The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-07-27
DOORS TANNED AWAY.

| course Tar more aefeoepIe To our neif
 respect. Our aim is to conduct a high. toned newspaper. and we never substi- It seems that our di9nifisd course of
 ignoring this opelika paper has an. l gered it beyond all bounds. and it has
 burst out in an unusual display of its hatred for The Advertiser. 4 recent issue of that sheet con- tains doubIs-coiumn squirt oi the most odoriferous character. We are not going to offend our readers by reprinting any part of it. Yet 1t is prob ably the pert of wisdom to fan away the foul odors which some uninformed peo- pie may imagine to be lingering in our vicinity. because of the aim of the deIuge.
 The occasion of the performance was the recent meeting of the Alabama Press Association and the incident of Gov. Corners attendance upon one of its sessions. The squirting newspaper is servile supporter of the Governor and probably plans to ingratiate itself further with him by an attempt to make 1t appear that The Advertiser was at the bottom of the alleged trap for that official. Tho squirtsr's perform ance Is particularly directed towards Mr. Glass of this paper. He is held up as the absolute dictator of the Alaba- ma Press Association and as having in an underhand way inspired the so- called outrageous incident mentioned. Therefore. this paper makes the follow ing statement of the facts:
 Generally. MT. Glass has never un- eertaken the impossibility of bossing the State Press Association, and he is not conscious today of having even as much influence in its counsels as dozens of other more active members. He has attended only one meeting out side of Montgomery in years. Other members of The Advertiser stan have always wanted to go. and there has been little opportunity for MT. Glass to attend.
 Specifically. MT. Glass did net write the admirable resolutions of MT. Greer. Neither did he inspire them directly or indirectly through any one. He did not know in advance that the resolutions b rit hxy onvhnAv that anybody contemplated writing them He did not know that Gov. Conner was going to address the Association that night, and MT. Glass was not present at the session that night. He had un- derstood that the body was going to Electric Park that evening. and he went there with several of his family expecting to find the visitors. He re- grets very much that he did not know of the change of program for that eve ming, in order that he might have been present.
 Again, as to Major Screws He knew nothing of the resolutions in advance and had nothing to do with preparing them in any way. He did not know they were to be offered, and was not in the room when they were offered. though he was called in from an adjacent room after the excitement started. and final ly offered the resolution which acted as oil on the troubled waters.
 Furthermore. as to MT. Kennedy. 1T he had anything to do with preparing the resolutions. The Advertiser does not know it. Neither did MT. Glass or Major Screws dream of getting behind him and concealing themselves. MT. Kennedy is free and independ- ent member of the Association, who had a right to follow the dictates of his own judgment. We do not believe that he could have been made q tool of by any one. and his employers would have been the last persons to attempt it. They have always had the directness and self-reliance to stand out in the open in any course appeal  ing to their brains and consciences.
 So much for the truth in this matter There was absolutely no foundation in fact for all the wild talk of the Opeli- ka nuisance. so far as this paper is concerned. These facts are we'll known to the bulk of those attending the State Press Association meeting. and there is no reason why the Opelika paper should not have known them.
 The Advertiser is not going to dig nifty the rest of the article by attempt ing to correct numerous other misrep- in it. The various news paper men arraigned are amply able to take care of themselves, and very probably will do so. As to the resolu- ton incident itself, The Advertiser has already expressed its views at length. and there is no need of repetition here.
 REQUESTING SMOKE.
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