The daily sentinel., 1910-05-24
A Vigorous Statement
Comrade Kicker Speaks Plainly
Editor Daily Sentinel:

Editor Daily Sentinel
Under the heading of Action
Taken by the Women" in your issue
of the 18th instant there appealed
what purported to be preamble and
resolutions of our local w. r. c,
Wildly charging against 30 u OF III
veterans certain things whicS select
dozen or SO in each body, the Post
and the Corps. expressly desire TO
have believed against us. j shall not
expostulate or try to reason with
these persons: they have about SO
much of the adder's venom to dis
charge before their noisy and false
tongues will take rest; but / would
like to reach that part of the public
which has no spite to crafty and no
motive to falsify or be unjust.
On the authority of the late de-
partment commander, John w. Win
gate, as well as that of the Thirty
first Encampment, | aver that there
is no rule or custom established in
this department whereby the local
post where the encampment sits can
demand to be allowed to name the
senior vice commander If there was
such custom 1t would be only a
riaything to be set aside at the will of
the encampment. This disposes OF
the first whereas" and part of the
second. The next allegation is that
Commander Falls called special
meeting "for the purpose of ascer-
tanning who the Post wanted for said
office" The call, however, did not
say that; 1t did not state anything as
the object of the meeting. Now they
say that some of the boys" who
knew there was to be a gathering,
when they gave an invitation to at
tend, told for what purpose the meet
ing was going to be held. ! was in
formed of the proposed meeting by a
comrade who referred to Its object
in these exact words: 81 understand
there Is important business to come
up" / was prevented from attending
and for few days did not hear any
thing more about 1t. Let 1t be re-
membered that here was an official
call by the proper officer for spe-
rial meeting but there was no Of
ficial notification for what purpose 1t
was to be held-a vital, not tech
nical defect. Would the unofficial
statement of comrade cure 1t, par
ticularly when made in so loose and
vague a manner as when il was COM
municated to me?
The Falls faction accuses me of
"insinuating" a corrupt design on the
part of Falls in leaving out this
essential to a notice for a special
meeting. The terrible 'inuendo,"
they say. was flung off in my speech
nominating Mcdonald. The fifth
whereas" recites that "E. S. Kicker
by insinuation and by openly charg
ing Commander ]. R. Falls of the
crime of conspiracy by calling an ille-
gal meeting and also of packing the
convention In favor of n. N. Smith,
and against w. II. Mcdonald and by
such measures secured the election OF
w. H. Mcdonald as senior vice com
mander In the department" What
need of the ''insinuation" If open
ly charged" would l be likely to Use
the inferior weapon multaneously
with the stronger one? That looks
paradoxical. They might not be ex-
pected to reproduce the words con-
veying an insinuation and / do not
demand 1t; but | affirm that there
was no such insinuation as alleged,
for it was not in my thought then and
Z has not been In my thought at any
lime. The only basis for 1t is the
title fiery serpent in the gallery of
heir own. thinking. Moreover. the
l-uilty are said to be apt to flee wher
no man rPursueth,4 My own Idea Of
the. omission was that Fallis had