Show J 1 The Peoples People's Forum I t J Jilt JIH J Editor of or The Herald On account of fal false al je e. e slanderous and malicious articles which have aPI appeared In The ho Horald during the present session ossion of or the Utah regarding m my attitude and arid actions relative relative rela rela- tive tire to house bill hill No 3 34 H the bill bill and the Kriebel bill which would make any form of ot betti bettia a misdemeanor 1 I feel that some statement state mont ment la Iti due from rom mo me at least to those thOi who have havu seen acen fit tit to elect me mc an as a 8 member of the Tenth Bess session Ion of or the Utah legislature as S well as to thousands thou sands who have known me for Ye years rs In the articles referred to I 1 ar am aln charged with tr trying ln to block tho the hill bill when it was In the thc hands hands' o of thu tho judiciary committee of th the I am nm R also O charged cd with having been the author of or tho the amendment to that bill which would make uny kind of bettin bet ting tin a misdemeanor and am further charged with having crowded through tho the committee the bill In justice to m myself and to those who know mo me I r feel eel that I J am justified In I 1 making malting a statement as to Just what really happened The Tho Mabo Mabey bill wa was received lI by thu tho Judiciary committee of the house on January 24 1913 I For four tour days the greater part of or the session of the Judiciary committee was wal taken up on the hearing of ot th this the bill bili J During those thoRe four da days 8 the committee I heard everyone who wanted to appear for or against the tho bill On the fifth da day the tho committee went Into executive session to consider tho bill Within five I minutes It was as known that ever every member of tho the committee W was a In favor of the bill but the tho statements made before the committee showed shone that bookmaking and pool selling were not the only features of betting that were wera objectionable but that b betting at the side aide of a a. race raco track was a curse In hi many nany country countr towns One Instance was WIUS I cited In which It was said that ono one entire en- en tire tiro Sunday Sunda had been devoted to the m r. r running of races race on a public highway I and that more than had changed hands as tho result of ot the racing I In Itt artier to try and stop such a practice tice Uce a part of or the Kriebel bill was in In in- I a as an amendment and a a. ma- ma ma rca- of the committee voted In favor of the proposed amendment The proposed proposed proposed pro pro- posed amendment was not my m amendment amend mend I ment as stated in The lerald 1 i lican but hut I did endorse It H. H believing I that It would woul remedy something that nee needed e a remedy When the tile Mabey bill came up for tor consideration con con- S t on the floor of or the tho ho house se a a. I number of or members rg stated that they would vote for tor the proposed propose amend amend- if mont ment if It was ma made mado o a separate bill i but hut that tha t the they opposed to making I 11 1 It a a. part of the Mabey Mahey bill The amendment was killed In the house and arid later Mr Ir KrIebel Introduced It a separate bill embodying the proposed 1 amendment This bill was vms referred to the house judiciary committee which committee after considering the bill reported it ba back k to the house favorably Th The Republican Herald charges me with having rushed this hill bill through the committee In this they give e mo me f cre credit lt for tor an Influence which I have havo never ne claimed never ne' aspired to and could not nol have should I so 80 desired The truth Is IB that I was not present when whet tho the Kriebel bill was c considered by the I committee b being absent from the city that cIa day lav on business ri uIt vt I another another- committee ot c of i h which hT I w was a member and did ld not see the bill until It was presented on he the floor of ot the house for tor final consideration Tho The statements that I tried to delay action on the Mabey JabeY bill or that I tried to rush the KrIebel bill through are absolutely false Th The only dela delay on re reporting reI re- re I porting on tho the Mabey l bill was i caused use I b by the committee who wished to hear I those who were Interested In n the bill billa bill bill- a right ht which Is allowed to all on every bill that tho t Is presen presented ted In the 1 legislature tUr In this connection I 1 might cite man many bills that have been considered not for for- five thc or six days as but for as man many weeks and no objection has been made to the tho dela delay of ot the committee report As tar far as the merits of ot the proposed amendment ment are concerned or the merits of oC the KrIebel bill I claim j that as much sincerity was shown b by bythe bythe the members who ho favored both as any who opposed both hoth the proposed amendment amendment amend amend- ment meat and the Kriebel bill claiming that it Is right and proper to bet an any sum that the they may map desire on a contest contest- of ot otman man or beast and then within a n d day 1 or two vote ote to make male It a misdemeanor for tor fora I a 3 person to buy a a. cent 5 ticket to a I picture show on Sunday These actions It certainly appears ars to be he a n. little In Inconsistent inconsistent In- In consistent D. 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H MORRIS Tho The Republican Herald-Republican publishes Representative Morriss Morris's letter because it desires to give gl him an opportunity r to present his side of ot the case His letter of or course Is that admixture ture of Qt truth and truth half that Is commonly considered adroit This nc newspaper never nevor said ho lie rushed the amendment through the committee never said the tho KrIebel amendment was his amendment We Pe said he supported sup ported the KrIebel amendment and that we suspected it was introduced in his hla j Interest a n. suspicion amply warranted b by y his actions and ono one which we have ban lund lad no reason to change chanSe It was common common com com- mon knowledge that he ne fought the anti anti- gambling bill In the legislature until h he saw himself beaten b by direct tactics then hen shifted to the thc indirect method of ot supporting obnoxious amendments by which he hoped to nullify the tho measure and nd make 1 it t odious Ills His letter how how- over ver Is ts herewith published and his assurance as- as In preparing preparIng- It is a n manifestation manifests manifests- J ion Uon of or one of or his characteristics that p. p l Is s snot not the lea least t notable of or his Editor on Editor The n |