| Show POWERS paivi cannon and anothny Fal falsifier siney known KHOTO as aglen miller cannon takes water on his campaign slander and lays it idt all oi 01 tie the tribune for some time the republicans have been indulging in the pleasant pastime of accusing bing the democrats of accusing the democrats of having a large corruption fund of judge I 1 powers of having been retained with a lar large ge bum to make the feht for the democrats Democrat Si so far these things have hale been founded merely or on a sensational article in the trib une judge powers is too old a i politician to busy himself with denying such amateurish root rooi backs and therefore he took no notice of the attacks though reports were constan constantly coming in j ajo aiom in different parts of the territory that ahat trank frank J cannon C E allen alien and other republican speakers were using rising this matter an inquiry however has finally come from a democrat and the answer of judge powers leaves nothing to be said it cleary clearly outlines hie big own position and the position of the democratic party and ana utterly refutes the stories that a i vaca publicans public ans the opposition io should h have a taken lee heed d of the ahe hirning convoyed conveyed by the utter il tion of C E allen alien on the point of if southern constitutions and should i hae haae been careful not to make 1 unfounded statements such statements when contradicted prove to be boomerangs 1 the correspondence between daniel williams of morgan and judge pon ers 5 given by the her f aid as follows MR WILLIAMS LETTER morgan city utah oct 1 1898 lion hon 0 W powers chairman democratic state committee salt like lake city utah dear sir sin in the salt lake tribune of tuesday morning l 1 11 1 find the following relating to a meeting held by mr glen miller t of salt lake at the town of eph raim raid in the county of sanpete ofSan San pete the matter pi cited in the payer paper is i as follows the firby bp speaker s of the evening was glen miller of salt lake who devoted himself to exposing the democratic pretensions on oil behalf of the working if people while families wore were 8 suf ni f faring for the necessaries of life b and wool men were guined by the disastrous democratic party judge powers was flaunting into their faces the fact that had been placed at his disposal to carry on the campaign the democratic party mr miller asserted had been guilty of grand larceny in in entering the home of american prosperity and stealing one half bair of all its pr erty they had now employed judge powers the noted criminal lawyer to defend them following the tactics of all criminal lawyers in dealing with richi rich clients judge rowers powers first demanded d a tancy faricy fee c for his services with an a additional recompense in the event of winning their case now as far as I 1 am concerned concer nad it T do not need any denial of these theao things froni from you but as some republicans public ans are repeating them I 1 would like to have you state to me tile alie facts if you ti tP olieve it to be the proper thing to do I 1 know of course that there is no truth in ia mr millers statements but people who ought to be your friends are using them to your detriment yours truly D win mil juppe kerly salt lake I ake city october 2180 5 mr 1 I williams morgan city utah my ilear dear sir your favor is a at t hand and in cieply I 1 have this to say bay that so EO long as matters mattera to which you lefer were simply tile he slanders of newspapers and irresponsible persons which anfor tuna innately tely are not unusual incidents in ic political carapa campaigns igns I 1 have had no denial whatever er to make because I 1 believe that my own party lias has confidence in me and I 1 think those who know me will believe such statements with hesitation dut but every democrat has the light to ask mo me any question he chooses concerning the conduct of the campaign and to receive from me a frank and truthful answer and I 1 therefore desire to say to you first that I 1 have not haunted flaunted in the faces of the people the fact that has been placed at my disposal to carry on this campaign I 1 have leave not said that we had any any such amount ot of money I 1 bay now flow that we have no do more money at our com command manal than is needed for the absolute necessities of the campaign and that statements to the contrary are absolutely fictitious and are unqualified falsehoods falsehood second I 1 have not been ell employed by my party or an anyone 0 e else I 1 e to conduct this campaign a ny rh I 1 have a e not demanded neither have I 1 been promised a I 1 fancy fee for my services service or any fee whatever I 1 was made to understand that it was my duty as a citizen to take the chairmanship of my party and I 1 accepted without any conditions or promises though I 1 co coul dill afford to do so owing to my mv own financial condition and my business affairs third if mr miller or any other person made the statements or anything like them knowing them to be false then that mr miller and such other persons as have made such statements are unworthy of the trust and confidence of the people for among other com is the one thou shall natlia not lie and whosoever viola violates 8 that commandment ought not to receive the vote ote of any honest man fourth if mr air miller made these statements upon mere rumor and stated them as he is reported to have done as a verity verily then mr miller is unworthy worthy lin of the confidence of his fellow citizens or their vos votes because a man who assails private chater character without just cause cannot excuse himself by pleading the exigencies of the political situation and he la is not one to lie be commended to the suffrage of the people fifth h in view of your questions I 1 have concluded to make this letter a public letter that all democrats my mally know the truth and act accordingly and to you and to all democrats I 1 say that the books of the democratic state committee are open to the inspection of every memoir bemb r of the party that in the conduct of this camba campaign ign I 1 have no use for political I 1 strikers for the venal or for the bood lers and have already driven away buch as have approached chad me and shall continue te drive from the democratic headquarters every man who has a dishonest proposition to make the fight that I 1 shall make will be a fight first based upon the organization of the party parly made more perfect if possible than that of perfect the he enemy earmy second an appeal of the judgment and the reason of the nople ot of utah third the registration and polling of every democratic vote within the territory that is possible to secure upon these lines I 1 shall continue to wage battle against the foe until the polls have closed upon these lines I 1 say nay to you and to every democrat of utah that 1 I abay win the figh tand I 1 shall maker fah a democratic state I 1 let me then ask each q anil nal every democrat to continue as they have since I 1 have been in office to work vigorously and to uphold ray my I 1 1 wile pity pay no attention to the I 1 slanders of the encin enemy y keep at nl your bork work send out your mis sion aries convert tile the people to tc democracy put pot utah where she eli place utah in the union as a democratic Urmo cratic state thanking you yon for the full ity you have given tile me to answer one slander that thai has been cir culat ed for the purpose of endeavoring endea ende moring oring to frighten or ohi discourage democrats democrat and ti ustine asting this will be sufficient for all the people of ufah republicans public ans and democrats and lists I 1 remain with great respect your obedient servant 0 aw V POWERS chairman there is another chapter however in this ibis story which is best explained by a letter sent to frank J cannon through john Po boyden volen of coalville CO alvIlle and the replies which i are as fol follows lavra I 1 salt lake city sept 24 1893 1895 lion ilon frank J cannon my dear sir t have it from reliable authority that at different times and places in the course of your political speeches during the campaign you have made the statement that I 1 am to receive 2000 for my services as chairman of the I 1 democratic party and more in the event of success s I 1 must respectfully fully ask you by what authority you make such a statement and I 1 desire to to you that it is entirely unfounded my services are given to my party quite as 1 freely y a as your own and I 1 certainly i I n y have a right to know i whether you have better in information forma concerning the matter than I 1 have myself an ali early reply will oblige me very truly houi a 0 W POWERS this wan wall pres presen entend lend to mr cannon by mr boyden and no answer was returned except that the recipient would answer judge powers either in person or by letter A telegram to this effect was sent to judge powers followed shortly after by the follow ing letter coalville Co alville utah sept 25 1895 0 IV powers chairman democratic committee salt lake city dear sir since sending my ocic gram this afternoon mr cannon cled called and desired me to forward the enclosed clipping from the tribune of the aust andray and gay that that was the source of his in formation relating to the report of I 1 the sum to be paid for your services as chairman etc and that in he public speaking when referring to the subject he gave it as a matter of report also alan that a d denial made over your signature WE waa S believed by him I 1 am yours most respectfully JOHN BOYDEN |
