Show THE LOGAN POSTOFFICE Full Notice Claimed to Polygamy Tho Smith Appointment Correspondence Tribunal Logan Jim Jifhe statement of roHlnmsterUiKiral Smith relative to the appointment of Orson Smith printed print-ed In todays Tribune made decidedly II I Interesting reading 1 to those here who arc acquainted with the facts In the I cane As a matter of truth these facts i have boon suppressed by l those Inter I I cslcd In shielding those who pushed l Smith into the postmnslcrshlp over the heads of those who were better Ilcpub I Means but who did not possess the influence I in-fluence that ho did The Postmaster General says he received a letter from Rev N 12 ClumiTKSon ancnt the np pointment of Smith eleven days after 1 the lalters appointment That Is I true but he also received a protest from that gentleman against the appointment of Smith on November I 1SI 7 llflcen days before the President gave the plum to the man who wag ousted lust week This protest was sitit to President Mc Klnley and In acknowledging Its receipt I re-ceipt Secretary Porter mnvoyed the in I format Ion I that the document hud been filed with the PosimaslerCeneral I Edward Nelson of this city drew up and oinulated a prolesl agulnst Smith being retained In office Immediately after tho Jailors appointment t was made known That 1 protest AUIS 11 I I her ally signed I and It contained some allegations al-legations that would be startling ovon to Logan folk Its I receipt by the Post olllce department wus duly acknowledged acknowl-edged Whon Mr m Smith says timid no unusual attention was attracted to Mr Orson Smiths cane by l reason of any papers filed with the department he Is In error Letlors from n United States Senator to parlies here in 189S con eyed Ihe information that quite alight a-light had developed over the Smith matter In the Committee on PostofllccB and Poslroads and that it was finally sullied by the positive assurance of Senator F J Cannon that Orson Smith was not violating the law in any particular par-ticular 11 1ms been notorious In Logan I Lo-gan for some time that the appoint ment of Orson Smith WlS agreed upon at a conference between George Q Cannon Can-non K S Campbell and Glen Miller held in the fall of 1S97 In Halt Lake City and many here believe that In pursuance of the agreement there entered en-tered into he was pushed into I time ofllce regardless of his rnlallon to time Administration or its effect upon Its policy When asked as to the allegation of a conference between himself George Q Cannon and H S Campbell ui which the appolnlmenl of Orson Smith was agreed upon United States Marshal Glen Miller emphatically denied any such conference ever having taken place There was a multiplicity of candidates can-didates said Marshal Miller and It was difllcult to determine who should be choccn I conferred with Chairman Dooly of the State committee about the matter lie felt that Robert S Campbell I Camp-bell the member of the State committee com-mittee who had lived at Logan known all the candidates and been familiar with the political situation there would be In best position to give advice After conference with Mr Campbell Mr Dooly the State chairman Mr Rogers the national commItteeman and myself my-self Joined in a recommendation of Orson Or-son Smith He also had a strong in dorsement from Logan That is the whole story In a nutshell |