Los Angeles herald., 1910-09-21
To What Depths of BGSeneSS a
Man MAY Fall

IT HE HERALD does believe in personal journalism Its
editor has consistently refused through the columns
Herald any journalistic attacks upon himself He has
always held that such attacks affecting him personally should not
brought attention of The Herad readers that these at
such he would answer them
through citizen the right do but would
for that purpose space the columns OF The Herald
which belongs the readers of this and should be devoted to
matters of interest to them There times, however, when at
against newspaper based upon ehood and mpresenta
on and intended nure destroy the influence of the
que Such attack sometime ago made The
Herald by Samuel T. Clover the editor of the Graphic and
edtory in this paper In the of this
Clover had attempted get of The Her
aid for the purpose of making antgoo paper to quote
his expression 1t further shown that when Mr. Clover
control of daily newspaper in this city, that paper received
large of money for making fight against the aqueducthe
thing the vital Importance that this city has undertaken
accomplishment that this money contributed by certain
opposed the of the cleo
ca power which the city would develop from it. The attempt to
these facts covered than of Mr. Coves weekly
paper basees nconcusv plainly untrue that The
Herald did find worth while pursue the subject further
Since that time Mr. Clover has taken occasion connection with
la which between Mr. Spadng candidate for the
United senate The Herald repeat the fasehoods
which has heretofore published concerning the relations between
The Herald and the Los Angeles Times.
respect these publications OF Mr. Clover The Her
In its issue Of the 17h Mr. Covers paper stating
the editor of The Herald had apogzed editoray to Mr. Spadng
This retarded act of justice result of suit for libel
against The Herald filed by Mr. Spadng after the latter had sought
Ito get reaction of the aspersions on his probity
This is lie, gratuous, baseless lie, void OF any
shadow of truth and which Clover the editor of the
MR sPAFDNG Rd1S NEVER FILED AHY SUIT FOR LIBEL
AGAINST THE HERALD Neither has The Herald apol-
ozed to Mr. Spadine When
that had received contributions made during the recent
dng connected with these contributions MI oPaldin
objected the published by The Herald and The Herald
made by him or with his knowledge or procurement me eIaa
would publicly him from part in them Mr. opaldng
Mr. Spang the truth glad to do Mr. Spadng the
justice to say that it believed his statement
he tO
other fa1sehoods published by Mr.. Glover
of The Hera1d exposure of his lack of moral character
that the letter addressed to Mr. Harry Chandler in which he pro-
This also lie The letter was written after Mr. Clover had
consultation concerning the matter of securing control of
The Herald with certain other parties and the names OF these parties
Clover in an effort to get control OF The Herald promise
make it an ngoo goo paper was made because he thought that
Furthermore in reply Clover that
He subsequently had personal interview with Mr. Chandler about
the matter and this repeated and it was explained to
such control The Herald property as he had assumed when he
the infamous depths to which the desire to
tain evil interests sink
When Mr. paper Evening News failed because the
Herald did publish sympathetic editorial notice OF that failure as
Mr. in his attempted defense 1t done matter
of manly sympathy for in misfortune 1t further called
forth by the fact that another morning paper had published very
different kind of editorial in which the failure OF Mr. Coer paper
uny attributed to the lack OF confidence OF the public IN the
man the head of it.
1t unnecessary that The Herald would have pub
of sympathy for Mr. Clover had its proprors
they atewad discovered to wit that his
that contemplate of all existing things jour
influence had been sold for that had
vital importance the public which
pretended to consideration of dollars paid
Later when the Propretors OF The Herald received evidence
of the base bargain which management of the Evening News
with this city, they that the
that had acrbed the lack of confidence of
public management right and that The Herald in the
sympathetic editorial that it published wrong.
Clover fallen depths OF baseness which the ord-
plumb would have called this
sympathetic of The Herald the failure of his
he having failed effort
suppant The Herald the who wrote the edi
journal devoted the
of good government to interests upon whose
contributions Evening News existed he has been base
revenge the serving those
nung Herald lie about the which the
editorial appeared who wrote it. 1t will probably
sometime before journalism Los Angeles furnished
more contemplate spectacle falsehood and ngraude than
hat o which Mr.. Clover has treated it.
Since MI Glover has falsey stated libel against The