class they showed themselves to be- The
writer of the solicited article objected,
and informed the timid ones that, hav-
ing signed his production, he alone was
responsible for its language and senti-
ments, which he believed to be entirely
proper and timely sentiments to Law be-
fore the assembled educators. At the
same time he informed the COMMITTEES
that they were at liberty to decline al
together his contribution to the Guide
BOOK II they should find the meat too
strong Tor their weak literary stomachs
put that ne refused to let them (the COM
mltteemen, not the stomachs) macerate
the matter if his signature was to remain
appended to 1t. He therefore forbade its
publication in the mutiiated form to
Whlch Mr.. Moore admits he undertool,
10 cnange 1t; and so the incident was
Closed There were no repeated con-
ferences' with. Gen. Otis concerning the
project, as alleged, and he never had the
precious privilege of meeting either the
scnool superintendent or the able assis-
tant secretary specified. Moore must
nave known, or ought to have known.
lnat, under the circumstances, he had no
rlshl Wnatever to edit signed article,
for which not he, but another. was re-
sponsible.
But the contribution was pronntIv ao-
q
Argonaut of San Francisco. and nuh-
nshed In his fearless journal.
In order to give readers the opportun-
lty or reading It, and of learning inst
what 1t was that Mr. Moore and his
narrow, timid co-committeemen Objected
to, the contribution, as written and s,,h-
mltted 70 them, by request, is reproduced
IN the Tlmes. 1t is entitled "A Striking
Contrast, and the author endeavored to
portray the particular conditions which,
as he understood. had been indicated by
the applicants when the request for the
contribution was first made The contri-
button will bear the inspection OF all
liberty-loving citizen who have the cour-
age of their convictions. In which GLASS
Mr.. Moore writes himself down as NOT
belonging
Dr. Moore was also republished in the
same Issue Of The Times under these
headings:
"a striking contrast Industrial free
dom, Industrial peace and industrial
progress in Los Angeles and elsewhere.
BY the editor OF the Los Angeles Times.
Republished from the Argonaut of San
Francisco, June 8, 1907
The Herald is happy to offer Its coll
umns as list where the cOmbatnnts
may find ga fair field and NO favor' and
where, In place of shedding each
others gore during the season devoted
to "Peace ON earth, good Will toward
men," they may shed such modicum of
printers ink as VIII assuage their diff
ferences.
Whatever the public may think as to
the merits of the controversy we hope
we are not transcending the bounds of
mOdesty I'm suggesting that the parties
to IL have shown excellent judgment
In selecting The Herald as the medium
for giving the widest possible publicity
to their views. [EditOr.l
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