Show MR MB PROTEST nellies Ite plies to the sla slanderous charges nade made in court editor tribune duty and justice to myself compels me to ask you for space in your paper for a short personal statement in regard to the slanderous statement as to what the judges of 0 election have hava been recently charged cli argen with doing by the utah commission As the ilia presiding judge of election in mt ML pleasant I 1 desire to most emphatically deny ever tampering tamsim ins with altering or in any wise whatsoever changing br interfering with the returns as sent in fit front from this place the inference I 1 draw front from the statement made to the hon judge bartell bartch Is that the utah commission say that it if any changes were made in it the tally and poll litts lifts it was done before the returns reached acherl re the utah commission this then throws the tha taint of 0 fraud upon the hie judges but more especially upon the presiding judges ot of oil wins who had tile the care os of the lists until they left ills hie hands til through rough the me mall mail to the utah commission I 1 want to protest in no uncertain terms that I 1 am innocent of this charge as innocent as a cn child lid I 1 know knorr that A G E scott did not vote ot in mt ML pleasant and I 1 further fult know that I 1 did not write the word voted abber the name of the said A E scott when I 1 knew that the republicans red public ans curried d the election here by majorities ranging f from 27 to 33 what object could I 1 have in changing one single vote would that change the result of the election the charge I 1 brand as false slanderous and unwarranted upon rpy character which to me ma is as dear as that ui of any of 0 tie the 11 it commission or its attaches it if a ju judge ge or of election ejection unschooled in the mysteries es of politics and changing of the lists Is to be made a target for fraud he must in it the future for his own safety a and nd reputation have a deputy united sta states tos marshal guard him and the election returns until they leave his hands this would be the only method mc by he could eca escape ne tho the charge of fraud in conclusion let rie nie that I 1 am all innocent ariel and wart want xo 10 be exonerated from this chares I 1 again brand it as raise false an ani and I am aill willing to allow a i generous ac nerous and candid public I 1 to judge I 1 I 1 whether an honest young man could and would be guilty of such a till thing g when lie he knew it could not change chang e tile tho result of the election AMASA ALDRICH ml pleasant jan 12 1 1895 |