Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-07-31
Mr.. Iawrenoe,s Statement.
Waterxille, Me, July

! Waterville, Me, July -, 1913.
| To the Editor of the Kennebec Journal
Augusta, Maine.
tue following letter intended for publica-
| ton.
MY attention has been called to the
editorial in the kennebec journal OF
July 18th, 1913. which reads as follows:
How fortunate for the Bull Moose
Leaders that they were driven INTO tne
old discarded way of seieetlns he ea n,an
dates, that they might name the man
who offered $4,000 for the honor!
The only inference from that aftlcle,
and the impression that you doubtiess
intended to give, is that ! gave $1,000
for my nomination as a Progressive can
didate to Congress. As such statement
is utterly false, in Justice to myself ana
my friends, ask you TO either iufhlsh
immediate proof of the statement or re-
tract it,
have not observed that you pub
lished this letter, attempted TO prove the
charge of bribery contained N your eul-
torial or made any efforts Whatever at
retracton.
| had thought that the ethics of a
newspaper required one of these. IN "a
spirit of fairness to candidate for Of
flee. even though you We're opposing MIN,
and did not agree with his opinions. But
since you have not adhered To these
ethics, / desire to again make state
ment, and more explicitly, and request
publication at once in order to correct
any impression which YOU attempted to
create against my character, pUtil d. IL
man and as a candidate.
| will frankly state that | have no de-
sire to take legal methods for reparatlon
and am writing this second letter In or
der TO avoid this ii possible. If you have
no proof to sustain the charge-and you
have none-a complete public fetractlon
due, under the circumstances, from one
gentleman to another VIII be satisfac-
tory.
/ wish also to say that / am sending
this communication To the Lewiston
journal and to the Waterville Sentinel,
IN order to eounteract in the district. SO
Tar as possible the SANDER which you
circulated.
AT the very beginning, I said distinctly
and emphatically to my friends in the
Progressive party that / should make
no campaign for the nomination and
would abide by and cordially support the
choice of the convention.
My entire expenses attending the
nomination We're $1S9.91, paid out for
railroad fares, hotel bills, badges, print
ing and kilograms
| paid no other expenses whatever So
far as l know, no one paid any other
expenses for me.
Senator Burleigh is the controlling in
fiuence in your paper. Through its col
umns, | should like to ask him how the
above total compares with the expenses
personally paid by him in his various
primary campaigns for member of the
National House and United states Sena-
tor.
Furthermore, | desire to state that
never made a promise nor implied a
promise that, If nominated, l would con-
tribute $4,000, or any other sum to the
fund for election expenses. 1t is due me
that you publish this denial as conspicu-
ously as you published the assertion.
In another editorial of the ISSUE which
contained the above Islander, you refer
to me as the man with the barrel" l
have been moderately successful i'll bust
ness in the state Of Maine, but | am not
n rich man. / will contribute to the
Progressive campaign fund in the dis
trict, whatever IS necessary and fitting
Tor candidate within the limits of the
law. AT the end of the campaign, as re-
quired by law, ! will publish complete.
", and In full detail the entire amount
OF my contributions without reservation
or any kind of equivocation.
newspaper controlled by Senator
Burleigh and edited by his son, ought to
understand exactly what that does and
does not mean.
Very truly,
Edward NJ. Lawrence