The daily sentinel., 1907-05-30
Answers Roosevelt

, DR. William q, Long is the man
who fearlpssly wrote to President
Roosevelt the following letter In
4 answer to one of Ruosevelt's charac-
teristic "buttings-in" where he had
no business The letter is creating
much comment throughout the coun-
try.
TO His Excellency, Theodore Roose-
welt
"Dear Sir-The issue between YOU
and me Is no longer one OF animals
but of men. II is not chiefly a mat
ter of natural history, but OF truth
and personal honor In "a recent mag
azine article you deliberately attack
ed me as well as my book. You have
used the same enormous influence OF
your official position to discredit me
as man, 10 injure my reputation,
and. incidentally. to make "A poor man
/ even poorer by destroying, II possi-
! Bile, the sale and influence of his
work. In my book ! have given the
results of long years of watching an
/ imals in the wilderness. with no 9TH
| er object than to study their habits
land, as far as man can. 10 understand
/ the mystery of their dumb life.
"In every preface ! have stated
land now repeat the statement that
every incident / have recorded from
| my own observation is true rs far ns
an honest. educated man can see and
understand the life of animals,
''You have publicly injured pri-
vate citizen who was attending
strictly TO his own business. As "a
man vGu have accused of falsehuod
another man whose ideals of truth
and honor are quito us high ass your
own This is tho whole issue
between ms. / meet i Iuarely and
so must you. If ] have pnkcu base
N. NJ in book or word uI mine ] have
Intentionally deceived child or man
regarding animal life. j promise pub
licly to- Tetrct every word aud never
TO write another animal book On
the other hand if / shu# To any dis
Interested person chat sou have at-
cu8ad me falsely you must pHbicly
Withdraw your accusation ana apollo
gize As % man and a# "a president
no other honorable course is open to|
YOU You base your recent charges
chiefly ON the matter OF the big white
wolf killing caribou by bite in tho
chest. described by me lu the North
You declare the ihing to be al
mathematical imposihiiiy and del
clare bv no possibility could wolf
perform the feat"
Dr. Long deelargs that he knows
from his own observation aud from
the tcstimnoy of Indians that wolves
sometimes KIN in this manner; and
then quotes the signed and witnessed
statement OF S. j lIupidan an edu-
GATED Sioux indian. who states that
he saw q horse which wolf had
killed by tearing its chest In addi-
ton To this. Or Long says he him
self had seen deer which had been
slain iu this manner by wolf. ana
further recitcs that his Indian Matiy
Mitchell OF Bonny bay. Newfound- !
land declares that the big white wolf
freuucutF kills carbon in this man
uer.
Continuing DR. Long saws;
HThcso are the facts underlying |
the incident which you declare im-
possiblc and false. III this testimony |
is not enough. / VIII an it up to the
scripture measure.
you cannot at this stage. Mr., |
Roosevelt. take refuge behind tho
nresidetiaI chair and maintain sill
ieucc. You have forfeited your right
10 that silence by coming ont in pub
lie to attack private citizet IL your
talk of n square deal Is not sham
II vour frequent moral teaching is
mot hvpocritical, | call upon you asl
president and as man to come out
and admit the error and injustice OF
,,our charge In the same open and
nnbllc way in which you made II"