Show Expose t of f Republican Frauds F I E Excites cites Ogden t I The Th Heralds expose of the frauds I on the United States mails that were being perpetrated b by the Republicans I of Ogden caused caus d a commotion in that community yesterday es erday aria and threw tl the I I Whole Republican organization Into i confusion Two meetings that were ad advertised advertised advertised i to D b be held at u and Uintah W a c ir d r e 1 was to determine who w were re the guilty parties Some of the workers at head headQuarters headquarters headquarters Quarters will be made scaPegoats the all ll the blame will be put upon them by the th leaders who assume to be Ignorant ignorant ignorant ant of what was going on Chairman Edwin Dick of the commit committee Committe tee te admitted to The Herald yesterday that tho the charges were true that the franked envelopes of Congressman s an J JW JW Jw W Babcock were used to distribute distri ute lo 10 local local cal campaign ca p literature He said caId that t the envelopes had been sent to him hint from Washington to be distributed d dam among am ng the Weber county voters Everything was straight so far as I knew he said We sent out as s I supposed the matter that was already ah In the envelopes when they came Were Vere the envelopes open when you received rec ved them was asked Yes that is some of them were and of them were not Right here is a point that will stand standmore standmore standmore more careful investigation if what Mr Dick says is true It is supposed that every envelope of ot this kind sent out from Washington Is carefully sealed before it is sent out If they are being sent out to Republican committees open to enable them to put pat in what they th y please in the way of local kcal campaign lit literature literature and then mail them again then the question should be investigated at attile atthe the tile other end also because on the face f ce of It it has the appearance of fraud on n the part of the Republican congressional al committee committed at Washington as well as asby asby asby by the Republicans In Ogden Chairman Dick tried to laugh off ff the matter yesterday and would not admit I that any an fraud was intended but Ig Ignorance ignorance norance of the law excuses no one and aud 1 It that the law has been rio vio violated it becomes the duty of the Ogden Republicans to run down the culprit and see s e that tha t he is js punished A Batch of Sot Rot BatOne One of the envelopes that was cap captured captured jit A Huntsville was fairly bulging with rot of al ai kinds very little mU if i any an of vi which TV w s entitled to the franking privilege The is itt a list of what hat this envelope con contained tamed 1 Card containing in small type county co Republican lican ticket with lUi the words Vote for Alma D Chambers for county treasurer 2 Card giving dates for registration and other information with Weber county ticket on reverse side Leaflet criticising Bryan on action anent Philippine treaty 4 Utah state Republican Re ticket plat piat platform and emblem 5 Fiction of Imperialism pamphlet y David Jayne Hill 6 Protection end and nd Prosperity Republican Republican lican CampaIgn leaflet 7 Commercial Expansion campaign leaflet l platform pl incomplete and garbled with adverse comments 9 Bryans Attitude Towards Philip Philippines Philippines Philippines pines pamphlet by Charles Denby 10 Our Approach to Asia pamphlet by John Barrett late minister to Siam Slam 11 American Occupation of Philip Philippines Philippines Philippines pines Republican campaign pamphlet 12 Porto Rico and Philippines J T Morgan John L M Laurin Joseph C Sibley and H He M Teller 13 President Adminis Administration Administration Administration by Charles Dick of Ohio The heaviest batches of this stuff were sent to Huntsville although other parts of the country suffered also Dis Discord Discord Discord cord reigned r igne at the headquarters when it became known what was going on because there th re are very many Republicans Beans in Ogden who do not endorse such work The fraud might not have hae been discovered at least not until after the election were it not for the botch that was made in mailing the envelopes envelopes envelopes Some of them were ere mailed to candidates on the Democratic ticket |