Show I BUDGES GRAT T PlA PLY Y L t More and arid Interesting Details of the tile Circular Put Out ut in iii th Interest of qi an Idaho Man IUan People With rth long nhoi ni s may nay re recall recall recall call an au episode in the tit late ate election which had one Que Buu Paris Ida Ma for the central Apure air tIr Budge was wasa a candidate forthe for legislature re on the Republican ticket He ge was waS and alid is the president of 01 Bear ear Lake Laki ake ke of the Mormon church Just before the elec elee election election tion he called a council cot of his church associates a in official position He told them according to t most mo t veracious wit witnesses witnesses nesses that the heads l tl d Oj the church wished them to vote for McKinley and the Republican legislative ticket His Eta declaration was so explicit e that Judge Rich of f the Fifth judicial district wired President Pre Snow to ask a ast k if Budge hah haa ha any authority for making such sueh a state statement ment President Snow answered that he understood Budge had only spoken for himself him elf but in any event members of ot the church were only to t vote accord according accordIng according ing to their convictions Publishing the Rich telegram and President Snows answer The Herald used an interview with James B E Hart county clerk of his county and one of Budges coun councilors corroborating what President Snow had said in his telegram that the church desired its members to vote ac according according according cording to their convictions This ThI short resume is given to illumine the sequel which comes to The Herald In the form of s a printed circular given gien out at Paris Id denounces Hart as a traitor to hIs lIs church h breth brethren ren and declares de Jares that tb Snow approved Budges position and R d Prod President President dent Joseph F Smith Urged him to go ahead The circular Is reproducer reproduced r herewith in full fuli It needs no comment com ent Salt Lake City Nov 5 1900 Hon William Budge Paris Pans Ida President Joseph F P Smith authorizes authorises me to say that the interview in The Salt Lake Herald with James El E Hart Hartis is wholly unauthorized and a betrayal of the confidence of HIS BRETHREN I THAT ANY STATEMENT STAT MENT OTHER THAN THAT CONTAINED IN PRE PlIES PRESIDENT IDENT SNOWS TELEGRAM IS AB ABSOLUTELY ABSOLUTELY ABSOLUTELY UNAUTHORIZED AND WITHOUT FOUNDATION AND IN INTENDED INTENDED INTENDED TENDED AS A POLITICAL TRICK and should be universally regarded as 4 such ALFRED BUDGE 1 Salt Sait Lake Utah Nov 5 1900 President William Budge Paris Ida I submitted the message to President Preside t Smith who in turn submitted it to O President ent Snow On account of ef pe pa peculiar culiar conditions President Snow says 8 he does d es not care to say anything fur further further further ther at present Inasmuch as the tel telegram telegram telegram to you this morning from PRES PlIES PRESIDENT IDENT SNOW FULLY INDORSES I YOUR ACTION PRESIDENT SMITH SMiTE I SAYS FOR YOU TO GO AHEAD WITH RENEWED ENERGY AND ACCOMPLISH WHAT YOU DESIRE The first presidency say that The Herald article is a willful malicious falsehood and without justification that James E Hart is a traitor to his brethren and that you are to make that I fact known ALFRED BUDGE When it was known that James E EHart EHart EHart I Hart went to Salt Lake City to present I his side Alfred Budge went vent down to assist the first presidency ncy in explain explaining explaining ing what was really said at the meet meeting meeting ing called by President resident P Budge in Paris Friday afternoon to which so much objection tion l b a been made he being leing at atthe atI atthe the wheeling J hd d hearing hea x ng all that hat t was waR said He Hewa was detained detain d Jn In In t he city to I give and receive re telephone tel messages m to and from the first presidency anft anh every word in his message can ca be relied reli d on |