The Columbus weekly dispatch., 1908-07-26
WHO IS scHERER9


Although the board of trustees %
the A. and NJ College in the midst
OF the investigation OF the troubles
at that institution asked the press
and public TO suspend judgment N
the case until the Investigation could
be completed and the facts given TO
the public. there is one paper espsc-
tally which has failed to show respect
for this request, and has bitterly as
sailed the board OF trustees. the pres
and mendacious attacks based upon
a prejudiced and partial and partisan
standpoint. Immediately after the
first investigation. which was far
from complete. he announced that
he would turn on the light. and in
every issue of his paper misnamed
the Southern" Farm Gazette. he
has attacked the institution with
such venom and vindictiveness that
it is proper to ask who is Scherer9
Scherer is an Illinois Yankee. who
is in this State representing a paper
which is not published in this State.
but has the home Of its publication
elsewhere. He is the man who. with
ghouIish glee pOunced upon this in
stitution and its misfOrtunes. not for
the purpose Of rendering to Missis-
sippi a patriotic service. but for the
purpose of lining his pockets with
Mississippi gold. as his famous cir
cular, Now is The Time 10 Sub
scribe" shows. He is the man who
was identified with a student upris-
ing at the University of Kansas years
ago, turning his part of that deplor-
able and wretched affair TO good ac-
count. He is the man who is edit
ing the paper formerly edited by Mr.
W. G. Wellborn, a brother of the
deposed cOmmandant OF the college.
whose removal precipitated all OF the
present trOuble-certainIy a signih-
cant circumstance when taken in con-
nection with his part in the present
outbreak. He is the man who, in an
issue of his paper, seriously reflected
upon the integrity and good name of
the Mississippi boys who testified as
to their esteem and confidence In
President Hardy. charging that this
was bought with positions and place.
an estimate which he may place upon
the young manhood of other Sates. E
but not that OF Mississippi He IS
the man who has impugned every .
motive of the board of trustees, 10 /
our mind as high and as representa- F
tive a body of the citizens OF this T
State as it is possible To select He
is the man who. in his famous circu- T
lar about subscriptions now being in f
order, attempted 10 create the i'm 4
preston over the State that his con F
clusiOns were fair conclusions. the (
result of stenOgraphic notes from the f
first trial, when il was a subject Of T.
comment on the board that his notes
were only taken when testimony hos
tile to Hardy or the college was be-
ing presented. He is the man who
goes back eight years in the history
1f this institution. eight years when
here has not been a complaint lOdg-
I'd against Hardy before the board
Of trustees. eight years of harmoni-
)us service when hundreds and hun
ireds of fine young men are turned
)ut TO honor the institution, eight
rears when ne has not voiced a
protest against the college or its
eight years. We say. 20
'esurrect ancient political history
charging Hardy's election TO crooked
Methods and making the chief JUS
ice of the State OF Mississippi a party
o the same-faets unjustffied BY the
ecords of that time Is
This is the man who IS endeavor-
ng to tear down the institution that
lis subscriptions may grow This
5 the man who is conducting his vul- .
ure-IIke crusade against one of the
eweIs of Mississippi's educational .
ystem, that he may reap the reward
n gold. This is Seherer. and The f
dispatch feels that the people of the
tate ought TO know who he is, what
e is and why he is.
HON. ". 4. DICKSON