Los Angeles herald., 1908-11-03
RUSH EXPOSES
M'LACHLAN LIE.
SAYS STATEMENTS PUBLISHED
KNOWN TO BE FALSE
CONDEMNS eleventh HOUR
METHOD OF FIGHTING
Democratic Nominee for Congress
Gives lndisputabIe Evidence He
Has No Relations with Any
Liquor Interests

McI.achlan, his principal opponent, |
talked forcibly about statement |
which has been used by the managers
of the McLachlan campaign as final
argument.
Some days ago the McLachlan cham |
pions ceased their attempts to make |
McLachlan's record in congress look
good enough for campaign literature,
and for a time they were at loss 10
know what to do. Finally they hit
upon an article. published few weeks
ago in one of the Pomona papers, and (
prepared by someone who wished evil
IDENTIFY to injure Mr.. Rush, and VINO
had no great regard for the truth.
Waiting until they believed Mr.. Rush |
had no chance to deny the false and |
malicious statements contained In the
article, the McLachlan champions
caused it to be published in several
newspapers.
Last night. at Pasadena, Mr., Rush
explaiued the situation in the follow
ing forceful manner:
"June 21, 1907, Jules Hugues or Po-
mona, accompanied by friend VINO
had formerly been city recorder of
Pomona. came into our office and asked
to interview some member of our hrn.
/ was the first one who. was disengaged
and asked them to state their
business to me. Mr.. Hugues' friend
introduced him and stated to me Mr..
Hughes had been arrested and charged
in the recorders court of Pomona with
violation of the Pomona liquor ordl-
nance, and said he had had trouble
before, and, If convicted, the court
would certainly sentence him to term
of imprisonment.
Wanted to Keep Out Of Jail
't5'his he desired to avoid and wanted
to know what we would charge to un-
dertake to keep him from going to JAIL,
asserting he was willing to pay nne
of any amount. We discussed the cir
cumstances of the case and assured
them It was apparently hopeless. They
insisted, however. we should take the
case and wanted to know what the
fees would be. We agreed Mr.. Hugues
should pay for his defense in the re-
corder's court of the city of Pomona,
$3.50, $175 of which was to be paid In
cash at that time, and the balance to
be paid the day the case came to trial.
1t was so paid.
"Mr. Hugues was tried before jury
which returned a verdict of guilty. He
was afterwards sentenced to pay fine
of $500 and to serve 100 days in the
Pomona jail
1--WE then, at his request, undertook
to, and did, appeal his case to the su-
perior court of this county. assured
MN, however, llS CO0ld SOoASOAy AACFN
for a reversal. He insisted l delay
the case as long as possible for the
reason he expected a visit from the
stork to his family in October or No
| vember and didn't want to be in jail
at that time.
"The case was continued from time
to time; was argued at length before
Judge Wilbur in the superior court,
| and was under submission for some
time. Judge Wilbur finally decided
against Mr.. Hugues, and in the latter
| mart of December 1907, or the early
part of January, 1908. Mr. Hughes, hav-
| ing read in the newspapers of the de-
cision telephoned to me about 1t, ana
told him the court had decided against
him and he would be compelled to serve
his time. He asked me If could have
| the matter delayed for a day or two
until he could arrange some business
matters, and l told him l would try.
did. and the matter was delayed for
a few days. He was afterwards ar
rested and imprisoned.
Attorney Knows Facts
,"Au these facts are, believe, IA
miliar to e. j. Fleming, who was then
deputy district attorney of Los An
geles county, and who prosecuted the
case and who. 1 am certain, Will bear
me out in the foregoing statement.
"I never have seen Mr.. Hugues from
that day until this, and he never has
made any complaint to any member of
the firm to which I belong regarding
his treatment ins the affair. We had
never the least disagreement about
financial affairs. On the contrary, E1r.
Hugues offered to pay me on account
of the fees for the appeal of his case
when I undertook it, but l refused,
telling him to wait until the matter
had been determined.
"It is not true, as stated in the ar
ticle, I was at that time attorney for
the Los Angeles County Retail Liquor
Dealers association. l was not then,
have not been since, nor am ] now,
the attorney for that or any other IL
uuor dealers association or combina-
tion. and so far as ! remember, never
since that time have defended any man
charged with the violation of liquor
laws.
ut is reported to me certain repre-
sentatives of Mr. McLachlan indus
triously are circulating the report in
various districts of Los Angeles county
that L am the special representative
of the liquor interests, which, taken
into connection with the publication OF
the Hughes case, strongly indicates
they are attempting to deceive the
voters as to real facts.
1.-THE truth is, l am not directly or
indirectly the attorney for any liquor
dealers organization. association or
combination whatever, and am in no
way tied up to, or interested with, the
liquor interests; and the Evening News,
the recognized organ of the liquor in
terests of Los Angeles city, strenu-
ously is fighting me and vigorously
advocating the election of James Nc
, Lachlan.
McLachlan Is Unfair
.'While I do not have the right, and
do not undertake to dictate the policy
of any newspaper, yet insist 1t Is
not fair for Mr.. McLachlan to accept
and to use the columns of the recog-
nized organ of the liquor interests to
further his candidacy, and then rep
resent to the people whom he believes
to be opposed to the liquor interests
that l am the special representative of
such interests.
"I submit the circulation of these
reports in this manner and the publi-
cation as a paid advertisement of the
foregoing statement in the newspapers
on the last day before election is cow
ardly and contemplate. IL Mr.. Nc
Lachlan had any charges TO make