Twin city review. [volume] (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-1929, 1924-03-07
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saASWV aaXASSWER TO CRITIC,
An n OPEN LETTER

- 5ai-or OF the Chicago
N5ea 'ss ,anded an answer from
To- Ii.1ssr Small 70 certain ato'sldi itasiaIis
ba's!:.s. ba!s. he propounded l. edlloilai.s >
sass.ll25s1tIg expected the governor - =
Be s,se'b ~ .sblmns Of the tribune III
sizans ,,.srN6r lLs however, chose to an
Ihe sO's.If ss.sIf.appointed critic at a
sseE hls - in his honor al the
d.1aef potei in Chicago in January
AeIilsss., eIl.sss,spce Of which has been pu'
tas sslo,nbIet sso,,bIt form and widely as
- ps,I to the voters throughout 'ne
safe .,sring his address Governor
IN ~ -. AT the outset, l desire
SaiaA s',lg me.t emphatically that any
% .,t "a ar insinuation charging me
a.S rstajBing interest on any sta1e
~, ~. i a deliberate falssehood. never
HigNi' ! personally profit from interest
aia ~ ! fands; every cent of interest
o. '.a.e ..aa.eeonBted for and turned into the
usSss'' Tss !'nseeb. in brief, is a clear ana
l,s . exclamation of the transac-
saa''ss '.a' sbirb the Tribune holds against
aa ~ governor in its efforts TO dls-
.s M his candidacy for reelection.
s'5s', cossyner Small calls attention 10
fssi that IL witnesses were called
!ls ..a,ifr "a, IN the case in which he was
. .o'ssncaa ~, Not Guilty" He further
plO.ilagss tbat not one of the witnesses
.s'tiss5 .se.4.s tbat he had any connection
~ The bank in question, or that ne
sa3 received any profits accruing from
i a0a IN the contrary" says the letter,
a.bo evidence showed that the banks
: s.bicb money was deposited during
~ .ay term As Treasurer, paid into the
st3ts - treasury as interest over S4oo,-
sao which was more than twice as
much as the interest earned by the
.tate funds under any OF my prede-
eessors in office" r
The governor reviews the action OF
tho Tribune following the trial as
follows:
Waukegap and the failure OF the
Tnbunes false charges, that paper,
through its lawyers, detectives ana
crooked investigators instituted
campaign of persecution against the
men who served upon the jury. Sew
pral were discharged from their en-
ployment as a result of hostile propa-
eanda fostered by the Tribune. Those
men were poor men; they were hon
est, hard-working, God-fearing men.
Convinced that the Tribune was per-
scouting them because of their cour-
age in standing for right and justice,
the men who had lost their jobs were
given work to earn a living for them
selves and families. Not one of the
Jurors did | know before the trial at
Waukagan. At no time did l promise
any of them either money or positions,
nor did anyone else to my knowledge
or by my authority make any such
promice on my behalf"
Further charges growing out OF
pardons granted by Governor Small
are explained in the letter as follows:
''The Tribune asks why pardons
were extended to Benjamin Newmark
and Michael Boyle. The reason these
men were pardond was the same as
that which prompted me to release
from the Joliet penitentiary one of
the Tnbune's largest stockholders
William Bross Lloyd; namely they
we're deprived of their constitutional
right and had been arbitrarily i'm
pnsoned contrary to the clear provis-
Ions of our state constitution"
Il want the men and women of Illi-
hols to know that had | yielded to the
selfish demands of certain unscrupul-
Gus and powerful financial interests,
who eyade paying their just share of
taxes, and who through extortionate
fates, levy tribute upon the masses
ct the people, the Chicago Tribune
and other newspaper allies of these
interests and their political servant,
Edward J, Brundage, would never
have undertaken their campaign of
Nllheaton and abuse against me-"