| Show NAILI D AND I 1 NAILE D gozdon gordon reser resents ts the imputation that he ha is a traitor misrepresented BY THE ORGAN of his party hero in log losan an At another lother card from anderson andersen more falsehoods nailed EDITOR JOURNAL in nation aanon among ot other her comments that appear con beynin berning a com communication munica tion of mine in that thai paper appears the llie following the gentleman also informs us that to his own wn personal al knowledge the lie edcor ot of tiar JOURNAL lias has made as Eert exertions eer tiona ions through his paper aich lie well knew fit at h tit time no it wrote them were atre utterly and viti false such beins being the case wo we ask how much confidence the public can place in him in justic to myself I 1 wish fisli to make inake a stat statement emeril in this connection I 1 was employed ou oa tua JOURNAL for fifteen months and as aa the public is ia aware of that fact great height eight will be attached to the statement by the editor of the alie ration that to my personal knowledge c the editor of tim had made statements that lie well knew N were ere false when N hen it am u wrote rote them it will be assumed that during my my connection atti with tun tuc JOURNAL I 1 cant came into possession of knowl knowledge edLe that would justify the claim by the naion and at the same time would brand me as a traitor a reputation that I 1 neither de scie or deane now tor for the ground upon which the nations cl claim aini is based some time ago an article appeared ipp eared lit in the JOURNAL ue scribing the qualifications tit that should be possessed by the next mayor in many charges were made against the present city administration in III private convere conversation aCion with the editor of thel the nation at a time aheu v we were nere investigating vesti gating to see if there was any ground for of the charges made in speaking peaking of the absurdity of so some in e of them 1 I ithe the editor 1 untrue he liaa has watched the course of this city government and certainly knows that the statements he makes quakes ar are e false it will be seen from the above that when the claim was made it was not that the editor had made any any confession tome to me that I 1 have betrayed but was nas biased based on tho the assumption that every citizen who was as well informed as 1 I 1 a assumed the editor to be knew that the charges dwle tn that article false this a article arti C ae is written neither neit lier in in condemnation dem nation of the nation or endorsement odthe of TUB JOURNAL but pur purely elyas as a mattei of self defell defence te and in an explanation of a tat emerit made by me to alie editor of the nation not for publication I 1 do not hot wish nigh to bo be drawn drain into the right fight between tite THE JOURNAL and natio Vali although I 1 have previously written an an article over my iny 0 own n si signature nature for pach each paper theone the one written for tim THE jorn JOI B NAL was an honest defense of a friend this was construed by many to be an endorsement of THE political policy hence tho the article written for the A ration aaion this one is whitten to flee dinv inv self in the eyes of those who have arte trusted 3 me from the imputation of bein ing i traitor the whole hole affair seems to mo ine to be much ado about nothing aud and I 1 hope that hereafter it will not be necessary to trouble the readers of cither paper with statements over the signature signa tuie of yours respectfully GORDON |
