Show ON THE GRIDIRON Lindsay Rogers Qualifies an Assertion Asser-tion With reference to a special from Washington stating that Lindsay R Rogers of the National Republican committee had wired Marshal Miller to the effect that he had earnest recommended rec-ommended the appointment of John C Graham of Provo and Orson Smith of Logan as postmaster and that not a Gentile in the state suspected either Graham or Smith of living In polyga amy Mr Roger saId to The Herald yesterday that with the correct construction con-struction put upon the Inferred substance sub-stance of his dispatch he would standby stand-by it In explaining the mater Mr Rogers sId his telegram in substance as he remembered the text was Intended to express the idea that when the ap polntrets were Jcommendel and I made he appointees and all other reputed re-puted polygamists were general believed be-lieved by the Gentiles of Utah to be keepIng faith with the world on the declarations abandoned that polygamy had ben In other words sid Mr Roger I believed and so did all my non Mormon acquaintance with whom I talked on the subject that Graham and SmIth were living within the law but I is to broad a assertion to say that not one Gentile had a contrary suspicion How should I know what all Gentle wIthout exception thought As I remember my dispatch I said the Gentiles of the state dId not sus pet eIther Graham or Smith of living in polygamy at the time of theIr np polntment as postmaster This statement state-ment I will stand on |