East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1912-07-24
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Editor East, Qregonian:.
My attention Is Just c1lled. f5'a Ger.
Etain editorial .6?l IN lthe PILOT Rgck
Record. am somewhat late with
ny reply bur did nor know there
was such "a publication until one OF
its circulation of half-dozen copies or
so was presented to me with the sug-
Sestion that | peruse the editorial
on turning to the thirty-second. (Oh
l would not say thirty-second) mage
Of this cosmopolitan journal CD, l
Was surprised to see the bulk of the
entire editorial space dedicated TO
vile abuse OF myself personally. OF nv
fellow ministers and their children
and of Christianity in general.
| do not remember of ever having
met, not to mention having wronged
the Pilot Rock editor, and was nj -
loss therefore to understand why he
should turn from everything relative
10 his topic in order to misrepresent
the words and slander the Character
OF a stranger. Upon inquiry among
the men of his profession. however
l learned that this editors past life
has rather dark complexion and that
ne mas been desperate character
WIN the fiction of law or attorneys
brain by means of which the editor
Is now allowed to run at large am
not concerned, but when one conten,.
plates the characteristics of a des-
perado, the editors vicious furor
scribendi becomes more explainable
Ihls Pilot Rock volcano belches the
lava Of his malice upon me unexpect-
edly and unjustifiedly for attempt
ing TO uphold the disgraced Lori
mer.' But the accusation is false
made no attempt to vindicate Mr.
Lorimer's methods in political cleo
uons. l defended only his personal
habits and domestic life, and held
tnat in these respects he is Roosa-
Velts superior,-and so he is with
large margin to spare. Mr.. Lorimer
mas the refined traits of a gentleman:
while Roosevelt is coarse, selfish. and
brutal. As to the authenticity of the
story that Roosevelt struck and
frightened a horse which thereupon
threw and MANNED its young lady
rider, the newspapers at the time
vouched for it. The newspapers sure
ly would not lie, would they? More
over had the story been false. such
libel against the president of the
United States would have promptly
called for apology. But there was no
prosecution for libel and no call for
apology. Personally 1 believe the
story is true, as do thousands of 9TH
ers. Certainly it was characteristic
OF Roosevelt, especially when he was
drunk. BY the way, his daughter be-
came drunk also and acted the sport
in public before she ever became Mrs.
Longworth. AS to the respective
methods of Mr.. Lorimer and Mr..
Roosevelts expenditure of money on
elections. l did not and do not make
defense of either. But when we are
told that S1,900,0O0 is spent on one
presidential election as legitimately
as are donations to Christianity. and
that it is more important that this
fabulous amount should De spent on
one election than that money should
be given to the support of Christi
anity we may be pardoned if we fail
to restrain the irrepressible smile, es-
pecially since our powers of reason
ing are as circumscribed as the habi-
tat of a bat"
But, be that as it may, when an
editor picks out the phrases of an ar
ticle and insinuates and assumes in
such a manner as to misrepresent the
writer of such article to the public,
such editor stoops beneath the dig
nifty of the Annanias Club and be-
comes standing insult to every
straightforward, decent liar in the
society. incidentally, moreover, as
we might expect, this questionable
editor portrays the characteristics of
the men Of his class in his manifest
illiteracy. Take the second paragraph.
column two, of his editorial harangue
paragraph is one long continuous sem
tence, or rather, a jungle of inn
properly punctuated phrases. inap
propriate words, and confusion of
lenses "If there was" says the edi-
tor. But the school girl of the fifth
grade is taught to say, ''if there
were" Now, any man who poses as
an editor and who yet can't even
construct a sentence dramatically
correct, should not talk so vocifer
ously about the "platitudinous SER
mons" of the ministers, particularly
of the minister whom he has never
heard. From the spirit and tone Of
his writings / conclude that he hasn't