Show ST STATEMENT A YEMENI IS DENIED Senators Colton and Eckersley r Challenge Correctness of Assertions Made SAY CONFIDE CONFIDENCE BROKEN Author Declares Governor Appealed Appealed Appealed Ap Ap- Ap- Ap pealed to Senators as Churchmen Churchmen Church Church- men to Support Veto Cl JOSEPH ECKERSLEY olI of ol I SINATOR Wayne count county anti and Senator Don B. B Colton Cotton oC of county count who wha were referred to In a n statement published Inthe In Inthe Inthe the Kane Kano County Count N News ws over oer the 1 llna- llna turc ture of ot Senator William V. IV of oC I Kano ano county count which charged chanted that had to tho the Gov William Spry appealed senators who aro arc stake presidents presidents dents in the Mormon church to support his veto eto of oC the tho wide state-wide prohibition bill bitt because It Jt would be pleasing to high authorities of oC the Mormon church deny the cor correctness of oC the statement Of QC Senator Both Doth said that if it Senator had written the statement he ho haul had broken a D. confidence not only with GOrnor Governor Governor Gov Gov- Spry but with them Senators Colton anti and said EAId the they would rather not be brought Into the affair Tho They s said ald the tho conference apparently referred to to in inthe inthe the the- purported statement of oC Senator Hee was only one of ot many conferences con con- held between senators and the tho governor o In all matters patters of oC legislation Text of Statement Tho statement which appeared In th the Kane Kano ano Count County News over the signature S1 of or Senator Is as ns follows Tho da day following tho the Hotel Utah Incident In which Governor Spry berated berated berated be be- rated the Indignity which had been Perpetrated and perpetrated and did cud It in a perfectly undignified manner manner the the governor go sent for tho the three stake presidents in tho the Senate Joseph Don Colton find and myself m to visit him in his office at which time ho he went over o tho the carl early Mormon persecutions of ot the Liberal and American party part da lays das s and showed what dama damage e tho those c persecutions had done dono I Ithe the state the tho church and especially Joseph F. F Smith lie He stated that ho loved President Smith better than n any other man onearth on onearth onearth earth and held tho the church dearer derer than anything else U n. n n Ho He said that President Joseph F. F Smith and Bishop Charles W. W Nibley could see ee very plainly that if IC the prohibition prohibition pro pro- bill were passed ed this same anti anti- Mormon persecution would be repeated and that it had gone gono so 50 far Car already It could only be stopped b by his offering himself as a A. sacrifice to the church by vetoing the tha prohibition bill Ho lie said that he knew what that would mean to him and his family I and what humiliation they would have to suffer hut but that ho hI was willing to I stand In the gap ap for tor tho gospels gospel's sake Ho Bo then continued II Now ow brethren I come to you ou a as I your our brother In the tho priesthood and not as governor of oC the tho state and I brIn bring bringa a message from the president of ot th the tho church to you as stake presidents and andL the tho message Is that President Smith L desires you ou to sustain ln m my veto on the I floor of or the Senate and anti defend me mo in m my action when you JOU go so home to your our people peo peo- p I 1 told the governor that neither he ho honor nor President Smith nor anybody else had nn any rl right ht to attempt to malco maleo a of oC mo me My I people knew what to o expect of or me nie when I was elected and I refused to become a traitor to them and to make a n hypocrite of oC my my- self Would Vote Ynte Over Os-er Veto Yeto I 1 told him emphatically that I would vote otc to pass the bill over o his lilt head and that I 1 would repudiate him hini I before beCore my people when I arrived d homeI home I ralso also t told ld him that I considered his actions In the Hotel Utah very i and vcr very much uncalled for tor I which he admitted to be bo the case When 1 I had finished telling him bitt I these things s and that I 1 refused ab absolutely o- o hitch to obe obey the tho order he ho said sald fl Well Vell I have havo performed my ray dut duty and have delivered you Jou the message lie He also said that t Bishop David A Smith was appointed to verify the in in- ho the ti-ic governor ha hod 1 brought from President Smith anc and andt I t terminated th tho tha Interview h by saying that ho luid no intention of shirking his h- h by husinG using his constitutional time before acting upon the thu bill but that ho he would return it In Ii pJ Plenty en tJ of oC time before the Senate ad adJourned adjourned ad- ad to permit pel tho the Senate to tako take eon ny action the trie members rs H aw fit Somo two or three days das after aCter this Incident I talk talked d to DI Bishop hop David A. A Smith and ho he told me mo that what the governor o had bad said was not true and that President Smith was vcr very cry very much In favor of oC the prohibition bill bUl WILLIAM W W. W SEEG Governor Spry was In Provo attending attendIng attend- attend In Ing a n. meeting of oC the State Mental hospital hos hos- pital board last night and as ho was not reeling feeling well weli ho lie did not answer lon long distance telephone calls caUs John K IC Hard Hardy his Ill secretary who was with him issued a short statement for Cor Governor Governor Gov Coy Spry in regard to JO tho the statement Xo iu Additional Reason So far tar as ns tho the g governor vernor Is 15 concerned ho he says ho tie has nothing to tei add to his reasons for vetoing the stat state wide prohibition pro pio- bill and that the stat statement ment which ho lie made mado at nt tho the time in writing IK Is all ho he cares to say eay at this time aid hald Mr Hard speaking Hardy for the tho govera governor gov gov- era or Senator Colton wh who is In Salt Lake Lalee did not care caro to discuss tho the st statement I L 1 will win say that the tha statement I Is In Incorrect Incorrect Incorrect In- In correct said Senator Colton See Sees Sees- miller la is a radical on tho the prohibition question and if ho made the statement which appeared In tho the Kane County News ho broke a confidence not only with Governor Spry but with members of ot the tue Senate who were called into conference con con- ference with tho the I do not care caro to go Into the tho d details of oC th the statement state state- men meat ment t. t Conferred With Uh S Senators Senator It Is true Governor Spry had a conference con con- ference frence with us In rc regard arll to the prohibition prohibition prohibition pro pro- bill He Ho had a conference with practically every member of oC the Senate in regard to different matters of or legislation Those conferences and what hat was waa said were supposed d to be bc confidential I will not discuss this title matter because It would bo be breaking a confidence I 1 do want to 8 say a however that Governor Spry pry Is a man of oC honest con con- I am In favor of oC wide state-wide prohibition and I voted und worked for tho the bill but I 1 believed ed the governor vetoed the measure thought Utah would be Injured by such a law There Thera are arc many things which can cart be said Bald a against prohibition prohibition and they have c weight Because the tho governOr governor differs with me rae is no sign that ho is dishonest I have havo admired tl Governor Spry ever since wo Wa were in Sn the lower Hou House o together anI and I 1 know him to bo be honest upright conscientious as Js a governor and a alJ private citizen citizens I II I think Senator Sec statement Is entirely In bad taste Senator Eckersley hart hail not read the tho statement prior to being Interviewed In iii the matter It was read over the telephone to him hint at his hla apartments Mo J denied th the correctness of the statement state state- ment made by Senator I have havo not seen the statement but but If it stated what has been read over the telephone to me me I I 1 will wll say that t that Is not the tho t on which took place In the gOVe governors governor's D a j I J I office said Senator The i statement and that part of oC It which Is IB In quotation marks IK Is Incorrect In KO ice 0 far as I remember I want to say IRY furth further r. r that Senator has no authority to use usa my name namo In connection I with his statement I 1 believe a a. conI con con- J I has baa been broken |