The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-03-09
AN OAELAUDER'S
SERIOUS CHARGE.
SAYS LEITCH PAID MAUTALEN
FOR THE NOMINATION FOR
CORONER.
THE GOODS NOT DELIVERED.
4 LAWSUIT AND POLITICAL SCANDAL
CERTAIN TO BE THE OUT
COME.

Undertaken Newcom W. Leitch says of
Charles Mau talen, chairman of the Repub-
lican County Central Committee of Ala
media County: "He is a smooth mana
very smooth man" Beyond this the IN
dertaker who wanted to be Coroner will
vouchsafe little information, but the story
has leaked out from other sources, and
when it is all told it will be a sensation.
In brief, it is to the effect that Leitch
paidsMautalen S565 in good hard gold for
nomination which was given to some one
else.
1t was known well enough that Leitch
was a candidate for Coroner at the last
election, and about the time nominations
came to be talked about Mautalen and
other members of the Republican County
Central Committee began to haunt Leitch's
undertaking parlors at Eighth and Frank
lin streets and talk about candidates and
political prospects. The result of it all
was that Leitch says he was offered the
nomination for Coroner. and following the
offer Mr.. Mautalen asked for little gold.
He said $3.50 would be enough to start
things with. He got $40. Soon after $75
was handed the politician with offices on
tap and shortly afterward 800 additional.
and to this was added $150, making the
grand total $3.50. Mr.. Mautalen said that
his demands on prospective candidates, of
whom he mentioned several, were being
literally responded to, and that these
amounts were necessary to keep the palms
OF the forty or fifty men at work well
creased. These men, it was stated, were at
work in the country districts.
Leitch was pleased apparently with the
reports, and he sat down to wait for the
Republican nomination, which has always
up TO recent years meant an election in
Alameda County.
The convention met at FayWards and
Leitch's name was not even mentioned.
DR.. Baldwin carried off the persimmon
and was elected. Leitch was so angry that
he accepted the nomination at the hands
OF another party.
He smarted under the treatment he re-
ceived at the hands of Mautalen and the
storm that he has raised was ANTICIPATED.
Mr.. Leitch was asked about the matter
yesterday. He said he preferred not to
talk on the subject, but ne did saw:
My attorney, Mr.. Aldricn, has the en-
tire matter in charge, and it will come out
III the courts. | have proof that the money
spoken OF was paid to Nautalen. My
bookReeper has a record of the whole
transaction. l can prove all the state
ments, and will answer any statement
Mautalen may make at the proper time"
Ever since he has been thrown down.
in convention, Leitch has been investgat-
ing. He wanted TO find out Just who re-
ceived the money, and it is said he has
talked TO all the men to whom Mautalen
said he paid money, and they emphatically
deny having seen the color of the gold.
Mautalen was seen yesterday and talked
freely enough. He said
1.-The statement made by Mr. Leitch,
taking his own words, refers to matters
prior to the convention at Haywards, and
hence could not have anything to do with
my conduct as chairman of the Republican
Central Committee, as [ was named for
that position after the convention in place
OF Charles Spear, who was nominated for
Recorder at that time. Mr.. Leitch'S lam
guage, according to a published interview,
Is contradictory, for he says that he con-
tTlbuted the sums stated for paving the
expenses of men employed by the COM
mlttee, which he knows IS untrue. So far
rs my experience goes, the committee did
not employ any men before the primary.
The candidates individually make their
lights at the primaries, and the committee
does not take charge of the campaign until
after the nominations are made and the
committee organized, generally a week or
so after the convention. The only action
taken by the old committee was TO call the
primaries and provide for the publication
of the call. "
In speaking of the money Leitch said he
paid him, MautaIen said.
he never pad me any such amounts |
Some months puor to the campaign
he sent for me to make his hight for
Coroner. | said that | did not want to do
1t, as l had made considerable financial
sacrifice by being in personal fights before. !
linen he sent for me again later and made |
me proposition to try and get him the
nomination q told ha
Tor any expense AT the primaries.
81 finally consented to see what could be
done, and l did the best | could at the |
primaries, but found that he would not be
IN 1t, and went to him Sunday before the
convention and told him that he could not
make II ana not to go before the conven-
Ioni as the com blnatlOns could not be
made to give him the nomination. He
thought that they could and went ahead, |
with the result that he was defeated for
the nomination.
AS for expenses incurred by Mr.. Leitch. |
they were at his own solicitation and for
services performed at his request. | could
not give my time and efforts to him for
nothing, as he well understood and he
agreed 10 compensate me. | die not de-
celve hlm as TO the result, but stated to
nm before the convention that he did not
nave sufficiently strong support to secure
the nomination. No expenses were in
tAiN III l4IOilty tx pc lOeU tDat
were not legitimate preliminaries to the
primaries and for my personal services in
behalf OF Mr.. Leitch in making his cam
palgn at his own solicitation and request.
Whatever passed between us is a matter of
confidence and private concern which I do
not propose to go into in the public prints.
II MIR. Leitch wants to court publicity in
the matter he can do SOL
The sensation created in political circles
by Leitch's charges has been such that
there may be an overhauling of the books.
Prominent Republicans are asking who
Ma utalen is. No one seems to know him
very we'll and the anti-raiIroad wing of
the party is still mad at him for making
Stephen Gage chairman of the meeting
that Congressman HiIborn refused to ad-
dress.
1t is said an effort will be made to have
the county central committee look up the
history and antecedents of the chairman
to find out whether he is just the person
for so important post.
Pair of Slaves
Robert r. Reed, barber who has been
working In shop on Sixth street, was ex-
amined as to his sanity by Judge Ogden
yesterday. 1t was proven that the Young
mans mental condition was all owing to
his fondness Tor opium, and that when he
was not under the influence of the drug he
was all right. He was allowed to go on
promise TO refrain from the use Of the