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Show GLASHA1 IS CALLED TO TIME Statements in Speech at Logan Refuted. Editor Was Anxious to Be Appointed Postmaster , at Ogden. Made Application to Senator Kcarus by Telegraph for the Position. Special to The Tribune. WASHINGTON. D. C, OcL 20. Mon-day!s Mon-day!s Issuo of The Salt Lako Tribune, containing tho speech of William Glas-mnnn, Glas-mnnn, editor of the Ogdon Standard, dc-llvored dc-llvored at Logan last Saturday evening, reached tho capital city today. Astounded at Statement. Intermountain people who reside here, who know tho Ogden man, and who also know his political Idiosyncrasies and weaknesses, arc astounded at Uio statements state-ments mado In the speech; for Bill has sought many places In the gift of Undo Sam and was always turned down, for tho present Administration has no use for mon of his Ilk, who aro ever seeking solf-aggrandlzcmenL Bill "Wanted Place. Ills statement that "Senator Kearns has asked mo moro thnn a hundred times to nccopt big offices under the general Government; Gov-ernment; he has asked me to go as United Unit-ed States Minister to the Philippines." is absurd, when the fact Is known that ho has aspired to place at homo, and that timo after time ho has Importuned the senior Senator for position. Told "Willful Falsehood. This demagoguo who has allied himself him-self with tho hierarchy in Utah, and who bawls about tho positions which he alleges al-leges Senator Kearns tendered him, knew when he mndo tho statement that ho was tolling a willful and deliberate falsehood. He was novcr tendered any place by the senior Senator. , "Wanted Ogden Postoffice. When tho trouhlo in the Ogden postof-fico postof-fico occurred, over two years ago, and Postmaster Meighan was arrested, oias-mann oias-mann wanted to succeed him, and, in a tolegram dated April 23. 1002. applied for tho postmastershlp. This was followed by several other appeals, but, as no ono joined with him. of courso no action was taken In his behalf, except to file tho telegram tele-gram with the department ( Not Over His Mad. Later on 'Mr. Davlsjwns appointed postmaster post-master at Ogden, and It Is supposed that Glasmann has never recovered from his mad. The present campaign gave him opportunity to spout, and so. demagoguo that he Is, he makes statements like tho'so at Logan which have no foundation In matter or fact. |