Life — October 11, 1900 — page 13: what you’re looking at

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A Bishop in a Hole. ANY people were surprised to learn that Bishop Law- rence, of Massachusetts, had been to Washington to testify —as an apostle of mercy—to the desirability of unrestricted vivisection. In certain of his statements he made it clear that, in his opinion, the pamphlets of the American Humane Association not ouly gave false impressions, but told stories that were not in harmony with the actual facts. This was putting the A. H. S. in an ‘undesirable light. So its secretary, Mr. Francis H. Rowley, wrote a letter to the bishop, a dignified, courteous letter, asking for details; saying, among other things: ‘THE ORIGINAL DISCOVERY OF AMERICA. Certainly, If statements have been published under the sanction of this Association which are unsupported by evidence we shall esteem It & great favor to have them polnted out, May we ask that you assist us in this matter so far us to indicate to what crrora you especially referred In your address at Washington? We beg to assure you, sir, that any such evidence with which you can favor us going to prove that the writers of pamphlets pubtished by us “are not exact in their statements,” or that they have made charges of * crvelty” unsup- ported by proof, will he recelved by us with the sincerest appreciation of your courtesy, and shall be accorded that most careful farther examination which Is Jastly due the statements of one occupying your position, But the bishop was not expecting this sort of thing. Such a coming down to facts was awkward; 60 he writes a non-committal, very general and somewhat brief reply, in which he says incidentally : 293 Tcan simply say that what! said is true. Tam 8 pretty busy man, aud it ts Impossible for me at this time torlook up the literature. He was not too busy to go on to Washington. But he is too busy to retract a very | serious imputation or to prove the trath of his own assertions, We think this hurts the bishop more than it helps the bloody cause he is advocating. Supremacy. qx the great corridor of Obscurity two men faced each other. “Give me the wall,” said one. “I, sir, was once Vice-President.” The other langhed a derisive laugh. “Nonsense !'’ he exclaimed. “I take precedence here. I am the hus- band of an authoress.”’