Imperial Valley press., 1925-08-10
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Mark Rose And The Truth
Are Strangers To Each
Other

There is now going in Imperial County the
most despcabe and cowardly assassination of
character which attempted in any place
or country. The chief in this character assassina-
tioih is Mark Rose The object of this article is to
demonstrate that there is infamy to which
Rose will not stoop and no lie so papable that he
will not tell it if he finds hearer whom he thinks
he can impose upon. If it can be demonstrated
will herein demonstrate, that Rose will delhi
erately misstate the facts to the attempted dis
credit of Il public officer, them of course, it must
be apparent that nothing saedby him is worthy of
crcdcnce and since his creatures all bow down be-
fore him and repeat any uterance of his it will be
made apparent that the statements of none be
believed.
Most of the lies which are being told about
public officers are being whispered in the by.
ways ana hedges and along the ditch banks where
hey cannot be met, and any lies being told which
in the opinion of these worthless, fits the occasion
and is warranted by the ignorance of the voter
whom they are addressing themselves.
We have, however, one instance before us
from which the character of the entire bunch
be readily measured and determined. In the I'm
perial Valley Press of August 7th there is
article signed by Mark Rose in which it is
ed in many words that Judge Conkng acted rs
attorney for the Imperial Irrigation District while
be still attorney of record for the Southern
Pacific Company III the negotiation of contracts
between the two organizations amounting to over
three and half millions. Now, there is nothing
injurious TO Il lawyer as the accusation that he
has acted for parties having opposing interests at
the same time. If the accusation printed by
Rose had been true, Judge Conkling would be
subject to be disbarred from the practice of law
and unworthy to hold the position Judge of the
Superior Court, any other office. If this accu-
sation had been made by Rose through accident or
misapprehension. it might be another matter but
{ he has made il deliberately, then nothing which
he can say can be believed and the must be
true of those who taking his orders and
parrOt-like, repeating his utterances Now, this
same accusation by Rose it happens made by
him in 1915. Rose then fomenting another re-
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directors of the Imperial Irrigation District and
one of the chief grounds alleged for the recall was
that the accused directors had employed Judge
Conkling as attorney for the Imperial Irrigation
District In the course of that recall campaign.
Mark Rose made the identical accusation which
he makes against Judge Conkling. At that
time. Judge COnlling general attorney for
the Imperial Irrigation District and Judge Hanes
of San Diego and the Honorable John VI. Eshle-
man. deceased then Lieut.. Governor of the
State Of California, and the first district attorney
IF Imperial County, were associate attorneys.
The contract with the Southern Pacific Com
panv which Mark Rose refers to was negotiated by
Judge IIaines and in its final drafting and APP
proval the work of Mr.. Eshleman. We do not
attempt TO prove this by our own assertion, but
will leave it to evidence of an unmistakeable
\ character. In the Fl Centro Progress of DPccm-
Der 3, 1915. will be found report of the public
\ speech of Mr.. Eshleman in which he took the
Il tire responsibility for the contract with the Rail
road Company and at that time publicly said:
''In regard to NJ w. Conkling
plovment it was known that Conkng
II volunteered not to handle in anv way any
II and all litigation in which the S. p. n
II party and had acted in this way from an
II honest ethical standpoint which deserved
the approval of the people and all concern
Il ed. The men who would recall Hamilton
pretend to know facts which thev do not.
else they deliberately telling that
which is not true.'
1t will therefore, appear, according to Mr..
Eshleman that they were liars in those days as
well as the present
It is not necessary however. to even depend
entirely upon the evidence of Mr.. Esheman In
the issue Of the FL Centre Progress Of December
9Th, 1915, there will be found signed statement of
Mr.. Earl G. Pound. who was director of the I'm
perial Irrigation District at the time Judge Conk
ling first employed by the District. Mr.
Pound is now a director Of the Imperial Irrigation
District and is circulating petitions for the recall Of
Judge Conkling and is supporting Mark Rose in
way. The article is too long to be re-
printed in its entirety but we print the part which
refers to Judge Conkling.
81 did not vote for Mr. Conkling's
employment so 7 speak without pre-
iudce concerning it and his work At that
time, the condition Of the law such
that the Constitution Of the state forbade
the District owning the stock in the Mex
lean corporation by means of which only
the Mexican portion of the system be
held. The statutes also forbade pur-
chase. The law forbade our exchanging
bonds for the property. All this had to
be overcome. Legal obstacles met
at every turn. Tn order to vote bonds or
buy the system. it was necessary that the
consent in writing Of majority Of the
land owners, both in number and value,
be obtained. The enemies of the District
fought every step Looking back now at
our condition then, at what has been ac-
complished, / am Of the opinion that
lawyer Of less courage than Mr.. Conkling
would never, have tackled the job, and