Bisbee daily review., 1920-07-27
SAYS WHITNEY
 TOLD UNTRUTH
Wiley k. Jones Declares He Made No Deal to With
 draw His Candidacy

PHOENlA, July 26. - Stamping as "maliciously false and misleading" certain utteranceS attributed to Louis B. Whitney, his former assistant, At. torney Genreal Wiley F. Jones Sat urday issued a statement in rebuttal. Whitney resigned his position as as- sistant to become a candidate against Jones for the democratic nomination for attorney general. Jones' state ment follows:
 T wish to emphatically deny cer tain statements appearing in a recent issue of the Tucson Citizen attribut- ed to Mir Whitney. In the first place there never was any agreement or un- derstanding of any klnd that would drop out in order that he might run for the attorney generalship and any statement to the contrary is malic- iously false and misleading.
 ''As to Whitney's charge that have been making statements to the effect that I could not trust the affairs of my office to my assistants, that is easily explained When I was in Flagstaff someone asked ma if I was going to continue my trip through northern Arizona to do a little cam paigning. I replied that it was impos- sible as the work of the office was so pressing that it demanded my at tention. Each person in this office, it should be understood, has his own particular duties which cannot be transferred. Some of these. the more important, fall to me and of necessity l must be at my desk each day to see that they are properly taken care of. There was no thought of criticism against any assistant in what I may have stated offhand at Flagstaff or elsewhere.
 'The most amazing feature of Whitney's action is that he has al- ways pretended to be my ardent sup porter for the nomination up to the very day of his resignation. Rumors have come to me on several occas- ions that he intended to become a candidate and when l asked him point blank as to the truth of these reports he denied that there was any truth to them. He even suggested that he go to Nogales July and also to Tucson in the interest of my candi- dacy. Then he came to me with the suggestion that I send my nomination papers to certain friends of his in B s e. He filled in my name on the nomination blanks ana sent them out to be signed and they were signed by the persons suggested. On July 16 Whitney presented me with a substantial check with the volunta- ry offer that I should use it for cam paign expenses. 1 have since learned that it was on that very day that he removed a certain photograph of his here in the office to have campaign cuts made from it.
 This is the man whom l took into the office when he was little known. He worked first as a law clerk at $500 per year and has been steadily advanced ever since. Such is grat- itude."
 Whitney remains firm in his con tention that Jones gave him to dis tinctly understand that he would not be candidate for the office or attoi- ney general in 1920, and that he would have no objection to Whitney enter ing the race if he desired. have witnesses to prove that point" he said.
 Whitney did not appear to be much concerned over Jones remarks. He was far more annoyed over certain rumors afIoat today and which he be lieves emanated from friends Of Les lie C. Hardy, another former assistant of Jones who is out for the same job as Whitney.
 T understand they are saying. said Whitney, that there is d frame up between Jones and myself relative to my candidacy, the theory being that 1 would split the opposition vote with Hardy and allow Jones to win out. Nothing could be further from the truth tran this absurd story and I wish hat it could be emphatically denied I am in this race to win, and if I receive three-fourths of the SUD- port which I have been assured I will win" S.Ss&xi