Los Angeles herald., 1910-08-27
Mr.. A. G. Spalding's
Campaign Expenses
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letter of the 22d inst to you were
asked.
you probably have the right to
know the character of evidence which
The Herald depends upon as showing
the truth of the statements made in
the editorial referred TO. In this con-
nection 1 can say to you that cam
didate for governor from the northern
part of the state-not Hiram w. john
son, by the way-made a statement in
this city in the presence of five wit
nesses that he knew that the sum of
$4,000 had been contributed in your
behalf to the Alden Anderson commit
tee; that check for this sum had been
seen by a reliable party, who reported
the same to him.
I'VE also know that four candidates
for the Republican nomination for the
legislature in this county stated that
they had each received a contribution
said to have been made in your behalf
and which was TO be delivered to them
by a party whom they named and who
is a well known member of the South
ern Pacific machine in this county.
These statements of the candidates for
the legislature The Herald is prepared
TO prove by testimony which l ven-
ture to say will carry with 1t absolute
conviction to the mind of any honest
man in Southern California.
'If these contributions were not
made by you, then, in the opinion Of
The Herald, they We're made by the
Southern Pacific machine, which we
happen to know was champoning your
candidacy. This knowledge comes from
a letter received in Los Angeles county
from Mr.. w. F. Herrrin; the head of
that machine, in which the support of
your candidacy was urged.
II presume it is unnecessary to say
that The Herald has no personal feel
ing against you, because there is no
reason why any such feeling should
exist. At the same time, The Her
aid has the most ardent feeling against
the Southern Pacific political machine
in this state. 1t believes that the well
fare of this community demands that
this machine be abolished.
'If you will answer categoricallv the
questions propOunded to you in my
letter of the 22d instant, so as to show
that the contributions to which I refer
were not made with your knowledge,
then The Herald will take pleasure in
publishing the denial you ask. How
ever, you must admit that the denial
contained in your first letter means
very little to men who are acquainted
with the manner in which campaign
contributions are disbursed in political
contests in California. AS the matter
now stands, should The Herald pub
lish your denial 1t would be compelled,
in Justice to yourself and to the public
to publish the questions which ! have
asked you to answer, the reason for
asking these questions and your re-
fusal to answer them, as well as the
evidence which it has as to contrihu-
tions charged in its editorial as having
been made in behalf of your campaign.
''You can take what position you
please upon this matter, but If you
care to have a denial published which
will mean anything to the public |
believe you will answer the questions
contained in my letter to you of the
22d instant.
81 remain, very sincerely yours
"T. E. GIBBON,"
To this letter Mr.. Spalding replied
by telegram demanding that The Her
aid "retract' its statements concerning
him.
While The Herald is perfectly willing
to accept as true Mr.. Spalding's state
ment contained in his letter of the 21st
as to his personal disbursements, 1t
still insists that the report of his eX-
penditures referred to in it's editorial
of the 18th instant came to it in a
way which entitled this report to very
serious consideration. 1t further in
sists that it i convinced from evidence
in its possession that sums very much
in excess of The amount permitted by
law to be expended in a United States
senatorial campaign Jere used in pro
noting Mr.. spalding's candidacy.
In The Herah's letter Of the 22d in
stant to Mr.. Spalding 1t gave him an
opportunity to deny that he knew any
thing about these expenditures, as it
did also in its letter to him Of the 24th
instant. Mr.. Spaldin" has failed to
take advantage Of this opportunity
While a man may not be legally re-
sponsble for payments that are made
in promoting his candidacy yet if
these are made with his knowledge
and with his consent, he is morally re-