Los Angeles herald., 1892-10-30
THE rERGIvERsAros ss THE TREASURY.

Mi; Jabez Banbury. the treasurer OF
Los Angeles county, appeared in yes
terday's Times in a long and disingenn-
GUS reply to the arraignments OF his
official acts that have appeared in this
journal. This Pasadena gentleman, not
to put too fine point upon it, is very
foxy. AS we expected, he fails to meet
directly any of the charges made by us,
and falls back upon the alleged prac-
tices of his predecessor, as if that had
anything to do with the matter. His
predecessor is not running for any Office,
and, if he were, such practices, if
proved, would probably beat him, as
they undoubtedly will beat Jabez.
What we stated was that Mr.. Banbury
has charged the county for expressage
and exchange that did not cost him a
cent. and that he put the money in his
pocket.
Has Mr.. Banbury answered our charge
in his voluminous card in the Times :?
Not in the slightest degree.
At equivocation he is master hand.
We take the following choice extracts
from his defense:
Referring to the count that he sent in
bill to the county for the shipment of
$50 900 OF court house bonds to Sacra-
mento he says: If the charge is as
"stated by the HERALD, it was based
"upon the charge of the Wells-Fargo
Express company, and they received
"all the money paid by the county on
"the BILL" In another portion of his
card he adds: ~ have never made any
+" shipment to or from Sacramento that
81 have not paid the expressage on the
''seme."
Now the reader would naturally infer
from the foregoing language that Mr..
Banbury had had extensive dealings
with Wells, Fargo & Co. What will
they think,of his capacity for -- well,
say lying by innuendo. when we state
that, during his whole incumbency OF
office. Mr.. Banbury has never had so
much as dollars dealings with that
company? We state this on the au-
thority of the head of the local depart
ment of Wells, Fargo e Co. in this city.
This gentleman solicited business from
Mr.. Banbury but failed to get it. All
this supposititious expressage was in
the corner of Jabez's eye, although the
money which was supposed to pay for it
went into that thrifty officials pocket.
We presume that this was also the case
with the exchange, as prominent
banker of Los Angeles assured us that
his bank and the other banks never
charged their customers exchange OIL
1 San Francisco, and that is the way the
money is transferred to the state capital
A distinguished Republican lawyer
and ex-superior judge, in converse
tion with a HERALD reporter, unhesi.
uatingly expressed the opinion that. il
the charges made by us were true, Mr.
Banhury was guilty Of embezzlemen!
and ought to be indicted by the grand
jury. They are true, and the county
treasurer ought to be indicted; and
what is more, he ought to be driven
from an Office which be has made the
agency of illicit gain. The fact that his
predecessors may have violated the law
cuts no figure in this question. All the
taxpayer cares to know is whether OF
no an official who is seeking re-elec
tion has been fagrantly violating the
law. The moment he becomes con.
vinced of this, it is his duty to vote fol
his opponent, or some one of his oppo
nents, whose character for probity il
above reproach, if there be such an one
The Democratic party has presented
just such an individual in the person o.
j. de Barth Shorb.