The San Francisco call., 1910-08-04
GILLETT NOTE
FAILS To MAKE
VAN LIEW TALK
Clifford COggins, However, Re
plies, Denouncing Stand
by Governor
Trustee Says Doctor Jordan
Also Was Author of RE-
markabIe EpistIe'
LSpecial Dispatch &c The Call

Especial Dispatch fc The Call
CHICO. Aug. 3.-Dr. {. c. Van Lew
returned to Chico today from San
Francisco, where he has been since
the Investigation of charges of i'm
proper conduct preferred against him
ended.
=: g.. Z have absolutely nothing to say
. Regarding Governor Gilletts state
ment.: he said.
He refused further to discuss the
subject or to say what his present at
s titqde and intentions are Friends
say he viii refuse TO resign regardless
OF what pressure is brought TO bear.
The death OF T. A. Warren. normal
trustee, viii mean q vote of four to
two against Van Lew, provided Cover
nor Gillett exercises his'own right to
vote as an exohicio member of the
hoard and provided he appoints a man
= 10 Ill the vacancy who views the ques-
tion in the same light as the COVER
nor himself
Trustee r. c. Lusk makes a seventh
vote but he is in Europe He is
known 20 side with Van Lew
Coggins' Reply
Former Senator Clifford Coggins
while in this city yesterday gave out
a statement relative to the Van Lew
case in part as follows:
I have read the letter Of Cover
nor Gillett. and under ordinary cir
-cumstances I would have been as
tonished ~ the peculiar action and
Nnfairness Of the governor, but
during the last two or three months
he has given so many evidences of
-. inconsiderste and Incorporate ac-
ilon that I am not at all aston
. Notwithstanding the implied cen
sure of myself and the other trus-
80 tees who stood with me in the mat
ter Of the Van Lew investigation
= have not in the least degree
changed my conclusions or been
shaken iu my belief in the absolute
iusticc and prOpriety OF my ac-
3 ton. III is regrettable that the
- name of Miss Clark. or any other
: young woman should be dragged
.-- lnto public cOntroVersN. but Ger
- p lain declarations contained in the
- governors letter compel a plain
- statement of fact. The governor
-SavS;
- That it is ineonceivable to
imagine that this Young girl should
r.: le such consummate actress: that
- without cause or rea son she could
- in Z moment become pale. very nerv-
bus and .agitated. and in this con
:oltion pour into the ears of her
-r friend =. "a lSc story Of improper
advances just made 10 her by the
president OF the institution in which
-she was = pupil. That she had
nothing to gain by doing what she
d1d. She lad never had any con
amy member of the faculty She
had no desire to leave school"
MOTIVE or 10 MOTIVE
The ,IecIa7 ration 7lron the mart of
the governor that Miss Clark had
no. motive is purely creation Of
Lis own vivid imagination The
evidence clearly showed that Miss
clark did have a motive and very
strong one for wishing TO leave
school Miss Clark. prior to the
alleged episode with Van Lew. was
detected sn fabrication. Her
standing in the school was mater
ialiK impaired. and within a very.
-.ShCrt time after her detection she
left The school. Another thing
which indicates a lack of genuine
sincerity upon the part of the gov
ernOr. is the fact that Immediately
apon hearing the charge of Miss
clark. without having received anv
evidence TO support the accuse tions
against Doctor Van Lew. and
without exhibiting the slightest
spirit Of fairness, he demanded as
governor OF California, the imme-
date resignation of Doctor Van
friends have claimed for him an
unusual poise. such action is an
Illuminating instance of rank in
justice and great -intemperance
II il be true that Doctor Van
LEV has conducted himself with
= such immortality and improprietv
over q long period of years, as to
require his elimina tion from the
normal school faculty and his re-
moval from educational work 1T
il quite. strange that the governor
OF California. who seems to be so
thoroughly acquainted with the sit
nation, failed. absolutely. to pro
-qduce any evidence to that effect at
o.. the hearing OF the charges against
Doctor Van Liew, although he had