Imperial Valley press., 1926-08-04
ATTORNEY WILSON
MAKES REPLY TO
CHILDER'S LETTER

The attorney Tor the Imperial r.
rigation district. Charles /. Chill.
ders, is in print with an article
I claiming that the matter Of our leg
isl9tivc program for Colorado river
Improvement ;s an issue in the
! pending political campaign. Now
] a> a lawyer. Mr.. Childers knows
i that to make an issue there must
/ be a statement and denial thereof.
/ Without a denial there can be no
/ issue. 1t is asserted that the pas
sage Of the proposed Boulder Can
I Won dam bill is necessary for the
| protection, peace and continued
| prosperity of the people Of southern
! Californi; but who denies it. If
there is no denial there is no issue.
] sincerely doubt if there Is n man
CT woman in California who denies
II. Yet Mr. ChilderS. without say
ing 50 in any definite WAY which
e9n be met, jNSinuateS that some Of
the candidates for office in the
state and county are opposed n or
proposed legislation. Now an in
situation Of an uutruth is the most
dangerous and at the same time
the most coWardlv wav Of stating
IN mtruth. If Mr.. ChlderS wants
70 he fair he will come ont i'm the
open and name the candidates fer
office whom he claims are against
this legislation. No doubt each Of
:, ,-h candidates viii Immediately
make their denial or proclaim Mr..
Chjldcrs a monumental liar. aud
then we would have an issue. And
such issue would not be the Bouldcr
Canyon dam. bat would he who is
telling the truth. 1t would then he
up 10 Mr.. Childors to prove his as
sertions. That i the reason Mr..
thlldcrS intimatcs instead Of MAX
ing plain statement which can be
pet. If il is really necessary that
every officer from governor to
dog catcher be in complete accord
with the district program let Mr..
Childers at least be fair enough to
name the hcretics. 1t is. positive.
" dishonest To merely insinuatc.
S-OI tA4OSe L OF Program
The Mark Rose crowd are now
making the charge thar Senator
Nhnrtridga is oDposed 10 our legis-
lation and are fostering one Judge
Clark - the only simon pure friend
ct oar program. Yet senator Short
lidge has always and consistently
fought for our program. The same
political clique ! claiming that
Judge Conklmg is opposed to our
oiorado river program. Yet Judge
tonkiing owns an Imperial VALLEY
farm, and. as far as | know. has
not 4 single interest outside cf I'm
Feflal County; it viii require
something more than the - saw
50 of Mark Rose to convince any
one hnt an idiot that he is opposed
to our Colorado river program. The
sane IS true Of Judge Cole.
Mr.. Childers is paid $50 ror
month Mus $2j per dav ana cx-
rfhS"S for "vcrv dav he does any
thing. Il am informed that such is
iiS eempensationj His article
does ret sound like ChilGer. the
lawver. but il rather sounds like
his naster $ voice. -
The courts have notlrino n do
with the Imperial Irrigation district
Gr the directors thereof. any mora
then they have with other public
officials. except 10 keep them hon
cSt and that applies no more IN tbe
imperial Irrigation Officials than 70
any other officials. The directors
~ the Imperial Irrigation district
h""e nothing to fear from the courts
and grand iurios if they stay within
rh' law. When thev are accused b..
the grand Jury Of illegal expenditure
u public money they viii, if good
citizens and not guilty. content
themselves with making their de.
f"nse before the court and will NOT
attempt TO secure control of tho
courts by clccting as Judges men
whom they think are publicly pIedo.
ed to see that they are not bothered
regardless Of extravaganza or IL
legality.
I'et the Imperial Irrigation dis.
h'rt crowd keep hands off the court
and the puhlic viii give them free
f'l2n IN Imperial Irrigation affairs
$" long rs the vstay wiz ~.
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