The Alaska daily empire., 1920-09-08

l Di w. l. lOfudoG!, attdShiHs tho editor of The Empire and other Al askan5, appeared in the current is sue of the Douglas Island News:
 To the Editor of The News:
 For tbe first time in twenty two years Of active work for the conser- vation of wild life, feel inclined i 10 ask the public to consider a per sonal statement. This is rendered necessary by the acts of New York man. and an Alaskan editcr who scem disposed to do me up.
 When an elderly gentleman of the retired type butts into private fight between grown men, hitting him back is painful task; but when you are busy in fight and a retired party slips your enemies club with which to knock you out, can you entirely ignore the little token of friendship?
 On February E. 1920. we published a perfectly good little pamphlet en- titled "A New Game Act for Alaska. ' which was honestly intended to pro
 mote for. Alaskan game better protec- lion and more perfect utilization.
 Previous to that printing the com plete manuscript was placed in the hands of the chairman and chief officer of the New York Geological Society, an organization which for twenty three years I have had the honor to serve. and also to repre-
 sent, in the field of wild life protec-
 tion
 For eighteen years, Mir. Madison
 Grant, chairman has been keenly
 interested in the welfare of Alaskan
 game. In submitting the manuscript to him, I merely followed my usual
 custom regarding new campaign
 work MT. Grant kept the manu suggested several impro! ements ir
 the form Gall of which were carried ! out) and the revised text duly ap peared.
 Instead of being taken in flask;
 in friendly 5pirit, in some quarter!
 it was received with hostility anf
 yituperation. Mr John w. Troy editor of The Juneau Empir ,,-prompt ly entered upon a vigoro'ts campaign of name-calling. MT. Thomas W
 Drayton, of Seward, published a sill,
 falsehood (made by him out of no = thing) and Governor Riggs set a5ou
 procuring and publishing letters iron
 the East" intended to discredit mf
 with the people of Alaska. l under
 stand that this effort reached. ant d was reflected in many of the news papers of Alaska.
 I have in my possession specimet Il copy of the letter that MT. Rigg. { Ient out to many eastern conserva tionists" denouncing me, according to his lights, and inviting them tt :. say what they think of me.
 MT. Riggs campaign elicited noth
 ing to his purpose save one letteI o which was furnished to him by MT George B. Grinnel, once editor o '' Forest and Stream, and now Presi ', dent of the Boone and Crockett Club u Paragraphs extracted from two other ;" letters stating that my pamphlet haC :, not been brought up for formal con l sideration were displayed by Trey ;, as bona-fide "repudiations!" Grin l nel's letter was published in ths
 Juneau Empire (and I know not how + many other Alaska papers) rn Juae
 II. under this scare hea"
 "Hornaday Populated By Big
 New York Sportsmen's Clubs " Y, On Alaska Game Activities " Now l wish to look the people ol
 Alaska squarely in he eye and tell ,, them this
 a That scare head is wholly false a and misleading. and without any ', foundation in facts. No New York . Sportsmen's Club, nor any other club d big or little, has ever "repudiated'
 me; and this outrageous misrepre :, septaton will deceive no one in the :. United States-and least of all Con gress The falsehood is based sole = ly on the letter of one individual |, MT. Grinne) and the insane hatred v of John w. Troy, editor of The Jul n neau Empire.
 The chief features of the one let 1, ter of "repudiation' (Mr. Grinnefs) I. were as follows:
 Q Tt opened by a reference to Q Hornaday's statements and misstate' D. ments."
 2.-It declared very positively that
 he does not represent the views
 of the Boone and Crockett Club nor |, any other organization with which ' am acquainted"
 3-It said that Hornaday "repre-
 sents himself and proportion of t the sentimentalists of tho country, ' most of whom are women and child ren"
 ' 4.-Mr. Grinnel advises his readers not to take Hornaday seriously . nor 'solemnly."
 Inasmuch as MT Grinnel refuses T to make an honorable amend for his 2 highly improper letter, I must set his
 house in order for him. In one i'm portant particular he has seriously , misrepresented me to the people or