Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1910-09-23

and that my character was only of the
highest.
Replying to Specific Charges.
McMahan charges that about 20
years ago in the city election / cx-
tracted $50 from someone when
Claud Catch and Napoleon Davis
we're running for mayor do not
remember the circumstances, but if
any money was paid, it was part OF
the slush fund in the political cam
paign as campaigns were conducted
in those days. If l can Judge by
their utterances, the two gentlemen
referred to are both my friends and
supporters in my campaign for gov
ernor. II George S. Downing was
ever asked for 500 in the shape Of a
graft by me he can say so under his
own signature. We have been
warm friends and are to this day,
and he can choose between me and
the assailant of my character as to
which of us is an honest man.
Inc AIltiulDtIihiAl lhNAAA' Alhs
Your informant charges that Gov
ernor Chamberlain friends bought
the support of the Capital Journal
for $500 when he ran for governor
against Furnish In that campaign
I decided to support Governor Cham
berlain personally and in my news
paper so informed Governor Cham
berlain before the campaign was
/ opened d. ]. Fry and Fred Steus.
! loff were members of Governor
| Chamberlain campaign COMMITTEES.
/ After telling Governor chamberlain
| that I and my brother would vote
| for him and that my newspaper
would editorially support him, the
campaign committee then wanted d
page in my newspaper every day in
the advocacy for Governor Chamber
lain's election. He used thousands Of
extra papers, as he had perfect right
to do Prominent Republicans con
tribute articles and helped fill the
page every day to aid Governor
/ Chamberlain. I think the bills
against that committee, which are a
matter of public record on the books
of the Capital Journal and are open
to any court, amounted to $500 and
perhaps more. There was no corr
rupt practice act in that day. The
whole matter was an open transac-
tion. Any citizen can call upon
Governor Chamberlain or Judge Ga
tens and ask them about this mat
ter. You, or any other man, can ask
them as to their experience with me
and with McMahan, and I invite you
to print the statement Of Judge Ga
tens or Governor Chamberlain as 10
my character or McMahan's as to
who is an honest man.
The Cornelius Charge.
The Oregonian allows this McMa-
han, to whom no public man with
whom he has ever had any dealings
in this state will. give a certificate
OF character, to charge that l tried
to bribe Marshal Cornelius of this
city. l will close my campaign at
Salem with five public meetings on
Friday and Mr.. Cornelius can appear
at those meetings and state whether
this is true or not. I have always
been his friend and supporter when
he was city marshal and l supported
him in every act in his official ca
reer. II he had done anything dis
honorable, I never heard of it. l
had no occasion to bribe him be-
cause he and Mayor Waters and l
were intimate friends and I would
not have had to give him $50
months to do anything in his official
capacity. Under his administration
we closed the saloons in the city of
Salem on Sunday, and did other
things to make 1t a cleaner city.
will not answer McMahan on the
charge that I swore falsely as to
the circulation of my newspaper. He
was runnings newspaper at that
time and was defeated in a contest
for the county printing, The man
he refers TO as witness is dead
The matter was threshed out in the
county court in a trial 90 years ago
and was decided against McMahan.
Nothing further need be said That
McMahan's attack on me is mali
cious is proven by the fact that II
was not published until the Sunday
before the primary election. He has
had many years to go before the peo-
pie with his charges. He waited un-
I'll was recommended for the Office
OF Internal Revenue Collector He
waited until Ave days before the pri-
mary He had three months to get
into the voters pamphlet where l
have a page as the anti-assembly
candidate for governor, and state at
the end OF II that challenge any
one to review my public and private
career. II he had facts TO substan-
tiate serious charges against my
aharactar ha had a rlQht undar the