The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1893-04-21
WHITE TALKS OUT.
He HurlS Some Hot Shot at His
DetractOrs.
The Los Angeles Senator Tells How
Sexton Is Being Used to CovertIy
Attack Him.
Special to THE MORNING CALL

Los ANGELES, April Coin an interview
in the Express, SteI hen N. White said re-
specting the charge in the Examiner to the
effect that John E. Sexton states that he
used money to make his Senatorial fight:
Il have seen the article. The headlines
are very startling, but on investigating the
body of the article you VIII ascertain that
the Examiner reporter claims that Sexton
told some one that ne had spent $1,000 of his
money to assist me. It is not pretended
that Sexton is willing to make such admis-
sion, and no one has yet been found who
believes that he had the money OF expended
it. OF course lie never corrupted any
enc or spent money for me. The fact that
the Examiner is the accuser ought to be
sufficient The position Of that paper toward
me is well understood. As to Sexton. l
have bean acquainted with him for some
time.
lie is possessed of ability. and l never
before heard anything against him and did
not know until within the last week that
lie had ever been prosecuted. l know that
he had Endorsements from a number of very
respectable and prominent people. and the
fact OF his prosecution seems to have been
clearly concealed. and the charges against
him would probably never have material
lied had he not been candidate for Office,
so effectually had he covered his tracks.
Just as soon as | discovered that he had
been convicted of an offense telegraphed 10
Secretary Carlisle that his application
should be disregarded. The attitude of the
Examiner toward me is, as | have said,
notorious. Its managers bOastfully de-
ciared that they would defeat my election.
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were unable to control anybody.
Its yituperation was regarded by re-
spectacle people everywhere as creditable
to me. Now, having ascertained Sections
record, that paper attempts to cast asper-
sions upon me because I. ignorant of his
true status, countenanced him, and while
declaring Sexton to be unworthy of credit,
the Examiner quotes him as stating that he
used money to further my election. The
Examiner ought to know enough about the
purchase of Senatorships to be aware of
the absurdity of this accusation. After l
had defeated the paper its editor came to
me twice and declared that the Institution
wished TO be friendly and they would deal
by me as though no antecedent difficulty
had occurred. While, owing to my expert
ence, had some doubt of the good faith of
the proposition was willing to make the
test The result is patent.
why any one will seek an opportunity
TO falsify 1 cannot imagine There is
nothing in the character OF the Examiner
from its proprietor down 10 commend it to
the regard OF any one who is d ecent. Its
history shows that it is devoid of Democ-
racy, influence or respectability.
Whenever an opportunity has been af-
forded to say something disagreeable of Mr..
Cleveland it has taken advantage OF the
occasion.
San amusing instance of the want of
influence of this journal was furnished
when the electors met in Sacramento. The
Examiner published quite an editorial, de-
claring that a certain gentleman would be
n proper man to forward as messenger, as
the gentleman was an aVowed candidate.
When the electors met and ascertained that
the Examiner demanded his selection they
called his attention to the fact, and at once
recognizing that be was hoOd0oed he with
drew. The same gentleman was also men,
toned as member OF the Board Of Library
Trustees, and was actually put upon the
ticket, but at the last moment attention
was directed to the circumstance that tie
Examiner had said something favorable
about him, and his name was again with.
drawn,
Il may be deceived, rs other men have
been deceived, with reference to the char
acter of individuals. This has just occurred
in the Sexton case; but. now that we have
all been informed as 10 Sections record. it is
fair to presume that he will be offered a
frst-class place upon the Examiner. 1t
seems that he is qualified, and if lie be so
appointed be will constitute pleasing asso-
ciate for that PAPERS genial Washington
prevarcator Sexton might, however, OBJ
ject. The pnblic know very well that no
one spent any money to corrupt any one in
my interest, and know that no one was so
corrupted or attempted to bs corrupted"