The copper era and Morenci leader. [volume] (Clifton, Ariz.) 1911-1929, 1914-05-01


chagrin Mr.. Callaghan, he asserts il
his report that DR.. Wallace's sworl
statement could have been easily off
set had l cared to insist upon incoI
porating in the transcript the test
nony of certain inmate" Thu
again is afforded an instance of tn,
Auditors forgetfulness, while out o
his own mouth he convicts himself o
the crime laid at my door trusting
too much to the honor of the inmates
the only difference being that he
would employ the word of girl
confined for her serious indiscretions
and with whose reputation for yer
acity he is totally unfamiliar, to dis
credit the sworn testimony of a reput
able woman and physician testifyine
in behalf of the injured girls under
her professional care, while the use
to which 1 would put the confidence
and reliance of which he complains is
that of encouraging, elevating and re
Ihabilitating the States unfortunate
and wayward youth.
Suffice it is to say that the unwel-
come evidence of DR.. Wallace, at
Mr.. Callaghan's investigation for the
establishment of guilt, which evidence
has since been supplemented by aff-
davit, establishes beyond peradven-
ture the utter falsity of the rumors
that there are or have been, during
any period with which the present ad-
ministration is familiar, any instance
of pregnancy among the inmates; and
all of the insinuations of which Mr..
Misunderstanding his great ability
is capable, combined to the Machi-
avillian skill of. all the scandal mong-
ers and character assassins of all the
clacqueing corporation press in Ari-
0f oil hA 70 ont
What Was Found.
What other charges are directed at
the school and at myself in the re-
port of the Auditor, are of minor,
If not irrelevant, character. A care
full analytical reading of the report
will show that almost without excep-
tion they are of the type which does
its work by suggestion ,intimation
and innuendo, rather than by frank,
direct, out-spoken declaration, desig-
mating the fault, naming the author
and fixing the responsibility l shall
not notice them, further than to say
that the impression they are intend
ed to create is unjustified and mis-
leading, and the condition at the
State Industrial School which they are
designed to depict does not exist. To
reply to them in detail would require
a document of impractical length. Al
ready this reply is much more exhaus-
tive than l should prefer, but. there
have been covered only such matters
as seem to absolutely require refuts
ton or explanation; and it should be
borne in mind that it is much harder
to refute a falsehood or defend a
SANDER than it is to utter one.
Finally I wish again to submit and
declare, both in reference to the
mn CO nho1 xryhi oh
discussed and the lesser ones which
have not been noticed, that the testi-
mony produced by Mr.. CalIaghan's in
vestigation, drawn from his own care
fully selected witnesses after two pri-
vate Investigations conducted by him
self, and contained in the transcript
Of evidence in your possession, does
not in any essential or material parti-
cular support either the Auditors pre-
announced decision of guilt or the
findings" included in his report. L
should be glad indeed if some enter
Drising newspaper, with a zeal in be-
lalf of the State Idnustrial School
similar to that which a number of
hem have exhibited in an effort to
ear down and destroy the institution,
would publish the transcript of the
evidence taken at Mr.. Callaghan's in
Testigation, not in piece-meal, partial,
selected or garbled form, but in full
Then the public might learn, from the
Auditors own record-and not from
he statements he makes which pur-
'ort to be based upon the record the
worst that can be said of the Indus
rial School and its management; then
he public would know, if indeed it
loes not already know, that the at
ack which has extended over a period
q fhcy nn6 <Nf hi inh
Jallaghan's investigation is but the |
feature, was wholly un-
warranted, unfair and unpatriotic; then |
he public would understand why, if |
he transcript of evidence might be |
cad by every man and woman in Ari- |
ona, in conjunction with the Audi |
or's report, L would be perfectly |
Tilling, and I have no doubt the Gov
rnor of Arizona-who is the real |
arget of attack-would be perfectly
Wiling, to submit the case without |
1rther comment
Since no enterprising newspaper is
kelly to volunteer as have suggested,
or is it likely to be deemed practical
1 any other way to place Mr.. Gala
hans 269 typewriter pages of evil
ence in the hands of the people of
r1zona, l must venture the hope that
nose newspapers which have shown
1emselves ever ready to lend the use
their columns to the dissemination
sensational tales calculated to tear
own this nstitution-without the ;
liking of steps to determine whether
1e1r information were correct or
Llse-will prove equally ready to
i've space to this statement of facts.
they fail or refuse, it will be merely
mother evidence that they are part
nd parcel of an organized movement
LlSehood.
The Problem Faced.
L have partially described the diff !
llt1es which have attended the man
cement and conduct of the State In t
1strial School since my accession as {
1perintendent on the 10th of last 6
ugust- 1t were we'll nigh impossible 1
do the S11hiant ca.. To .con1rca1r 7