Show THURMAN DENIES ITO IT has not approached church authorities A i and AHA has H no not been approached asprom heil ily by them brands nuch deports an being l balse A strong denial silt salt like lake city january 8 since thy entrance of hon J L rawlins rawlans ns into the senatorial contest matters political have been enlivened some of those who hive have other preferences for the position it it Is charged by his hi friends hive have striven to make it appear that mr Raw linso nse candidacy was receiving church enczur ager nent if not active support the statement men t even being published that mon hon S RT hurman of provo in interest had seen the church authorities and had an understanding which was wai entirely favorable to mr rawlins the statement Is denied by air thurman in ft a strong letter which Is as follows nephi jan to the editor of the herald dear sir in yesterdays dally daily tribune I 1 noticed a statement which I 1 should have refuted by yesterday s mall had it not been that pressing business in court rendered it impossible I 1 would not even now take the time and groubel to reply were it not that the interests of others and perhaps of the public st are re involved as well at as myself I 1 therefore avail myself of this opportunity port unity to say that any declaration hint or imundo from any per person sonto to the effect that I 1 have ever been at any time approached or con conversed erred will any member of the first presidency of the church church or any apostle or any eccher ecclesiastical fl ant authority hority whatever in the interest of hen Hon joseph L rawlins candidacy for the united states senate or any other position is unqualifiedly false and mall malicious I 1 say malicious because it Is to so utterly without foundation that I 1 am inclined to think it was deliberately stated staled with a kiev of injuring and maff making ng an unfair point against mr air rawlins by wy ot of further emphasizing this answer I 1 will state that I 1 have not seen much less leer conversed any one of tile the first presidency to the best of my knowledge the last six months and never at any time mr air rawlins or his candidacy furthermore I 1 have never conferred or conver conversed sed with any one of the apostles or any authority of the church upon the subject of mr rawlins ns candidacy or the candidacy of any cither man while I 1 am answering I 1 will also state without the fear of being successfully cess fully contradicted by any person whatsoever that any statement by any newspaper or person to the effect that I 1 have ever agreed to support support any candidate other than mr air rawlans for the united states senate or that I 1 ever stated that I 1 could control any delegation or vote for mr air rawlins ns or 01 that 1 I 1 ever intimated to any one that I 1 would like to tobe be supported for that position or held out any intimation whatever that I 1 was a candidate of the dark horse variety or otherwise Is also f false a se and untrue it Is true that I 1 have received letters from one or two of the candidates biting my support I 1 am ready to give those to the public and call for my answer to be published also if those who have written me desire it otherwise I 1 treat the correspondence as confidential dent ial I 1 cannot conceive of any reason in the world for publishing these except with a malicious intent to prejudice the chances of mr air rawlins as a candidate it remains to be seen whether such thimble rigging in utah politics will win with the erta tives lives of the people I 1 predict it will not respectfully S R THURMAN |