The Cordova daily times., 1920-09-21
H0RNADAY ASKS TO HAVE HIS
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kustee for the Permanent Wild Life Protection fund, has been carrying or a merry warfare with most all of the editors of Alaska over his conserva tion theories in regards to the Alaska brown bear and the Alaskan eagles.
 While not agreeing with Dr. Horn aday in his theories, his letter, ask ing the people of Alaska to hear his side of the story, is cheerfully print ed herWith:
 To the Editor of the Daily Times
 For the first time in twenty-two years of active work for the conserva ticsa of wild life, feel inclined to ask the public to consider a personal statement This is rendered neces, sary by the acts of New York man and, an Alaska editor who seem dis posed to do me up.
 When an elderly gentleman of the "retired' class butts into a private fight between grown men, hitting him back is painful task; but when you are busy in fight, and a retired party slips to your enemies a new cluF with which to knock you out, can you entirely ignore the little token of friendship?
 On Feb. 15, 1920, we published a perfectly good pamphlet entitled, "A New Game Act for Alaska" which was honestly intended to promote for Alaskan game better protection and more perfect utilization.
 Previous to that printing, the con- pleted manuscript was placed in the hands of the chairman and chief of ficer of the New York Geological So- ciety, an organization that for twen- ty-three years I have had the honor to serve, and also to represent, in the field of wild life protection.
 For eighteen years, Mr. Madison Grant, chairman, has been keenly in terested in the welfare of Alaskan game. In submitting the manuscript to him, l merely followed my regu- lar custom regarding new campaign work. MT. Grant kept the manuscript for a week, read it carefully, sugges- ted several improvements in form Gall of which were carried out) and the re- yised text duly appeared.
 Instead of being taken in Alaska in friendly spirit, in some quarters it was received with hostility and vi tuperation. MT. John w. Troy, editor of The Juneau Emipre promply ent- cred upon vigorous campaign of name-calling Mr. Thomas w. Drayton of Seward, published silly falsehood (made by him out of nothing) and Governor Riggs set about procuring and publishing letters from "the east intended to discredit me with the peo- pie of Alaska. I understand that this effort reached and was reflected in many of the newspapers of Alaska.
 l have in my possession a specimen copy of the letter that Mr. Riggs sent out to many "eastern conserva- tionists" denouncing me according to his lights and inviting them to say what they think of me.
 MT. Riggs campaign elicited noth- ing to his purpose save one letter, which was furnished to him by MT. George B. Grinnel, once editor of the Forest and Stream,' and now pres ident of the Boone and Crockett club. Paragraphs extracted from two other letters stating that my pamphlet had not been brought up for formal con- sideration were displayed by Troy as bona-fide "repudiation Grinnell' s letter was printed in the Juneau En- pire (and I know not how many other Alaskan papers) on June II, under this scare head:
 "Hornaday Populated By Big
 New York Sportsmens Clubs
 On Alaskan Game Activities Now, I wish to look the people of
 
 them this.
 That scare-head is wholly false and misleading, and without any foundation in facts. No New York 9Sportsmen's Club nor any other club, big or little, has ever "repudiated" me; and this outrageous misrepre- sentation will deceive no one in the United States and least of all in Congress. The falsehood is based solely upon the letter of one indi- vidual (Mr GrinnelD and the insane hatred of John w. Troy, editor of The Juneau Empire.
 The chief features of the one letter of "repudiation" (Mr. Grinnell's) were as follows:
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