Show CAINE HARM A denies accusations made hade by thatch erb era friends regarding the charges charger of thatchers Thatcher 6 friends that Raw linss letter to barred his hi candidacy joseph E calne caine makes make the following reply the point that mr air monson and his friends friend are arc apparently trying to make Is 16 that through the rawlins alonson letter and other concurrent events mr air rawlins raw ins was de barred from becoming it a candidate for the united states stales tim sen ator shIp because mr air thatcher Thatch cr announced his candidacy only after being informed ot of the rawlin letter after expressing respect and admiration lor for mr thatcher the letter siy says in the present situation I 1 have already suggested to my friends who are also the devoted friends of 0 mr thatcher my unqualified withdrawal in his interest to this proposal they see ob objections i sections they urge that the opponents of 0 mr thatcher will make the claims first that utah should not be represented in congress exclusively by members of a single church second the precariousness of mr thatchers That chert health and the chance that the place might be left to be filled by appointment of a republican governor that these considerations together with other influences influence fluen ces would almost certainly lead to h iet that it J FT fm 9 af tao he wy way he would be humiliated by defeat and our mutual enen enemies fles without meritorious claims would be enabled to triumph then alter after other kindly for mr air thatcher Thatch cr the rawlins letter continues it if you can call probably see success ahead for mr let me know in that event my duty and purpose are equally clear 1 I leave this matter mailer in the hands ot or sir air thatchers friends and shall cheerfully abide their judgment as to what it Is best to do mr rawlins is still awaiting a reply t to 0 that letter mr air monson has not yet told him whether or not lie he agreed with rawlins ns other friends in the objections c they dicy raised against his witha withdrawal rawa 1 with the utmost consideration f or mr air thatcher Thatch cr mr air rawlins left the matter in the hands of his mr thatchers friends by their silence they refuse to decide the question mr rawlins letter was not laken as a withdrawal by moses thatcher Thatch cr As an evidence of this he after reading that letter re e nested prof kerr of logan to call upon mr air rawlins to ascertain his attitude in the senatorial con test and received a reply fn an lans lin with the letter A positive proof of the fact that neither the letter nor the statement made to him by mr air kerr constituted in mr air thatchers mind a withdrawal from the race Is found in mr air thatchers interview in the salt lake tribune of the following sundays november irth in which he says 1111 1 I do not propose to enter into any scramble for the place I 1 do not wish to occupy the position of opposing judge powers or judge henderson enderson II or mr air rawlins ns or my young friend mr air I 1 harris they are arc all good men and better fitted than I 1 am to perform the duties of the office of af senator it would be quite as consistent for mr air rawlins to assume an abased abused attitude and claim that he had been kept in the dark as regards als the candidacy of mr air thatcher for in that same interview mr air thatcher said mild 1 I have never been ambitious to hold field political office I 1 prefer private to public c life and the peace of the social circle to the strife of politics it if I 1 had not been placed in a position involving a great principle I 1 could not be tempted to accept even the office of united states slates senator but it if utah if young utah feels that my election would be a vindication indication of that for which I 1 have contended and would aid in preventing the forging of chains upon the people of this state elate I 1 should accept the office of senator should it be tendered me tile the reply of young atall to the above has hag not yet been heard of by mr air Rawlins friends and until it is heard the life candidacy condi dacy of moses thatcher Thatch cr will be considered by us asa as a matter of as much doubt though probably of less lebs concern than the candidacy of mr air rawlins seems to be to the supporters of ilia his distinguished opponent in conclusion let it be said raid tor for the express a information of mr alonson moleon and his friends that mr air rawlins is a candidate for the united states and that he will not withdraw even at the cost of again seeing his penmanship caricatured and thrown open to ridicule on the first page of a morning paper the letter MrA mr monson fonson sent to mr air rawlins is regarded by mr air rawlins as confidential added mr caine and band he does not wish to give I 1 it t to the public without mr air mansons Mon sons permission which has not been given mr air monson was asked today for such cuch permission and he said he would take the request under consideration we await his pleasure in the matter |