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Show from which the Tribune weaves its sample cases of violation and I ain prepared pre-pared to stand on them before any court, any official or before the public. Somebody Seem to b Piqued, to be nursing some irrepressible animosity. ani-mosity. True, I detected a judicious investment when the stock of The Times was offered among those who believe in the encouragement of a wide-awake daily newspaper, expounding expound-ing such policies as are conducive to the welfare and growth of tho territory and I purchased of it. This may have precipitated the fresh outbroak but then to revive all the causes would be like tho chanting chant-ing of some old familiar proverb. My record and that of the institution that has been committed to my care is open." Coloiial F. II. Dyer whom the snarlcr also takes occasion to stab when seen by the interviewer said with a shrug of his shoulders: Oh! I don't care anything about it. All those old stories and nioSs-eovered traditions have been exploded long ago. All prisons have a certain number num-ber of trusties, and they are selected without reference to the offense on which they are confined. That is a matter that fulls to the judgment and discretion of the wadren. It is simply matter of whom he can trust." 1. FARM. REPLY The Charges Issued From the Perpetual Snarler Destitute of All Foundation, ' ANIMUS OF THE TEIB.'S ATTACK The Prosperity of The Times One of the Things That are Piercing Its Dry Old Bjnes. The Tribune again drags the "silent partner," the mysterious tool and ac- . complice to whose microscopic integrity integ-rity it taxes each successive snarl at humanity who decline to recoguize its dictatorial arrogance, from its moorings moor-ings this morning and stabs at United States Marshal Parsons over the back of some one or some thing who "told !t thatit shall be. verified on oath" what It alleges is truo if any one lodges ex- . ccption. A .Times representative nought Marshal Parsons at once and submitted the article in question. "I am willing sir that j . - The Tribune' Wall ' , ", for investigation shall be fully gratified. Indeed there is nothing In connection with my administration that t am not willing to have ventilated and laid , hare to public or official scrutiny. The animus of this attack is by no means a secret that its authors have hoarded from the people of Utah and while such things are always a source of more or less annoyance, I felt perfectly per-fectly safe in the hands of the public. ' The Tribune charges that Edward Olsen, sentenced to the penitentiary for fourteen years, on a conviction for murder, is in this city every night instead in-stead of being confined in tho prison, ns tho law requires. The business that brings him in is that he may work on the upholstering for Marshal Parson's house; and this has been going on for weeks. Further, that Olsen may be seen frequently, walking about the streets with a woman on his arm. Is there any truth in that ?" ' "That, sir, is entirely Destitute of Foundation. He has never spent a night in this city since I have been United States Marshal. Mar-shal. It was with fho knowledge of tho judges that he was allowed to make some much needed repairs on the library. li-brary. This was work done for the public . anil the work was. done at the direction of competent authority. That he has promenaded wilh a woman is utterly falso and his employment in the building is perfectly consistent with that which is practiced in every prison in the country." 'Another paragraph from the morning's morn-ing's snarl is that one Evans convicted of adultery was acting as your private secretary?" "All of which is equally as false as the preceding paragraph. Evans was Never My Secretary. He had been convicted upon a charge of bigamy and having satisfied the penalty pen-alty issued from the petiitentiory to sauction what the law had done. Antedating Ante-dating his conviction ho was employed in the capacity of stenographer for Mr. Bennett of the Rio Grande W estern. Whon he came forth a freeman thero was no vacancy on his former employer's employ-er's staff and appealing to me for honest hon-est work until an oponiug did occur for him at the Rio Grande, I permitted him to assist in malting up tho quarterly report re-port of the Uuited States marshal's oflice. It was simply clerical work and perhaps saved him from distress. It was but a short time alter that he was re-admitted to Mr. Bennett's oflice where he has since been occupied." "Again, the Tribune charges that Wilford HoUitlay, a life prisoner for murder, is met on tli State road continually, con-tinually, driving a manure team for the marshal's private benefit; while doing . this Holiday is alone, and he goes ha-.bitually ha-.bitually about the marshal's work without with-out any guard." Correct, Holliday is , A Thoroughly Trusty Man. Upon that I am satisfied. The evidence shows that he was so regarded before my administration. Ho has demonstrated demon-strated his fidelity upon a number of occasions and has frustrated the escape es-cape of prisoners twice sinoe I have been in charge, not to mention similar service rendered during the administration of Mr. Ireland. Ire-land. No man will question that he bas earned the apparent liberties he is allowed. He has never done any work for me personally as is alleged. On the contrary, he has been hauling fertilizers fertil-izers to the United States reservation, and within the past year bas delivered a, thousand loads. These are the facts |