Los Angeles herald., 1892-12-23

room Of the hotel at Gan Bernardino; !;
that his reception of me was as cordial
as it ever was in the world that he told
me that he was going east because bis
| physicians had advised him 60 to do,
and that he then requested me to take
care of his interests and the interests OF
his wife according to the best of my
ability. There is no man on earth
who dare stand before me and
say that General Stoneman ever ordered
me out of his house. He has always
been an honored guest at my house, and
go far as l know, / have always been q
welcome guest at his house, while he re-
mained in it. The reportorial staf OF
the Examiner knew this, and also knew
that Governor Stoneman had promoted
the former proprietor Of that paper-the
dead Hearst-to the position OF United
States senator. In all my relations
with my correspondent have found
her lady, educated, intelligent, loyal
and in every respect the honored wife
OF the honored general and ex-governor
of this state. l have never known a
more loyal wife than she to her hus.
band His whereabouts have been
known to his wife. his perfect keeping
has been known to her, the correspond
ence between the two has been regular
and without question, and today he
is in the east, under the advice
OF his physicians for hia better health.
At the time that the correspondent
of the San Francisco Examiner stated
that l was at Mrs. Stonemsn's
house on the Sunday afternoon fol.
lowing the publication of all
those newspaper accounts, If it had a
desire to be fair, why did it not at the
came time state that Mr.. Hunsaker, my
partner, and Mr.. B. S. Stoneman,
cousin of the general, we're in the room
was being said? These are the facts and
the Examiners correspondent knew
them at the time. Such of the repor-
torial and editorial staff of the Ex-
aminer as have been engaged in
the writing up and publishing OF
these infamous libels have exhibited |
a wonderful amount of chivalry and
heroism in trying to ruin the happiness
and social standing OF the loyal wife and |
noble daughters of the ex-governor of |
this state. A wonderful piece OF news
paper enterprise. Oh, Homeric men of
the press, their mothers must be proud
of the prowess of such chivalrous sons;
scavengers in the slums of gossip and |
slander; public educators of the boys
and girls of. California. Ladies like Mrs.
Stoneman will continue to be libeled
and divorce proceedings will be prose-
cuted as long as detectives and lawyers
are permitted to make contracts with
their clients in this class of litigation
upon contingent fees, and papers like
the Examiner and Police Gazette are
allowed to be circulated through
the United States mails. Upon
the. issues presented lby the
aH l have already |
stated, the court has found against me
upon the question of desertion; upon
the charges OF cruelty, the court says !
those charges are not true; upon the
charges Of adultery, the court says they
are absolutely false, and now say that !
they are false, the result of the report |
Of scoundrel who has no reputation to
lose and who hopes to make himself q
man by destroying the reputation OF
other men. Now, sir, have nothing |
more to say. Others may write and |
talk about it or me as much as they
please, but / have now done with the
whole affair for ever, and I hope that !
my friends will hereafter refrain from
to me anything in connec-
tion with this matter"