The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1913-08-25
CALL DOWN E0R
CLAUDEL' L'ENGLE
By J. c. BROWN
! PRONOUNCES A RECENT PUBL.
CATION IN DIXIE A BASE.
LESS FABRICATION
Indignantly Denies L'Engle's State
ment That Article Defending Bry-
an Was Written by Bauskett

Laheldhu' fla., Aug. 20, 1913.
Editor Lakeland Telegram:
Dear Sir-Kindly allow me space
in the columns of your valuable pa.
per to reply to a portion of an ar
ticle appearing in Dixie, under the
date Of Aug. 16, on page three, un-
der the headline of What's What in
Washington by Claude L'Engle.
1 note among other things, Mr..
LEngle states that Mr.. Bauskett.
Senator Bryan's private secre-
tary, prepared for me the article ap-
pcaring in The Metropolis, under
date of Aug. IL, in reference to
Senator Bryan's attitude on the par
Gel post matter. lie further states
in a slangy manner that Willie
(meaning Bauskett) had Brown
kinder whip-sawed on this already
for taking interview package he
handed him. for Brown knows he
cant get that U. S. marshal job he
wants SO bad, if Wille's new boss
is not agreeable.
These statements are unqualified
ly and atrociously false. have
never in my life received any COM
munication of any nature whatever
from Mr.. Bauskett.
have refrained from making any
public reply to this unwarranted ar
ticle appearing in Dixie and have
written Mr.. L'Engle letter under
date of Aug. 16, which appears
herewith. have waited for a sues
o'.ulng issue Of Dixie, hoping that
ne Mould offer some kind OF an apol7
Of the 10th inst,
w! lor HIS ailicie -a not
but from the fact that he has y
seen fit to answer my confidential
letter to him or to make proper
amends through the columns of
Dixie, forces me to this public
statement.
Below is the letter l wrote Mr..
L'Engle, which he has not replied
to:
Lakeland, Fla, Aug. 16, 1918.
Hon. Claude L'Engle,
Jacksonville, Fla:
Sir--Please advise me why YOU
wrote the article saying that Mr..
Bauskett had written the defense Of
Senator Bryan, appearing in Me-
tropolis of recent date.
Why do you do me the injustice to
say that this article was prepared
by Bauskett and sent to me? You
know that this is false. You have
not the slightest grounds for max
ing these assertions. If you have
one atom of manhood left In you,
you should make an apology In
Dixie. giving your denial the same
prominence you have this baseless
fabrication.
What have ever done to you or
yours that you should feel warrant
ed in Matching up such a story az
this and printing it in a paper that
has as large a circulation as Dixie
has?
II you were open for conviction,
I could convince you of the fact that
! am the author of this article.
| am not at all vexed about you
not being willing to give me credit
for the above mentioned article, but
| am more than vexed at you saying
that would be party to any such
scheme as your poisoned mind has
coniured up. It is a great disap-
pointment to me to think that /
have supported you in the past and
really thought you were man
worthy of the position which you
hold cant realize that you have
done this act of your own free will.
some one has suggested
his idea to you.
would thank you to reply to m
" return mail and inform me what
amends you intend making. ! N
END to treat this matter of corre-
pondence confidential, II you are
Inclined to make the necessary cor
ection.
II you think you can tell ana
grite stuff about me that Is not
rue, you are sadly mistaken.
Thanks to circumstances, l am In
osition to prove the untruthful-
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