Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1908-04-22

- Journal poH =,
ne university my attention is
W an editorial in the Oregon
., " Anril Is which the author
'n,Iy ~ intended as an answer TO
,n.,sr sat Of March 81, which letter
i.nd & a statement of the contro-
!. stanford, and incidentally
-.orure - of the slanderous edi-
bv the same author, headed,
e,-,Sy at Stanford. -.
attn a feeling of repugnance
find myself obliged to deal
ana time with this EDITORS lit
rash II in his attempted
4. .vers this person had made the
z .st effort at argument or SEN
criticism. one might be able
I ,,s,tain some sort OF respect for
/ OOluIons however absurd and
*,,horltatiye. But in his latest ex-
on this editor has displayed
= I, the tactics of that pestiferous
animal that inhabits our fence
srs and whose only weapon of
q ,pss Is the filthy stencil with
4 n he pollutes himself and the
Z {oundlng atmosphere.
Il this little animal. ordinarily
..rn as the skunk, never makes
4 nretense at legitimate combat,
4 epdeayors TO frighten away It's
4. sary by casting upon him some
Ia own fllthiness, so this Oregon
4 vrlter in his answer 10 my letter
'.k,s no attempt to refute any of
facts o. arguments ! have set
bat instead. INDUCES in a SER
ol dirty, vulgar personalities,
H,oted out Of his own fanatical
IA ,oparently filthy mind.
for the personal references by
vrlter. under the head of Fool
4 Young Mott" | shall ignore them
u Nv. for 'efuse under any cir
ances TO follow the tactics OF
b ,lsss Of which this person is a
\ 0regonian writer refused 10
4. ,h the letter 20 which he refers
ls attack, but after II had been
N shed IN other papers he took,
y puts &, specimen sentences
n T. These sentences, which he
Il 1.rously selected 10 his own de-
ne corrupted, distorted. and
\ s7ed into the body OF his editor
. and then proceeded In a weak
miserable attempt, not TO ans
or refute, but 10 ridicule them,
Aas not answered q single state
+ even in the few sentences he
y quoted.
my letter OF March 81 ] sai,i
student drunkenness as such
\ not. aud never had existed az
iord. The brilliant Oregonian
ng retorts that II must have ex-
as something else, for, he say
i himself says that during his
years OF residence at Stanford
. Aas seen two stadents expe led
. lphkenness. This quotation
s being intentionally misleai'
! a direct and malicious forgery
J. part OF the Oregonian writer,
f vas made for the sole purpose
luslng the minds OF his readers,
Der stating In detail the peculiar
\ #nstances under which drinking
'tiniord Is reduced 20 a minimum
# #hiioned the fact that during my
q years OF residence there the
ls committees (and there have
three during this period) had
able 70 find only two students
bad been drunk. These stu
were, OF course. promptly sls'
ed Now does this look like a
record or a bad one? These
iAe facts, which were stated In
Filter, and II this Oregonian
z butcher derives any satistac'
z from claiming that this Is an ad-
on on my part that student
nncss exists az Stanford,
llling for him TO enjoy IL; but
Ii ioulJ no. be allowed, unchal-
n 10 force this brand OF lie
ATE satisfaction upon his read
4 Oregon.an writer quotes sew
= ehtences together, none OF
ne attempts 10 refute. He
Il sme2rs over them a little OF
ne from his diseased wit,
ae tcnlly imagines will pass
a''se. In this collection OF
! noticr a correct but ju-
Y Incomplete quotation from
'ler: He Jordan) gave in
To newspaper reporters
-'ls nothing even remotely re-
Is lhe truth 90 The rest of the
as wrote II, and which
IA oman writer cleverly omits,
N ela Tor which, in an instance
:. ,,lffed recently, he was after
IA .e.eed 10 apologize. The
. 1-oN1 thar this Is true The